In ancient society, imperial rules were strict, and concubines were not allowed to interact with eunuchs or guards. However, according to historical data, some concubines were pampered and arrogant, so they touched these "high-tension wires". The lucky ones were demoted. The unfortunate will die miserably in the cold palace. Today I am going to talk about an imperial concubine of the Qing dynasty who violated palace rules: Mei Guifei.
Coated girl gets the holy favorite
Mei Guifei is a coated woman from the Zhenghuang Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Her father leads Cui as a leader in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What is a leader? In layman's terms, they are civilian officials in the army, and the leaders are still specializing in salary. In other words, although the concubine Mei is of a humble background, her family is very rich, which is a standard "white rich and beautiful."
However, according to the origin of the imperial concubine Mei, she needed to participate in the court ladies draft held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Facts also proved this. At the beginning of the third year of Xianfeng, the imperial concubine Mei stood out in the palace election and became a court lady. Everyone knows that Xianfeng is a well-known lustful monarch in the Qing Dynasty. It is difficult for a stunning woman like Mei Guifei to escape his magic eye. As expected, it didn't take long before Xianfeng discovered this beauty hidden in the depths of the harem and favored her. , Incorporated into the harem, was first named Mei Chang in.
Although the beauties who were born in the Eight Banners, such as Empress Xiaozhenxian, Lan Guiren, and Li Guiren, were also in the court, the imperial concubine Mei was qualified to compete with them. Soon after, Xianfeng promoted her to the title of Mei Guiren. , It seems that the future of Mei Guifei is limitless. However, at the moment when the beauty of Princess Mei was infinite, she did something extremely stupid.
was downgraded to three consecutive ranks and was coldly received.
On April 24th, Xianfeng five years, the emperor suddenly decreed that the imperial concubine Mei Mei would be a permanent presence. The so-called official women are actually court ladies, but they can serve the emperor. From the noble to the official woman, the imperial concubine Mei was downgraded to three ranks in a row. This situation is very rare in the Qing palace. So, what did the concubine Mei do?
It turned out that after the noble concubine Mei became more arrogant, she abused the palace maid and even chatted with the eunuch beside her, which seriously violated the palace rules. After Emperor Xianfeng learned about it, Long Yan was furious and couldn't hold back his face, so he demoted the imperial concubine Mei to an official woman.
Logically speaking, a concubine like the imperial concubine Mei usually stays alone at the end of her life, but Xianfeng has always been obsessed with this beauty, and within a few days, she will be promoted as permanent. This is equivalent to a signal to the imperial concubine Mei: as long as you are in good order, there is still a chance for promotion.
The wise concubine Mei knew this. From then on, she tried everything possible to please the emperor, and it didn't take long before she returned to the position of noble Mei.
Xi got the dragon's fetus to seal the imperial concubine
. As expected, on the fifth day of February in the eighth year of Xianfeng, the imperial concubine Mei gave birth to a prince for Xianfeng, the prince's second son. It was a great thing for Xianfeng. However, what is unexpected is that the little prince died on the same day. The imperial concubine Mei experienced great joy and great compassion in an instant. From then on, she washed her face with tears all day to comfort her concubine. He was promoted to Meibi.
Since then, the imperial concubine Mei never gave birth to the emperor, and Xianfeng also turned his attention to other concubines (Sichun Empress). After Xianfeng's death, the young imperial concubine Mei began her widowhood career and was named Huangkaomei and Huangkaomei by Tongzhi.
Because of the death of the second son of the imperial concubine Mei, she naturally would not pose any threat to Cixi. Therefore, it was not difficult for Cixi to be the "rival in love" of the year. Instead, he was honored as a noble concubine in the name of Emperor Tongzhi. On the eighth day of November in the 16th year of Guangxu, the imperial concubine Mei, who had gone through the Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu dynasties, died of illness in the palace at the age of 56. Three years later, the concubine Mei was buried in the Dingling Concubine Garden.
Reference materials: "Manuscripts of Qing History", "Records of Qing Wenzong" and "Dai Qing Huidian"
