In ancient Chinese palaces, in order to ensure the extravagant life of the superiors, countless palace maids and eunuchs are often responsible for serving each master. The "three thousand beauties in the harem" that people often say actually refers to these palace maids in the palace.
As a palace maid, most people's destination is to leave the palace and get married when they are 25 years old. Some people will be favored by the emperor and become concubines. However, there is a palace maid in the Qing Dynasty . There is a palace maid who chooses different paths from the previous people- She worked diligently in the palace for a lifetime, not only received the respect of the emperor, but was also given the qualification to raise the prince.
She was a famous palace maid in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty Su Malagu . It is said that she was the enlightenment teacher of the Emperor Kangxi Kangxi . She almost accompanied Kangxi from a child to a king of the generation
Kangxi value Su Malagu beyond the ordinary king. After Su Malagu's death, Kangxi was deeply saddened and ordered the burial of Su Malagu and placed Su Malagu's coffin in the tomb of Kangxi's grandmother Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang .
But hundreds of years have passed, and when later generations opened Su Malagu’s cemetery, people saw a complete lie.
From a Mongolian palace maid to an enlightenment teacher
Su Malagu’s original identity was actually Kangxi’s grandmother Xiaozhuang Empress Wen’s personal maid. He was a Mongolian woman with pure blood. At that time, the Qing Dynasty regime had not yet been established. Su Malagu, as a personal maid, married Empress Xiaozhuang Wen to the then Later Jin tribe.
At the beginning, Su Malagu knew nothing about Manchu , but in order to consolidate the status of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, Su Malagu realized that he also had to learn Manchu to help Empress Xiaozhuang Wen deal with the harem of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Su Malagu has a high understanding and learns very quickly. Soon she mastered the language of Mandarin, and the Mandarin written by her is more beautiful than some Mandarin .
Because of this, Empress Xiaozhuang Wen later handed over the young Emperor Kangxi to Su Malagu for enlightenment and teaching. Su Malagu did not let down his entrusted responsibility and completed the task assigned to her by Empress Xiaozhuang Wen.
From an ordinary Mongolian palace maid to an enlightenment teacher for the emperor, it depends not only on her Manchu language skills, but on the outstanding abilities she has shown over the years.
As a palace maid, caring about the world,
Su Malagu's life can be said to have witnessed the establishment and prosperity of the Qing Dynasty regime. It is hard to deny that if it weren't for Su Malagu, there might not be the later Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era .
As we all know, when Emperor Kangxi was young, it was an outbreak of smallpox in China. Emperor Kangxi, who was still a child, was infected with smallpox. It was Su Malagu who spared no effort to take care of him and continued teaching between the palace and the palace, which enabled Emperor Kangxi to survive this disease and become a later generation of wise king.
In addition, Su Malagu has also made many contributions to the development of Qing . As early as the first year of Chongde , Su Malagu participated in the design of the Qing Dynasty crown and uniforms. The crown and uniforms she participated in the design of the cultural symbols of various ethnic groups, noble and gorgeous, and are a symbolic existence of the Qing Dynasty.
It is hard to imagine that this was done by a Mongolian palace maid. In addition, Su Malagu also communicated between Empress Xiaozhuang Wen and Emperor Shunzhi when he was young to stop the ambition of the regent Dorgon .
All of these things, Su Malagu's contribution to the Qing Dynasty had long exceeded her limits as a palace maid, so in order to repay Su Malagu's loyalty and kindness, Emperor Kangxi respected Su Malagu very much.
Emperor Kangxi's return
For Su Malagu, Kangxi has always regarded him as his close relative. After Kangxi ascended the throne, he asked everyone in the harem to treat Su Malagu with courtesy. No one in the palace dared not refuse.
Su Malagu was not arrogant because of his favor. After completing the enlightenment and teaching of Kangxi, she kept serving Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Wen, who was already the Empress Dowager at that time.
In the 26th year of Kangxi, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Wen died of illness. Su Malagu was deeply saddened by this. Although the two were masters and servants, they had already been with their sisters for many years.
Kangxi was sad and noticed that Su Malagu became more decadent due to the death of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Wen. Thinking of Su Malagu's unmarried and without children in his lifetime, Kangxi made a decision that shocked others.
He handed over the twelfth prince Yinzhi , the 12th prince born to his concubine, to Su Malagu to raise.
You should know that in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid interference in the harem, many concubines with low positions were unable to raise their own children.
But Su Malagu was ordered to raise the prince as a palace maid, which is considered a supreme honor.
Su Malagu's life has new hopes. In the following decade, she took good care of Yinzhi, just like taking care of Emperor Kangxi back then. Whether it was studying or living, Su Malagu arranged everything in detail.
Finally, in the 44th year of Kangxi, Su Malagu passed away at the age of 90. In addition to the few princes who were with the Empress Dowager, all the princes attended her funeral. Yinzhi, who was raised by her, also asked her to keep the rituals of the younger generation, to recite scriptures for Su Malagu like the people. This move was supported and praised by Kangxi.
At that time, Kangxi was patrolling outside. When he learned that his aunt who had grown up had passed away, he hurried back to the palace. In order to thank Su Malagu for his efforts and kindness over the years, he specially appointed Su Malagu to hold a funeral with the etiquette of his concubine.
also placed a coffin for Su Malagu in the tomb of Empress Dowager Wen of Xiaozhuang. This set can be said to be a grand burial of Su Malagu.
But when the Chinese archaeological team opened Su Malagu's tomb several years later, they only saw a large jar filled with Su Malagu's ashes.
It turns out that even if he was buried in the ritual system of concubines, Su Malagu did not have a funeral specification that truly conforms to the ritual system.
Many people lament that the emperor is ruthless, and the so-called gratitude and kindness are just a lie.
It can also be seen from this that the feudal etiquette in ancient times hurt people, even if the feelings are deep, they cannot match the gap between the identity class. Just like Kangxi and Su Malagu, even if Kangxi regards her as his relative, it is inevitable that she will not be able to complete her funeral because of her identity as a palace maid.
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