Isn't Empress Xiao Chengren spoiled? How did the world ignore her?

Judging from her life experience and memory of Kangxi after her death, Emperor Kangxi still loved her very much, but the beauty died too early, so the imprint left by history was very light.

Empress Xiao Chengren (1February 3, 654-1June 6, 674), Hersai Rihara, the original wife of Emperor Kangxi, a native of Zhenghuangqi, Manchuria, the granddaughter, assistant minister of Sony, the daughter of Gabla, the minister in charge of guards, the niece of Suoetu, and the younger sister Pingfei.

Married in September in the fourth year of Kangxi (1665), 1 1 year old. Kangxi was born in the eighth year and died in February in the eleventh year of Kangxi. At the age of four, he didn't order his teeth. On the third day of May in the thirteenth year of Kangxi, she died in childbirth. She is only 265,438+0 years old.

Because of her deep feelings with Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi missed her very much. With the permission of the Empress Dowager, Yin Ren, the second son of the emperor, was appointed as the Crown Prince (the Manchu ancestors did not have a prince before their death). Kangxi posthumously awarded her the title of Empress Renxiao after her death. Later, due to the strong words between the original posthumous title and Saint posthumous title, it was changed in the first year of Yongzheng, and accumulated in the years after Qianlong and Jiaqing, saying that Cheng Xiaogong was against Zheng Huian and Shu Kemin was married to Tianxiang Shengren.

Herseri Hala's entrance to the palace was extremely bumpy: Ao Bai repeatedly mocked the Sony family on the grounds that the "daughter of Manchuria" could not establish the status of queen, and the stubborn Bilong echoed with the wind. Surrounded by these rumors, Hesse Rihara, who was only 12 years old, finally married into the palace in September of the fourth year of Kangxi. Facts have proved that the decision of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen is very correct. In the struggle against Ao Bai, the Husseri Hala family made great contributions. Although Sony died in the middle of the journey, his third son, Uncle Suoetu of Empress Xiao Chengren, helped Emperor Kangxi win the final victory in this struggle, and Empress Xiao Chengren was therefore favored by Emperor Kangxi.

On July 7th, 4th year of Kangxi, the empress Hersaizhhara was hired as a gift. On the seventh day of September, because the next day was an auspicious wedding day, Emperor Kangxi sent officials to worship heaven, earth, temple and country. After that, make a big gift.

On the eighth day of September, the third emperor's wedding was held in Beijing since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs (the first two were the wedding of the emperor shunzhi and the empresses of Bolzigit and Bolzigit)-according to Wu, a Chinese-American historian, the wedding process was as follows: the etiquette procedure was almost completely in accordance with the tradition of the Han nationality, but there were also some old habits of Manchuria. The most obvious thing is that the gift is given. Before the wedding, Qin officials chose an auspicious day. The emperor sent a team headed by the Minister of the Interior, including three princesses, three regents' wives, eunuchs and bodyguards, to deliver gifts to the bride's home. There are ten horses with complete saddles, ten battle armor, one hundred brocade, and two hundred other exquisite fabrics. The bride's father, Gabla, and grandfather, Sony, led the male members of the family, and Mrs. Sony led the female members to welcome the ceremony. The whole family knelt on both sides of the courtyard three times and knocked nine times to the north (the emperor's throne faces south), thanking the emperor for his kindness.

On September 7, the day before the wedding, the emperor sent Manchu ministers to worship heaven and earth, ancestral temples and the country. There will be a big gift (that is, a dowry) on that day. The bride price includes 22,000 taels of gold, 20 taels of silver 12000 taels, one gold teapot, two silver teapots, a pair of silver boxes, 20 horses 1000 horses, 20 saddles and 40 horses. This etiquette also ended with the woman's relatives kneeling three times and knocking at the north to thank. There will be a grand wedding on September 8. Emperor Kangxi entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony to watch the seal and gold seal of Queen Cheng Xiao. Then, he handed the two symbols of the Queen to the envoys of the Qin Dynasty, who held books and treasures in their hands, followed by courtiers and sent them to the later mansion. After receiving these two symbols, the queen knelt down and knocked on the door and entered the palace in a sedan chair. In front of the sedan chair are the wives of four ministers, and behind the sedan chair are the wives of seven ministers, all riding horses (women riding horses is a prominent feature of Manchu tradition). Both sides were escorted by guards and attendants, and the queen's entourage was allowed to walk on the imperial road leading to the middle palace. At this time, Kangxi, dressed in a big wedding dress, first went to the palaces of the Empress Dowager (Xiao Zhuang, Empress Zhaosheng) and Empress Dowager (Empress Xiaohui and Empress Renxian) to give thanks, and then went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to host a banquet for the relatives of the Empress (the Empress remained in the palace at this time) and officials of the kings. At the same time, Empress Dowager Cixi led the ministers and the wives of the Regent to the Empress Dowager Cixi's palace, where she hosted a banquet for the Empress Dowager and her matriarchal relatives. At 6pm, the wedding ceremony ended with a traditional wedding reception in China. After the banquet, the emperor and queen stayed in the palace.

The next day, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to cite the precedent of the Han nationality as the titles of Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager. On the same day, the queen went to the Empress Dowager Cixi Palace and held a ceremony. On the third day, the emperor went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and all the princes and ministers came to the table to congratulate him on his wedding. The imperial edict clarified the significance of establishing a queen, inheriting a ancestral temple, supporting filial piety and extending support. Attachment: A copy of the imperial edict from Hesse Rihara to the Queen: I can make progress in education as long as I do the work of combining Kunde with Kunde. Internal and external governance is a harmonious application. The ceremony was prepared in Sri Lanka and the enlightenment was based on it. Zilho Sherri is the daughter of interior minister Gabra. Shide Zhongxiang, advocating training and showing off. Jou-chia is a natural person, so it is advisable to teach her in the Sixth Academy. Zhen Jing holds a bow, which should be the mother instrument of all countries. I hereby accept the order of Empress Dowager Tai, and take polaroid as the queen. He is filial and diligent. Mao Ben supported the remaining leaves and assisted Wei Xin's sacrifice in the ancestral temple. Qin zai On the ninth day of September, the Empress Dowager and Empress Yitai in the Empress Dowager's Palace visited the palace. September 10th is a grand wedding. Send a letter to the world. Zhao Yue: The emperor inherited heaven and made his pole stand, being the father of the people, making the four seas homotopy and cosmopolitan. The bandits rule the country alone, and the cover is also virtuous. Therefore, politics and religion are widely practiced, and the palace ranks first, so * * * inherits the ancestral temple and helps filial piety. Face-to-face, Mu Jiuzu, is very important. I am Hongji, deeply committed to the discipline of ethics. My holy grandmother, Zhao Shengci, lived in peace and quiet, and was the Empress Dowager. She was convinced that the wedding was the origin of the rank of heaven, and it was the beginning, so she chose a virtuous woman to help me bow and sit in the palace, taking the mother instrument as the world. Qin obeyed the orders of the benevolent and told the Heaven and Earth Palace. On the eighth day of September in the fourth year of Kangxi, the daughter of the Minister of the Interior, Hersaizhhara, was appointed as the queen. After I bow down, I promise that Xiu De will be diligent at night and modest at home and abroad. Pixie ethics, benevolence and righteousness communication, in earthquake rationality. Declare the world, salty makes the world know.

In the 13th year of Kangxi (1674), on the third day of May, the queen gave birth for the second time. At this time, the palace of earthly tranquility is busy inside and outside, preparing for the arrival of the new prince. The two midwives who read happy songs have been waiting for a while, and the "happy pit" for burying the little prince's placenta has also been dug, as well as chopsticks, HongLing, gold and silver, eight treasures and so on. This means that the queen will soon have a child and be put in the pit of happiness, just waiting for the smooth delivery of the queen Heserihara. Left and right, the prince we all hoped for was finally born on the third morning.

palace of earthly tranquility

Emperor Kangxi was very happy to see that the queen finally gave birth to a healthy prince. He immediately brought a baby named Baocheng (the second son of the emperor) and wished him a safe growth. However, the queen was in a coma due to dystocia and did not get better for several hours. Despite the physician's best efforts, she failed to save the dying queen's life. At the age of only 22 (only 2 1 year), Queen Heserihara took her last breath in the afternoon. The atmosphere in the Palace of Kunning suddenly changed from initial joy to sadness. In just a few hours, Emperor Kangxi experienced the joys and sorrows of regaining his first son and losing his beloved wife, and the great pain was mixed with some relief. This bittersweet taste, I'm afraid only the parties themselves can understand.

Kangxi mourned

1. Empress was posthumously named "Empress Renxiao", which was unique in Qing Dynasty.

After the death of the Queen, she stopped working in the Qing Palace.

On the fifth day of May in the thirteenth year of Kangxi, the empress Zigong was placed in the west of the Forbidden City.

From the fifth day of May, Kangxi went to Zigong to pay his respects almost every day.

On May 27th, Kangxi personally sent Queen Zigong to the Palace City.

6. From June to December in the thirteenth year of Kangxi, Kangxi went to Palace City 34 times; Fourteen years and twenty-four times; Fifteen years 15 times.

7. In December of the 13th year of Kangxi, the father of the Empress Ga Blazun died in the old world. Always loyal. Yiwei works hard at night. In the name of "seeking the weight of thighs and arms", it was awarded as a first-class public and hereditary.

8. From January to July in the sixteenth year of Kangxi, I went to Gonghua City seven times.

9. On the 16th New Year's Eve of Kangxi, he still went to accompany his first wife (at this time, Niu Zhilu's family had been established).

10. In September of the sixteenth year of Kangxi, the emperor went to read the tomb of Empress Renxiao.

1 1. The North Korean envoy visited Emperor Kangxi, and Kangxi accompanied the queen in front of the coffin, unwilling to meet the North Korean envoy. The North Korean envoy reported to the king: "The emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not care about state affairs ..."

12. Kangxi personally made the book of Empress Renxiao, which was the least artificial; Other suicide notes and obituaries only refer to the ministerial system, and the praise has no substance, while Kangxi nodded and said yes (it can be described as "perfunctory prevarication")

13. Wen Ran talked about it many times, especially about Benjun, so please be cautious in your daily life. When Cheng Xiao collapsed, she preserved the strength of Gonghuacheng and went to see it several times. Wen Ran's secret remonstrance led Emperor Taizong as a platform, hoping that Zhaoling would use Wei Zhi to remonstrate and destroy Taiwan, which was similar. She was also influenced by it and did not regret it. -"Draft of the Qing Dynasty, Volume 263, Biography 50"