When Kangxi personally conquered Galdan, legend has it that his son Yinqi was accidentally injured and left a scar. However, historical sources do not record this. On the contrary, Kangxi's other son does have a disability, that is, the seventh elder brother Yinyou.
Despite suffering from a leg disease, Yinyou was named a prince by Yongzheng. His mother, Concubine Cheng, was a very important member of Kangxi's harem.
In Kangxi's harem, we find that many concubines were born as palace maids, such as Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi and Concubine De. However, Concubine Cheng is also a woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is what we call Baoyi's origin.
Although her family came from Baoyi, they had military merits, her ancestor Sehe had led the army to conquer the Chahar Department, and defeated Hong Chengchou in Jinzhou, and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he defeated Li Zicheng's army at Shanhaiguan, and made military achievements, and was named a cavalry captain.
One of Sehe's nephews was named Kalu, who was deeply trusted and respected by Kangxi, and was crowned as a second-class lieutenant of the light car, and served as the head of the internal affairs government from the seventh year of Kangxi until the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi.
Even, Kangxi also put the young emperor's eldest son Yinchu in the Kalu family to raise him, showing the royal family's trust in the Kalu family. Therefore, this may be one of the important reasons why Concubine Cheng was able to be selected into the harem and favored by Kangxi.
However, Concubine Cheng's father, Zhuo Qi, did not have a high position, but was just a treasurer, and the treasurer was an official position in the Internal Affairs Office, which belonged to Congqipin, and his functions were similar to those of today's accountants.
In the fifteenth year of Kangxi, the 13-year-old Concubine Cheng stood out in the draft of the Internal Affairs Office and became a palace maid, and was subsequently favored by Kangxi. Although Concubine Cheng's family was highly valued by Kangxi, there were many concubines in the harem at that time, and the competition was very fierce.
Obviously, Concubine Cheng's competitiveness is not as good as Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, Concubine De and Concubine Rong.
Concubine Cheng gave birth to a son at the end of July of the 19th year of Kangxi, named Yinyou, and Concubine Cheng's family also received the favor of the emperor and was pulled into Manchuria with a yellow flag from the coat.
Although Yinyou was born with a leg disability, Kangxi did not ignore Concubine Cheng's family because of this, but gave Yinyou a heavy responsibility and let him lead the Yellow Flag Camp. In addition, Concubine Cheng's status in the harem has also improved, and she has been promoted from concubine to concubine, although she has not been officially canonized, she has enjoyed concubine-level treatment.
This is all because of Yinyou's birth, so that Concubine Cheng's family received special care and preferential treatment from the emperor.
The good fortune of Concubine Cheng's mother and son is still to come, such as the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, which is a lucky year for their mother and son. This year, Yinyou was ordered by his father Kangxi to manage the affairs of the three banners of the Blue Banner Manchuria, Mongolia and the Han Army, and then Concubine Dai Jia was canonized as a concubine, and she has been waiting for forty years on this day.
Although she is no longer young, her son's competitiveness allows her to follow suit. More importantly, Yinyou was not involved in the struggle for the heir in Kangxi's later years, which laid the foundation for his good death.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he ordered his younger brother Yinyou to be crowned Prince Heshuochun, and Yinyou became one of the few elderly princes of Kangxi who was not rectified. Yongzheng also ordered Concubine Cheng to move out of the palace to live in his son's mansion and enjoy the joy of family, but Yinyou's life was not very long, he died in the eighth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng carved a monument for him to remember, saying that he was a "cautious and careful, safe and self-guarding" person.
It is one of the great misfortunes of people for white-haired people to send black-haired people, but Concubine Cheng's life is relatively complete, which is her only regret. After the death of her son Yinyou, Concubine Cheng moved back to the palace to live, and lived until the fifth year of Qianlong, estimated to be about seventy or eighty years old.
In general, the ending of Concubine Cheng and her son Yinyou is very good, compared with Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, and Concubine De, although there are many children, they did not watch their son being rectified, nor did they completely break with their son.
After reading the whole story, we can see the harmony and comfort of the relationship between Concubine Cheng and Yinyou's mother and son. The only regret is that Yinyou died before Concubine Cheng, allowing Concubine Cheng to experience the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person.
But I believe that Concubine Cheng is already very satisfied with this, because she is content and happy. It is worth mentioning that Concubine Cheng's family also had a concubine in the Qianlong Dynasty, and she was Concubine Xin.
Concubine Xin Guifei is a show girl who entered the palace through the Eight Banners draft, and was once deeply favored by Qianlong, and also gave birth to two princesses. However, she died of a fertility disease and was finally posthumously named a concubine by Qianlong.
From the perspective of generation, this Xin Guifei is Concubine Cheng's great-nephew. References include The Manuscript of the History of the Qing Dynasty, The General Genealogy of the Manchurian Clans of the Eight Banners, and The Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family.