Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Seeing that the princess and her husband had reconciled, everyone felt relieved.

And at Wanyu's suggestion, after the imperial carriage left the Kharchin tribe, Princess Duanjing took the initiative to mention to her husband the guard Erdun who was implicated by her.

She suggested that Garzang, the prince consort, choose a Mongolian woman with good character and appearance as a wife for Erdun guard.

After listening to the princess's advice, the last bit of grudge in Garzang's heart disappeared.

He chose the sister of one of his subordinates whom he valued the most and gave her to Erdun.

After Erdun met the woman, he was very satisfied with her and was very grateful to the princess and the prince consort for arranging the marriage, which was considered a good match.

The princess and her husband also bestowed rewards on the young couple, buying a small courtyard near the princess's mansion, and let them get married in the princess's mansion, with the princess and her husband as the officiants.

Not only did it make the people below more loyal, it also added a bit of joy to Princess Duanjing's mansion, which had been gloomy for a long time.

After Kangxi dealt with the princess's affairs, he rewarded the princess and her husband with a large sum of money and items, asking them to get along well and give birth to a grandson for him as soon as possible.

Then he left Princess Duanjing's Mansion and continued his journey with the large group.

After the Duolun League in the 30th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the Six Tribes of Inner Mongolia were established, referring to the Six Leagues of Inner Jasak Mongolia.

From then on, the alliance period system was implemented, and the system was divided into six alliances, twenty-four tribes, and forty-nine banners.

This time, Kangxi arrived at the Zhuosuotu League first, and the Kharchin tribe belonged to the Zhuosuotu League.

After meeting with the princes and taijis of the two tribes and five banners in the Zhuosuotu League, the imperial carriage continued on its journey.

After entering the Zhaowuda League area, he met and hosted a banquet for the princes and lieutenants of the eight tribes and eleven banners, including the Aohanduo Banner and the Naiman Banner, at the meeting place.

After staying for only six or seven days, the imperial carriage continued its journey to the Jirim League.

There were four tribes and ten banners in the Jirim League, of which the Khorchin tribe occupied six banners and was extremely powerful.

The meeting place was set up in Horqin Right Middle Banner.

After entering the Korchin grassland, when the imperial carriage passed by the place where the empress dowager's parents were hiding, Kangxi ordered the Minister of the Imperial Guard who was accompanying him to choose a clean place 200 miles away from Faku Mountain.

Then the emperor brought the crown prince and other princes to accompany the empress dowager to pay tribute to their deceased parents.

With mixed feelings, the Empress Dowager paid tribute to her long-deceased parents from afar.

Although she regretted not being able to see her parents for the last time, what she felt more in her heart at this moment was the complexity and joy of returning home after being away from her hometown for decades.

Soon the team arrived at the meeting place in Horqin Right Middle Banner.

Since the Empress Dowager was also on this tour outside the Great Wall, Princess Duanmin, who had always been at odds with Emperor Kangxi, also followed her husband, Prince Dalhan Bandi, to the place where the imperial carriage was stationed.

Princess Duanmin was chosen by Emperor Shunzhi and brought into the palace as his adopted daughter. She was raised personally by the empress dowager, Empress Xiaohuizhang, who is now the empress dowager.

So the relationship between the two is very close.

Yinreng was worried that the young concubine did not understand the specific situation and would see Princess Duanmin get into trouble and be bullied.

So he took the young wife aside and gave her a detailed explanation of Princess Duanmin, her personality, and her relationship with Kangxi.

Wanyu also sat down obediently and listened to his story attentively.

Occasionally, when he says he's thirsty, pour him a cup of tea and continue.

Yinreng rubbed his head helplessly, and then tried to explain it to her in as much detail as possible.

Princess Duanmin's father was Prince Heshuo Jianchun Jidu, who came from a very noble family.

Jidu's grandfather was Shurhaci, the half-brother of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and a founding hero of the Qing Dynasty with outstanding military achievements.

Although their ending was not very good, Nurhaci still valued his nephews very much.

Jidu's father, Jirgalang, grew up in the court of the Later Jin Dynasty and had a very good relationship with Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji.

His second brother Amin was one of the "Four Great Beile" of the Later Jin Dynasty. After Amin's death, Jirgalang took over his second brother's management of the Zhenglan Banner and had a very high status among all the Beile.

(A beile during the Later Jin Dynasty was equivalent to a prince, holding the highest rank among all beiles. The four great beiles were Daishan, Nurhaci's second son; Amin, Shulhaci's second son; Manggurtai, Nurhaci's fifth son; and Huang Taiji, Nurhaci's eighth son. These four assisted Nurhaci in sharing the real power of the Later Jin Dynasty, hence the name "Four Great Beiles.")

After Huang Taiji became emperor, he conferred the title of Heshuo Zheng Prince on him and relied heavily on him.

When Emperor Shunzhi ascended the throne, Jirgalang and Prince Rui Dorgon were both regent uncles, and Jirgalang was ranked ahead of Dorgon, which shows Jirgalang's status.

Although Dorgon later eliminated dissidents and gradually moved away from the center of power.

But after Emperor Shunzhi took power, Jirgalang was still valued.

After his death, he was posthumously named Prince Xian of Zheng and was enshrined in the Taimiao.

Moreover, Prince Zheng's title became an iron-hat prince that was hereditary and could never be demoted.

Jidu was the second legitimate son of Prince Zhengxian Jirgalang. Because the eldest legitimate son died young, Jidu became the actual eldest legitimate son and the second head of the Zheng prince line. He was named Prince Jian by Emperor Shunzhi.

Not only did he participate in political affairs, but he also made great military achievements and was a prince that Emperor Shunzhi relied on very much.

In order to show his respect for Prince Jian Jidu, Shunzhi brought his eldest daughter into the palace as his own adopted daughter, and she was raised personally by the then Empress Xiaohuizhang.

This adopted daughter is Princess Duanmin!

Princess Duanmin's biological father and adoptive father were both of high status, and her biological mother and adoptive mother were also of high status.

Princess Duanmin's biological mother, Borjigit, the legitimate wife of Prince Jian, was the daughter of Khorchin Beile Chorji, who was the son of Chahan, the second brother of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, and thus Empress Xiaozhuang's nephew.

If we go by seniority, Princess Duanmin's biological mother and Empress Xiaohuizhang were both great-nieces of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, and Princess Duanmin was the great-great-niece of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen.

Princess Duanmin's biological mother arrived in the capital two years earlier than her sister, Empress Xiaohuizhang, and married Jidu.

Princess Duanmin had a good family background and married well.

In the 16th year of Shunzhi's reign, when Duanmin was only 7 years old, Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Xiaozhuang had already decided on a husband for her.

In November of that year, the princes of Khorchin came to the capital by imperial decree to pay homage to Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

The person who led the team into the capital at that time was Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Wen's brother, Prince Duolo Manzhu Xili (later promoted to Prince).

Manzhu Xili's identity was very special. His first wife was the adopted daughter of Emperor Taizong, Princess Heshuo (daughter of Prince Keqin Yuetuo and granddaughter of Prince Lilie Daishan).

His daughter was also selected into the palace and became the mourning concubine of Emperor Shunzhi.

Manzhu Xili was not only the elder brother of Empress Xiaozhuang and the adopted son-in-law of Emperor Taizong, but also the father-in-law and uncle of Emperor Shunzhi. He had an extremely high status in Khorchin, Mongolia.

Both Empress Xiaozhuang and Emperor Shunzhi attached great importance to Manchu etiquette.

In order to maintain the relationship between the Qing court and the Khorchin Mongols, Xiaozhuang proposed to marry Princess Duanmin to her brother Manzhu Xili's eldest grandson, Borjigit Bandi.

(Bandi had a younger sister who entered the current harem and became a concubine of Emperor Kangxi. She is the current Consort Xianfu Palace in the harem. Xianfu Palace is adjacent to Chuxiu Palace, so she and Consort Ping, the prince's aunt who lived in Chuxiu Palace, are known as the two great mascots of the harem!)