The first imperial concubine in the Ming dynasty, the imperial concubine who destroyed the prince, was favored with a waist like a bucket.

Wen | Scholar Throughout the ancient history of China, almost all the concubines favored by emperors were young and beautiful, such as Su Daji in Shang Dynasty and Yang Guifei in Tang Dynasty, but Wan Guifei in Ming Dynasty was an exception. Wan Guifei, whose real name is Wan Zhener, 1430, is from Zhucheng, Qingzhou (now Zhucheng County, Weifang, Shandong Province). At the age of 4, she entered the palace as a maid-in-waiting, and at the age of 35, she was made an imperial concubine by Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen of 18. She became the first recognized imperial concubine in the history of the Ming Dynasty and actually controlled the harem for more than 20 years. Even the queen has to look at her face and act. What is even more puzzling is that Ming Xianzong has always said: Is Wan Zhener as beautiful as a fairy and stands out in the harem? Obviously, this is not the case. According to the Records of Ming History, Wan Guifei was "handsome with a loud voice", and some data also described him as "plain-looking with a fighting waist". To say the least, even though Wan Guifei was beautiful when she was young, she was 18 years older than Ming Xianzong, and the age gap was too big. As an adult, Ming Xianzong is very old, and her beauty and figure can't compare with other young concubines in the harem. Therefore, it was not beauty that attracted Ming Xianzong to Wan Guifei. What is the reason for Ming Xianzong to spoil Wan Guifei? This has a lot to do with his childhood experience. In A.D. 1449, the Walla army invaded the south, and Ming Yingzong insisted on personal expedition, and Zhu Jianshen, who was less than 2 years old, was appointed as the Crown Prince. In the same year, 19-year-old Wan Zhener was transferred to Zhu Jianshen as a personal maid, responsible for all his daily life. In A.D. 1449, Ming Yingzong personally captured Walla, and his brother Zhu Qiyu proclaimed himself emperor, known as Ming Daizong in history. Later, although Ming Yingzong was welcomed back to Beijing and honored as the emperor's father, he was actually imprisoned and Zhu Jianshen was deprived of his status as a prince. It was not until 1457 that Ming Daizong was seriously ill and Yingzong once again seized power and proclaimed himself emperor that he resumed his status as a prince. In the seven years after the abolition of the Prince, Wan Zhener has been personally taking care of Zhu Jianshen, never leaving her side. It can be said that he and Wan Zhener have been with their parents for a long time and have a serious dependence on him, which can be said to be obedient. In A.D. 1464, Zhu Jianshen, aged 18, became emperor. The first thing she did was to order Wan Zhener to be crowned queen. By this time, she was 35 years old and could be a grandmother in ancient times, but she was just a humble maid-in-waiting. Therefore, she was strongly opposed by Empress Dowager Cixi and all her ministers. Zhu Jianshen had to settle for the second best and named her Princess. Wan Zhener was born in 1467. Although she is only an imperial concubine, she is the most powerful in the whole harem. So how much does Zhu Jianshen spoil her? We can learn a thing or two from three things: 1. Zhu Jianshen did not hesitate to abolish the queen for her. After he succeeded to the throne, his mother, Empress Zhou, personally chose a well-informed and talented Wu woman as the queen, but she didn't bother to take a look. She only had one in her heart, which made her very dissatisfied, but she couldn't take it out on the emperor, so she put all the bills on her, and the celebrities were killed with a stick. After learning about this, he sent someone to radar, and a piece of imperial edict abolished those who had been married for less than 1 month, and established a king with weak personality. From then on, no one in the harem dared to provoke Wan Zhener. 2. Kill the prince and imperial concubine at will. 1468, the eldest son of Wan Zhener and Zhu Jianshen died unexpectedly, and there were no children since then. Wan Zhener was worried that other concubines were pregnant, and her mother would be more expensive and surpass her, so she secretly ordered people to take abortion pills for pregnant concubines. Zhu Youtang, the mother of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, was ordered by her, but the maid-in-waiting who carried it out could not bear it and dodged a bullet. After Zhu Youtang was born, Wan Zhener, also known as eunuch Sharla Cheung, killed him. Sharla Cheung could not bear to attack the prince, so he left Zhu Youtang in the harem with the queen. It was not until six years later that Zhu Jianshen knew about it and made him a prince. However, after Wan Zhener's crimes were exposed, Zhu Jianshen did not punish him. Finally, Zhu Youtang's mother Jishi and his rescuer Sharla Cheung were forced to death by Wan Guifei, and Zhu Jianshen didn't even say a word of blame. Empress Dowager Cixi was worried that Zhu Youtang would be persecuted as a child, so she had to take care of him herself. Because of this, Zhu Youtang survived, but Zhu Jianshen didn't die. Killing the prince and the imperial concubine without any punishment shows how popular Wan Zhener is, which is extremely rare in the history of 5,000 years. 3. From 1487 to 65438+ 10, Wan Zhener died at the age of 58. At that time, after learning the news, Zhu Jianshen once said, "I'm really gone, and I'm dying. "I didn't expect it to be a surprise. After personally presiding over Wan Zhener's funeral, in August of the same year, Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen died at the age of 465,438+0. These two people can be said to have verified the sentence "People are born, but people die.". "Through these three things, it is not hard to see how favored Wan Zhener was at that time. Zhu Jianshen's love for her is not so much love as affection. He regarded her as the most important person in his life. Even after losing her, Zhu Jianshen had no motivation to live, so she died of depression.