Chapter 53 2. Princess Lenggong

Concubine Wang Gong of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was once thrown into the cold palace. This cold palace is Jingyang Palace.Jingyang Palace was first built in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420) in the Ming Dynasty and was named Changyang Palace. It was renamed Jingyang Palace in the fourteenth year of Jiajing (1535).The Qing Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty, and the name of the palace remained unchanged.It was rebuilt in the 25th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1686). According to the regulations of Jingyang Palace, inside the Jingyang Gate, the front yard is the main hall of Jingyang Palace, and the east side hall and west side hall are on both sides.The backyard is the apse, and on both sides are the east side hall and the west side hall.

Concubine Wang Gong was thrown into the cold palace, and it happened like this.Concubine Wang Gong was originally the maid of the Empress Dowager Li, the biological mother of Emperor Wanli, in the Palace of Compassion.By chance, when Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun (Wanli Emperor) came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, he was lucky and became pregnant.Story of the Ming Palace: There are two things to be favored in the palace: one is that there must be a reward for future verification; the other is that the eunuch in the document room makes records.But at that time Zhu Yijun avoided this matter, so he did not reward him with tokens.After the palace maid's belly became pregnant, the queen mother questioned her and told the truth.One day, Emperor Wanli accompanied Empress Dowager Li to dinner, and the Empress Dowager spoke to this point, but Emperor Wanli did not respond.Empress Dowager Li ordered to take out the internal living note and show it to Emperor Wanli, and persuaded him with kind words: "I am old, and I have no grandchildren. If you are a man, you will be blessed by Zongshe. Mothers are more expensive than children, so it is better to wait for the difference?" Wanli In April of the tenth year (1582), Wang was named Concubine Gong.In August, Zhu Changluo (Ming Taichang Emperor) was born as the eldest son of the emperor.

At that time, Concubine Zheng was favored, and the Wang family gave birth to the eldest son Zhu Changluo for Emperor Wanli. Although he received the badge of "Concubine Gong" and lived in Jingyang Palace, he was "sheltered" here, that is, "cast into the cold palace". Not long after, Concubine Zheng was granted the title of Imperial Concubine because of the birth of Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor (the second son of the emperor was one year old), but Concubine Gong was not promoted.In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, was appointed as the crown prince, but his mother, Concubine Wang Gong, was still not granted the title of Jin.It was not until February of the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606), when the grandson of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao (later Emperor Tianqi), was born, that she was conferred the title of imperial concubine. "History of Ming Dynasty Empress II" records: "In thirty-four years, the grandson of the Yuan Dynasty was born, and he was given the title of the holy emblem of compassion, and began to be named emperor and noble concubine." Monthly records: "Jiashen (14th) Xushi, the first son of the crown prince was born." "Ming Xi Zong Shilu" (Volume 1) records: "Emperor Xi Zongxi taboo (Zhu Youxiao), the first son of Emperor Guangzongzhen , was born on November 14th, Yisi, thirty-three years in Wanli." It is known that the above records in "History of Ming Dynasty" have omissions.The concubine Jin Huang Guifei happened on Bingchen (17th day) in February 34th of Wanli. It seems that the word "Yi" should be added before the word "Yuan".It should be written as "Thirty-four years, born with the grandson of the Yuan Dynasty, added the title of the saint of compassion, and began to be named emperor and noble concubine".

Although the Wang family's son is the prince and grandson is the grandson, he has suffered misfortune because of good fortune-not only did he no longer get the favor of Emperor Wanli, but also was cut off from the relationship between mother and child by Emperor Wanli.Concubine Wang Gongfei was in the Jingyang Palace, lonely and thinking about her child, and had a hard night, she washed her face with tears and blinded her eyes.On September 13th in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli (1611), Concubine Wang Gongfei was critically ill. After hearing the news, Zhu Changluo, who was thirty years old at the time and had been crowned prince for ten years, asked the emperor for permission to visit his biological mother in Jingyang Palace. , was approved.So, Zhu Changluo hurried to Jingyang Palace with his son Zhu Youxiao (ten years old), but "the palace gate was still closed, and the key was selected to enter"-someone interpreted it as "kicking open the door lock and rushing into the palace room".The princess was blind and couldn't see her son and grandson, but she could hear the sound of the children and grandchildren coming in. She stroked her son's clothes with her hands, pulled him, and cried.Finally, he said weakly: "My son grew up like this, why should I hate to die!" ("History of Ming Dynasty: Concubine Biography" Volume 14) Soon, the royal concubine passed away and was buried in Dingling.