1748 After the Spring Festival, Emperor Qianlong couldn't wait to go to the East with Empress Xiaoxian and Empress Chongqing. Traveling eastward, Emperor Qianlong and Empress Xiaoxian walked and played all the way, and it took more than a month to set foot on the journey back to Beijing. When they arrived in Dezhou, Shandong Province, they decided to abandon the ship and then go back to Beijing by water along the canal. However, on the night of boarding the ship, the 37-year-old Empress Hyo-hyun died suddenly.
Emperor Qianlong was shocked by the sudden death of Empress Xiaoxian, but he was also deeply saddened. What I don't understand is that just a few days ago, Empress Hyo-hyun climbed Mount Tai alone and swam in Baotu Spring. How did she suddenly die? Not only did Emperor Qianlong wonder, until hundreds of years ago, the death of Empress Hyo-hyun was still an unsolved mystery. There are many stories about the death of the filial piety queen in history. Some people say that the filial piety queen died because of the loss of her son, sadness and depression; Some people say it was an accidental cold, and I fell ill and died. The folks are even more rumored that the filial piety queen fell into the water and drowned.
First, the theory of mourning.
Shortly after the marriage, Xian Di gave birth to a son, and Yong Zhengdi personally named him, suggesting that he would inherit the throne. Yong Lian, the eldest son, was listed as a prince. Unfortunately, when Yong Lian was nine years old, Yong Lian died of typhoid fever. Later, Empress Hyo-hyun gave birth to another son. On the eve of New Year's Day in the twelfth year of Qianlong, his two-year-old son died of smallpox. At this time, Empress Hyo-hyun was 37 years old, and two princes died one after another, which caused her extreme inner pain and her physical condition deteriorated sharply. Although Emperor Qianlong took her on a tour in the first month, Empress Hyo-hyun has been suffering from the loss of her son and cannot extricate herself. When she arrived in Texas, Empress Hyo-hyun's illness became more and more serious, and finally she died.
At the age of 35, Empress Hyo-hyun finally gave birth to Emperor Yongcong's seventh son. Yongcong also died, and the grief of Empress Hyo-hyun can be imagined. Whenever the child of Empress Hyo-hyun died, Emperor Qianlong tried his best to comfort her. This crusade was specially arranged by Emperor Qianlong, hoping to take a trip to relieve the pain of losing her son in the heart of Empress Xiaoxian. However, the well-arranged trip to the East did not seem to dilute the sadness and depression of Empress Hyo-hyun.
Second, the theory of serious illness
Although the theory of bereavement sounds reasonable, some people think that this is not the direct cause of the sudden death of the filial piety queen, so they put forward the theory of serious illness. According to "The Year of the Qianlong Residence", the filial piety queen got typhoid fever. When she traveled eastward to Jinan, her typhoid fever became more and more serious. When he arrived in Texas, his condition worsened and he died on the evening of March 11th, 13th year of Ganlong. Xiao died of typhoid fever, which is an official record of the Qing Dynasty.
It is doubtful that this document also records the days when the Queen caught a cold. Now that I'm well, how can I suddenly get seriously ill and die? More suspiciously, Emperor Qianlong inadvertently called the death of the Queen an accident or an accident. Imagine, if Empress Hyo-hyun really died of illness, her death should be a slow or urgent process. How could it be an accident? Therefore, some people speculate that the death of Empress Hyo-hyun was not due to illness, but to other reasons.
Third, the drowning theory.
As for the death of Empress Hyo-hyun, the popular folk saying is that she fell into the water and died. When Gan Long arrived in Texas, Gan Long shouldn't make fun of Texas.
If unofficial history is not credible, nothing unpleasant happened between the Filial Piety Queen and the Emperor Qianlong, and then the Emperor Qianlong called the death of the Filial Piety Queen an accident or an accident. How do you explain this? Perhaps because Emperor Qianlong was very concerned about filial piety, he regarded the death of filial piety as an unacceptable change in the world.