"After Yonglian's death, Qianlong very much hoped to have another son with Empress Fucha."

"But the queen of Yonglian died and was also depressed, and it was not until 7 years later that Queen Fucha became pregnant again, when Qianlong already had several princes, but Qianlong was still very persistent in establishing a son-in-law."

"Before the seventh son of the emperor was born, Qianlong was supposed to go to the Old Summer Palace to celebrate the Lantern Festival with Wang Zong's family after holding a sacrificial event in the Forbidden City."

"But at that time, the seventh son of the emperor was about to be born, and Qianlong didn't want Empress Fucha to be pregnant and suffer from the fatigue of traveling and driving, so he canceled the Lantern Festival in the Old Summer Palace, which shows Qianlong's intimacy for Empress Fucha and the love of the seventh son of the emperor."

"In April of the 11th year of Qianlong, the seventh son of the emperor was born, named Yongcong."

"Qianlong was not in a hurry to establish a prince this time, the ancient people were very convinced, at that time Qianlong thought that it was the will of God to take away Yonglian, afraid that he had not been forgiven by God."

"Although Qianlong did not write a secret decree this time, everyone can also see Qianlong's love for his son-in-law, and think that Yongcong will be the choice of the prince."

"But the accident happened again, and on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in the twelfth year of Qianlong, Yongqing, who was only two years old, died of numerous smallpox all over his body."

"This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Qianlong and the Fucha clan, but even if he is the Son of Heaven, he can't do anything in the face of life and death, Qianlong can only make some compensation at Yongcong's funeral to make up for the debt to the child and the guilt of the queen."

"Qianlong himself even began to question himself later, the emperors of all dynasties were concubines, and he was too obsessed with the theory of establishing a successor, this is a blessing that the ancestors did not get, how can he ask for it?"

"Two months after Yongcong's death, Qianlong was going to start his first eastern tour to succeed to the throne, at that time Qianlong did not want to take the queen there, the queen was still sad, she couldn't be too tired, and her body was very weak."

"But the queen thought that she should do her duty as the queen and accompany the emperor, so she followed the emperor and went, and after they climbed Mount Tai, they caught up with the first snow, and the emperor was not so sad in his heart."

"But the queen contracted the disease on this first snow, when the emperor still arrived in Jinan, and stayed here for three days, but the queen still did not improve, but the emperor's plan for the eastern tour could not be disrupted, so the queen let the emperor set off first, but then the queen's condition worsened again, and unfortunately died."

"Although Qianlong was safe at the time, the death of the two sons-in-law and the death of the queen made Qianlong even more depressed."

"This may also be the suffering of the emperor, Emperor Qianlong has also commemorated Empress Xiaoxian many times, as a generation of kings, he can keep this huge country, but he can't protect his children and wives."

"After that, Qianlong no longer thought about the establishment of the prince, because he was afraid that the disaster would happen again, until the fifth elder brother Yongqi was talented."

"Yongqi's biological mother is Yu Guifei Coriette, but Yongqi's biological mother is not noble, in ancient times, there has always been a saying that the mother is more expensive than the son, and the son is more expensive than the mother, and Qianlong actually did not consider letting Yongqi be the emperor at that time."

"But Yongqi's talent is really outstanding, Yongqi has been smart since he was a child, he is proficient in Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, and is very outstanding in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as geography and astronomy, and his martial arts are also the best among many princes."

"Such a prince who is both civil and military, Qianlong already intends him to be the heir to the throne in his heart."

"Especially later, Qianlong lived in the Qingyan place of Kyushu in the Old Summer Palace."

"The palace suddenly caught fire, and Qianlong's younger brother Hongyi and many of Qianlong's princes did not come to the rescue."

"Only the fifth elder brother Yongqi, who lives the farthest away from Qingyan's residence in Kyushu, rushed into the fire and escorted Qianlong."

"Qianlong was very moved by this incident, the emperors of the past dynasties not only valued the meritocracy of the prince, but also valued filial piety, but sometimes filial piety was used in the wrong place, and it would provoke the emperor's taboo."

"Take Qianlong's father Yongzheng as an example, Yongzheng had a son at that time, the third in line, named Hongshi."

"Hongshi, who was persecuted by Lichang's words, always had a heart to be an emperor, which was disrespectful in Yongzheng's eyes, but Yongzheng did not break Hongshi immediately."

"In the fifth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng handed over the temple sacrifice to Hongshi to deal with, and Hongshi did it very properly, which made Yongzheng feel a lot of relief, but then Hongshi suddenly interceded for Yinxi and other princes who were imprisoned in Zongren's mansion."

"Hongshi thinks that his father confined the clan relatives, regardless of the feelings of brotherhood, the first emperor will not be able to rest in peace."

"Yongzheng was directly furious."

"This son is also Han, no matter how you say Yongzheng, he is also a son of heaven."

In the feudal dynasty, everyone should know better than me that if the power of the Son of Heaven is violated, even the son will not tolerate it. ”

"Moreover, Yinzheng is the eighth son of Kangxi, and he is the candidate for the crown prince at that time, Yongzheng has always been a suspicious person, and he has experienced the turmoil of the ninth son, although he may indeed be ashamed of the eighth and ninth brothers in his heart, but this should not be said by Hongshi."

"So Yongzheng immediately cut off the Hongshi clan and severed the relationship with his father and son, and drove him to be Yinxi's son."

"So in ancient times, filial piety was too heavy and could have killed him, although the fifth elder brother Yongqi's filial piety was used just right, and Qianlong had identified Yongqi as the crown prince."

"But then Yongqi got epiosteopathy, the poisonous gas spread in the body, and there were many pus and pain on the bones."

"Before he died, Qianlong canonized Yongqi as Prince Rong, at that time, the title of Prince Rong was connected to the position of the crown prince in the Qing Dynasty, and it could not be canonized casually, it can be seen that Yongzheng is also very important to Yongqi, but it backfired."

"After that, Qianlong was completely disappointed in the matter of the prince, he thought that it was his own reasons that caused the unfortunate death of his sons, but after that, the ministers played in the hope that the emperor would settle the matter of the prince."

"In fact, there was another candidate at that time Yongzhen, his biological mother was Shujia Huangfei Jin, but Yongying was only very proficient in calligraphy and literature, but martial arts and archery were only scratching the surface, not enough to become the prince."

"The other princes are still young and can't take charge of the affairs of the world, and in the end, only Yongyan, who has mediocre qualifications, is the best candidate to inherit the throne."

"So you can't blame Qianlong for this matter, no one can stand up!"

"Yongyan's biological mother is Empress Xiaoyi Chun Wei Jiashi."

"In fact, Wei's status is not high, it should be born as a palace maid, but Wei's appearance is outstanding, and he is very diligent in the palace, he can always please the emperor, and he is one of the concubines who have the most children in the Qing Dynasty."

"In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong, Yongyan was secretly appointed as the crown prince, but out of secrecy, the emperor did not tell the Wei family about it, and he has always maintained the identity of the Wei family's imperial concubine."

"Although Emperor Jiaqing had succeeded to the throne at that time, in the first four years, Emperor Jiaqing had no real power."