The Elegance of the Red Mansion

On the tenth day of July in the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Queen Tong Jia passed away. The queen passed away, and the whole country mourned. The Forbidden City was filled with sadness and gloom. The concubines, princes and princesses of the imperial palace are full of sorrow and pain, whether they are genuine or fake. Although the Empress Tong Jia was the queen for only one day, Tong Jia, who was born in a wealthy Manchu family and was the direct cousin of Emperor Kangxi, was named a noble concubine as soon as she entered the palace. After the death of Empress Xiaozhao, she ruled the harem with the dignity of an imperial concubine for more than ten years. How can the emperor's kindness be compared to the concubines who slowly rose up from nobles? On September 19th, the posthumous title was...