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Story of Yanxi Palace - Episode 24

"Your Majesty, I don't have the right to interfere about how you'll deal with Prince He of the First Rank. But Wei Yingluo is my servant. She's my trusted aide. If she did something wrong, I surely will severely punish her. But if anyone bullies her, I will also not sit by and watch."

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富察·容音 Fuca Rongyin from 延禧攻略 The Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)

TV APPRECIATION WEEK 2024 — free choice: favourite chinese period drama character

[empressesinthegutter]

Your honor she didn’t deserve what happened to her

I shall not rant today but soon

Xoxo

Empress 🤍

[tavina-writes]

9, 15, and 25 for Empress Fuca!

9. Scene that first made me love (or hate) the character

I think the BIGGEST moment I fell in love with her (and there were lots of moments) and the earliest was that moment when Fuheng throws her child's long life lock out into the garden and you see her just lose it. I made BIG eyes at that outpouring of grief and I've never been able to be sane about Empress Fuca since. 15. Worst thing they’ve ever done

Ooo this is tricky. It's especially tricky for me bc I think Empress Fuca genuinely believes and practices that one line she says when she IS really breaking apart that like "I've never done anything bad to anyone" and I think overall this is true. She's always tried to do good things. She's always tried to be kind.

I think though the drama shows us early on that like, no one's hands are clean by living in the palace system, and that's the situation with Jixiang where like, when she was beaten to death and taken away the Palace Steward was like "Her Majesty the Empress only gave me three days to find the culprit. Why would I bother investigating further when we already have the culprit and the evidence?" Like, we all know that Jixiang is innocent. Empress Fuca likely never finds out that she cost Jixiang her life. But it's there. It's a reminder that even the people who are full of the best of intentions and generally remember their immense (and often contradictory) privilege can very realistically do harm to the people around them.

25. 3 things they’d want to take with them if they were dropped off in the middle of nowhere

This is a difficult one! I like to think that Empress Fuca would want to take 1) Yingluo 2) Yonglian's long life lock and 3) her flowers with her in that order. She strikes me as far more sentimental rather than practical.

:DDD thanks for the ask Vines!

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International Historical Drama Deaths That Broke Me (11/?)

Empress Fuca Rongyin, Empress Xiaoxianchun

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Duwjjsdk Fuca Langhua the woman that you are!!!

[thescarlettempress]

Empress Xiaoxian retaking her rule of the harem, The Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 04

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Why you should watch Story of Yanxi Palace

It seems ridiculous to do a promo post for literally the most-watched television show on the planet, but I follow a lot of accounts that post cdrama gifs, and I don't think I've ever seen a single Yanxi Palace gif, and that's a tragedy.

Story of Yanxi Palace is a 2018 period drama with 70 episodes, set in the harem of the real-life Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor and featuring some real-life events and characters from that period. Our heroine is Wei Yingluo, a teenager who enters the Forbidden City as a maid, seeking to solve and then avenge her sister's murder. It was a smash hit when it was released, although it was later censored. You can find it on Viki.

If you liked Nirvana in Fire, you will probably like Yanxi Palace: Wei Yingluo is very similar to Mei Changsu in all the best ways, in that she is devious, ruthless, occasionally very funny, driven by revenge, and possessed of a fundamental core of decency despite her scheming ways. She is also a fifteen-year-old girl. (At the beginning of the show, that is - the drama spans more than a decade.)

Wei Yingluo's relationship with the primary love interest, Fuca Fuheng, is also just *chef's kiss.* She suspects him of her sister's murder, tries to secretly off him a couple times, and he then confronts her about it and hands her a knife, saying, "If you really think I killed your sister, you can kill me now. I won't stop you." We've all seen this scene a dozen times in assorted movies and shows; she loves him so she can't bring herself to do it; she'll drop the knife, they'll embrace--

Reader, Wei Yingluo takes that knife and STABS HIM IN THE CHEST. She stabs him in the chest!!! How can you tell she likes him? Because he survives the experience. Barely.

After that, you think this is a Mei Changsu/Mu Nihuang pairing where there's a relatively normal person who loves their devious little meow meow--and then Fuheng turns around and gaslights Yingluo with zero remorse and you realize that this pairing is actually 100% deranged 4 deranged. The shit these two do to each other and for each other is completely unhinged. At one point, she kills his wife and the two of them never talk about it. Not before, not after, not ever. Legendary. He calls her his zhiji. They will convince you that the height of romance is marrying other people but knowing one another so deeply that you can coordinate intricate political schemes without ever communicating with each other because you can predict one another's moves with perfect accuracy.

Also, the costumes, sets, and props are ridiculously beautiful (and historically accurate!), the characters are like 20 incredibly intelligent and complex women and then like 4 hot dudes, and the score is incredible.

Is there queer rep, you ask? Nothing explicit. But there are a lot of female characters who have very intense, passionate relationships with other female characters. Also, there's a subplot where the Emperor suspects the Empress is having an affair with one of his consorts and you can see his point; finally, there's a character who is intentionally set up to have a very ambiguous sexual orientation: I think you could plausibly argue that he's ace, that he's bi, that he's gay, or that he's straight. I'm not sure even he knows.

There's a lot more to love about it, but when a show's been streamed more than 15 billion times (yes, with a b), I feel like I don't have too much to add. 😂 Give it a try!

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Empress Fuca Rongyin

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@giftober 2024 | Day 15: "references"

Every woman she called sister died more horribly than the last. [...] So she had never called Mingyu 'sister.' [...] It hadn't mattered in the end, it seems. all that I never told you by @tavina-writes

[guzhuangheaven]

There's something that's always confused me in legend of Ruyi, and I don't suppose you would know or be able to explain;

In Ruyi, Jin Yuyan tries several times to get Yongcheng adopted by Fuca Langhua, in order to give him legitimacy in becoming the crown prince, this ends up being her downfall because others clearly see it for what it is, Meiruo even says, that it would make him legitimate.

But one of the major character arc points for Yongqi is that he feels neglected because he's not legitimate and therefore not eligible to be crown prince despite being the most talented, which ends up leading to his death as well. Qianlong says openly to Ruyi that it's a shame he's not legitimate because he's the best choice for crown prince.

But Yongqi is officially adopted by Ruyi both before and after she becomes Empress, so why would Yongcheng being adopted by Empress Langhua, even postmortem, make him legitimate but Yongqi being adopted by Empress Ruyi not also be legitimate?

From my understanding, the two things are different:

Yongqi was raised by Ruyi but in the genealogical records, his mother is still listed as Hailan. As such, he’s still considered shuchu. If Yongqi didn’t die and did become emperor, he would of course be required to honour Ruyi as his foster mother and his official mother/dimu, but he would also be expected to honour Hailan as his biological mother. 

What Yuyan actually wants when she wants Yongcheng to be adopted by Langhua is for the genealogical records to be changed, so that Yongcheng is listed as if he’s Langhua’s biological son, that’s how he becomes dichu/legitimate. This basically means Yuyan would no longer have any official place in Yongcheng’s life (and Yuyan can accept this because she still has Yongxuan and Yongxing). For all intents and purposes, it would be as if Yuyan was never his mother in the first place, and if Yongcheng wants to pay respects to her/honour her in any way, it would look only as if it’s because Yuyan helped raised him, not because she’s his birth mother. 

(In Story of Minglan, it mentioned at one point that Minglan is also listed in the family records as Da Niangzi's daughter, so she could be counted as a di daughter of the Sheng family. Probably they did this to raise her status a little when she married into the family of a Marquis.)

This is different from what actually happens to Yongcheng, where he becomes adopted into the line of Prince Lu (in the drama it’s Prince Li?) who was Qianlong’s uncle. Younger sons being adopted into the lines of their uncles/male line relatives to inherit when their uncles/relative have no male heir is a more common practice, so Yongcheng would still be recorded as Qianlong’s biological son who was adopted by Prince Lu to continue Prince Lu’s family line. It’s a way for family members to express goodwill and take care of each other, and in more normal families would mean that younger sons would have a chance at a larger inheritance. But these kinds of dramas it’s framed more sinisterly as a way to disinherit Yongcheng from the throne.

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Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff

Emma Fillipoff arrived in Victoria in the fall of 2011 from Perth, Ontario. She had brief employment at the Red Fish Blue Fish seafood restaurant in Victoria's Inner Harbour. Since the work was seasonal, Fillipoff left the job on October 31, 2012. She assured co-workers she would be back in the spring. In what police believe was preparation to move back to Ontario, Fillipoff hired a tow-truck on November 21. Unbeknownst to her family, Fillipoff had stayed at the Sandy Merriman House women's shelter on and off since February. On November 23, Fillipoff was captured on security footage at the Victoria YMCA, entering, then leaving, then entering multiple times as if possibly avoiding someone on the outside. In the days preceding her disappearance, Fillipoff had phoned her mother in Ontario, asking if she could come home. Each time her tone would quickly change and Fillipoff would then ask her mother not to come. On the final call, her mother became aware that Fillipoff had been staying at the Sandy Merriman House, and even though Fillipoff had asked her not to come, she made plans to fly out immediately. Fillipoff's last words to her mother were, "I don't know how I can face you." Her mother arrived at Sandy Merriman House at about 11:00 pm on the 28th, three hours after Fillipoff had been last seen by police at the Empress Hotel. Early on the day of November 28, Fillipoff had been captured on a 7-Eleven store video on Government Street purchasing a pre-paid cell phone. The video showed her hesitating in departing the store, seemingly checking the street outside. She returned to the 7-Eleven to buy a pre-paid credit card for $200. Reportedly, she left the Sandy Merriman House at about 6:00 p.m. that day. Soon after, she hailed a taxi and asked to be taken to the Victoria International Airport; however, she soon exited the taxi for lack of adequate fare, even though she had the $200 prepaid card. Minutes later, Fillipoff was seen walking barefoot in front of the Empress Hotel. An acquaintance of hers, Dennis Quay, called 9-1-1 to say a woman was in severe distress outside the hotel. Victoria police arrived, took Fillipoff's name, and spent 45 minutes speaking with her. Deciding that she was not a threat to herself or anyone else, they released her. Until a report surfaced in June 2018, no one reported seeing her since 8:00 pm that night. Later that evening, police met Fillipoff's mother at Sandy Merriman House; by midnight Fillipoff was classified as a missing person. Initially, the police stated that Fillipoff had last been seen "with friends several blocks away on Burdett Avenue between Blanshard and Quadra streets." Investigators explored more than 200 leads, turning up minimal information. Most evidence indicates she was planning to return home to Ottawa, but there was no proof that she ever left Victoria. The cell phone she bought had never been activated. Fillipoff's credit card was allegedly found on the side of the road near the Juan de Fuca Community Centre, north of where she disappeared. It was found by a stranger, whose use of the card to purchase cigarettes was tracked by police.

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Empress Xiaoxianchun of the Qing Dynasty (1738-1748)

Unfortunately, Empress Xiaoxianchun’s personal name was never recorded and therefore lost to time; however, we do know she had an elegant and dignified personality. 

She was born on 28 March 1712 to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan. Her father was a third rank military official and held the title of a first rank duke. She had nine brothers and one sister.

Lady Fuca married the future Qianlong Emperor on 3 September 1727 when she was only 15 years old. Their marriage was happy and full of love. It is said they would spend time together by painting, reciting poems, and playing instruments. Emperor Qianlong would often go to her for advice. 

She would be instated as Empress Consort in January of 1738 after her husband ascended the throne. The Empress led a rather frugal life for her station. While many women of the Imperial Harem would adorn themselves with elaborate hairpins and jewels the Empress would wear artificial flowers in her hair. When her husband informed her of how his Manchurian ancestors were too poor to afford cloth and would instead use deer hide to sew their pouches, she made him one of deer hide as well. It is said he deeply cherished the gift and always carried it with him. 

Empress Xiaoxianchun bore four children over the course of her marriage, two daughters and two sons. Unfortunately, three of the four would precede her in death. Her only surviving child, Princess Hejing of the First Rank, would marry into the Mongol Khorchin Borjigin clan sometime in early 1747. 

The deaths of three of her children gradually led to the weakening of her health. Just a few short months after the death of her infant son, Yongcong, Empress Xiaoxianchun would tragically pass away from malarial fever while on a boat tour of the eastern province of Shandong. She was only 36 years old. 

Her death devastated the Qianlong Emperor. He had all of belongings enshrined for 40 years and visited her grave every year. He had two of his sons removed from being potential successors when he found out they had not mourned appropriately and severely punished court officials who shaved their heads during the mourning period. He visited her grave every year until his own death in 1799 and wrote poems to commemorate her. 

Titles:

Lady Fuca (from March 1712)

Primary Consort (from Sept 1727)

Empress (from Jan 1738)

Empress Xiaoxian (posthumous from June 1748)

Empress Xiaoxianchun (posthumous from 1799)

This post may look familiar as I have previously written about Empress Xiaoxianchun on my other profile when I posted one of her husband's poems that was dedicated to her. 

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The contrast of Hua fei who is the ～evil one and she is to some extent. But she has the perfect opportunity to harm Zhen huan's baby with the empreror and empress gone and she doesn't even entertain it, what she wants to do is maker her submit to her. On the other side you have Lingrong with her woe is me attitude who not only caused Fuca's miscarriage but is also doing it to ZH who is someone who helped her so many times when she didn't have to and didn't even know her at first. Her moral fiber was rotten from the start and I hope ZH gets her back 100 times over.

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“When entering her bedroom, 

I inhale sadness. 

I climb behind her phoenix bed-curtains, 

Yet they hang to no avail. 

The romance of the spring breeze and autumn moon all ends here. 

Summer days and winter nights spent with her will never come again”

-’Expressing My Grief”, Qianlong Emperor

The Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735-1796) wrote this poem after the death of his first empress, Empress Xiaoxianchun of the Fuca clan. 

Unfortunately, Empress Xiaoxianchun’s personal name was never recorded and therefore lost to time; however, we do know she had an elegant and dignified personality. 

Empress Xiaoxianchun married the Emperor on September 3, 1727 when she was only 15 years old. Their marriage was said to be happy and full of love. It is said they would spend time together by painting, reciting poems, and playing instruments. Emperor Qianlong would often go to her for advice. 

The Empress led a rather frugal life for her station. While many women of the Imperial Harem would adorn themselves with elaborate hairpins and jewels the Empress would wear artificial flowers in her hair. When her husband informed her of how his Manchurian ancestors were too poor to afford cloth and would instead use deer hide to sew their pouches, she made him one of deer hide as well. It is said he deeply cherished the gift and always carried it with him. 

Empress Xiaoxianchun bore four children over the course of her marriage, two daughters and two sons. Unfortunately, three of the four would precede her in death. Her only surviving child, Princess Hejing of the First Rank, would marry into the Mongol Khorchin Borjigin clan sometime in early 1747. 

The deaths of three of her children gradually led to the weakening of her health. Just a few short months after the death of her infant son, Yongcong, Empress Xiaoxianchun would tragically pass away from malarial fever while on a boat tour of the eastern province of Shandong. She was only 36 years old. 

Her death devastated the Qianlong Emperor. He had all of belongings enshrined for 40 years and visited her grave every year. He had two of his sons removed from being potential successors when he found out they had not mourned appropriately and severely punished court officials who shaved their heads during the mourning period. He visited her grave every year until his own death in 1799. 

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Hi, I hope I don’t brother you!How many concubines there are? Is the empress Like Fuca Rongyin from Yanxi Palace or she is more cunning and ruthless?

You all are never a bother! I'll be honest, I don't have all of the answers to this!

Regarding the Empress: I don't have much on her yet, but the MC will be serving her for a short time. I'm unsure what archetype I'll be making her, but she will NOT be like Fuca Rongyin. A much shrewder woman, to be sure, but not cunning. If you've ever played Revenge of the Queen, think that empress if she had any actual brains. As for how many concubines there are? I have four concubines with names as of right now, and the empress. You'll learn more about them as the game progresses!