During the Lantern Festival during the Qianlong period, the big fence outside the front gate of Beijing held an annual lantern festival. At night, the lanterns of the merchants and shops on both sides of the street were hung high, and the street was illuminated like day, "crackling", and the sound of firecrackers one after another rang non-stop. People watching the lanterns and guessing lantern riddles, you crowded me and stuffed the big fence with water.

With a flood of people, three people flashed out of them, all dressed in green clothes and small hats. The one walking in the middle with a small beard was none other than the current emperor Qianlong. On the left was his favorite minister Heshen, on the right was Ji Xiaolan, known as "Tiezui", and the three monarchs and ministers came to watch the lanterns and enjoy the scenery. They entered the big fence and walked while watching, stopping from time to time to guess the lantern riddles. When they came to the door of a porcelain shop, they were attracted by a riddle. On a table of eight immortals in front of the porcelain shop, there was a large glass cover, and inside the cover was a porcelain statue of Maitreya Buddha with a big belly more than three feet high. As soon as Qianlong saw that he was very interested, he asked Heshen, "Heshen, guess what word this is?" Heshen smiled contemptuously, shook his head and said softly, "Your Majesty, this lantern riddle is too crude and not worth guessing." Qianlong said, "Oh! Why didn't I guess it, tell me what the answer is?" Heshen heard that the emperor didn't guess it, so he shook his head and said, "The answer is a word'happy '." Qianlong asked, "Why is it a word'happy'?" Heshen hurriedly explained, "The big-bellied Maitreya Buddha has a kind face and smiles, everyone likes it when they see it, so this answer must be a word'happy '." After Qianlong heard this, he asked Ji Xiaolan again, "Did you say Heshen guessed right?" Ji Xiaolan smiled slightly and replied, "According to Yichen, I didn't guess right with my lord. It's not the word'happy ', but..."

At that moment, two young and handsome women, one tall and one short, suddenly walked out of the crowd, looking like two masters and servants from the appearance of their clothes. The two of them came to the table of the Eight Immortals, only to see the short woman looking at it for a long time, shaking her head and unable to guess, the tall woman said when she saw it, "Look at me." She did not panic, raised her right hand and pointed at the glass cover with a palm, only to hear a "pop" sound, the glass cover was smashed, and then picked up the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha and left happily. Qianlong Monarch and the crowd were stunned at first sight. At this time, the owner looked at the backs of the two women, smiled and said, "This female Bodhisattva is not very knowledgeable, and she guessed this mystery correctly. It is really rare, and the store is very honored." Qianlong, who had been looking at the backs of the two women, turned around and asked Ji Xiaolan, "What is the word that the woman guessed correctly?" Ji Xiaolan said, "Yichen guessed, this word is not the word'snatch ', but the word'snatch', because there is a saying called'smash the door in the middle of the night, if you don't snatch it, you will snatch it '. You think, it's late at night, and the woman smashed the glass cover, picked up the porcelain Buddha and left, what is it if it's not snatching it?" When Qianlong heard that, before he could speak, he heard the shopkeeper loudly say to the crowd, "Dear customer officials, the answer to the mystery just now is a word'snatch'. If you guess correctly, you will be rewarded with 5 silver taels. Unfortunately, she has gone far. In the future, when you find out where she lives, you must give it all. The shop specializes in Jingdezhen famous porcelain products, please take care of it. Now there is still a mystery, please show your face. "After saying that, the clerk of the order shop carried out a porcelain statue of Master Guan with a red face, and put it in a glass cover. The note on it was also typed.

Because Qianlong was thinking about the woman who guessed the lantern riddle just now, he had no intention of guessing what kind of good lantern riddle was, so the three of them got out of the big fence and walked north along Qianmen Street. When they arrived in front of Zhengzhengmen, they saw two vermilion copper spiked gates in the hole of Zhengzhengmen, surrounded by a group of beautifully dressed women, you hugged me and squeezed, competing to touch the door nails. Qianlong was puzzled, so he asked Heshen and Ji Xiaolan, "Look, what are they counting the door nails for?" Ji Xiaolan said, "Yichen, this is not counting the door nails, what kind of custom might it be." Qianlong said, "What kind of custom?" Ji Xiaolan said, "Weichen is not from the capital, so I don't know the customs here, so I dare not explain it." Qianlong asked Heshen again, "Tell me what they are doing?" Because of the lesson of guessing the lantern riddles just now, Heshen was afraid that the emperor would blame him for making a mistake, so he pretended to be modest and replied, "If you tell the emperor, the servants can't say it well, but they just know a little bit. It's no wonder what they said to the emperor. They are not counting the door nails, but touching the door nails. This is a custom in the capital. It is called walking across the bridge and touching the nails. Every night on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, women form a team, cross the bridge with incense, and come to the front of the main gate, competing to touch the copper nails, praying for protection from disasters and a year of peace."

When Qianlong heard that, he nodded and said, "Well, it turns out that's the case, it's really interesting." The monarch and the minister were about to turn and leave when they saw that a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes suddenly burst into the door hole, surrounded by several burly men. The women who touched the nails panicked and quickly withdrew their hands from the nail. One of the girls, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, was held back by the young man on the copper nail on the door before she could pull her hand back. The young man laughed and said, "What a white and tender little hand, let's go back to the mansion to play with the uncle." Saying that, he grabbed the girl's hand fiercely and was about to forcibly pull it away. The girl tried her best to break free to no avail, so she even shouted for help. When the other women saw it, they fled in fright. As soon as Qianlong saw that he was so angry that he was about to attack, he was stopped by Heshen. Seeing that the girl was not going with him, the young man ordered the few big men around him: "Don't hurry up and take her away!" A few big men were about to start, when they heard a loud shout: "Stop it for me!" A woman floated over with a voice. The young man looked at it and said with a giggle, "Which hero do I think came to block the enemy? It turned out to be a beautiful girl. Good things come in pairs, and I was lucky today. It just so happened that the big girl and the little girl were taken away together, and let the uncle and I have a good time together." When he was feeling proud, he saw the woman flying up and kicking the young man on the wrist that was grabbing the girl. With a "ouch" sound, his wrist was in unbearable pain, and his hand loosened, and the girl took the opportunity to hide into the crowd. It was too late to say, then it was fast. Before the young man could fight back, the woman raised her fist and "bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang

The young man suddenly felt that his chest was hot, and there were stars in his eyes, and then "wow" a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed on the ground. He didn't say it well, but he was not reconciled today, so he bravely said to his subordinates, "Come on, take her down!" However, he shouted several times and no one answered, and when he looked back, a servant was also missing. Because the few domestic slaves saw that their master was beaten like a bear, they knew that if they had fought with that woman, they would have been greased and slipped away long ago. The young man was angry and hated, and covered his heart with his hands. As he stepped back, he pretended to be unconvinced and said, "Stinky bitch, wait, the uncle will settle the bill with you another day!" After saying that, he hurriedly squeezed into the crowd and left in embarrassment.

The onlookers cheered. At this time, the woman walked up to the girl and said, "Don't be afraid, little sister, where do you live? I'll take you home."

All of this stunned Emperor Qianlong, and it was not until the woman disappeared into the crowd that he turned to his senses.

When the three of the monarchs and ministers returned to the palace, Qianlong asked Heshen angrily, "Heshen, do you know your crime?" Heshen trembled when he heard that, and thought to himself: The emperor was still fine just now, why did he suddenly say that I was guilty, which account is this? Helplessly, he had to bite the bullet and kneel down and kowtow: "I don't know what crime the slave has committed, please learn it clearly from the emperor." Qianlong sneered and said: "As the Admiral of the Nine Gates, in the place under your jurisdiction, you dare someone to do evil and rob the people's daughter, so you can say that you are innocent! You are limited to find out within three days who the evil young man is, and punish him together with his father. If you can't find out, you will be asked."

After Heshen went, Qianlong changed his smiling face and said to Ji Xiaolan, "Ji Aiqing, I saw that the woman who guessed the lantern riddles and saved people righteously just now is an unusual person, don't you think so?" Ji Xiaolan hurriedly replied, "I feel the same way. Judging from the clothes of the two of them, they don't look like people from the capital." Qianlong asked, "In your opinion, where are they from?" Ji Xiaolan replied, "The emperor must still remember that he committed an unpardonable crime by leaking the secrets of salt affairs because of the affair between his ministers and his children. The emperor's kindness was mighty, and he gave his ministers light treatment and was exiled to Xinjiang for many years. So, according to my minister, the woman looks like a person from Xinjiang." Qianlong was surprised and delighted when he heard that, and thought to himself: Xinjiang people? Could it be her? Thinking of this, he said to Ji Xiaolan: "Ji Aiqing, you are also limited to three days. You must try to find out the origin of that woman and tell me as soon as possible. I will definitely reward you heavily."

Ji Xiaolan was clever and had an iron mouth. It didn't take three days to check the ins and outs of the woman. It turned out that the woman's name was Iparhan, a Uyghur who lived in Ili, Xinjiang. A few years ago, the imperial court sent a general, Zhaohui, to Xinjiang to conquer the rebels. Iparhan's uncle, Eseyin, and brother, Turdu, led an elite team to participate in the counterinsurgency battle and made war achievements. After the rebels were quelled, Eseyin and Tur went to Beijing with the conquering army and were personally received by Emperor Qianlong. Eseyin was named the auxiliary duke, and Turdu was awarded the second class Taichi. Iparhan went to Beijing with his uncle, and the whole family settled down in the capital. Now they live in Huihuiying.

After Qianlong listened to Ji Xiaolan's echo, Long Yan was overjoyed. He had long heard that there was a Xinjiang woman in the capital, who was not only beautiful, but also outstanding in literary talent and martial arts, especially with a strange fragrance on her body. When people mentioned her, they all called her a strange woman. He had long wanted to meet this person, but he didn't have the right opportunity. It was a heaven-sent opportunity. What he saw on the Lantern Festival night, this woman's actions were indeed unique, and she could be called a hard-to-find strange woman.

After a burst of joy, Qianlong said to Ji Xiaolan: "Ji Aiqing, I order you to go back to the camp, don't say what you are going to do, you naturally understand in your heart, but the sooner the better." After saying that, he laughed heartily, Ji Xiaolan understood, and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do as you want."

A few days later, with the permission of the Empress Dowager, Iparhan was summoned to the palace and became the Empress Dowager's personal maid. Because of her intelligence and kindness, she was deeply loved by the Empress Dowager. Soon after the Empress Dowager made the decision, she was accepted as a concubine by Emperor Qianlong, canonized as a concubine, and later as a concubine. Because of her peculiar fragrance, she was known as Concubine Xiang. Concubine Xiang lived in the palace for 28 years and died at the age of 53. She was buried in the Qingdongling Mausoleum in Zunhua, Hebei Province, and the mausoleum is still there today.