There have been many arguments about why Xiao Shenyang, the English master of Qianlong generation, is particularly lucky and greedy. Speaking of the ambiguous homosexual relationship between Gan Long and Xiao Shenyang, Xiao Shenyang is not only smart, but also handsome. It is said that the monarch and his subjects often sleep in the same bed in the royal study. Qian Feng, the lowest-ranking adviser, publicly accused Xiao Shenyang of working too close to the emperor's residence. However, there is a more bizarre and profound statement about this ambiguous relationship:
According to unofficial history's Grand View Year in Qing Dynasty, when Gan Long was a prince, he once entered the palace and saw a beautiful concubine of his father Yongzheng dressing up in front of the mirror. On a whim, she put her hand over her eyes from behind, and the concubine picked up a comb and hit her on the back and Gan Long on the forehead. When the dragon mother saw it, she thought it was a concubine molesting the prince, so she gave silks to kill herself. The dragon sympathized with the princess, wiped her neck with cinnabar and said sadly, "I hurt you, but my soul is still alive." Will she still be with me in 20 years? "
Later, when Little Shenyang entered the palace to wait for her, Gan Long saw that Little Shenyang looked like a dead concubine. After examining her neck, she saw a red birthmark on her neck, and the age of Xiao Shenyang coincided with the time when the princess died, so she thought Xiao Shenyang was the reincarnation of the dead princess.
In order to repay the "bad debts" of that year, Gan Long showed great concern for Xiao Shenyang, so Xiao Shenyang rose all the way and was in power; However, Gan Long defended him everywhere and let him dominate for more than twenty years. It was not until Qianlong died that Emperor Jiaqing copied Xiao Shenyang's home and put him to death with white silk.
Although this explanation is bizarre, it is talked about by ordinary people, because it gives a "perfect" and "suddenly enlightened" explanation for why the wise Qianlong prefers greedy little Shenyang. It turns out that this is not an ignorant emperor Qianlong, but a "predestined love in previous lives", which is the so-called "past cause and effect".
In fact, the law of causality in previous lives is an important "interpretation system" in previous lives. Although the evidence is weak or even nonexistent, it can provide "suddenly enlightened" explanations for many puzzling and incomprehensible things and meet people's psychological needs of knowing "why", so it has always been popular.
Then why are people still talking about the doomed love between Gan Long and Shenyang? Because some people don't want to admit that Gan Long's "nonsense" is a question of "need", not "truth or falsehood". However, they will not be considered "crazy" or "stupid", mainly because they still have a big "market".