She was the daughter-in-law of Concubine Ling, who held power longer than Cixi and ruled the harem for 52 years
Many of the emperors and concubines of the Qing Dynasty lived very long, the emperor Had Qianlong lived to the age of 86, and the concubines had several living relatively long, one of which was the second empress of Jiaqing, Empress Xiaohe. Lived 74 years. He is not very famous in Chinese history, because during the Qing Dynasty, there were famous and powerful women except for Empress Xiaozhuang, who was Cixi, and the two of them had already taken all the limelight, so there was no place for her, she was actually a side Fujin of Jiaqing, and later all the way from the noble concubine to the imperial concubine, and then to the empress, all the way frankly.
In fact, compared with the harem of the Qianlong period, there were not so many things in Jiaqing's harem, and the reason for this had a lot to do with his second empress. He had two empresses chosen by his father, but it turned out that his father's vision was still very good, especially the second empress was very virtuous. The first empress was originally his Zhengfu Jin, and after he ascended the throne, he made this Fu Jin empress, but unfortunately this empress was not in good health and died not long after.
His second empress, Nyulülu, was originally his side Fujin, who later became a noble concubine, and after the death of the original empress, she was designated by Qianlong as the new empress. From her surname, we can see that her origin is very noble, and she is very understanding, very virtuous, she gave birth to two sons for the emperor, in addition to these two sons, after the death of the first empress, her son was also raised by the Niu Kulu clan.
She treated the three sons equally, and did not have any ill will toward him because they were adopted, so the adopted son had a very good relationship with her two brothers and the stepmother. There was no fierce struggle in the harem in this period, to a large extent, it was the credit of this empress, when she did things, she paid attention to harmony, and the former Fucha empress was very similar, and her body has always been very good, so other concubines have no chance to mess around.
Later, the Jiaqing Emperor died suddenly, and at this time the new crown prince had not yet been established, so the choice of this heir was a very urgent issue, and if the choice was not good, it would have a great impact on the situation and the country. Eyes were on the queen, who had three sons at her knees, two biological sons, though not the eldest son, and both of whom were concubines, while the other adopted son was the eldest son.
She was not selfish and chose to put her adopted son on the throne, and this adopted son was Daoguang. After he ascended the throne, he was very grateful to his stepmother for being so fair, so he treated her like his own biological mother, very filial, and went to ask for peace on time every day. This empress ran the harem for more than 50 years, and lived happily to the age of 74, which was also a relatively long life at that time. Compared with those concubines who have been fighting all their lives, her life is really successful.