She was born a famous lady, at the age of 17 was favored by the Jiaqing Emperor, pointed to her son Daoguang (Mianning) as the successor Fujin, she gave birth to the eldest daughter for Daoguang at the age of 22, but only lived for seven years, she entered the middle palace at the age of 29, became the mother of a country respected by thousands of people, presided over the affairs of the qing harem for 13 years, but died suddenly, after death Daoguang personally paid tribute as many as 60 times...
Speaking of the Daoguang Emperor, the impression is probably mediocrity and incompetence, of course, this has a lot to do with the unequal treaties he signed during his reign. However, what people did not expect was that Daoguang showed wisdom and wisdom in his youth, and he was also the eldest son of the Jiaqing Emperor, so Daoguang became the successor in Jiaqing's heart very early.
It is said that as early as when Jiaqing had just succeeded to the throne, Jiaqing selected a concubine Fujin for his son Mianning (Daoguang), who was from the Yellow Banner Famous Gate Hongyi Gongfu (Empress Xiaomucheng), but what disappointed Jiaqing was that this Niuhulu clan was not only in poor health, but also could not give birth to children, and seeing that he was about to be nearly fifty years old, he had not yet embraced his grandson, which made the Jiaqing Emperor very anxious.
It just so happened that in the first month of the thirteenth year of Jiaqing, Mianning Concubine Fujin NiuHulu died of illness, and on the day of the "first seven" of the Niuhulu clan, the eager Jiaqing Emperor temporarily held a draft to select a successor to Fujin for his son Mianning. After some selection, a famous daughter stood out, this woman's surname is Tong Jia, from Manchuria with yellow flags, is the fifth granddaughter of Kangxi's uncle Tong Guogang, from the point of view of birth, it can be said that it is a famous door among the famous doors, not inferior to the Mianning Fu Jin Niu Hulu clan.
In fact, before the selection of Tong Jia, Mianning also had a side Fujin, that is, the later concubine Fucha, but Jiaqing did not regularize the Fucha clan, but chose another daughter of the famous door, which shows that Mianning must be the heir to the throne.
Regarding the life of the Tong Jia clan during the Qiandi period, there are not many records in the historical records, in the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, the emperor's second son Mianning was named the Prince of Zhi for his outstanding performance in quelling the Rebellion of the Tianli Sect, and tong Jia became the Prince of Zhi's main chamber Fujin. In addition, in the year when Mianning was crowned the Prince of Zhi, Tong Jia gave birth to an eldest daughter for him, which was Mianning's first daughter, Mianning loved her very much, but this daughter only lived for seven years before dying, and later after Mianning succeeded to the throne, she posthumously named this eldest daughter as Princess Gulun Duan mercy, wrote a "Eulogy" to commemorate her daughter, and built a luxurious princess garden for her.
In July of the 25th year of Jiaqing, the emperor's second son Mianning succeeded to the throne of the Qing Dynasty as the Daoguang Emperor. After Daoguang succeeded to the throne, Tong Jia was enthroned as an empress and lived in chuxiu Palace, after which Tong Jia presided over the affairs of the harem for 13 years, even in the early years of Daoguang, there were several favored concubines (such as Quan Guifei, Xiang Concubine, Jing Concubine) emerged, but Tong Jia's posthumous position was always very stable, and later Daoguang once said in an edict that Tong Jia clan "Rou Jia Wei Ze, filial piety is not violated." The common knowledge in this palace", it can be seen that the style of Tong Jia, who was born in a famous family, is very decent, and has been fully affirmed by the Daoguang Emperor.
However, Tong Jia's health has not been very good, Daoguang in the second half of the twelfth year Tong Jia's illness, although after recuperation, stabilized for a period of time, but in April of the new year, Tong Jia's condition worsened, not long after the death, only 42 years old, Daoguang gave the title of Empress Xiaoshen.
What is unexpected is that from the day of Tong Jia's death, the Daoguang Emperor almost every day to his coffin to pay homage, before and after as many as 60 times, even in the entire history of the Qing Dynasty, this is also very rare, it can be seen that Daoguang's feelings for this wife are very deep, in the subsequent examination of korean officials, Daoguang Emperor even with the title of "Falling Leaves" to commemorate Tong Jiashi.
In the fifteenth year of Daoguang, Empress Xiaoshen's Tong Jia clan was buried with Empress Xiaomu and empress Dowager Niuhulu in the Muling LongquanYu Underground Palace.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, Manuscript of the Concubines of the Qing Dynasty