Kangxi was the emperor with the largest number of concubines in the Qing Dynasty, with as many as 55 recorded in the record, and of these 55 women, one of them had the greatest influence on Kangxi, she was born in Shuxiangmendi, married Kangxi at the age of 12, and gave birth to two sons for Kangxi. However, she died in the 22-year-old, leaving Kangxi with endless regrets, and eventually received a unique title: Empress Renxiao.
Empress Renxiao, surnamed Herschel, was born into a family of scholars, and her great-grandfather Shuo se, grandfather Sony, and uncle And great-grandfather Shifu all had the title of "Bakshi", which means a learned person. However, starting from Hisschel's grandfather Sony, the family began to fight in the battlefield, Sony made great achievements in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, became a very reliant warrior of the Emperor Taiji, and after Shunzhi succeeded to the throne, Sony was even more valued by Empress Xiaozhuang and regarded as a humerus.
After Kangxi succeeded to the throne, there were four auxiliary ministers in the dynasty, namely Soni, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai. However, with the passage of time, there was a situation in which Ao Bai monopolized power, and in order to win over the first assistant Soni, Empress Xiaozhuang abandoned the tradition of electing an empress in Mongolia and designated Sony's granddaughter Herschel as an empress, and if so, Herschel was fortunate to become Kangxi's new wife.
In fact, there was also a lot of resistance to the Entry of the Herschel clan into the Middle Palace, according to the Records of the Kangxi Dynasty, when it was heard that Sony's granddaughter Herschel Li was elected empress, the auxiliary ministers Shu Bilong and Ao Bai both expressed their opposition, but Empress Xiaozhuang tried to defy the public opinion and finally carried the Hescheli clan into the Middle Palace.
In September of the fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 12-year-old Kangxi and the same age Ofchel held a big wedding in the Forbidden City, and since then, the Kunning Palace has had a new owner. It turned out that the political marriage chosen by Empress Xiaozhuang for her grandson Kangxi was very crucial, and although Soni died in the sixth year of Kangxi, the royal family attracted the powerful Herschel family, especially Hersheri's uncle Soetu, which laid the foundation for Kangxi to eliminate the Aobai clique.
The eighth year of Kangxi was a very proud year for the 16-year-old Kangxi, this year, he successfully eliminated Aobai and truly became the Son of Heaven, at the same time, the Hesheli clan of the Middle Palace gave birth to a prince for Kangxi, that is, the eldest son Ofe Chenghu. According to historical records, Chenghu showed intelligence that was different from ordinary people from an early age and was deeply loved by Kangxi.
However, in the year when Chenghu was four years old, he unfortunately died prematurely, which made Kangxi very sad, and Heschel was seriously ill because of this, so Kangxi rushed back to the Forbidden City and accompanied the empress all day, and Herschel's family got better.
Kangxi thirteen years in May, at that time on the occasion of the San Francisco Rebellion, the capital city again occurred Yang Qilong's change, the entire palace was busy, Hesheli seemed to be frightened, after giving birth to the crown prince Yin, fell into a coma, never woke up again, in just one hour, Kangxi experienced a huge change from a happy concubine to the loss of his beloved wife, this mood, I am afraid that only the parties can understand.
After her death, Kangxi held a solemn funeral for her, paying tribute to her dozens of times, and personally sent her palace to Gonghua City. In the end, Kangxi's courtesy name for the Hesheli clan was Empress Renxiao, generally speaking, the title of the Empress of the Qing Dynasty began with filial piety, and this title of the Hesheli clan was considered to be unique, but later, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the title of the Hesheli clan was changed and was changed to Empress Xiaochengren.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Kangxi Dynasty, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family