She was born into a famous family, at the age of 14 was Xianfeng into the harem, became the Imperial Concubine of the Qing Dynasty, she was beautiful, but not favored by the emperor, soon became a decoration when she entered the palace, she became a widow at the age of 17, alone in an empty house for half a century, becoming the only imperial concubine in the Qing Dynasty who had gone through five dynasties, she was the Duanke Imperial Concubine.
Duan Ke Emperor Guifei came from a very special family, her surname is Tong Jia, the ancestor is the early years of the Qing Dynasty Xun Gui old clan with yellow flag Tong Guogang, Tong Guogang is Kangxi's uncle, inherited from his father Tong Tulai first class Duke, this Branch of Tong Jia has always been in a large position, not comparable to ordinary families, Duan Ke Emperor Guifei's grandfather Shu Ming'a is Tong Guogang's grandson.
Duanke Emperor Guifei's father was named Yuxiang, the second son of Shu Ming'a, in addition, Duanke Emperor Guifei's aunt was the second empress Xiaoshencheng of Daoguang, because Duanke's imperial concubine was included in the harem by Xianfeng, so this was actually a kind of "aunt as a wife" relationship, but Empress Xiaoshencheng died earlier and did not see the moment when her niece entered the palace.
On March 25, 2018 in Xianfeng, the 14-year-old Duanke Emperor's concubine was sent directly to the Yuanmingyuan by the orders of the Xianfeng Emperor, and was given the title of Concubine Qi. At that time, along with The Duanke Emperor's noble concubines, there were also the Jade Nobles Yehenara Clan, and since they had not seen the draft data of Xianfeng's eight years, historians generally believed that the Duanke Emperor's noble concubines and the Jade Nobles did not participate in the draft, but were directly sent to the palace by their mother's family.
Because of the extraordinary family lineage of Emperor Duanke's noble concubines, she was able to be crowned a concubine as soon as she entered the palace, but after entering the palace, she obviously did not get the favor of Xianfeng, and finally Xianfeng died and never got a promotion. Xianfeng's eight years are generally considered to be the beginning of Xianfeng's debauched life, and at this time Xianfeng paid more attention to some palace women, such as the legendary "Four Springs of the Yuanmingyuan".
However, judging from the pattern of the Xianfeng harem at that time, there were empresses of the middle palace (Ci'an), Yi Guifei (Cixi), concubines who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, concubines who gave birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor, and then there were concubines and concubines of the Duanke Emperor (Duanke Imperial Concubines). Neither Concubine Wan nor Concubine Qi was able to give birth to children, which may be the reason why they did not get promoted again, rather than the fact that Xianfeng was no longer favored by Emperor Duanke's concubines.
In any case, only three years after The Duanke Emperor's concubine entered the palace, the Xianfeng Emperor died in the Rehe Palace, and the young Duanke Emperor's concubine instantly became a widow, although her health was still relatively healthy, but according to the Qing Palace medical case data, there was a "depression disease" in the disease suffered by the Duanke Emperor's concubine, which may be related to her premature widowhood or unhappiness in the palace.
After that, DuanKe Emperor Guifei successively experienced Tongzhi and Guangxu, until the last emperor Puyi succeeded to the throne, she has been honored as Emperor Qi's noble concubine, but at this time, Duanke Emperor Guifei's body has reached its limit, and after less than three years, she died of illness in the palace at the age of 67.
On September 21, the third year of Xuan reunification, Emperor Duanke's concubine was buried in the Xianfengding Mausoleum Garden, becoming the last concubine to be buried in the garden, and less than a hundred days after her burial, the Qing Dynasty came to an end in the storm of the Xinhai Revolution. However, The Duanke Imperial Concubine set a record, she was the only imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty who had gone through five dynasties (Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu, xuantong), and became a witness to the decline of the Qing Empire.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Study of Medical Cases in the Qing Palace, Manuscript of The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty