Speaking of the empress of the Xianfeng Emperor, everyone is familiar with Ci'an and Cixi, but neither Ci'an nor Cixi is the original match of Xianfeng, and the original match of Xianfeng is a woman who has only lived for 19 years, her surname is Sakda, and her nickname is Empress Xiaodexian.
Compared with the Yehenara clan, the Nyūru clan, the Borjigit clan and other surnames, the Sakda clan is much less famous, this surname originates from the Bayara clan, belongs to the branch of the Kyaw Luo clan, and later took the land as a surname and became the Wang clan, with a total of 109 households in the early years of the Qing Dynasty.
According to historical records, Empress Xiaodexian's great-grandfather was named Mingshan, who entered the army from the pen and paste style in the later years of Qianlong, and later became an official to the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, becoming a famous courtier during the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. Empress Xiaodexian's grandfather was named Qichang (祺昌), who served as a soldier and was named Futai (富泰), and his father was named Futai (富泰), who was a prince of the Taibu Temple.
Many readers may not know what the position of Taibu Siqing does, to put it bluntly, it is to raise horses for the emperor, if the emperor wants to hold a major ceremony, it is also possible to give the emperor a car, it can be seen that this is an errand that has the opportunity to show his face in front of the Son of Heaven, not an ordinary person can take it.
Let's take a look at the marital status of Empress Xiaodexian's father Futai, Futai's concubine Fujin is the third daughter of Prince Zhengshen Urgong'a, Urgong Ah He Xuren, the great Qing Iron Hat King, if it is an ordinary family, how can he marry the daughter of the Iron Hat King. It can be seen that from the beginning of Futai's generation, the Sakda clan has entered the family marriage circle and married with the clan.
In addition, Empress Xiaodexian had an older sister who was married to the Fengguo general Pushan as a concubine of Fujin, who was this Pushan? He was the fifth grandson of Prince Hongzhi and belonged to the clan members of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er.
In the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor suddenly ordered a temporary draft, the purpose of which was to choose a concubine Fujin for his son, and the Sakda clan from Manchuria with a blue flag was favored by the Daoguang Emperor and pointed it out to the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan, who had been secretly appointed as the crown prince before, so this draft was actually choosing the future empress of the Qing Dynasty.
However, it turns out that Daoguang not only looks away when choosing an heir, but also does not have a bright eye when choosing a daughter-in-law.
At the beginning of the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang, the Sakda clan married the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan, and then moved to the palace, however, this 18-year-old woman, obviously not very suitable for court life, soon after entering the palace, suffered from wind and cold, and then became ill continuously, and suffered from wetness, until December of The twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, although the condition gradually improved, but it was only a return to the light.
On December 12, 2009, Sakda's condition suddenly worsened, and he died in the palace at the age of 19. However, at this time, the fourth son of the emperor, YiXuan (Xianfeng), did not have much energy to hold a funeral for the newlywed wife, because just one day before the death of Sakda's illness, Empress Gongci (Empress Xiaoherui) of Shoukang Palace died, and it was obvious that in terms of status, the Sakda clan could not be compared with the empress dowager.
However, what is unexpected is that only a little more than a month later, YiXuan's father Daoguang also passed away, and then Yixuan inherited the throne according to the secret will, changing the era name to Xianfeng.
After Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, he remembered his newly deceased wife Sakda, so he posthumously named her Empress Xiaode. In addition, he posthumously awarded the great-grandfather, grandfather and father of the Sakda clan as the Duke of Cheng'en of the Third Rank, which was later inherited by the younger brother of the Sakda clan, Demao, and was promoted to the title of Duke of Cheng'en of the First Rank during the Tongzhi period.
Through the analysis of Empress Xiaodexian's medical case, she had suffered from liver disease for a long time, so that her qi and blood were weak, and she was simply a court version of Lin Daiyu, and it had to be said that in terms of choosing her daughter-in-law, the Daoguang Emperor once again looked away. If someone else had taken the place of the Sakda clan, the pattern of the harem of the Qing Dynasty might have changed a lot.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Daoguang Dynasty