When it comes to the empress of the Xianfeng Emperor, everyone will invariably think of Ci'an and Cixi, however, Cixi has not been an empress for a day at all, and Ci'an is only the successor of Xianfeng, so who is Xianfeng's legitimate empress? She was a woman who had never entered the harem of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Xiaodexian.
Empress Xiaodexian's surname was Sakda, a woman from Manchuria with a blue flag, who was named to the fourth son of the Emperor Yixuan (Xianfeng) as a concubine fujin in the 27th year of Daoguang's draft, when Yixuan had been secretly appointed crown prince, that is, the Daoguang Emperor was selected by the Sakda clan according to the standards of the Empress of the Great Qing Dynasty.
So, what is so special about this Saxta?
From the patrilineal point of view, the Sakda clan is not very prominent, her ancestors have neither military merit nor knighthood, until the great-grandfather Mingshan was admitted by the pen and paste, and the Sakda family was truly developed. Ming shan relied on his personal efforts to achieve the Shangshu of the Punishment Department and became a famous courtier of the Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties.
The father of the Sakda clan was named Futai, who was a taibusi secretary, not to mention that the official position was not high, but Futai's wife, that is, the mother of the Sakda clan, was very unusual, and her mother was the third daughter of Ur Gong'a, the Prince of Zheng, that is to say, the Sakda clan was the granddaughter of the Great Qing Iron Hat King. I believe that this is the key to Sakda's victory.
On February 17, 28, Daoguang, the Sakda clan married the fourth son of the emperor, YiXuan, and since the Sakda clan was only a prince Fujin at that time, he could not enter the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and had to live in the southern three houses of the Forbidden City.
There is no record of Sakda's personality in the historical records, but judging from the fact that she received the title of "Empress Filial Piety" after her death, the woman's virtue was still very good. At that time, Sakda was only an 18-year-old girl, and it can be said that, unsurprisingly, her future is unlimited.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people have bad luck.
Through the analysis of the Qing Palace medical case, it was found that Sakda's physical condition has not been very optimistic, "there are cold drinks inside, and summer and humidity outside", and by the winter of the following year, the illness has been very serious. In December of the 29th year of Daoguang, the 19-year-old Sakda clan xiangyu died, but at that time, the palace people, including her husband Yixuan, did not have much energy to handle the funeral for the Sakda clan, because just one day before the death of the Sakda clan, The Empress Xiaoherui, who had ruled the harem of the Qing Dynasty for 54 years, passed away.
What was even more unexpected was that only a month later, the Daoguang Emperor, who had suffered great losses for the funeral of Empress Xiaohe and Empress Rui, collapsed. Subsequently, according to the secret instructions of the Daoguang Emperor, the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan, succeeded to the throne as the Xianfeng Emperor.
After XianFeng succeeded to the throne, although the country was in a very critical situation at that time, Xianfeng had not forgotten his wife, and he issued a holy decree: "Concubine Sakda of the YuanYuan Clan should be posthumously crowned empress." All ceremonies should be performed, and the yamen is observed. "In this case, the Sakda clan, who did not enter the harem of the Qing Dynasty for a day, enjoyed the title of empress, and the title was Empress Xiaode.
According to the ancestral system, the Sakda clan should be buried with Xianfeng, but at that time, the mausoleum of the Xianfeng Emperor had not yet been built, and the Sakda's Zi Palace had to be temporarily stored in the funeral palace.
Until the fourth year of Tongzhi, the Xianfeng Emperor had also died for four years, this year, the two palace empresses Ci'an and Cixi and the little emperor Tongzhi buried the Xianfeng Emperor and Empress Xiaodexian in the Dingling Underground Palace, and they could get the famous Cixi to be personally buried.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Qing Shilu, Tomb Easy to Know