Today I want to tell you about a legendary empress of the Qing Dynasty, she is Empress Xiaoxian, many people may be a little unfamiliar with this name, and even have a feeling that they have never heard of it, but if you hear her real name, you may have a feeling of sudden enlightenment, she is the shunzhi Emperor's favorite concubine Dong Efei.
Concubine Dong was also known as Empress Xiaoxian. This Empress Xiaoxian was the most special empress of the Qing Dynasty, why do you say so? This is related to ancient nicknames. Generally speaking, the empress's posthumous title must be appended with the emperor's title, which proves that the empress is the emperor's empress, for example, the Kangxi Emperor's courtesy name is "Ren", and Kangxi has 4 empresses, namely Empress Xiaochengren, Empress Xiaozhaoren, Empress Xiaoyiren, and Empress Xiaogongren. Each of these empresses was appended with the title of "Ren", and this "Ren" was the Emperor's Name.
Let's look at Empress Xiaoxian Dong Efei, her husband is Shunzhi, and the empresses of Shunzhi have Empress Xiaohuizhang and Empress Xiaokangzhang, and Shunzhi's nickname is "Zhang", but Dong Efei is Empress Xiaoxian and does not have the imperial title "Zhang". Dong Efei was also the only empress of the Qing Dynasty who did not attach an imperial title, and was also the last empress in feudal society to have an independent title, which also created the status of the most special empress of the Qing Dynasty.
Shunzhi thirteen years in August, this woman from the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner entered the imperial palace under the arrangement of fate, became the concubine of the Shunzhi Emperor, the Shunzhi Emperor is the most distinctive emperor in the entire Qing Dynasty, his attitude towards political marriage is much more negative than that of the emperors of other dynasties, Xiaozhuang married Meng Guqing from the Horqin Department for the sake of the Manchu-Mongolian marriage, who knew that the Shunzhi Emperor said that the abolition was abolished, and then Xiaozhuang did not die, and married his cousin to Shunzhi, but the Shunzhi Emperor still did not like it.
Until Dong Efei appeared, the Shunzhi Emperor suddenly understood what it meant to fall in love at first sight. As soon as Princess Dong Efei entered the palace, she received all the love of the emperor, she not only looked miserable and pitiful, but also had a kind heart and outstanding talent, it is said that Dong Efei's poetry can do everything, and her literary style is not inferior to those so-called great talents.
The Shunzhi Emperor immediately crowned her as a concubine, and the feelings of the two quickly warmed up, and in the blink of an eye, after about thirty days of watching, the Shunzhi Emperor deeply felt that he had a deep affection for her, and even broke the balance of the harem, skipped the level of noble concubines, and crowned Concubine Dong E as an imperial concubine. The speed of Dong Efei's promotion was unprecedented in the entire Qing Dynasty, and at that time, the Shunzhi Emperor even wanted to depose Dong Efei as his empress again, but because Xiaozhuang's means were too tough, in the end his wish could not be realized.
When Concubine Dong Efei gave birth to a son, the Shunzhi Emperor was ecstatic, and directly called this son his first son in front of everyone, obviously taking the children born of other concubines into account, and his exclusive favor for Concubine Dong Efei reached a point where the people knew it. The ministers were all amazed by The influence that Concubine Dong had on the Shunzhi Emperor, and they all silently believed in their hearts that the fourth son of the Emperor born to Concubine Dong Efei must be the master of Jiangshan in the future.
Unfortunately, this son failed to withstand the expectations of everyone, even the first birthday did not pass before the death, Dong Efei was weak, this child was not easy to come by, she placed too much expectation on this child, so when the child died, she instantly lost the courage to continue to live, and died at the age of 22.
The beloved woman disappeared, and the grief of the Shunzhi Emperor could not be described in words, and he ignored the objections of his ministers and posthumously crowned Concubine Dong E as empress, and was known as Empress Xiaoxian in history.