Zhu Di still had many women in his life, but most people only knew Empress Xu.
Indeed, Empress Xu, as the eldest daughter of Xu Da, made great contributions to Zhu Di's defense of the city during the Battle of Jingnan, and after the founding of the country, she repeatedly gave good words to Zhu Di's ear, becoming a generation of sages who could be compared with Empress Ma and Empress Changsun!
Zhu Di had only four sons and five daughters, of which three sons and four daughters were born to Empress Xu! Empress Xu's position in Zhu Di's heart was so heavy!
However, in addition to Empress Xu, Zhu Di also had more than a dozen concubines, but their combined popularity and weight were not as heavy as Empress Xu's! And most of them, after Zhu Di's death, were buried together!
For example: the daughter of the famous Jurchen leader Ahāyāna, the Jin clan, Zhu Di married her for the purpose of political marriage, but the record of this woman in the history books is almost zero, which can be seen that this woman does not have a high weight in Zhu Di's heart, which means to marry in, and it is directly refrigerated!
There was also the Zhaoxian noble concubine Wang Shi, another favorite concubine of Zhu Di since the death of Empress Xu and Concubine Quan Xian, who had entered the palace in the early years of Yongle, and at first mainly assisted Empress Xu in managing the affairs of the harem, which was deeply valued by Ming Chengzu.
After Zhu Di's later years, his temper became very grumpy, and at this time, the only one who could appease his emotions was Wang Guifei, and the people in the palace were very dependent on her!
Unfortunately, on July 7 of the eighteenth year of Yongle, Wang Guifei died before Zhu Di, and Cheng zu was deeply mourned, and on the fifth day of his resignation, his funeral was handled according to the specifications of Ming Taizu's grandson Concubine, and Emperor Chengzu and Crown Prince Zhu Gaozi directly wrote a preface for her!
As for Zhaoyi's noble concubine Zhang Shi, her father Zhang Yu, the King of Zhongwu of Hejian, helped Zhu Di a lot in the Battle of Jingnan, and Zhang Yu's son Zhang Fu also participated in the Battle of Jingnan in his early years, and later quelled the rebellions on the Annan side many times!
In order to thank Zhang's father and son for their merits, Zhu Di married Zhang Yu's daughter back to the palace! His niece Zhang Shi also became a concubine of Crown Prince Zhu Gaozi!
There was also a favored North Korean, Gong Xianfei Kwon, whose history books recorded that she had fair skin, beautiful posture, and was good at blowing pipes. Unfortunately, however, it was too short-lived, and Zhu Di Yongle married him in February of the seventh year, and Yongle died in October of the eighth year! But there is also a saying that he was poisoned by the Korean tribute girl Lü Shi, but the credibility is not high!
In addition to the above few, Among the remaining concubines of Zhu Di, they were all of the kind of concubines who were not well-known and had few relevant historical records, and were finally dragged by Zhu Di to be martyred, such as: Kang Huizhuang Shuli Concubine Han Clan, Kang Jingzhuang and Huifei Cui Clan, Kang Mu Yi Gong Hui Concubine Wu Clan, Zhen Jing Shun Concubine Zhang Clan, Hui Mu Shun Concubine Guo Clan, Gong He Rong Shun Concubine Wang Clan, An Shun Hui Concubine Long Clan, Gong Shun Rong Mu Li Concubine Chen Clan, Zhao Su Jing Hui Hui Concubine Wang Clan, Zhao Hui Gong Yi Shun Concubine Wang Clan, Zhao Jing Zhongshun Concubine Yu Clan, Ren Shun Concubine, Li Zhaoyi, Lü Jieyu, Gong Rong Beauty Wang Clan, Jinghui beauty Lu Shi and so on.
In summary, we can roughly calculate that among the women in Zhu Di's life, there are a total of twenty-one titles!