Empress Xiaojingxian

Empress Xiaojingxian (28 June 1681 – 29 October 1731), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Ula Nara clan, personal name Duoqimuli, was a consort of the Yongzheng Emperor. She was three years his junior.

Family background

• Father: Fiyanggū (費揚古), served as a first rank military official (領侍衛內大臣), and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)
  • Paternal grandfather: Bohucha (博瑚察)
• Mother: Lady Aisin Gioro
  • Maternal grandfather: Murhu (穆爾祜; d. 1654), Cuyen's grandson
  • Maternal grandmother: Lady Borjigit
• Three elder brothers and one younger brother

Kangxi era

The future Empress Xiaojingxian was born on the 13th day of the fifth lunar month in the 20th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, which translates to 28 June 1681 in the Gregorian calendar.

In 1691, Lady Ula Nara married Yinzhen, the fourth son of the Kangxi Emperor, and became his primary consort. On 17 April 1697, she gave birth to his first son, Honghui, who would die prematurely on 7 July 1704.

Yongzheng era

The Kangxi Emperor died on 20 December 1722 and was succeeded by Yinzhen, who was enthroned as the Yongzheng Emperor. On 28 March 1723, Lady Ula Nara, as the Yongzheng Emperor's primary consort, was instated as Empress and put in charge of the emperor's harem.

Lady Ula Nara died on 29 October 1731 and was interred in the Tai Mausoleum of the Western Qing tombs. The Yongzheng Emperor did not elevate any of his other consorts to the position of Empress to replace Lady Ula Nara after she died.

• During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):
  • Lady Ula Nara (from 28 June 1681)
  • Primary consort (嫡福晉; from 1691)
• During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735):
  • Empress (皇后; from 28 March 1723)
  • Empress Xiaojing (孝敬皇后; from December 1731 or January 1732)
• During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):
  • Empress Xiaojingxian (孝敬憲皇后; from 1737)

• As primary consort:
  • Honghui (弘暉; 17 April 1697 – 7 July 1704), the Yongzheng Emperor's first (first) son

• Portrayed by Zhuang Li in Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
• Portrayed by Amber Xu in Palace (2011)
• Portrayed by Mu Tingting in Scarlet Heart (2011)
• Portrayed by Ada Choi in Empresses in the Palace (2011)
• Portrayed by Sun Feifei in Palace II (2012)
• Portrayed by Annie Yi in The Palace (2013)
• Portrayed by Ma Chunyan in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
• Portrayed by Joan Chen in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)