Empress Xiaoxianchun, of the Fuca clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner and the eldest granddaughter of Grand Secretary Fuca Maqi.
Fucha's name was Fucha Xuanyin.
In the forty-fourth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Fucha Xuanyin was born into the Fucha family. She was the eldest granddaughter of Grand Secretary Ma Qi, and her mother was from the Guarjia clan. The Guarjia clan was known for producing beauties, and Fucha Xuanyin inherited her mother's beauty, blossoming into a graceful young woman at a young age.
Fucha Xuanyin had a great-aunt who was the Imperial Concubine Yi, who died in the palace at a young age.
The Fucha clan of Shaji, the branch of Fucha Xuanyin's family, had many male descendants. In her father's generation, Fucha Xuanyin only had one youngest aunt, and in Fucha Xuanyin's generation, she was the only girl for many years.
Oh, right, also in the fifty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Fucha Xuanyin's great-uncle, Li Rongbao, remarried and his second wife, Lady Hesheli, also gave birth to a girl, who was Fucha Xuanyin's youngest cousin.
Great-aunt, youngest aunt, cousin, and Fucha Xuanyin—these were the only four girls in three generations of Fucha Xuanyin's family.
When Fucha Xuanyin was ten or eleven years old, one day after her grandfather Ma Qi returned from the palace, the whole family looked at Fucha Xuanyin with solemn expressions, their faces showing a mixture of reluctance and something else on their minds.
At that time, I didn't understand why the whole family was looking at Fucha Xuanyin like that.
However, since that day, Fucha Xuanyin's daily studies suddenly increased, encompassing everything from music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and prose to managing household affairs—nothing was left to be learned in detail.
Later, at the age of fifteen, Fucha Xuanyin participated in the palace's triennial imperial concubine selection.
Without a doubt, Fucha Xuanyin was officially retained!
Amidst Fucha Xuanyin's anxious waiting and the increasingly tense atmosphere at home, an imperial edict arrived from the palace, bestowing upon Fucha Xuanyin the title of primary consort to the eldest prince, Hongxu.
Because Fucha Xuanyin was only fifteen years old at the time, the wedding was scheduled for two years later.
While Fucha Xuanyin was preparing for her marriage, the Shaji Fucha clan took it upon themselves to send one of Fucha Xuanyin's distant cousins into the eldest prince's backyard.
Fucha Xuanyin did not care about this.
From a young age, Fucha Xuanyin learned how to be a virtuous and kind mistress of the house. As a prince, it was only natural for the eldest prince to have concubines, especially since he was over twenty years old and only had two princesses.
At the age of seventeen, Fucha Xuanyin married the First Prince and became his wife. The First Prince was five years older than Fucha Xuanyin and was very caring. Gradually, Fucha Xuanyin became infatuated with the First Prince's gentle affections.
But gradually, Fucha Xuanyin discovered that the eldest prince treated every woman in the mansion with gentle warmth and kindness.
In the backyard, Gao Shi, Su Shi, and the secondary consort Ulanara Shi entered one after another.
Consort Ulanara was the niece of Empress Ulanara. She entered the palace two months pregnant. Fucha Xuanyin was always intelligent and immediately understood what was going on.
Later, Lady Ulanara miscarried. Although the eldest prince was heartbroken, he did not stay with her for long, but instead moved between the rooms of various princesses.
A few years later, Fucha Xuanyin had safely given birth to two sons and two daughters, but at this time, Fucha Xuanyin's health began to deteriorate.
Because of frequent childbirths, Empress Fucha Xuanyin suffered from chest tightness, shortness of breath, and recurring nightmares. Soon, the Empress and Empress Dowager in the palace learned that the imperial physician was treating Empress Fucha Xuanyin's health.
Not long after, the palace bestowed upon the First Prince a concubine of noble birth, from the Irgen Gioro clan.
When Lady Irgen Gioro first entered the Prince's mansion, she was only sixteen years old, a time of youthful beauty. However, because of her cold nature, the eldest prince did not like her.
Of course, Fucha Xuanyin knew that this was also due to the fact that Consort Ulanara had gone to great lengths to win over the eldest prince.
A few years later,
In the palace, the emperor abdicated, the eldest prince ascended the throne, and Fucha Xuanyin became empress. In the same year, Fucha Xuanyin discovered that she was pregnant again. She tried every means to protect the pregnancy and finally gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in the second year of the Qian'an era.
Because of this pregnancy, Fucha Xuanyin's health completely collapsed.
Even with the elixir of immortality later bestowed by the Empress Dowager, it only allowed Fucha Xuanyin to prolong her life by ten years, supporting her ailing body.
When Empress Fucha Xuanyin passed away, Empress Ulanara had already fallen out of favor. Her son, Yongxun, was of marriageable age. Later, Empress Fucha Xuanyin wandered in the palace as a lonely ghost for ten years.
Fucha Xuanyin's other sons have all married wives.
Her daughter also married a good husband. Although one of her daughters was sent to marry into the Khorchin Mongol tribe for a political marriage, due to the Empress Dowager's request, her daughter and her husband lived in the capital.
Emperor Gan'an, also known as the eldest prince in the prince's residence and the husband of Empress Fucha Xuanyin, established Lady Irgen Gioro as his empress three years after Empress Fucha Xuanyin's death and the three-year mourning period.
The Irgen Gioro clan had only one daughter, who married into the Fucha clan, the maternal family of Fucha Xuanyin. Naturally, she was of one mind with Fucha Xuanyin's son. Although there were some newcomers in the harem, none of them could cause much trouble. Fucha Xuanyin was thus able to peacefully reincarnate.
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Irgen Gioro clan, later Empress Xiaojingchun.
Born into the Irgen Gioro clan, a noble family, her father was the Governor-General of Huguang, her paternal aunt was the primary consort of Prince Yan, and her father was the Imperial Son-in-Law Fusen.
At the age of sixteen, Lady Irgen Gioro was betrothed to the thirty-two-year-old eldest prince, Hongxu, as a secondary consort.
At the tender age of youth, she longed for a handsome and refined young man. At that time, Lady Irgen Gioro believed she had been selected for official service, and given her family background and appearance, she would be betrothed to the Fifth Prince as his wife.
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