The Empress of Tea
Empress Ming, Empress Xiaochunxian, of the Gu'erjia clan, from the Manchu Plain White Banner, younger brother is Grand Scholar Gu'erjia Jiahuan. When Shizong Yongzheng was a prince, she gave birth to a son and was promoted to Imperial Consort. In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, she was first enfeoffed as Noble Consort; in the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, she was appointed Imperial Noble Consort and managed the affairs of the six palaces; in the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, she was crowned Empress.
New work: "Transmigrating to Become a Dowager Empress in the Qing Dynasty"
Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Yuyao wanted a more leisurely life, but her family wanted to send her into the harem of Emperor Qianlong, who reigned for sixty years, as a concubine.
Just thinking about it made her utterly exhausted. Perhaps she wouldn't live that long anyway. It might be better to become a concubine of Emperor Yongzheng.
At least she was confident she could outlive Yongzheng and become a Dowager Empress, enjoying a much more leisurely latter half of her life.
However, upon entering the palace, she discovered that this Yongzheng was not what she had imagined!
Moreover, despite her only intention being to become a Dowager Empress, the imperial harem forced her into becoming the Empress Dowager!