Consort Ling

In the fifth year of the Yongzheng reign of the Qing dynasty, 1727, a baby girl was born into the Wei household. Her surname was Wei, and her childhood name was Wanqiu. She would become Emperor Qianlong's third empress, Empress Xiaoyichun, and the birth mother of the Jiaqing Emperor.

Wei Wanqiu was clever, kind, and lovable from a young age. After entering the palace, she was always cautious. In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, she was made Noble Lady Wei. That same year, she was promoted to Concubine Ling. In the thirteenth year, she was promoted to Consort Ling, and in the twenty-fourth year, to Noble Consort Ling. The following year, her fifteenth son, Yongyan, was born...