Empress Xiaoxian Duanjing

Consort Donggo (1639 – 23 September 1660), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Donggo clan, was a consort of the Shunzhi Emperor. She was one year his junior.

Life Family background Lady Donggo's personal name was not recorded in history. Her ancestral home was in Liaoning.

Father: Eshuo (? – 1657), served as a first rank military official Paternal grandfather: Xihan Mother: Lady Aisin-Gioro Maternal grandfather: Murhu (穆尔祜) Maternal grandmother: Lady Borjigin One younger brother: Fiyanggū, Minister of the Imperial Guard and Qing commander-in-chief of against Galdan

Shunzhi era In the summer of 1656, Lady Donggo entered the Forbidden City and was deeply loved and favoured by the Shunzhi Emperor. On 12 October 1656, she was granted the title "Consort Xian". On 19 January 1657, she was elevated to "Imperial Noble Consort". The Shunzhi Emperor held a grand ceremony for the promotion of Lady Donggo and proclaimed amnesty. When Lady Donggo became the Imperial Noble Consort, she shared the power of managing the inner court with Empress Xiaohuizhang, whom Emperor Shunzhi wanted to depose (however, the officials opposed to deposition of a second empress). Two days after her death, Lady Donggo was posthumously granted the title of empress, an uncommon gesture. She was interred in the Xiao Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs.

Titles During the reign of Hong Taiji (r. 1626–1643): Lady Donggo (from 1639) During the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor (r. 1643–1661): Consort Xian (; from 12 October 1656), fourth rank consort Imperial Noble Consort (; from 19 January 1657), second rank consort Empress Xiaoxian (; from 25 September 1660)

Issue As imperial noble consort: Prince Rong of the First Rank (榮親王; 12 November 1657 – 25 February 1658), the Shunzhi Emperor's fourth son

In popular culture Portrayed by Ko Miusze in The Duke of Mount Deer (1984) Portrayed by Ng Ning in The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (1987) Portrayed by Bo Hong in Kangxi Dynasty (2001) Portrayed by Shu Chang in Xiaozhuang Mishi (2003) Portrayed by Océane Zhu in The Life and Times of a Sentinel (2011) Portrayed by Zhang Xueying in In Love with Power (2012)