Consort Shu (Qianlong)


Consort Shu, of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was 17 years younger than him.

Life

Family background

Consort Shu's personal name was not recorded in history.

Yongzheng era

The future Consort Shu was born on the first day of the sixth lunar month in the sixth year of the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, which translates to 7 July 1728 in the Gregorian calendar.

Qianlong era

On 23 March 1741, Lady Yehe Nara entered the Forbidden City and was granted the title "Noble Lady" by the Qianlong Emperor. She was elevated in December 1741 or January 1742 to "Concubine Shu", and on 20 May 1749 to "Consort Shu". On 12 June 1751, she gave birth to Yongyue, the emperor's tenth son, who would die prematurely on Lady Yehe Nara's twenty-fifth birthday on 7 July 1753. Lady Yehe Nara died on 4 July 1777 and was interred in the Yu Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs.

Titles

  • During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor :
  • * Lady Yehe Nara
  • During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor :
  • * Noble Lady, sixth rank consort
  • * Concubine Shu, fifth rank consort
  • * Consort Shu, fourth rank consort

Issue

  • As Consort Shu:
  • * Yongyue '', The Qianlong Emperor's tenth son''

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