Life

Noble Consort Wenxi's personal name was not recorded in history.

Family background

Noble Consort Wenxi's family was prestigious when compared to the maternal families of other sons of the Kangxi Emperor, apart from Crown Prince Yinreng. Her paternal grandmother, Princess Mukushen, was Nurhaci's daughter, which would make the Kangxi Emperor and Noble Consort Wenxi second cousins. When she died in 1694, her younger brother, Alingga, represented her family in mourning.

• Father: Ebilun (d. 1673), served as one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor, and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)

　• Paternal grandfather: Eidu (1562–1621)

　• Paternal grandmother: Aisin Gioro Mukushen (穆庫什; 1595–1659), Nurhaci's fourth daughter

• Mother: Lady Šušu Gioro

• Seven brothers

　• Seventh younger brother: Alingga (1670–1716)

• Two elder sisters and three younger sisters

　• Second elder sister: Empress Xiaozhaoren (1653 – 18 March 1678)

Kangxi era

It is not known when Lady Niohuru entered the Forbidden City and became a mistress of the Kangxi Emperor. She was first mentioned in official histories on 28 January 1682 when the Kangxi Emperor granted ranks and titles to his consorts. She was granted the title "Noble Consort". As she was the only one among the emperor's consorts to hold that rank, she did not receive a title to distinguish her from the other consorts.

She gave birth on 28 November 1683 to the emperor's tenth son, Yun'e, and on 24 October 1685 to his 11th daughter, who would die prematurely in June or July 1686.

On 17 December 1694, Lady Niohuru became critically ill. She died two days later and was interred in the Jing Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs. She was granted the title "Noble Consort Wenxi".

Titles

• During the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor (r. 1643–1661) or the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):

　• Lady Niohuru

• During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):

　• Noble Consort (貴妃; from 28 January 1682), third rank consort

　• Noble Consort Wenxi (溫僖貴妃; from 29 December 1694)

Issue

• As Noble Consort:

　• Yun'e (; 28 November 1683 – 18 October 1741), the Kangxi Emperor's 18th (tenth) son

　• The Kangxi Emperor's 11th daughter (24 October 1685 – June/July 1686)

Media

• Noble Consort Wenxi is briefly mentioned by Uya Chenbi in the 2011 Chinese television series Legend of Zhen Huan. She was described as an superior woman who obtained the former Emperor's favor in the conversation between Chenbi and Longkodo.

生平

康熙十九年入宮，家勢顯赫，長姐是巴林部蒙古王扎什的嫡福晉、四妹是正黃旗宗室公允升的嫡妻、五妺則是鑲白旗一等子阿玉什的嫡妻，實際上她還有一位年紀特別小而被遏必隆要求帶著奶母入宮的姐妹、以及另一位落選後一段時間內沒有安排出嫁的姐妹，以上人物是否為在《鈕譜》中闕載者尚待考證。

康熙二十年 (1681年) 十月二十五日，詔封鈕祜祿氏為貴妃，同年十二月二十日，正式冊封為貴妃，無封號。

康熙二十二年 (1683年) 十月十一日亥時，生皇十子輔國公胤䄉，即後來因黨附允禩而被雍正帝革爵圈禁之敦郡王。康熙二十四年 (1685年) 九月二十七日，生皇十一女，可惜公主早殤，未滿一歲。

康熙三十三年（1694年）十一月初一日，貴妃病篤；十一月初三日辰時去世；十一月初五日臨時置棺於朝陽門外殯宮，滿漢三品大臣以上俱赴殯宮，同月十三日參考明朝實錄賜謚號溫僖二字，是日五鼓在殯宮行溫僖貴妃冊謚禮。吳振棫著《養吉齋叢錄》稱德信寬和曰「溫」，小心恭慎曰「僖」。綜合《清實錄》錄入的貴妃冊文和《皇朝文典》的溫僖貴妃冊謚文，可知溫僖貴妃是個賢淑聰明的女子，敬仰和信服著經書所載的教誨，「早持躬于禮法，四德偕臧」，因而在掖庭中獲得尊崇的褒獎和聲譽。由「坤教主乎治內、允資輔翼之賢」等句亦顯示出聖祖對她的期望。

康熙三十四年 (1695年) 九月初八日，溫僖貴妃金棺下葬於景陵妃園寢。公元2015年10月31日，貴妃墓被盜。