Empress Xiao Ai Zhe
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Empress Xiao Ai Zhe was a Chinese Empress consort of the Ming Dynasty
, married to the Tianqi Emperor
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and the nurse Madame Ke, and was involved in several conflicts with them. As they could not attack her directly, they tried to implicate her in various suspicious activities to blacken her name in the eyes of the emperor. At one occasion, they tried to undermine her position by framing her father for criminal activity.
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
, married to the Tianqi Emperor
Tianqi Emperor
The Tianqi Emperor was the 15th emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1620 to 1627. Born Zhu Youxiao, he was the Taichang Emperor's eldest son. His era name means "Heavenly opening".-Biography:...
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Biography
Empress Xiao Ai Zhe despised the influential favorites of Tianqi, the eunuch Wei ZhongxianWei Zhongxian
Wei Zhongxian is considered by most historians as the most powerful and notorious eunuch in Chinese history. Originally a hoodlum and gambler, his initial name was Wei Si . He took the step of becoming a eunuch and entering palace service to escape from his creditors, taking the name Li Jinzhong...
and the nurse Madame Ke, and was involved in several conflicts with them. As they could not attack her directly, they tried to implicate her in various suspicious activities to blacken her name in the eyes of the emperor. At one occasion, they tried to undermine her position by framing her father for criminal activity.