The future Consort Dun was born on the sixth day of the third lunar month in the 11th year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, which translates to 27 March 1746 in the Gregorian calendar.

On 2 February 1775, Lady Wang gave birth the emperor's tenth daughter, Princess Hexiao of the First Rank.

In 1778, Lady Wang ordered a palace maid to be severely beaten for making a minor mistake.

The Qianlong Emperor felt very frustrated by this incident because under the Qing dynasty's laws, he ought to harshly punish Lady Wang for causing the maid's death, but at the same time he was worried about how punishing Lady Wang would affect Princess Hexiao of the First Rank.

He eventually demoted Lady Wang to "Concubine Dun" on 21 December 1778, and ordered her to compensate the maid's family with 100 taels of silver and to pay half of the financial penalty levied on her servants, whose salaries were suspended for a year or two.