Consort Ji was a member of Han Chinese Plain Yellow Banner Wang clan.
Father: Qingyuan (清远), served as a guard in imperial gardens department.
Mother: Lady Wu (伍氏) One brother:Wenyuan (文元)[1] Consort Ji was born in 1846.
Her father and grandfather died, leaving her together with mother, lady Wu, who received only one tael monthly.
[2] According to the "Early years of Cixi" lady Wang and Consort Yi were holding crippled Xianfeng Emperor.