[1] In 1449, the Zhengtong Emperor was captured after the Battle of Tumu and his captors demanded a ransom, which Empress Qian and her mother-in-law promptly raised.

[4] When her spouse was returned by the Mongols, arriving in Beijing on 19 September 1450, Empress Qian joined him under house arrest in a guarded section of the Imperial City.

[5][6] When her spouse's only son, the future Chenghua Emperor, was deposed as heir apparent in 1452, he was sent to live with Empress Qian in conditions of physical hardship.

[9] Empress Dowager Qian died on 26 June 1468,[11] and was interred at Yu ling in the Ming tomb complex near Beijing on 4 September 1468.

[11] The Tianshun Emperor specifically stated that she should only be buried next to him, 'after a thousand years of long life.