She initially entered Digunai's harem with the title Consort of Qi State (Chinese: 岐國妃).
She was promoted and received the title Consort Hui (Chinese: 惠妃) in 1150, before being elevated to empress later that year when her son Alubu was born.
Wulu was thus killed, and even when Digunai found that she had been unfairly treated, Xieye's punishment did not stick, and he was quickly reinstated and promoted.
[1] In 1161, Empress Tudan and her son, the crown prince, accompanied Digunai to Nanjing near modern Kaifeng, from where he launched attacks against the Song.
Empress Tudan remained in Nanjing, but when Digunai was killed, her son was murdered, and she fled to her mother-in-law's home in Zhongdu.