Her mother Princess Xin'an was the daughter of Emperor Jianwen, making her and her husband cousins.
As he was described to be so developmentally disabled that he could not speak or dress himself, or express whether he was full or hungry, it was unlikely that their marriage was consummated; in any case, they had no children.
In 403, after Emperor An's throne was usurped by the warlord Huan Xuan, she was effectively put under house arrest with her husband.
In 404, after Liu Yu started a rebellion to reestablish Jin, Huan Xuan had her and her husband transported west with him after he resolved to flee west from the capital Jiankang, but on the way, Huan Xuan's brother-in-law Yin Zhongwen (殷仲文) rebelled against him and transported her and Emperor Mu's empress He Fani back to Jiankang.
She died in October 412 and was buried with honors due an empress on 26 October[4] at Xiuping Mausoleum; Emperor An was also buried there after his death in January 419.