Empress Xiaoshengxian (12 January 1692 – 2 March 1777), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the consort of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor and mother of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor.

The future Empress Xiaoshengxian was born on the 25th day of the 11th lunar month in the 30th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, which translates to 12 January 1692 in the Gregorian calendar.

She was born to the prominent Niohuru clan In 1705, aged thirteen, when she went to the capital, just at the time, it so happened, that the ladies of the nobility were there awaiting selection to the palace.

They told Yinzhen, the fourth son of the Kangxi Emperor, who asked them to include her in the last group.

He was grateful to her for her loyalty,[1] and the following year on 25 September 1711, she gave birth to his fourth son, Prince Hongli.

The Empress Dowager also always accompanied her son on his excursions to Shenyang and the Yangtze River Delta.

[6] In her old age, when the Empress Dowager was no longer fit to travel, the Qianlong Emperor stopped all his trips and only resumed them after her death.