Yonglin was born in the Aisin-Gioro clan as the 17th and youngest son of the Qianlong Emperor.
The Jiaqing Emperor gave him Heshen's former residence as his personal mansion.
He died in the same year and was buried somewhere in the present-day Baiyanggou Natural Scenic Area, which is located southwest of Beijing's Changping District.
Around 1851, during the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor, the Imperial Household Department took back the Prince Qing's Mansion from Yonglin's descendants.
A year later, the Xianfeng Emperor gave the mansion to his sixth brother, Prince Gong.