He Loved Her Sister More. Then Her Son Became Emperor.

Her husband loved her older sister more. When he died without naming an heir, Bumbutai waited as powerful princes decided the future of her five-year-old son.

Married at about twelve into the household of her own aunt’s husband, this Mongol princess ranked last among Hong Taiji’s five principal consorts. Her aunt was Empress. Her sister was his favorite. Then the succession crisis of 1643 changed her life.

Follow one imagined day in the life of Bumbutai, later remembered as Empress Xiaozhuang: a mother waiting inside Mukden Palace while rival princes debate who will rule the Qing. Her son, Fulin, would become the Shunzhi Emperor—and later the husband of the Mongol brides featured in our other stories.

CHAPTERS
00:00 The Emperor Is Dead
01:01 The Wife Ranked Last
04:23 Married to Her Aunt’s Husband
08:03 Two Sisters, Two Sons
10:55 The Princes Choose an Emperor
15:33 The News Reaches His Mother
18:07 A Child Takes the Throne
19:32 What Became of Bumbutai
21:07 History and Dramatization

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