Concubine Cheng Of Li (Tianqi Emperor)

Li Chengfei (1605 – December 21, 1637), was a concubine of the Ming Dynasty and a consort of Emperor Xizong. On the 22nd day of the 12th lunar month in the third year of the Tianqi reign, she was bestowed the title of Cheng Fei. In the second month of the fourth year of Tianqi, she gave birth to the emperor's second daughter, Princess Huaining, who unfortunately died shortly after birth. She once resided in Changchun Palace. Before October of the fifth Tianqi year, Li Chengfei, during her time serving the emperor, interceded on behalf of Fan Huifei, who had been neglected, to Emperor Xizong; this was discovered by Ke Shi and Wei Zhongxian, leading to her downfall. On the second day of the second month in the sixth Tianqi year, she was stripped of her crown and robes, confined, and deprived of food, surviving by secretly eating stored food. After half a month, she was summoned back. Although she was rescued, she was demoted to a palace maid and moved to Ganxi Wusu. After Emperor Chongzhen's accession, she was reinstated as a concubine and served in a palace within Ciqing Palace. She died on November 6 of the tenth Chongzhen year at the age of 33 and was buried at Jinshan, in a joint burial with Deuan Chunfei and Zhang Yu Fei in Dongsi Tomb Village of Ming tombs. Three coffins were found in the tomb, with Li Chengfei's coffin in the middle; the bottom of her coffin had been hollowed out, but her skull remained intact.