Heshuo Princess Huaike

Princess Huai Ke of Hešuo, 1695–1717, was the second daughter of Emperor Yongzheng, with her mother being Consort Qi Li. She was the only one of Yongzheng's daughters to live into adulthood.

On the sixth day of the seventh lunar month in the 34th year of Kangxi's reign (July 1695), Princess Huai Ke was born at her residence; her mother was a concubine at that time. In the 51st year of Kangxi (1712), she was granted the title of Marquis (Junjun), and in July of that year, promoted to Princess (Junzhu). In September, she married Wu La Na La Shi Xing De, a general of the Manchu Plain White Banner, who held the title of Dutong (a high-ranking official). From then on, they entered into marriage. In the 56th year of Kangxi (1717), March, Princess Huai Ke passed away at the age of only 22.

Although Xing De had two sons, neither was born of Princess Huai Ke. The Qing government bestowed the status of offspring by imperial favor on these two sons, but neither entered official service. Consequently, from Xing De's descendants onward, starting with his grandchildren, the family’s social standing gradually declined from an aristocratic bureaucratic family to the level of banner soldiers.

On the fourth day of the third lunar month in the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Qing court posthumously conferred the title of Hešuo Gege as Princess Huai Ke of Hešuo, sent officials to pay respects at her tomb, and erected a stele according to customary procedures. In November of the 12th year of Yongzheng (1734), the government granted Star De (Xing De) a ten-year pension of silver as Hešuo Dutong Star De, and ordered military exercises for Mongolian soldiers at Dali Gang Ai Jun Camp. In the first month of the first year of Qianlong (1736), orders were issued to recall Star De. In April of the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), Star De passed away.

All the facts above are based on Volume 166 of the "Draft History of Qing" (Qing Shi Gao).