Dong Eshi was born in Chongde in the Qing Dynasty for four years. Her father, E Shuo, is an officer in Zhengbaiqi. Because Eshuo fought with the army, he lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou for a long time, and his children grew up in Jiangnan. They were influenced by Chinese culture since childhood and formed a refined cultural temperament.
Dong Eshi was smart since he was a child and liked reading history books and calligraphy. He grew up in the south of the Yangtze River and has a unique charm and considerate temperament. Dong Eshi entered the palace in the 13th year of Shunzhi, and was deeply loved by the emperor shunzhi because he was brilliant, well-versed in Sinology and very congenial to the emperor shunzhi, who loved Chinese culture. On August 25th of the same year, she was made a virtuous princess. Only a month later, Shunzhi named Dong Eshi the imperial concubine on the grounds that Min Hui was a good man and never surpassed Dong Eshi. This speed of promotion of empresses was rare in the Qing Dynasty. After Shunzhi died in seventeen years, she was made queen.
In film and television dramas, Dong E Fei is often described as Fujin, the prince of Xiang who was later incorporated into the harem by the emperor shunzhi. However, according to the genealogy of Aisingiorro, Prince Fujin of Xiang is a well-known family in Horqin, so the filial piety queen will never be Prince Fujin of Xiang. This statement is all fabricated.