Background
She was a daughter of the Chiliantoubingdoufa Khan of Rouran, Yujiulü Anagui (郁久閭阿那瓌).
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Her husband was Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen was forced to agree, and he sent Yuan Fu (元孚) the Prince of Fufeng to Rouran to invite her to be his empress. Yujiulü Anagui gave Western Wei 700 carts full of goods as dowry, along with 10,000 horses and 2,000 camels.
As her train encountered that of Yuan Fu"s, Yuan Fu requested that she turn her face from facing east (the honored direction pursuant to Rouran customs) to south (the honored direction pursuant to Chinese customs).
She made the response:
When she arrived at Chang"an in spring 538, Emperor Wen created her empress. Emperor Wen, under pressure, ordered Empress Yifu to commit suicide.
Later in the year, when Empress Yujiulü herself was about to give birth, she heard unusual barking noises in the palace, and she suspected them as from the spirit of Empress Yifu. She therefore grew depressed, and she died either during or shortly after childbirth.
When Emperor Wen subsequently died in 551, he was buried with her, although eventually Empress Yifu was buried with him.
