Background
Because her father was already deceased, the edict was issued to her father"s cousin He Qi (何琦), as the head of the household.) Emperor Mu was 14 and she was 18.
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Empress He Fani
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Career
Her husband was Emperor Museum He Fani"s father He Zhun (何準) was a brother of the one-time prime minister He Chong (何充), who was an important official during the reigns of Emperor Cheng, Emperor Kang, and Emperor Museum He Zhun had already died by 357, when, based on the account of her high birth, He Fani was selected to be the empress.
Emperor Mu did not have any sons, with Empress He or anyone else.
As she was given Yong"an Palace (永安宮) as her residence, she also became known as Empress Yong"an. When the warlord Huan Xuan (Huan Wen"s son) usurped the throne from Emperor Xiaowu"s son Emperor An in 403, she was still alive, and as she was forced to move from Yong"an Palace (vacated to serve as Emperor An"s residence as Prince of Pinggu), her procession went past the imperial temples, and she cried bitterly at the sight of the temples.
Huan Xuan became displeased and, instead of honoring her as a princess dowager as would be expected, he created her only as the Lady of Lingling. She was said to have then ordered that her regular supplies be reduced in light of the warfare that the people had just suffered.
