part ▁from ▁the ▁em press , ▁there ▁were ▁seven ▁gr ades ▁of ▁cons ort s ▁in ▁the ▁M ing ▁palace ▁system . ▁These ▁in ▁their ▁order ▁of ▁senior ity ▁were ▁Hu ang ▁Gu ife i ▁( 皇 <0xE8> <0xB4> <0xB5> <0xE5> <0xA6> <0x83> ), ▁Gu ife i ▁( <0xE8> <0xB4> <0xB5> <0xE5> <0xA6> <0x83> ), ▁Bin ▁( <0xE5> <0xAB> <0x94> ), ▁Gu ir en ▁( <0xE8> <0xB4> <0xB5> 人 ), ▁C air en ▁( 才 人 ), ▁X u ans hi ▁( 选 <0xE4> <0xBE> <0x8D> ), ▁and ▁Sh un ü ▁( <0xE6> <0xB7> <0x91> 女 ), ▁beneath ▁which ▁were ▁palace ▁attend ants . ▁" L ady ▁G ong ", ▁in ▁this ▁case , ▁was ▁a ▁palace ▁att endant ▁elev ated ▁to ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁a ▁cons ort ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁( most ▁senior ) ▁grade .</ ref > ▁However ▁she ▁was ▁never ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ' s ▁favour ite ▁cons ort s . ▁After ▁his ▁birth , ▁Z hu ▁Ch ang lu o ▁was ▁largely ▁ignored ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁even ▁though ▁he , ▁as ▁the ▁first born ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁em peror , ▁was ▁by ▁default ▁the ▁he ir ▁apparent ▁( c rown ▁prince ) ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y ' s ▁traditional ▁rules ▁of ▁succession . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁shortly ▁after ▁his ▁elder ▁sister , ▁the ▁Princess ▁R ong ch ang ; ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ' s ▁el dest ▁child ▁and ▁only ▁child ▁with ▁his ▁primary ▁wife ▁Em press ▁X ia od uan