Chenghua Emperor
After Zhu Jianshen ascended to the throne as the Chenghua Emperor in 1464, the emperor made Wan his consort and she quickly became his favorite after giving birth to a boy in 1466. As the mother of his son, Emperor regularly gave Consort Wan many presents and awarded her the new title of Imperial Noble Consort. These signs of affection caused a lot of jealousy from other consorts who began spreading rumors about Consort Wan's evil doings. After Wan's son died at age of ten months old, she jealously employed eunuchs to oversee the Emperor's harem and report back to her if any concubines became pregnant. For several decades, Lady Wan would use tactics including forced abortions and even murders of members of the harem to eliminate her rivals, resulting in the Chenghua Emperor lamenting that by the age of thirty one that he still lacked a male heir.