Empress Renxiao (Empress) Xu was born in Haozhou after her eldest daughter (1362- 1407) and her mother Xie (second daughter Xie Zaixing), the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), he was canonized on the 27th day of the first month. In the 11th year of Yongle (14 13), he was buried in Changling in February.

More than half of Queen Xu's children were born to Chu Di, and her first three sons were born to Prince Ming Renzong and Hanwang Zhu He.