| Lady He | |
| Birth Date: | 929 |
| Birth Place: | Kaifeng, China |
| Burial Place: | Gongyi, Henan, China |
| Spouse: | Emperor Taizu |
| Posthumous Name: | Empress Xiàohui (孝惠皇后) |
| Father: | He Jingsi (Chinese: 賀景思) |
Lady He (; –25 January 958 CE), posthumously known as Empress Xiaohui, was the first wife of Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty. She was the daughter of He Jingsi (贺怀浦) and sister of the general He Lingtu (賀令圖).
Lady He was the eldest daughter of He Jingsi. She was born in Bianjing, present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province.In Kaifeng, she met her future husband, Zhao Kuangyin.[1] She had two older brothers: He Huaipu (賀懷浦) and He Lingtu (賀令圖). Zhao's family moved from Luoyang to Kaifeng. Lady He and her future husband grew up together. He Jingsi and Zhao Kuangyin's father's were colleagues and worked together as palace guards during the Later Tang dynasty.[2]
They married when she was 16. The two were deeply in love and their marriage was happy.[3] Lady He was born with a weak body although she gave birth to 3 sons and 2 daughters. Sadly, Lady He died before his ascension, of unknown causes at age thirty. When Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, she was posthumously honoured as Empress Xiaohui.[4] She was buried in the An Mausoleum.[5]