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Feng Yuan became a consort to Emperor Yuan in [[47 BC]], the second year of his reign. She quickly became a favorite of his, along with Consort Fu. She bore him a son, [[Prince Xing of Zhongshan|Liu Xing]] (劉興), who was later created the Prince of Xindu in [[37 BC]].
While both Consorts Fu and Feng were imperial consorts, an incident occurred that would cause Consort Feng to be greatly praised, at Consort Fu's embarrassment. In [[38 BC]], Emperor Yuan was watching a fight between wild animals, accompanied by a number of his [[concubine]]s (but apparently not by [[Empress Wang Zhengjun]]). A wild bear broke loose and tried to get out of the cage. All of the noble men and women who accompanied Emperor Yuan, including Consort Fu, fled, but Consort Feng stepped toward the wild bear, which, however, was killed at the last moment by imperial guards. Emperor Yuan asked her why she did so. Consort Feng replied that she had heard that bears, once they had caught one person, would attack just that person and no one else; because she was afraid that the bear would attack the emperor, she was willing to sacrifice herself. Consort Fu became greatly jealous of the praise that Consort Feng received for this incident.
Consort Feng was never recorded in history as having had the same ambition that her rival Consort Fu had at displacing [[Emperor Cheng of Han|Crown Prince Liu Ao]] (劉驁), the son of [[Empress Wang Zhengjun]], with her son. This might have been because her son was younger not only to the crown prince, but also to Consort Fu's son [[Prince Kang of Dingtao|Liu Kang]] (劉康), or it could have been that she was humbler and less ambitious.
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