Hexi Empress

The Hexi Empress (Baiyu: 和禧女皇), personal name Yu Shenghui, is the current monarch of the Bai Empire. She acceded to the throne following her father's death on 10 October 2022. The grandson of Yu Zeming, who ruled as the country's Crown Regent from 1962 to 1989, she is the first monarch to be born in Bai after the Imperial restoration.

Born in Xiongjing, the Empress is the third child and only daughter of the Fengyang Emperor. As such, she was not expected to inherit the throne, and spent much of her early life in the shadow of her eldest brothers. She was part of a mass display for the 1988 Pax Nova Games opening ceremony. After which, she served as a diplomat, becoming ambasssdor to Castellan from 1991 to 1994, to the Demirhan Empire from 1994 to 1999 and to Mauretia from 1999 to 2004. In 2001, she married a fellow diplomat Wang Wenyi and has two children.

Returning to Bai, she worked in the Ministry of Defence, but took on more official duties following the death of her eldest brother in 2007. Due to her increasing involvement in royal affairs, commentators speculated she could be next in line. In 2021, she was formally designated as heiress apparent, and officiated the Yihuiting parliamentary session opening in June 2022.