 After Xiao Tong was created crown prince, his mother Consort Ding, while not made empress, was given a special status co-equal with her son.Xiao Tong was said to be intelligent, kind, and obedient to his parents from his childhood.As per customs of the time, in 506, he was housed in the Yongfu Mansion (), the residence for the crown prince, in his childhood, but he missed his parents, and so every few days or so Emperor Wu would spend several days at Yongfu Mansion.