"The emperor marries his daughter-in-law, and the queen marries his daughter." Like Song Yingzong Zhao Zongshi and Gao Taotao , "marriage between powerful royal families" is indeed one of the best in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. They grew up together and were granted marriage by the emperor when they were 15 years old. , who wouldn’t be envious after seeing this? Gao Taotao can be called the happiest queen in the Northern Song Dynasty , because Song Yingzong really did "a pair for life" to Gao Taotao in that polygamous ancient times. Maybe this does not sound surprising, but if It is said that ten years after marriage, all eight children in Song Yingzong's harem were born to Gao Taotao. Isn't this quite terrifying? What is this Gao Taotao's ability to firmly hold the emperor and the harem's reproductive power in his hands?
Gao Taotao's top wife's life
Song Yingzong's harem could not even fit into five fingers, because Song Yingzong was never allowed to choose his concubine, except for Gao Taotao, the rest were just decorations, Empress Dowager Cao couldn't stand it anymore asked someone to pass on the message To Gao Taotao: "The official has been on the throne for a long time, and now he is in good health. How can there be no one to serve him?" Gao Taotao was very unhappy and wrote back: "The bride who married the thirteenth regiment was not married to the emperor." Gao Taotao's The meaning is very clear. Years ago, I didn't marry Zhao Zongshi because he was the emperor. In other words: You advised me to be generous and not to meddle in other people's business.
Gao Taotao's toughness can be regarded as the first of Song Dynasty . You must know that Queen Mother Cao is not only Gao Taotao's mother-in-law, but also her aunt, and can even be said to be her adoptive mother. Unexpectedly, in order to monopolize favors, Gao Taotao would not let other women appear around Song Yingzong, and even the Empress Dowager Cao who "upheld justice for Song Yingzong" would not be mistaken. Later, this conversation spread outside the court, and Song Yingzong got the nickname "Thirteenth Regiment Training", which became a joke among people after dinner.
Speaking of Gao Taotao, he was the top " Beijing Circle Bai Fumei " when he was born. If a woman from such a family did not come from such a family, how could she be favored by the later Song Yingzong. It can be said that Gao Taotao has a good hand at the beginning, a perfect heroine script. In 1035, Gao Taotao was taken into the palace and ushered in the first peak of his life.
Under the strong request of the minister, Song Renzong selected Zhao Zongshi, the son of Pu Wang Zhao Yunrang , into the palace and trained him as a "preparatory prince". In this way, the two children met, studied together, and grew up together. Even Song Renzong was envious of their childhood sweethearts.
There is a widely circulated saying in the Northern Song Dynasty that "the emperor marries a wife, and the queen marries a daughter." It refers to Zhao Zongshi, the candidate for the crown prince of Song Renzong, and Empress Cao niece Gao Taotao. Although the two came from prominent backgrounds, they could not control their own destiny. Was such a political marriage the intention of the two of them, or was it a game between Song Renzong and Empress Cao?
The marriage of Song Yingzong and Gao Taotao
Generally speaking, as princes and noble daughters, the two of them should live a carefree life like " fighting cocks and lackeys, not knowing the rise and fall of heaven and earth" , but unexpectedly they were trapped all their lives. At the palace. Gao Taotao never dreamed that Empress Cao would choose her to enter the palace. He never thought that he would one day become the Empress Dowager, nor did he think that he would be in charge of government after three dynasties. Zhao Zongshi did not expect that the prince's decree would fall on him.
Before entering the palace, Zhao Yun asked to hold 3-year-old Zhao Zongshi with mixed feelings. He gently said in Xiao Zongshi's ear: "After entering the palace, you must be sensible and listen to the emperor and empress. Be as kind to the emperor as you are to your father, but remember, he will never be your father . Do you understand?" Xiao Zongshi nodded in understanding.
He didn't know what fate was waiting for him.Zhao Zongshi had been miserable since he was a child. Although he was well-dressed and well-fed, he was always in fear. As Renzong's son "Zixinglai" Zhao Xin was born and died young, his fate also fluctuated, and he was taken into the palace all of a sudden. , and was later sent out of the palace to live in prison. He lived in fear at a young age. His body and mind were so tortured that his health later became worrying.
At this time, Zhao Zongshi was treated as the crown prince by Song Renzong for a time. However, Song Renzong, who lost his son one after another at this time, still had optimistic hopes that he would be able to give birth to his own son in his lifetime. Therefore, Zhao Zongshi's position as crown prince was not Stable , but this does not hinder his relationship with his wife at all.
People always say that "a bamboo horse is no match for the sky", but the facts have proved that this is not the case with Zhao Shu and Gao Taotao. Whether in the former Prince Pu's Mansion or later in the palace, the only one Zhao Zongshi loved was Gao Taotao. one person. Even the later "Tiewei Shancong Talks " also recorded Zhao Zongshi: "There was no one on the left or right to serve as an attendant. .
Song Yingzong, Zhao Zongshi, entered and left the palace twice, and became a candidate for the prince. He has long been criticized, and Gao Taotao saw pain in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. He entered the palace and asked Queen Cao to bring their family to the palace. But Gao Taotao didn't know that in the near future, Song Renzong would carry Zhao Zongshi into the palace again. They were both the emperor's adopted son and the queen's adopted daughter.
Gao Taotao would see what changes would happen. Taotao Zhao Zongshi moves into the palace
The most difficult moment in Song Yingzong's life was every time when Song Renzong's concubine was pregnant and was about to give birth. If the child was a prince, Xiao Zongshi would be kicked out of the palace and his life as a spare child would end. ; If the child is a princess, he will have to continue to be a spare tire here, which is a kind of torture. He lives under high pressure all the time. tml4
Gao Taotao looked at him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: Zhao Zongshi, the one I want to marry is the Thirteenth Regiment, not the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Finally, in 1062, Song Renzong accepted his fate, and finally made Zhao Zongshi the emperor. The prince was named Shu. In 1063, Renzong died of illness and Zhao Shu ascended the throne as Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty. Later, she was honored as Queen Mother Cao, and Gao Taotao was established as queen.
Although it was a typical arranged marriage, Zhao Zongshi and Gao Taotao's married life was very happy and harmonious. They respected each other like guests and were extremely affectionate. Gao Taotao gave birth to Zhao Zongshi's eldest son, who would become htm in the future. l2Song Shenzong Zhao Xu, in the following years, Gao Taotao gave birth to four sons and four daughters for Zhao Zongshi, of which the second daughter and the third daughter were twins. He doted on Gao Taotao, and never even doted on his concubines, so that all his children were born to Gao Taotao h. tml4
Actually, there were actually three concubines in the history of Emperor Yingzong. They were all brought by Taotao because the emperor was seriously ill and could not get out of bed. For the sake of Gao Taotao, Yingzong still insisted on not establishing another concubine. Gao Taotao's mother-in-law also took good care of her. However, many people thought that Gao Taotao was a small person because of his virtuous nature. Such a disobedience to the Queen Mother. In fact, to Yingzong, Gao Taotao is not only his wife, but also his spiritual support.
Although Yingzong and Queen Gao have a deep love for each other, Zhao Zong is really huge. Under stress, he ended up suffering from intermittent psychosis. This is why Renzong had just died of illness, and during the funeral, Yingzong " No. ran wildly and couldn't perform the ceremony" . After he ascended the throne, he was ill for a long time and could not manage politics, which caused Empress Dowager Cao to listen to politics behind the curtain. Fortunately, "Unfortunately, he has been in poor health since then, and passed away four years later. In the first month of the fourth year of Zhiping , Gao Taotao and Zhao Shu's eldest son Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne, known as Song Shenzong in history. Gao Taotao was named emperor. The Queen Mother, after three dynasties, she became one of the most outstanding women in the Song Dynasty and made an indelible contribution to protecting the country of the Song Dynasty.
