Liu E
Orphan girl from Shu first married a silversmith
Liu E both died when she was still in her infancy and was fostered at her grandmother's house.
In that era, women were just losing money, so when Liu E was in her teens, she was accused of marrying a broken silversmith Gong Mei.
Gong Mei took her around and ran around, and later went to the capital Bianliang to make a living, becoming a pair of "Liang Piao".
Tokyo Bianliang is not easy to get along with. There are talented people everywhere. Gong Mei has a hard life. Once she has decided to sell her wife Liu E, otherwise both of them will starve to death.
was sold for money. Fate changed.
Gong Mei dared to think and did it. She didn't know how to contact the buyer. Anyway, he successfully sold it. How much is unknown. The buyer is the commander of the Han King , Zhao Heng , , Zhang Qi .
Zhang Qi is very good at doing things. He bought Liu E not for himself, but for his master.
After a night of spring breeze, Zhao Heng and Liu E were really happy - they picked up the treasure
, so they abandoned other beauties in the mansion and devoted themselves to Liu E.
The golden house hides a beauty and becomes the queen. As the saying goes: There are no broken fields, only exhausted cows.
Zhao Heng and Liu E were attacked, and soon their eyes were blue and their eyes were dull, and their bodies were hollowed out.
This was seen by my father Song Taizong . Song Taizong himself was a veteran of flowers and immediately understood that his son was overly indulging in lust. After investigation, he discovered Liu E. So he forced Zhao Heng to deal with Liu E. Zhao Heng did not dare to disobey and was reluctant to let Liu E off, so he arranged her at Zhang Qi's house and went to date from time to time. This situation continued until Zhao Heng took over and became Song Zhenzong .
finally became the queen
After Zhao Heng became the emperor, Liu E no longer had to hide. She entered the palace openly. She started as a beauty, and was soon promoted to cultivation ritual, and then promoted to Concubine De, becoming the favorite concubine second only to the queen.
It is worth mentioning that she is not the most favored in the palace. The most favored one is Yang Shufei . Liu E did not learn the heroine of the palace fighting drama and became Yang Shufei's best friend, but instead became Yang Shufei's best friend. The two joined hands to defeat other foxes in the palace and firmly sit on the first and second place in the palace.
Wearing a dragon robe to worship Taimiao
AD 1012, Liu E finally ascended the throne of the queen after going through many twists and turns, and assisted Emperor Zhenzong of Song to handle state affairs and gradually gained the power of the government. Emperor Zhenzong did not expect that he was greedy for beauty and actually attracted Wu Meiniang to be reborn. In panic, he wanted the prince to supervise the country, but was easily defeated by Liu E. He had to issue an edict before his death:
"Respecting the empress as the empress dowager, and taking the empress dowager to deal with the military and national affairs."
Liu E's power was in control, but he did not raise handsome men like Northern Wei Queen Mother Feng and Tang Wu Zetian, but was particularly interested in wearing dragon robes. For this reason, she and the ministers were extremely involved and finally won the victory, creating two firsts:
The first to enter the Taimiao to pay tribute to The Song Dynasty
The first to enter the Taimiao to worship the ancestral temple
The first to enter the Taimiao to worship the ancestral temple
Ancient women were not allowed to enter the ancestral temple, especially the royal family. Liu E broke all of them.
Liu E in a dragon robe
recognizes her ex-husband as her brother and marrys a white and rich beauty for him
Do you still remember Liu E's ex-husband? The little silversmith Gong Mei sold Liu E.
If it were an ordinary person, although he became the queen in disguise, he must be said that not killing Gong Mei would be considered kind to him.
But Liu E and Zhao Heng and his wife are indeed extraordinary.
Zhao Heng was not only not embarrassed when facing Liu E's ex-husband, but instead promoted Gong Mei many times:
"Add to the third squad, and then moved to the right magistrate, serving as the guards of the Ma Jun Du Yuhou and the governor of Wu Shengjun, the governor of the Jiedu of the Wu Shengjun, and the emperor repeatedly wanted to entrust his troops to the queen, and the number of four people dropped out of the middle."
Seeing that, Gong Mei was very high, and even Emperor Zhenzong of Song wanted to hand over the power of the Song Dynasty to Gong Mei, but Liu E repeatedly dissuaded him.
Life winner Gong Mei
We don’t know what Song Zhenzong thought. Logically speaking, in , the Song Dynasty was an era when chastity was emphasized, Gong Mei, the queen’s ex-husband, should have completely disappeared from now on.
Is it because Song Zhenzong felt guilty to Gong Mei? Or are you grateful to him for making the decision to sell Liu E?
Thousands of years later, we don’t know.
However, Liu E is also very good to her ex-husband. She recognized Gong Mei as her brother and changed her surname to Liu.
Princess
Later, he arranged for him to marry his wife and gave the daughter of the king of Wu Yue to his ex-husband. I drooled in admiration.
Now it seems that Gong Mei is the biggest winner in life!
Little Shi Sharp Comment: Although Liu E lost her parents at a young age, she lived a miserable life. But she enjoyed all her glory and wealth throughout her life, and became the first empress dowager in the Song Dynasty to proclaim the throne to . She even had the ability to change the dynasty and become the second Wu Zetian. When she was in power, she was impartial and eliminated the party struggles, allowing the Song Dynasty to flourish, laying the foundation for the later prosperity of Renzong. She is a hero among women!