The second emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Xiaozong, had four sons, the eldest son (i.e., the crown prince) died of illness at a young age, and the burial place is now called "Prince Bay". The third son, Zhao Huan, was elected as the third son, and his daughter-in-law Li Fengniang became the crown princess.
Feng Niang came from the door of the martial general and dared to say and dare to do, but after Zhao Huan became the prince, he became a promise, And Emperor Xiaozong laughed at him, and Emperor Xiaozong was worried that he was also worried, afraid that the prince's position would not be secured. This made Li Fengniang very unhappy.
This unhappiness lasted for 19 years. In 1190, Emperor Xiaozong abdicated for Emperor Gaozong's filial piety, and the 43-year-old crown prince finally ascended the throne for Emperor Guangzong of Song. Li Fengniang also sat on the empress throne as she wished.
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However, the empress has her own worries about the queen, and the things that have not happened after the abolition have not happened, and FengNiang has survived for 19 years, and cannot and will not let other women enjoy their success.
One day, Guangzong washed up, saw a palace maid's hand like a soft hand, and couldn't help but say a "good" word. After a few days, Li Fengniang sent someone to send a food box, and when she opened it, it was a pair of hands of the palace girl. Guangzong was frightened and held his breath inside, and he froze there.
Emperor Guangzong had a noble concubine who was very cold and warm to him. In the following year after Emperor Guangzong succeeded to the throne, he was to sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth Sect Temple and leave the Palace of The House of Worship. Li Fengniang took advantage of this gap to summon Huang Guifei and accused her of seducing the sick lord, and ordered the internal attendant to beat Huang Guifei to death with a large staff. After Guangzong received the report, he was very frightened. The next day, the suburban altar was held in the sky, and there was a haze on all sides, and suddenly the wind was fierce, the rain poured down, and the candles were like ghost fires. After this hesitation, Guangzong's mental illness flared up.
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Seeing that her husband had become a waste, Li Fengniang pinned her hopes on her son and wanted to make Zhao Kuo the crown prince. However, Emperor Xiaozong of Taishang, who still had real power, had different opinions, and the second son, Zhao Yu, preferred him even more. This made Guangzong feel frightened and uneasy all the time, but he dared to be angry and dare not speak.
Li Fengniang is different. Emperor Xiaozong summoned Emperor Guangzong to a family banquet, and Li Fengniang went alone and asked Emperor Xiaozong to make her son crown prince. Seeing that Emperor Xiaozong did not answer, he could not hold back his rebuke and asked gonggong: "The ancients had a saying, and they were long. I am your Zhao family Ming media is married, and Zhao Kuo is my own child, why can't I be made the crown prince?"
These words greatly angered Emperor Xiaozong. Emperor Xiaozong was not Emperor Gaozong's own son, and everyone knew how much he had avoided this matter, and as far as li Fengniang dared to press the question with such a fierce momentum, Emperor Xiaozong whisked his sleeve away on the spot.
Li Fengniang did not idle after returning to the palace. Crying to Guangzong about this, adding fuel to the fire and saying that Emperor Xiaozong had other plans, not to mention the crown prince, even your throne may be difficult to protect. Guangzong was already full of doubts about Xiaozong, and now he turned his face even more. Guangzong's way of turning his face is to avoid seeing.
The farce in the history of the Song Dynasty, the "Palace Incident", was born from this.
For more than a year, Emperor Guangzong did not go to Emperor Xiaozong to ask for peace, and his decision to the Emperor Taishang caused an uproar in the whole dynasty. The courtiers came to the court one after another, but Guangzong did not listen, and Li Fengniang's obstruction force was even stronger. Until before Emperor Xiaozong's death, the ministers pulled on Guangzong's clothes and wept, but it was still ineffective. Emperor Xiaozong died in infinite pain in anticipation of his son.
Emperor Guangzong actually suspected that his father's death was a trap, and refused to come out to preside over the funeral. In this way, Empress Wu (Empress Gaozong of Song) made zhao kuo ascend the throne, and Guangzong became the emperor.
This was a good name for Li Fengniang's heart. But what puzzled her was that her son refused to be emperor. Zhao Kuo was so frightened that he circled around the pillars of the temple while loudly pleading, "I can't do it." While weeping, Empress Wu ordered her ministers to hold Zhao Kuo and forcibly put on the dragon robe for him before completing the enthronement ceremony.
When the chancellor went to Guangzong to get the national seal, the Mad Emperor refused to do anything. Li Fengniang said, "Since my son did it, I paid for it myself." Only then did he take out the national seal."
Don't think that if your son becomes emperor, Li Fengniang can be energetic. Wrong, she knew very well in her heart that her son was too cowardly, and being forcibly put on the throne by the ministers was just a decoration. The power of the imperial court had long since fallen into the hands of the ministers, and her time had passed.
In the sweltering heat of Hangzhou In July 1200, 56-year-old Li Fengniang died in loneliness. Because of the vicious treatment of people before death, he could not even get a dress after death. The palace people wrapped the corpses in mats and prepared to carry them back to the palace for funeral. Halfway down the road, someone suddenly shouted "The Mad Emperor is coming!" Everyone dropped their bodies and pulled their legs and ran. Li Fengniang's body was exposed to the sun and emitted a foul smell. At the time of the funeral, abalone was placed and dozens of cakes of lotus incense were lit to cover up the smell of the corpse. Reading history here, I always feel that the father-son relationship between Guangzong and Xiaozong is simply incomprehensible, and many of them are probably the actions of mentally ill people.
Li Fengniang was like a cancerous tumor, emitting a miasma that polluted the thriving atmosphere of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although the Guangzong Dynasty lasted only 5 years, it seriously injured the Southern Song Dynasty, and the momentum of the country's prosperity and prosperity stopped.