It is a very rare thing to love only one person in a lifetime, especially in feudal society, rich and powerful men are three wives and four concubines, and it is difficult to only be touched by one woman. This is especially true in the imperial palace, since the ancient emperor was more affectionate, even ruthless. The harem three thousand beauties only served the emperor alone, and some women may marry into the deep palace as teenagers, but they have never seen the emperor in their lives. But the world is full of wonders, not every emperor is like this, today's story of the emperor and empress, the two people are a couple of trouble, and even became the only couple in history to marry the empress dowager.
Why is this couple so legendary, because in history, emperors generally died early, it is very difficult to live past fifty years old, let alone a golden marriage, and to ensure that fifty years are sitting on the throne, the most important point is that there are countless concubines in the harem, and it is very rare to be able to spoil one person, so it is absolutely rare in history to be able to usher in a fifty-year golden marriage. This emperor was Emperor Gaozong of Song during the Southern Song Dynasty, and the empress was Wu.
Ancient marriage pays attention to the door to the door, the emperor chooses concubines especially so, if you want to enter the palace to serve the emperor, then the first family is the powerful and powerful to qualify. Although Wu was born in a large family in the Northern Song Dynasty, he only had money, so if there were no special circumstances, Wu was not a candidate for the emperor's concubine at all. But people with a relationship will always encounter each other when they go around, when the Northern Song Dynasty suffered misfortune, Wu Was 12 years old when the Northern Song Dynasty ended, Zhao Shuo began to recruit troops in Nanjing to prepare for the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then jin soldiers entered the palace, Zhao Shuo helplessly went to Hangzhou, in order to enrich his harem, Zhao Shuo began to choose beautiful women in the folk, and Wu just appeared.
In 1128 AD, Wu Shi, who had just turned 14 years old, entered the palace as a concubine, and this age was only now in the second year of junior high school, but feudal society paid attention to early marriage and early pregnancy, and it was very normal for women to marry in their teens. Although Wu Shi is still young, but her personality is very strong, in order to protect her husband Zhao Shuo, she wore armor on the battlefield, and followed Zhao Shuo at any time, like a bodyguard. Zhao Zhuo began to feel unprecedented warmth from this moment, and this moment was also doomed to the day when the two would not abandon each other.
In 1142, the Jin soldiers did not stop, and attacked the Southern Song Dynasty on a large scale, facing the fierce enemy army, as the monarch Zhao Shuo was naturally very upset, thinking of countermeasures every day, and his wife Wu Shi unswervingly stood behind Zhao Shuo in the face of such a situation, and even came forward in time to resolve the crisis when Zhao Shuo faced a crisis. At that time, there was a mutiny in the palace, and the soldiers who broke into the palace asked where Wu Zhao Zhuo was, and Wu Shi was in danger, pointed out a wrong path to the soldiers, and when the soldiers left, they immediately sent people to arrest these rebels, successfully saving Zhao Zhao from a disaster.
Later, Zhao Zhao remembered Wu's courage and hard work, and named her Lady Yijun. While accompanying Zhao Shuo, Wu began to study a lot of military knowledge, and soon promoted to a noble concubine, second only to the empress. The reason why he was not made empress was because Zhao Zhuo still remembered his wife in his heart, but unfortunately, the red-faced and short-lived wife died before they met again.
Later, when Zhao Zhuo learned that his wife had died, his heart was full of grief, and in order to pay tribute to his wife, he did not even go to the court, and often missed his wife in front of Wu's face. Wu's kindness and virtuousness did not eat jealousy or lose his temper, but his heart was full of pain, and he was distressed by the infatuated man in front of him. Wu's actions were loved by her mother-in-law, who believed that Wu was a considerate and generous woman and the best candidate for the mother of a country.
So the following year, after the persuasion of Zhao Mother, coupled with Zhao Shuo's gratitude for Wu's companionship for more than ten years, he ordered Wu to be made empress, and then the two people loved each other as before and accompanied each other. In 1187, Zhao Zhuo died, and the two people had walked together for 59 years at this time, and such a long-term empress dowager was really rare and became a good story in history.