01, Lu Wang's heart
In 1589, a mighty procession of carriages and horses slowly advanced...
Zhu Yijun, who had just turned 21, had a sad face, and from time to time he looked back at the city gate that had gradually gone away, and a sour feeling rose in his heart!
He didn't want to leave the Imperial City, especially not his mother...
However, no matter how much the current emperor loves him, the princes of the Ming Dynasty still have to follow the ancestral system and go to the fiefdom to take the domain!
Yes, this rich young man with a face like a crown jade is Zhu Yijun, the Lu king of the Ming Dynasty!
His status is incomparably noble, and ordinary Wang Sun Guiguan cannot be compared!
Because he was the younger brother of the Wanli Emperor and the youngest son of Empress Xiaoding Li!
The Wanli Emperor was only 11 years old when he ascended the throne, so the affairs of the government were mostly controlled by Empress Li.
And the empress dowager spoiled her young son, and no one inside and outside the palace knew! Therefore, Zhu Yifeng was crowned king of Lu at the age of two and enjoyed the treatment of a prince...
When the 21-year-old Zhu Yijun had to go to the fiefdom to take the domain, Empress Li, who was worried about her mother, was even more in tears!
As a result, in the ranks of King Lu's vassals, there was an additional woman with a good face--she was a palace maid specially selected by Empress Li and accompanied King Lu to the fiefdom!
02, the counterattack of the palace maid
King Lu turned his head three times in one step, and with a reluctant look, he was looked at by the palace maid who was serving aside,
She gently caressed Wang Ye's shoulder and smiled quietly, so that his restless mood could be relieved...
She knew that there would be no day to return this time, and the teenager in front of her was the master she would be loyal to all her life!
This year, this palace girl surnamed Zhao was 19 years old, and King Lu was 21 years old.
Maybe at the beginning, in the eyes of King Lu, Zhao Shi was really just a slave, the only difference was that she was selected by the queen mother...
However, in the days after coming to the fiefdom, King Lu did not miss the mother's mother's filial piety in the imperial city all the time,
He was a prince spoiled by his mother, and now that he was "lonely and bitter" thousands of miles away, he had become bitter and helpless...
It may be that under such an opportunity, the figure of Zhao Xianshu made King Lu feel a hint of mother's comfort,
So he began to look at this beautiful slave differently...
Zhao Shi became a confidant of King Lu's side, and she comforted Wang Ye with her gentle companionship.
At the same time, she also succeeded in turning her fate around!
03, the largest tomb of the princess
In 1601, the Lu King's mansion was filled with the smell of sadness. At the age of 31, Zhao Shi unfortunately fell ill and died...
Zhu Yijun, the King of Lu, was sad, this woman who had accompanied her for twelve years did not have a formal name before she died!
Therefore, Zhu Yiyi played his brother The Wanli Emperor, hoping to crown the late Zhao shi as a second concubine.
This request was quickly approved by Wanli. Thus, a huge mausoleum construction project began...
This "Tomb of Concubine Zhao" is what we see today, located in Fengquan District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province, and the largest tomb of Princess Wang in the Ming Dynasty of China!
The scale of Concubine Zhao's tomb was even larger than the Lu King's Mausoleum, which was built thirteen years later!
This is a very rare "isolated case" in the Ming Dynasty, where the feudal hierarchy is strict.
The tomb was built in full accordance with the specifications of the imperial tomb, not only with internal and external city walls, but also with the enjoyment hall and dressing table, and even built the Ming Tower and The Treasure City that only the imperial tomb deserves to have!
And the underground palace of Concubine Zhao's tomb is also luxurious. Its area reached 240 square meters, second only to the Dingling Underground Palace of the Wanli Emperor!
In the tomb of the second concubine, there are also two tombs dedicated to the burial of Concubine Zhao.
Such a funeral specification, throughout the ming Dynasty's princess tomb is also rare to see! Besides, she was only a "second concubine"!
04, the eternal secret
Well, the question has been haunting everyone's mind,
Why did King Lu build such a tomb of a princess who was "trespassing"?
No matter how much he loved the Zhao family, it was impossible for him to make his tomb larger than his mausoleum a hundred years later, right? Because after research, the underground palace of the Lu King's Tomb is only 180 square meters...
There seems to be no real conclusion on this question! If you have to find a reason, you may be able to go deep into the mother-son relationship between King Lu and Empress Li.
According to the ancestral system, after the Ming Dynasty prince was in the domain, he could not leave the fiefdom at will, and every move had to be reported to the emperor!
This also directly caused the end of the day when the mother and son almost never saw each other again after the Lu King took the domain!
Perhaps, it is precisely for this reason that Concubine Zhao has always had a special place in the heart of King Lu! She is the one who takes care of herself in place of her mother, and king Lu has pinned her filial piety on Zhao's body...
Therefore, when Concubine Zhao died early and built a mausoleum for her, King Lu involuntarily threw more emotions into it, and at the same time, he was the brother of Wanli, and unscrupulously transgressed the etiquette system, and no one dared to ask!
In the forty-second year of the Wanli Calendar (1614), Empress Xiaoding died, and the obituary reached Weihui in Henan, and Zhu Yijun fell ill when he heard the news, and died soon after, at the age of forty-seven!
From this, it can be seen that the feelings between King Lu and his mother and queen are really extremely deep, and there is no half a year of fraud...
However, why did King Lu build a mausoleum larger than his own mausoleum for Concubine Zhao? The real reason is long gone!
History doesn't tell us the answer...
This now-well-preserved tomb and the mysterious Concubine Zhao,
But because of these truths hidden in the fog, it has become more curious...