This emperor was taken prisoner, and his empress sold her jewelry to redeem him.
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In 2019, a "Ming Dynasty" let us understand some of the history of the Ming Dynasty, although it has been adapted, but it is still generally the framework of that history, and the characters have not changed. In this drama, Empress Hu and Empress Sun of Ming Xuanzong are the biggest attractions. But in fact, Empress Qian, the daughter-in-law of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, also had her legendary life in history, and her life can only be described by the word "regret".
"Daming Fenghua" does not carefully talk about the historical figure of "Empress Qian", and today I will introduce it to you, the "crazy for love" Empress Qian.
Empress Qian was born in a humble background and was a very ordinary commoner. However, her great-grandfather and grandfather were loyal subordinates of Ming Chengzu and Ming Xuanzong. With their southern conquest of the northern war, although they were promoted to official positions by virtue of their military merits, they were not high. However, the Qian family was deeply trusted by the Empress Dowager Zhang, so the Empress Dowager chose the 16-year-old Qian to make her grandson Zhu Qizhen empress.
Zhu Qizhen was only 9 years old when he ascended the throne, and because he was the Young Emperor, he was only given the posthumous concubine at the age of 15. Qian was a year older than Zhu Qizhen, and her marriage to Zhu Qizhen was the first wedding ceremony of an emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Because the previous emperors all ascended the throne after they got married, they all went through a hasty process after the establishment. However, the Qian clan was established after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, so the ceremony after the establishment was very grand and was handled by Empress Zhang. Empress Zhang died only five months after she had completed her grandson's big wedding.
Although Empress Qian was chosen by the elders, Zhu Qizhen liked Empress Qian very much and had great respect for her. Zhu Qizhen knew that Empress Qian's mother's official position was not high, so he wanted to knight her mother's family. However, Empress Qian believed that she was useless and did not want to promote her mother's family because she was an empress, which would damage the emperor's statement. Zhu Qizhen was very relieved after hearing this, and he was even better for Empress Qian.
Empress Qian was really a model of motherhood, and the affairs of the harem were handled in an orderly manner, and she also helped Zhu Qizhen to choose concubines. Because she understands how important the royal heirs are, she is never jealous, and she also has great respect and admiration for the emperor. Zhu Qizhen was also quite kind to Empress Qian, and his concubine bore him three sons, but he never thought of making Shuzi a prince. He just wanted to wait for Empress Qian's concubine to be born, and he wanted Empress Qian to be unggrieved in the palace.
The original happy life was broken by Wang Zhen, the favored eunuch of Zhu Qizhen. Wang Zhen did all the evil deeds in the palace, and the flaunting of his might gave the Wala people an excuse to attack. Wang Zhen also instigated Zhu Qizhen, who could not fight at all, to march in person, resulting in the death of many ministers on the battlefield. There was also the famous "Tumu Fort Change" in history, and the town of Zhuqi was captured by the Wallachians.
The emperor was taken prisoner, which was in jeopardy for a country. In order to exchange for the emperor, the ministers pooled money for the Wallachians, and Empress Qian also took out all her jewelry. However, the Wala people intensified their efforts and wanted to rely on the hostage of Zhuqi Town to exchange territory. This caused the ministers of the Ming Dynasty to begin to change their attitudes, and they embraced the new emperor. Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu became the new emperor, and continued to fight with the Wala people, vowing to die to save Zhu Qizhen.
At that time, Zhu Qizhen had already been crowned emperor of Taishang, and Empress Qian had also become empress taishang. She had no way to go to the battlefield to save her husband, so she could only prostrate herself and cry every night and pray to the bodhisattva, praying that Zhu Qizhen would return safely. And so it goes, day after day, year after year. Empress Qian cried and blinded one eye, and her legs were crippled on her knees.
Later, Zhu Qizhen was rescued and imprisoned in the Nangong as the Emperor Taishang, and was suppressed everywhere. Zhu Qizhen was heartbroken after knowing what Empress Qian had done for herself, and she was even more kind to her. In order to consolidate the throne, Zhu Qiyu tortured Zhu Qizhen in every way. Many times, Nangong's food is not enough. Empress Qian had to drag her sick body and some concubines to do needlework and entrust people to sell money for food. But unexpectedly, Zhu Qiyu himself fell ill and died first, and Zhu Qizhen was suppressed for seven years and restored to the throne.
After the re-establishment, there was a storm, because Zhu Qizhen's eldest son Zhu Jianshen was born to the Zhou Emperor's concubines, so the Zhou Emperor's concubines wanted to sit in the position of empress. She felt that Empress Qian was crippled and blind and unable to have children, so she wanted Empress Sun to help her. However, Zhu Qizhen was furious and scolded Emperor Zhou's concubines, and sent Empress Qian to the empress dowager again.
After Empress Qian sat on the throne again, she was still favored, and Zhu Qizhen had pity for her. Originally, Zhu Qizhen wanted to take care of Empress Qian for a lifetime, and even though she had no children, he loved her. However, he did not expect that Zhu Qizhen walked in front of Empress Qian, and after Zhu Qizhen's death, Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne as emperor. The storms in the city were caused by the affairs of the mother-in-law and the birth mother for the empress dowager of the two palaces. Empress Dowager Zhou refused to allow Empress Qian to be made empress dowager, but Zhu Qizhen had arranged everything long before she died. Zhu Qizhen asked the chancellor to tell everyone that Empress Qian had made Empress Qian empress dowager, and that Empress Qian would be buried with him a hundred years later.
Zhu Jianshen and Empress Zhou could not fight with the chancellor, and Empress Qian successfully became the empress dowager, and her power was higher than that of Empress Zhou. However, Empress Qian had no quarrel with the world and was often suppressed by Empress Zhou. Later, Zhu Jianshen also had a conflict with Empress Qian because of the matter of Wan Guifei, so Empress Qian's old age was very bleak. After her death, she was also placed by Empress Zhou. Although he was buried with Zhu Qizhen, he was buried very far away, and he did not even have a tombstone.