The Qianlong Emperor is a famous longevity emperor in history, lived to the age of 87, in ancient times, medical treatment and other aspects are not so developed now, live to seventy or eighty years old, can be regarded as longevity, and the emperor's noble concubines live in the harem, even if there are noble concubines do not provoke wrong, it is difficult to get up alone, usually less than seventy years old died, but there are exceptions, the longest-lived noble concubines in history, never compete for favors, because of a habit of maintaining 40 years, lived to 93 years old.
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen inherited the throne at the age of thirteen, and was often considered by the people during his reign, so he was very loved, but the emperor also had a lot of unavoidable choices for his marriage, Song Renzong fell in love with the daughter of Wang Mengzheng, who was not an official eunuch family but rich in money, and wanted to marry her, but Empress Liu refused Song Renzong's request and gave Wang Mengzheng's daughter Xu to her ex-husband's son, song Renzong's young heart was very hurt.
After that, Empress Liu was responsible for the marriage of Song Renzong, and selected several maidens with status to choose an empress, from which Song Renzong took a fancy to Zhang Shi, the great-granddaughter of the Xiao riding general Zhang Mei, and wanted to make her empress, but Empress Liu was interested in The granddaughter of Zhongshu Ling Guo Chong, Guo Chong, and without consulting with Song Renzong, she made Guo Shi empress and Zhang Shi a talented person, which made Song Renzong very dissatisfied.
Guo became empress, with Empress Liu's favor, in the harem is very arrogant, making Song Renzong dislike guo even more, although Zhang shi won the favor of Song Renzong, but everywhere need to be careful in words and deeds, Zhang Shi has a maid Zhou Shi, older than Zhang Shi, but the posture is quite good, Zhang Shi adopted Zhou Shi as an adopted daughter, and sent Zhou Shi to Song Renzong's side to balance other harem concubines.
The "History of Song" records: "Zhou Guifei, a Kaifeng person. Born at the age of four, from her aunt into the palace, Zhang Guifei was conceived as a daughter. Slightly longer, he was given birth to Emperor Renzong and gave birth to two princesses. In 1054, the death of Zhang Shi, who was only 31 years old, made Song Renzong very sad, and despite the criticism of the government and the opposition, he used the empress ceremony to mourn the Zhang clan, and posthumously registered Zhang Shi as empress on the fourth day of the funeral.
When Zhang Shi was alive, Zhou Shi was Zhang's personal maid, after being sent to the emperor' side, Song Renzong remembered Zhang Shi, and also added some concern to Zhou Shi, Zhou Clan did not love to compete for favors, only gave birth to two princesses, Song Renzong crowned her as Wanrong, after the two princesses married, Song Renzong promoted her to be a concubine.
In 1063, Song Renzong died, zhou clan recited Buddhist scriptures every day, only ate one meal a day, and did not take off clothes when sleeping, this special habit was maintained for 40 years, perhaps because the Zhou clan ignored the world dust, she experienced five dynasties in her life, after the Song Huizong Zhao Tuo took the throne, the Zhou clan was also crowned as a noble concubine.
The "History of Song" records: "Princess Guo died first, and she was allowed to go out and interact with relatives. Ninety-three years old, Tan Zhaoshu. "After Zhou Shi was allowed to leave the palace, he lived to the age of 93 before he died, which is quite a long life.