In history, there are many empresses who bowed to the government, and among the empresses, the most famous of them was the empress Liu E of Song Zhenzong, who listened to the government for 11 years, and was called by later generations as Empress Lü and Zetian, but did not have their cruelty. In fact, the story between her and Song Zhenzong is even more exciting.
Liu E's birth was not bad, her grandfather was a great general of the Later Han Dynasty, and her father was the commander of Hu Jiedu, who led the History of Jia Prefecture. Because her parents died, Liu E grew up with her grandmother, but she was not happy at her grandmother's house, became a singer at a very young age, and soon married a silversmith named Gong Mei.
Later, they went to the capital City of Bieliang to survive, and not only did the two not have a good life, Gong Mei also started Liu E's idea and wanted to sell her. The commander Zhang Qi introduced Liu E to Zhao Heng, who was still the King of Han at the time. Unexpectedly, King Han fell in love with Liu E at first sight.
Soon, Emperor Taizong found that his son was more haggard than before, so he consulted Zhao Heng's nursing mother what the situation was, and the grandmother was already unaccustomed to Liu E, so he immediately told Song Taizong that Zhao Heng was fooling around with a singer, and Song Taizong was furious and ordered Zhao Heng to drive Liu E out.