In the history of the Song Dynasty, there was an emperor named Zhao Zhen, who reigned for a total of 42 years, which was the longest reigning emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the world called him Song Renzong. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, the country was unified and stable, the social economy developed in an orderly manner, and the cultural aspect also showed a prosperous scene, so history praised this period as "Renzong Shengzhi". Song Renzong did have a hand in handling political affairs, but he was not very good at handling family affairs.
Song Renzong had four empresses and "three thousand harem beauties" in his lifetime, and although there were many children born, most of them left Song Renzong because of their early deaths, and finally only four princesses were left to accompany him. What is even more incredible is that the three women who were very important to Song Renzong: the first two empresses and the eldest daughter, all suffered and even died because of eunuchs. Such a dramatic story may only happen in the palace.
The first empress of Emperor Renzong of Song, Empress Guo, was the granddaughter of Guo Chong, the emissary of the Lu Army in Beiping. When she married Song Renzong, Song Renzong was only 14 years old, so the marriage was decided by Empress Liu, who was in power at the time. In fact, Song Renzong was not satisfied with this marriage, after all, all his pieces of his heart were entrusted to Zhang Meiren, and even when he was established, he also tried to make Zhang Meiren empress.
Of course, Empress Liu did not look up to Zhang Meiren, so it was still Guo Shi, who was in the right place. Although Empress Liu was only Song Renzong's adoptive mother, she disciplined him strictly from an early age, so that Song Renzong still did not dare to disobey Empress Liu's decision even after he grew up. Song Renzong accepted Empress Liu's arrangement for the establishment of the empress, but he vented his dissatisfaction on Guo, leaving Empress Guo in the palace on weekdays, while he wandered freely in the gentle countryside of Zhang Meiren, Shang Meiren, and Yang Meiren.
Three daughters in a play, Empress Guo is a big miss, living a pampered life at home, so the temperament is always a little arrogant. And several beauties are not fuel-saving lamps, seeing that the emperor is deliberately unwilling to spoil the empress, he said in private, even by the side of Song Renzong, that Empress Guo's is not, and this empress can really be described as a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs.
However, who would have thought that Empress Guo would actually bump into Shang Meiren when she said bad things about herself to Song Renzong by chance. Empress Guo did not get angry, and she no longer cared about the etiquette requirements of the mother's world, and went up to prepare to slap Shang Meiren. Shang Meiren hurriedly listened to his own body instincts and tilted his head to dodge, so Empress Guo's slap was so strong that it fell on Song Renzong's body.
Song Renzong felt guilty about Empress Guo, so he did not consider her disrespect. However, the eunuch Yan Wenying did not think so, he had once suffered because of Empress Guo, so he hurriedly cooperated with Lü Yijian to write a book to play, on the grounds that Empress Guo had been childless for nine years and was disrespectful to the emperor, hoping that Song Renzong would depose Empress Guo. When Emperor Renzong of Song saw this piece, he was secretly happy in his heart, so he used this reason to depose Empress Guo. But what Song Renzong did not expect was that Guo Died of a minor illness not long after being deposed, which was rumored to be caused by Yan Wenying's poisoning. Emperor Renzong of Song was tormented by guilt, so he buried Guo Hou in the imperial tomb by the standards of an empress.
She was succeeded by Empress Cao, who was still from a prestigious family, and her grandfather was even the founding general of the Song Dynasty. Due to the strict requirements of the family style, Empress Cao grew up in the fragrance of books and ink when she was young, so she not only read poetry and books, but also was gentle as a jade, and was a virtuous helper who practiced both inside and outside the harem at that time. Even in the "History of Song", Empress Cao was given a very high evaluation.
But these characteristics made Song Renzong always treat Empress Cao with greater reverence than love. Therefore, Emperor Renzong of Song was still reluctant to patronize the empress's palace, causing Empress Cao to suffer from the pain of being alone in the air. Although Empress Cao kept to herself, she could not stop the flying disaster. One day, Emperor Renzong of Song suddenly angrily accused in the courtroom that Empress Cao and the eunuch Zhang Maoze had an affair and should be deposed. This sentence really set off a heated discussion, and even the historian did not dare to record it in the annals of history, so we can only regard this as a speculation made by Song Renzong for the sake of establishing a beloved person.
When her mother Miao Guifei gave birth to her, Song Renzong was nearly thirty years old, so she loved this child to the extreme, and when she was only two years old, she was named Princess Fukang, and then felt that her precious daughter deserved better treatment, so she was named Princess of Gunguo.
During Princess Fukang's upbringing, Empress Liu died, and Song Renzong learned of her origins. In order to mourn and repay his late birth mother Li and her family, Song Renzong immediately betrothed his most beloved daughter, Princess Fukang, to his cousin Li Wei, and gave a luxurious mansion to the Li family as a dowry with the princess. Song Renzong probably didn't realize that he had done the most annoying thing that Empress Liu had ever done to him.
Princess Fukang did not understand her father's arrangement, and secretly hated Li Wei, who was not good-looking, so she got closer and closer to the eunuch Liang Huaiji, who served her. The two were together day and night, and even if they knew that the other was a eunuch, Princess Fukang still could not suppress the throbbing in her heart. But where in the world is there a wall that does not leak wind? Princess Fukang's private affair with Liang Huaiji was eventually discovered by her keen mother-in-law.
One day, Li Wei's mother eavesdropped on the conversation between Princess Fukang and Liang Huaiji at night, and was unfortunately discovered by Princess Fukang. The dissatisfaction in Princess Fukang's heart suddenly broke out, so she beat up her mother-in-law. Soon the princess behaved inappropriately, and the news that the mother-in-law persuaded her to be beaten violently spread throughout the capital, and no matter how much Song Renzong loved Princess Fukang, he also had to give an explanation to the people, so Liang Huaiji was sent to the frontier. But it also caused the princess to fall ill and become depressed, so she died early.
Although the three women were sheltered by Song Renzong and lived a life of gold and jade food, they were also like walking on a tightrope rope, and they were in danger of falling into the abyss at any time. The palace is really a wonderful place, people outside the palace wall have squeezed their heads and want to mix a position in the palace, and the people inside the palace wall have never been fatalistic, and it is a difficult thing to spend their lives happily and smoothly.