Zhu Di's chosen brother-in-law was a clumsy son, extravagant and indulgent, and the princess died twenty years after she was married

There are 21 concubines of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang who have a title and appear in the annals of history, and there are probably more other women without names. These women gave birth to 26 sons and 16 daughters for Zhu Yuanzhang, the youngest of whom was Princess Baoqing, the sixteenth imperial daughter. Princess Baoqing saved her mother's life, but after marrying someone, she found that she was not a person and died of depression twenty years later.

Princess Baoqing was the daughter of Zhang Meiren, born in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), when Zhu Yuanzhang was already a 68-year-old man. Since ancient times, parents like the youngest child, and Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally very happy to add another daughter in recent years, and he also cares for this daughter. However, in the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), on the tenth day of the first leap month of May, Zhu Yuanzhang died, and Princess Baoqing was only three years old at this time. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to the concubines to be martyred, but because Princess Baoqing was too young, she left Zhang Meiren. Speaking of this Baoqing princess, she saved her mother's life.

During the reign of Emperor Jianwen, Princess Baoqing was raised by Zhang Meiren. However, after the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di took the throne, and the custody of this Princess Baoqing changed. "Chengzu ascended the throne, the lord was eight years old, and Empress Renxiao was like a daughter." Empress Xu raised this little sister-in-law as a daughter and raised her as a big girl, and reached the age when she should get married.

Zhu Di

Zhu Di made several selections, and finally selected Zhao Hui, a thousand households guarding the Jinchuan Gate. In the eleventh year of Yongle (1413), the 19-year-old Princess Baoqing was married. Because Princess Baoqing was deeply favored by her brother, "the Lord was caressed by the queen, pretended to be his lord, and sent the crown prince to the palace on the eve of his marriage." "This donkey" Hui guarded the Jinchuan Gate with a thousand households, and when he was more than twenty years old, he was magnificent in appearance, so he chose to be the lord of Shang. "It also looks like a good marriage."

But the shoe fit is not suitable only the foot knows. After Princess Baoqing married, she found that this Zhao Hui was a clumsy child, that is, she was just good-looking and well-born. After he was a hero Zhao He, he inherited his father's official title at a young age, and the two were only 20 years old when they were married. But Zhao Hui not only fooled around with a group of fox friends all day long, but also often carried her outside to fool around, causing a lot of lawsuits. "The family is rich and luxurious, and the concubines are more than a hundred people." Since the princess of the Ming Dynasty could not remarry, Princess Baoqing could only endure it. In this way, Princess Baoqing gradually lost weight and finally died in the eighth year of Xuande (1433), when she was only 40 years old. Zhao Hui also had a smooth career, serving 6 emperors successively, Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong, Jingdi, and Xianzong, and successively took charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Governor's Mansion and the Zongren Mansion, and thus accumulated huge wealth. In the twenty-second year of Chenghua (1476), Zhao Hui, who had enjoyed all the glory and wealth, fell ill and died at the age of 90. At this time, 43 years have passed since the death of Princess Baoqing.