Wei Guifei and Wei Zhaorong married Li Shimin for the second time, Wang Huan painstakingly managed the posthumous position, and Yuhuan Xianzi was favored. In ancient times, when women were required to "three from four virtues", the daughter of the second marriage seemed to be particularly different. They either become objects of admiration in the eyes of others, or they become jokes after dinner. Among these remarried women, there are also many people who have become spoiled concubines or ascended to the throne, whether for political reasons or because of their own beauty, they represent a legend.
Empress Xiaoming, the mother of "Little Taizong" Tang Xuanzong, is also one of the legends of these remarried women. From the concubine of the traitor Li Qi to the concubine of Tang Xianzong, from the maid of Guo Guifei to the empress dowager of the Tang Dynasty. People who have studied the history of the Tang Dynasty cannot help but marvel at the deeds of Empress Xiaoming, from the palace daughter to the mother of the two dynasties, what did this legendary woman experience in her life?
First, the status is humble
Empress Xiaoming Zheng was a native of Danyang County, Runzhou, Zhenhai Jiedu made Li Qi's concubine, and the reason why Zheng became Li Qi's concubine was that there was such a story.
Li Qi was Li Yuan's eighth grandson, and he also had a little bit of royal relations, but this relative could not beat it. Li Qi, with the relationship of his father Li Guozhen, can be described as a mixture of wind and water in Runzhou. The growing ambitions made Li Qi dissatisfied with living only in the Runzhou area, so he intended to rebel and overthrow the new emperor.
At this time, Zheng Shi was just an ordinary woman in ordinary people's homes, and some people who were good at observing The face said to Li Qi after seeing Zheng s appearance: The children born to Zheng in the future must be the son of heaven. Li Qi was very happy after hearing this, and then ordered Zheng shi to be his concubine. You know, at this time, Li Qi was already more than sixty years old, old enough to be Zheng's grandfather, and in the face of the cruel and absurd Li Qi, Zheng Only dared to be angry.
It's just that Li Qi seems to look up to himself too highly, and he has ambitions but no real ability. A "vigorous" rebellion was suppressed in less than a month, and Li Qi and his son Li Shi were sentenced to death. This was a bitter pain for the Zheng clan and a group of female dependents, who were labeled as rebel families and did not enter the court.
Zheng was sent to the palace and served as a palace maid under her future nemesis, Guo Guifei. Guo Guifei was the wife of Tang Xianzong, grandfather Guo Ziyi, father Guo Huan, and mother Princess Shengping, who had inextricable relations with the royal family and had an extremely noble status. Tang Xianzong was jealous of the strength of his mother's clan and was afraid that she would suppress concubines and interfere in his private life in the future, so he never made Guo Guifei his successor.
Although Zheng was Guo Guifei's maid, she was not willing to settle for the status quo, so she won the favor of Tang Xianzong by virtue of her means and beauty, and gave birth to Tang Xianzong's thirteenth prince, the future Tang Xuanzong. Just as the so-called mother is noble, but the Zheng family cannot find the title in the historical records, which shows that the mother and son of the Zheng family were not valued by Tang Xianzong.
Second, bear the burden of humiliation
The situation in the harem is unpredictable, and if you don't pay attention, you will lose nothing, and there are countless open guns and dark arrows. How did Zheng and Li Chen, who were born humble and not favored by the emperor, survive in this sinister harem? If they don't have the slightest bit of scheming, then no one will believe it!
Pretending to be stupid and hiding your own light is undoubtedly a simple and effective way. Although Li Chen was a prince, he was silent and taciturn since childhood in the palace, and his qualifications were slightly mediocre, and the people in the palace even laughed at his lack of energy at one time. At the time of the banquet, Emperor Wenzong and Emperor Wuzong took the emperor's uncle Li Chen as the object of amusement and forced him to speak in front of the crowd. Although he was ridiculed and looked down upon, no one thought of taking the lives of mother and son, after all, in the eyes of everyone, Li Chen was just a "fool" image.
During Muzong's reign, Li Chen began to dream often, in which he flew between heaven and earth on a dragon. Li Chen told the Zheng clan about this, and the Zheng clan was deeply disturbed, worried that this matter would bring the disaster of killing the mother and son, so he told Li Chen that he must not let the third person know about the dream.
In 821, li Chen, who was only eleven years old, was crowned the king of light, and Zheng shi also became the princess of the king, such a glorious position did not improve the life of the mother and son, such as walking on thin ice, careful words and deeds are still the state of daily life of the two, until more than 20 years of 846, all this began to improve.
Third, bitterness comes as much as it can be
In 846, Emperor Wuzong died of illness, and the eunuch Ma Yuanzhen strongly recommended Li Chen as emperor in order to better grasp the court, and Li Chen also successfully ascended the throne as emperor because of Ma Yuanzhen's support. Li Chen was also officially renamed Li Chen by Li Yi, and was historically known as Tang Xuanzong.
Li Chen was called emperor, then his mother concubine was naturally promoted from concubine to empress, just as the so-called few joys and several worries, the natural worry is Empress Guo. I think it is also, a low-level palace girl in her own palace who used to be transformed into a master of the same level as herself, the key is that her birth is still so humble, who is not angry about this matter.
But not only was Empress Guo uncomfortable looking at Empress Zheng, but Empress Zheng was also uncomfortable when she looked at Empress Guo. Empress Guo enjoyed all the glory, and her children and grandchildren successively called the emperor can be described as unlimited scenery. The woman who is also the emperor, but she has to live a life of fear and fear, her son has been bullied by her nephew, and now that everyone is sitting on an equal footing, then this account will have to be calculated back.
It is said that although both of them were empresses, and Empress Guo's matriarch was also very strong, it was impossible to stand up to the fact that the current emperor was Empress Zheng's son. Empress Zheng cried to Xuanzong about the tragic experience of the former harem, and coupled with the fact that Xuanzong was already a famous filial piety, she let Empress Zheng move into the Daming Palace, and she was cold to Empress Guo. Speaking of Empress Guo, she felt that Emperor Xuanzong's ascension to the throne had cut off the opportunity for her descendants to become emperors, and she also held a grudge against her mother and son.
When I want to see the two lives, the contradiction completely explodes. Empress Guo was dissatisfied with Emperor Xuanzong and prepared to commit suicide by jumping off a building, but was stopped by the palace people, and this toss made Emperor Xuanzong even more dissatisfied with Empress Guo. In addition, the palace eunuchs preached Xuanzong's filial piety everywhere, which made Xuanzong's mother and son very angry, and that night, Empress Guo died violently, and the cause of death became a mystery.
4. The Empress Dowager
Empress Guo was originally the wife of Emperor Xianzong of Tang and was supposed to be promoted to the temple after her death, but Emperor Xuanzong privately believed that only his own mother concubine could do the temple, and although the officials were advised, Emperor Xuanzong remained unmoved. In 859, Emperor Xuanzong died of poisoning by taking Dan medicine, and Li Yi succeeded him as the new monarch.
Li Yi ascended the throne, Empress Zheng as Li Yi's grandmother, the position of empress dowager did not run! The second empress dowager in the history of the Tang Dynasty is 75 years old, and although she sits in the position of empress dowager, the pain of losing her son also makes her feel bitter. The empress dowager died in 865 and was buried in The Garden next to Emperor Xianzong's Jingling Tomb. At this point, the story of this legendary woman ends.
Empress Zheng's life can be described as experiencing great ups and downs, from concubines to palace women to empresses and even empresses, she has embarked on the supreme position of women with her own luck and means. For 26 years, she watched her son take the throne, which may be the unparalleled pride of her life. But in her later years, she suffered from the loss of her son, and the white-haired people sent the black-haired people, and she made people feel so sad.
26 years of darkness in exchange for 19 years of glory and wealth, perhaps only I know whether it is worth it! But for the transformation of a palace maid to a queen consort, there is no doubt that she is the real winner in life!