In the TV series "Shang Food", Yao Ziyuan was a concubine chosen by Zhu Zhanji's grandmother from childhood, but Yao Ziyuan failed to succeed in becoming a concubine, and the position of concubine was taken by Hu Shanxiang. In history, the prototype of Yao Zizhen was Empress Sun, who was selected by Zhu Zhanji's grandmother as a princess from childhood, and was sent to the palace to raise Zhu Zhanji's mother when he was a teenager, so when he was a child, Sun Had many opportunities to meet the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, and it is likely that Sun Was a good playmate with Zhu Zhanji when he was a child, which can be said to be a green plum bamboo horse. But later, the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji got married, and why was his wife not Sun's? This is because the "Si Tian" official at that time was too annoying, and the "Si Tian" was the official who was responsible for observing the celestial signs, saying: "The star qi sees Kui Lou, when asking for it between the Ji River", which means that this star qi with auspicious rui comes from Shandong and should be sought in Shandong, so later the edict was issued to select a concubine, and finally the Jining Hu clan was made a concubine, and the Sun clan could only be a concubine. Zhu Zhanji's grandmother was very dissatisfied with this matter, but to no avail!
After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, the Hu clan was crowned empress and the Sun clan was a noble concubine, but Zhu Zhanji's favor for the Sun clan was far greater than that of the Hu clan, on the one hand, because the Sun clan had entered the palace from an early age and they were playmates of the green plum bamboo horses, and another reason was that Empress Hu only gave birth to two daughters without children under her knees, and after Sun Guifei gave birth to a daughter, in November of the second year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji's eldest son Zhu Qizhen was also the sixth emperor of the Later Ming Dynasty, Ming Yingzong. After giving birth to a prince, Zhu Zhanji became more fond of Sun Shi and forced Empress Hu to abdicate on the grounds that Empress Hu was childless.
In the third year of Xuande (1428), Emperor Xuanzong deposed Empress Hu and retired to Chang'an Palace, giving him the title of "Jing Ci Immortal Master". On the first day of March, Sun Guifei was made empress. Zhu Zhanji's mother, Empress Zhang, took pity on Hu and often summoned her to qingning palace. At the banquet of the inner court, Empress Zhang ordered Empress Hu to be above Empress Sun, and Empress Sun was also unhappy about this. It can be seen that Empress Zhang did not like the Sun family very much, but on the contrary, she liked the Hu family more. In his later years, Zhu Zhanji was also very regretful about his unexplained abolition, he said: "This juvenile incident", the implication is: I was too young to do things at that time and did things with some lack of consideration!
In history, the relationship between Sun and Zhu Zhanji has always been good and deeply loved, and in addition to feelings, Sun Is also a "career café" who has left a lot of political achievements. On the third day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Xuande (January 31, 1435), Emperor Xuanzong of Ming died. On the ninth day of February of the same year, Empress Zhang made Crown Prince Zhu Qizhen emperor, Empress Zhang was honored as Empress Dowager, and Empress Sun was honored as Empress Dowager.
In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the change of Tumu Fort occurred, and Emperor Ming Yingzong personally conquered Wala and was captured. At a critical juncture, Empress Sun ordered Emperor Yingzong's second brother Zhu Qiyu (朱祁钰) the Prince of Qi to oversee the state and defend Beijing. At the same time, Empress Sun presided over the raising of a batch of treasures to redeem the emperor. Subsequently, in the face of the chaos of the court and the disagreement among the courtiers on "whether to stick to Beijing or move south", Empress Sun decided to stick to Beijing, recognized the new emperor Zhu Qiyu, and insisted on making Emperor Yingzong's son Zhu Jianshen the crown prince, maintaining the order of succession by the eldest son of the imperial concubine.
In September of the sixth year of Tianshun, Sun Shi died and was buried with her husband Xuanzong in Jingling. Looking back on Sun's life, she has experienced sweet love, done conspiracies and calculations, and left many political achievements. This is the love story of Zhu Zhanji and Yao Zizhen in history, perhaps not as fascinating as in the TV series, but after reading the history, it is not more profound to understand it!