I believe that many netizens have been fans of Wang Kai and Jiang Shuying, and the two have acted well in the TV series "Qingping Le" and won a round of applause. Wang Kai's role is Song Renzong, and this TV series is also told around the life of Song Renzong.
The history books record that Emperor Renzong of Song had three sons, but none of them survived in the end, and he could only succeed his cousin's son to inherit the throne. It is reasonable to say that the emperor had many concubines, and the heirs should not be less, but why Song Renzong did not have children in the end, which was actually related to his second empress, Empress Cao.
Emperor Renzong of Song was very jealous of Empress Cao, and wanted to depose empress dowager, but could not find a reasonable excuse
The Cao clan came from a famous and prestigious family, his grandfather was a founding hero, and there were still many people in the family who had the right to speak in the court during the era of Emperor Renzong. Born from a famous family and good tutor, the talent is also outstanding, the choice of her as an empress is to see her ability, there is such an empress Renzong can less a lot of harem heart. But Renzong knew in his heart that this empress was everyone's empress, and it was difficult for her to become a wife if she could do a good job in managing the harem.
In the TV series "Qing Ping Le", we can also see that who to set up is not something that Renzong himself can decide, which is also the helplessness of being a royal. After Empress Cao entered the palace, she managed the harem in an orderly manner, and not only that, she also interfered in the government. Seeing her growing power, Emperor Renzong feared that the empress would threaten him, and several times he had plans to depose him. However, the empress and her family's ministers were very cautious, and Emperor Renzong could not find a reason for the abolition, and the ministers were very supportive of Empress Cao, and the wish of the deposed empress did not come true.
Emperor Renzong did not allow Empress Cao to bear heirs for him, and Empress Cao took revenge
The empress was too powerful both in the harem and in the previous dynasty, and Emperor Renzong was very afraid that the empress would give birth to an heir and go all out to raise children, and finally take away the jiangshan left by the ancestors. In order to prevent the hard-earned property from being taken away, he was wary of Empress Cao everywhere, and tried every means to prevent Empress Cao from becoming pregnant, and in the end, Empress Cao was unable to give birth to a son and a half daughter. But what Emperor Renzong did not expect was that this would lead to his eventual inability to find an heir.
Empress Cao was a wise man, and she knew that her husband did not want to let herself have children, and she was very resentful, and she was also worried that if other concubines gave birth to sons, then it was likely that the mother's status would continue to rise, her own status would be shaken, and Renzong would probably not remember the marital friendship and depose her on the grounds that he could not have children. Therefore, she took revenge, since she could not be a mother, then others could not be a mother. Even if she gave birth to a son, she would find a way to let him die. From history, we can also see that There are many daughters of Emperor Renzong, but there are only three sons, and none of these sons have grown up safely and healthily. These are actually the ghosts that Empress Cao is behind her back.
Song Renzong and Empress Cao took different positions, and the contradictions escalated
Empress Cao adopted the son of the emperor's cousin, and also took her aunt and niece to the palace to accompany her adopted son, and it was obvious that the two of them would succeed them. This made Song Renzong feel very uneasy, but he had no son and could only give up. Empress Cao supported the succession of her adopted son, her aunt and nephew,000 as emperor, and Emperor Renzong of Song was very dissatisfied, and the contradictions between the two escalated. Even before his death, Emperor Renzong of Song was still very dissatisfied with Empress Cao and her adopted son, but unfortunately he died before Empress Cao, and finally could only allow Empress Cao to support her adopted son, Song Yingzong.
Emperors without sons are also rare in history, although Song Yingzong's sons did not grow up to adulthood because of the influence of Empress Cao, but there were also Reasons for Song Renzong himself, if he could trust Empress Cao more and not deprive his wife of the right to be a mother, perhaps Empress Cao would give birth to a son for him and teach him carefully, so that he would have an heir. It's just a pity that he was afraid all his life that Empress Cao would threaten him, regardless of the love of husband and wife, and finally worried that the property that was robbed would not be inherited, and could only be left to his adopted son.