In November 964, Emperor Zhou E, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty Li Yu, died of illness in the Yaoguang Hall at the age of 29, she left with hatred and despair, and before leaving, she had been facing the wall and refused to turn her head to look at Li Yu, which was also the grief in Li Yu's heart.
Maybe Zhou Ehuang and Li Yu didn't expect that they would go that far.
Emperor Zhou E is the eldest daughter of Zhou Zong, an important minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, with excellent talent and appearance, once when he celebrated the birthday of Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a pipa amazed the world, and Li Jing rewarded Emperor Zhou E with a groove pipa, and set it as Li Yu's princess.
At that time, Li Yu was just an idle prince, in order to avoid the suspicion of the crown prince Li Hongji, he was obsessed with scriptures and did not ask about political affairs, in 954, the 19-year-old Zhou E Huang married the 18-year-old Li Yu.
Li Yu "is good at literature, calligraphy and painting." "And Emperor Zhou E" is a master of history, good at singing and dancing, and especially a pipa. It can be seen that the two have a lot of common topics, not only are they a good match, but they are also spiritually compatible, and they are an enviable fairy couple.
Later, in order to mourn the deceased Emperor Zhou E, Li Yu once made "Zhaohui Zhou Hou", which mentioned this marriage, Li Yu said: "In the past, I was newly married, and Yan'er was in good love." ”
Newlywed Yan'er, the two are happy, the two have really lived a very good married life after marriage, they don't ask about political affairs, they are very interesting people to each other, and talented, drink together on a snowy night, talk about poetry and articles together, you dance to me to compose music, husband sings and women follow, so happy.
But this happiness did not last a few years, in 959, the crown prince Li Hongji died of illness, Li Yu, the sixth son of the emperor, suddenly became the eldest son of Li Jing, Li Yu was named the king of Wu, to Shangshu Ling to participate in political affairs, into the East Palace, in 961, Li Yu was officially established as the prince, also in this year, Li Jing died of illness, Li Yu ascended the throne as the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Zhou E was established as the queen.
After becoming the lord of the country, Li Yu still doted on Emperor Zhou E very much, "spoiling the special room", but this situation also did not last long, because Emperor Zhou E's health was not very good, in 964, in the tenth year of their marriage, the fourth year after Emperor Zhou E sat in the kingdom, she was sick.
This illness is a long time, Emperor Zhou E lingered on the bed for a long time, there was no time to take care of others, as a last resort, Emperor Zhou E placed his second son, Li Zhongxuan, who was only four years old, in another courtyard, and was raised by a special nurse and nanny.
But one day, when Li Zhongxuan was playing in front of a Buddha statue, a cat knocked down the big glass lamp, and the sound of the glass lamp breaking and falling to the ground was very loud, which directly frightened Li Zhongxuan, so that he became sick and died within a few days.
Li Zhongxuan's untimely death made Emperor Zhou E very sad, Li Zhongxuan would memorize the Book of Filial Piety at the age of three, he was very smart at a young age, and he learned the etiquette in the palace very well, Emperor Zhou E and Li Yu liked this second son very much, who knew that he would die like this.
Li Zhongxuan's death really hit Emperor Zhou E, making Emperor Zhou E, who was already sick in bed, aggravated, Li Yu was very distressed when he saw it, and accompanied Emperor Zhou E day and night, taking care of Emperor Zhou E without undressing, and even tasting the medicine himself, the lord of a country can do this, there is really no one in history, but Li Yu did it.
Emperor Zhou E is sick in bed with thin skin and bones, Li Yu is also distressed, such affection, not to mention the lord of a country, even the general public is extremely difficult to do, which shows Li Yu's love for Emperor Zhou E.
Emperor Zhou E can naturally sense Li Yu's love, so she once said to Li Yu when she was still in good spirits:
"The servant is very lucky, relying on the quality of the monarch, and pampering Hua Fan for ten years, the glory of a woman is nothing more than this. Those who are not enough, the son dies, and there is no way to repay it. ”
Zhou Ehuang really feels very lucky, to be able to marry Li Yu, to be able to meet such a good husband as Li Yu, her life is enough, the only deficiency may be the untimely death of her second son Li Zhongxuan, she has a premonition that she may not have many days, and often feels that she can't repay Li Yu's kindness.
But not long after saying this, Zhou Ehuang was slapped in the face, and she never thought that it was the closest people around her who united to betray her.
One day, Emperor Zhou E suddenly saw his own sister (no name, this article will be called Xiao Zhouhou) in his half-sleep, and he was very surprised, because not long ago, Xiao Zhouhou had already entered the palace to see her once, how long has it been, why did she come again?
You must know that the palace is not another place, even if it is the mother's family of the queen of the country, if you want to enter the palace to see the queen of the country, you must make an appointment in advance, and you will be allowed to go if you make an appointment, and the number of times is not possible, Xiao Zhouhou entered the palace this time, Zhou E Emperor didn't know at all, so he was very surprised, so he asked: "When did you come?"
The moment these words were asked, Zhou Ehuang felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, although she didn't know where this discomfort came from, but she just felt that the answer her sister gave her might not she really want to hear.
Sure enough, Xiao Zhouhou listened to her sister's questioning and said with a smile: "It's been a few days." Regarding this matter, Lu You's "Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty" is recorded as follows:
After sleeping ill, Xiao Zhou has entered the palace, and after seeing it, he exclaimed: "When will you come?" Xiao Zhou is still young, unknown suspicion, and said: "It's been a few days." "After being angry, he is not outgoing until he dies. ”
mentioned that Xiao Zhouhou was still very young, and he didn't know anything, it seemed to be straightforward, and he blurted out without thinking about it, but in fact it wasn't, Xiao Zhouhou was 15 years old at the time, this age was the age of Ji Lu in ancient times, and he had reached the age of marriage, his mind was mature, and he had the scheming he should have.
So Zhou Ehuang can suddenly see his sister, maybe Xiao Zhouhou is not so innocent, Zhou Ehuang instantly understood after hearing Xiao Zhouhou's words, and understood that the people around her had betrayed her.
Xiao Zhou Hou had already become Li Yu's concubine without Emperor Zhou E's knowledge, which was the result of Li Yu's discussion with the Zhou family, which was a very normal thing in the royal family.
In order to maintain the original glory, the Zhou family let Xiao Zhouhou enter the palace when they knew that Emperor Zhou E's time was running out, to ensure that the queen of the country came from the Zhou family, and Li Yu really liked Xiao Zhouhou, so he accepted Xiao Zhouhou.
What is abnormal is that no one told Zhou Ehuang about this, her husband, who she thought was affectionate to her, had a tryst with her sister when she was lying on the hospital bed to resist the disease, and her mother's family, who she thought cared for her, sent her sister to the palace without her knowledge.
Everyone hid it from her, which made her feel betrayed by the people around her, and it felt like a joke.
They may have been afraid that it would make her sicker, but if they really cared about her, why didn't they do it after she died? If they had to do it before she died, why didn't they tell her? She had the right to know that she wasn't the kind of person who didn't think about her family.
As a result, everyone chose to hide it from her, and if she could keep it hidden, it would not be a bad thing for her, but no, Xiao Zhouhou inadvertently revealed this matter.
I privately thought that Xiao Zhouhou deliberately let Emperor Zhou E find out about this matter, because Xiao Zhouhou was unwilling to be only a concubine, and she was unwilling to have a tryst with Emperor Zhou E and Li Yu behind her back, she wanted to be above board, and wanted to be by Li Yu's side as soon as the queen of the country, so she let Emperor Zhou E know about it.
This incident hit Emperor Zhou E very hard, it can be said that it hastened her death, and since she knew about it, she turned around, facing the wall, and refused to turn around to look at Li Yu until she died.
A few days later, Emperor Zhou E died of illness, Li Yu was very sad, and called himself a widower, and wrote "Zhaohui Zhou Houyi" and "Elegy" to mourn Emperor Zhou E.
Maybe he really loves Zhou Ehuang, their marriage lasted ten years, he loved her for ten years, but this kind of love is not the only love, in addition to Zhou Ehuang, he also loves many people, this is his deep affection, his amorousness, and his ruthlessness.