The Song Dynasty was an impressive dynasty in Chinese history, with brilliant achievements in culture, economy, science and technology. However, there were also many strange stories staged in the royal family of the Song Dynasty, such as the mystery of Song Renzong's life experience, which is full of legends.
If you want to talk about Song Renzong, you have to mention his father Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng first. Song Zhenzong was the third emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, and during his reign the country was generally prosperous. But Song Zhenzong himself was worried about the issue of heirs and was often worried. There is even a legend of "the tanuki for the prince", which is that the two concubines of Song Zhenzong, Liu E and Li Wanyi, were pregnant at the same time, and the cunning Liu E actually designed to exchange the tanuki for the prince born to Li Wanyi, and finally Liu E became the queen, and the truth was not revealed to the world until Song Renzong succeeded to the throne.
Of course, the tanuki changing the prince is just a legend after all, but Song Renzong's life experience is also full of drama, and his biological mother Li Wanyi turned out to be a nun!
Li Wanyi's background is not bad, her father was Li Rende, the king of Handong County at that time. It's a pity that God didn't fulfill people's wishes, Li Rende died young, and Li Wanyi lost her father at a young age. In the era of male superiority and inferiority of women, the mother who remarried only took Li Wanyi's younger brother away, leaving the young Li Wanyi to fend for herself. In desperation, Li Wanyi could only cut her hair to become a nun, escaped into the empty door, and survived in the nunnery.
However, fate seems to have played a big joke on Li Wanyi. As she grows older, Li Wanyi becomes more and more beautiful and moving. Once, Liu E, a beauty favored by Song Zhenzong, came to the nunnery to pray for blessings and wanted to ask for a big fat boy. She took a fancy to the beautiful Li Wanyi at a glance and insisted on bringing her back to the palace to be her personal maid. Li Wanyi was reluctant in every way, but Liu E was favored, so she could only enter the palace in tears.
Although Song Zhenzong doted on Liu E, he never waited for the birth of his son. Seeing that the queen's position was gradually drifting away, Liu E had a plan and planned to let the maid Li Wanyi "borrow the womb to give birth to a child". So, when serving Song Zhenzong to take a bath, Liu E deliberately arranged for Li Wanyi to serve on the side. The emperor who suddenly had a heart of lust took the opportunity to bring Li Wanyi to her death, and Li Wanyi became pregnant.
10 months later, Li Wanyi really gave birth to a white and chubby prince. Liu E lied to the outside world that it was her own, and Song Zhenzong was also kind and named Liu E the queen. And the real biological mother Li Wanyi only got the false title of Chongyang County Jun.
After the death of Song Zhenzong, the prince born to Li Wanyi succeeded to the throne for Song Renzong, but Song Renzong knew nothing about the secret of his life experience. Until the first year of Song Renzong's Ming Dao, Li Wanyi, who was seriously ill, was named Concubine Chen by Liu E, but died on the same day. The following year, Liu E also died of illness, and Zhao Yuanyan, the king of Yan, informed Song Renzong of the truth.
Knowing that his biological mother was actually Concubine Li Wanyi, Song Renzong was grief-stricken and did not go to court for several days. Regardless of the opposition of his ministers, he insisted on posthumously crowning Li Wanyi as the queen mother. However, heaven and man are forever separated, and Song Renzong can no longer recognize his biological mother and tell his heart.
After getting out of the pain of losing his mother, Song Renzong worked hard to bring the Northern Song Dynasty to its peak. During his reign, he reformed maladministration, rectified the rule of officials, promoted famous ministers, and ushered in the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Renzong himself was diligent and loved the people, and was known as the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Song Renzong's biggest regret in his life is probably that he failed to recognize his biological mother as soon as possible. Li Wanyi's life is even more bumpy and tortuous, she lost her father at a young age, was forced to become a monk, and entered the palace as a concubine by mistake, but she could only be an "invisible person" when she gave birth to a prince. It was not until her death that she was posthumously awarded the title of Queen Mother by Song Renzong. The mother and son are separated by yin and yang, so they can recognize each other, such a life is embarrassing.
However, although Li Wanyi had a rough life, she gave birth to a generation of Ming Jun as a nun, which is also a great blessing in her life. After Song Renzong succeeded to the throne, he made great efforts to make the Northern Song Dynasty prosperous, and his achievements and Li Wanyi also have a continuous connection.
Song Renzong's legendary life experience is not only a bloody plot, but also full of historical accidents. Although his biological mother Li Wanyi was not from an illustrious background, she inadvertently rewrote the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. A nun, after all kinds of twists and turns, finally gave birth to a generation of Mingjun, which can be called legendary.