In ancient times, if the most dangerous position was spoken, the emperor bore the brunt, and the position of the queen was even more dangerous. The emperor only needs to worry about the stability of the dragon chair, while the queen needs to face the competition of women in the world, and she needs to bear the pain of her husband's ever-changing mind. Therefore, in the annals of Chinese history, long-lived monarchs are not uncommon, but longevity queens are rare, and the queen who can spend the golden wedding together is unique, this person is the queen of Song Gaozong Zhao Gou - Wu, whose name is illustrious for a while.
Wu was born in 1114 A.D., and had nothing to do with Zhao Gou at the beginning, but the catastrophe of the Northern Song Dynasty unexpectedly created a turning point in her fate. In the twelfth year, that is, in the first year of Jingkang (1126), the iron hooves of the Jin State went south, pointing directly at Bianliang, the capital division of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Zhao Goushang was the emperor's younger brother King Kang, and he was ordered to go to the Jin Kingdom with Zhang Bangchang to seek peace, while his wife and daughter stayed in the palace. Unexpectedly, this parting turned out to be a permanent secret.
Zhao Gou was nineteen years old at the time, and his politics were still immature, and he was bent on meeting the commander of the Jin army as soon as possible, hoping to bend his knees and sue for peace. However, Zongze's old ministers watched the fire and tried their best to stop this trip, saying that the Jin Kingdom was deceitful to seek peace, and the alliance under the city was tantamount to throwing himself into the net. Zhao Gou was frightened and stationed in Xiangzhou (now Anyang, Henan) and proclaimed himself the generalissimo of Hebei soldiers and horses.
In the second year of Jingkang (1127), the Jin soldiers broke the city, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and all the members of the royal family were taken prisoner, including Zhao Gou's family. Fortunately, Zhao Gou escaped and ascended the throne in Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu, Henan) in Nanjing, continuing to write the chapter of the Southern Song Dynasty, with the year name "Jianyan". His brother Song Qinzong and his father Song Huizong became the Emperor Taishang and the Emperor Taishang.
At the beginning of the new dynasty, the Jin soldiers pursued relentlessly, Zhao Gou fled south, and after exile, he finally settled on Hangzhou, and began to expand the harem. So, in 1128, Wu was elected to the palace.
The Southern Song Dynasty was in internal and external difficulties, with Jin soldiers pressing the border outside, and frequent rebellions inside. Wu stepped forward, wearing armor and holding a sword, often accompanying Zhao Gou, becoming his solid backing. Zhao Gou was grateful for his blessing and relied on it.
Around 1142, the Jin soldiers committed another offense, and Zhao Gou avoided the enemy and entered the sea, but the Wu family still did not give up. Zhao Gou felt his loyalty, first sealed the lady of Heyijun, and then promoted to a talented person, and then because of Wu's diligence and well-read, he was finally promoted to a noble concubine, second only to the queen. However, in Zhao Gou's heart, he always remembered his wife Xing (Xing Bingyi).
Xing was pregnant when she was captured, but unfortunately she had a miscarriage on the way, and was humiliated by the generals of the Jin State, and her situation was miserable. After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, Jin Guowei humiliated the Southern Song Dynasty and sent Xing and others to the land of official prostitutes. It was not until the fifth year of Shaoxing (1135) that the Xing family was liberated and reunited with his relatives in the Five Kingdoms City. However, Xing died in the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), and the position of the middle palace was vacant for 16 years. Although Zhao Gou is not a benevolent monarch, he has a deep affection for the Xing family and mourns for his dropout.
Wu was gentle and virtuous, and was filial to the Empress Dowager Wei, and finally won the favor of the Empress Dowager Wei, and strongly persuaded Zhao to establish her as the queen. In 1143, Wu was officially canonized as empress and wrote a good story with Zhao Gou.
The years passed, and in 1162, Zhao Gouchan was located in Song Xiaozong, and Wu was promoted to the Empress of Shousheng. Zhao Gou was well in his later years until his death in 1187. From entering the palace in 1128 to the death of Zhao Gou, Wu accompanied him for 59 years, spending the golden wedding together, adding nine more years of spring and autumn, which is really a miracle of royal marriage. Wu died of illness in 1197 at the age of eighty-three, nicknamed "Empress Xiansheng Cilie", and was buried in Yongsi Mausoleum, leaving a name in history.