Empress Shen of the Daizong Ruizhen Dynasty was really a poor person. Her husband, son, grandson, and great-grandson were all emperors, but they were left behind twice during the Anshi Rebellion, and finally disappeared, and the three emperors of Daizong, Dezong, and Xianzong searched for many years without success.
Jingtian version of Empress Shen
Empress Shen of the Daizong Ruizhen clan first entered the Eastern Palace of Emperor Suzong as a child of the Liang family at the end of Emperor Xuanzong's kaiyuan. Later, Emperor Suzong gave the Shen clan to his eldest son, Daizong, who was still the King of Guangping at that time. Shen later gave birth to a son, Li Shi, later Emperor Dezong of Tang.
During the Tianbao period, that is, in 756, An Lushan launched a rebellion to attack Chang'an. On the eve of the fall of Chang'an, Emperor Xuanzong fled with Yang Guifei and his imperial grandchildren, but left Shen and other harem concubines in Chang'an, where they were captured by the rebels and imprisoned in the eastern capital Luoyang. Emperor Suzong Li Heng later proclaimed himself emperor in Lingwu, Ningxia, and Li Yu was appointed Grand Marshal of the Terracotta Army. A year later, Li Yu led his troops to retake the eastern capital Luoyang and found his wife Shen Shi in the Court. At that time, they were all busy fighting the rebels in the north, and they did not have time to send the Shen clan back to Chang'an, but they did not expect that later Shi Siming launched a rebellion and occupied Luoyang, and the Shen clan has not been heard from since. Later, Emperor Daizong took the throne, Andizong Li was made crown prince, and he also issued an edict to look for the Shen clan, but he did not find it for a long time.
After Emperor Dezong, The son of the Shen clan, ascended the throne, he first issued an edict to Empress Shen's great-grandfather Shen Shiheng as Taibao, her grandfather Shen Jiefu as Taifu, her father Shen Yizhi as Taishi, her younger brother Shen Yiliang as Sikong, and Shen Zizhen as Taiwei. In one day, as many as twenty-seven people of the Shen family were knighted and conferred official titles.
In the first year of Jianzhong (780), Emperor Dezong held a solemn ceremony of worship for his mother, first offering a book with his mother's honorific title on the east side of the Hanyuan Hall, and then putting on a ceremonial dress and a crown for himself and his courtiers. After the worship ceremony began, the courtiers were on both sides, and Dezong wept and choked on the two prayer books, and for a while he could not cry, and the ministers next to him were moved and wept. The Zhongshu Sheren Gao saw that Emperor Dezong's mother was so eager to play Dezong: "After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he sent Empress Bo's younger brother Bo Zhao to welcome the empress dowager back from the daiguo. Today, you can also refer to this allusion, let the relevant departments send the empress dowager's family to all parts of the country on another day to find and visit, just like Emperor Xuan of Han to express your filial piety, hoping that the heavens can bless the empress dowager and let us find the empress dowager as soon as possible. However, the first task now is to find the whereabouts of the empress dowager in order to carry out the work of greeting. So Emperor Dezong appointed Li Shu the Prince of Mu as an envoy, Shangshu QiaoLin as a deputy envoy, Princess Shengping to serve and live, and sent emissaries all over the country to search for him.
Later, the adopted daughter of the eunuch Gao Lishi looked very similar to the empress, and after the female official Li Zhen saw it, she asked the other party doubtfully, the other party's words were vague and not firm, but the age and appearance were similar, and the empress dowager used to often cut the preserved fruit to feed Dezong, and injured her left hand, which happened to be her left hand. At that time, there were no photographs, and the people in the palace only compared them according to the description, and no one had seen the empress herself. Therefore, people could only be welcomed to the Shangyang Palace first, and the emperor could be quickly informed. After Dezong knew, he was very surprised, and the courtiers were also very happy and congratulated Dezong one after another. When Colliers' adopted son saw this, he quickly told Dezong the truth of the matter, and Dezong was furious when he found out, but he forgave her and said to the surrounding courtiers: "I have been deceived a hundred times, I only hope that one time is true." After saying that, he left in a daze. Since then, many people have claimed to be empresses, but after some examination, none of them are true.
When Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne (Emperor Dezong was followed by Emperor Shunzong, Who died only seven months after he ascended the throne, and then Emperor Shunzong's eldest son, Emperor Xianzong, took the throne), and someone suggested: "Empress Dowager Shen has been searching for decades, and the filial piety that should be fulfilled has also been fulfilled, the edict that should be issued has also been issued, the emissaries who should be sent have also been dispatched, the years have moved month by month, the places that should be searched have been almost found, and there is no need to find it." Now ask the emperor to give the highest level of state burial for the empress dowager, and let the courtiers mourn the empress dowager in the inner hall of the Suzhang Hall, enshrine her clothes before her death, and offer food every morning and evening to inform the Heaven and Earth Sect Temple. At the same time, Empress Dowager Shen, built a crown tomb at the Daizong Mausoleum and established the god at the Daizong Temple. After hearing this, XianZong felt that it was also, after so many years, it was time to have a conclusion, so he agreed.