The TV series "Daming Fenghua" tells the life of Empress Xuanzong Sun, in fact, in history, there is really a suspicious case related to Empress Sun, which is the problem of Ming Yingzong's birth mother. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen of the Ming Dynasty, his birth mother should not have been a problem, but because of Empress Xuanzong's grandson, there was a historical rumor of "stealing the queen".
Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen was the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his father was Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, and there is still a great controversy in history as to who his birth mother was. According to the official records compiled by the Ming Dynasty, Ming Yingzong's birth mother was Empress Xuanzong. The Ming Shu compiled by the Ming Dynasty also says that Empress Sun was "born Emperor Yingzong in November of the second year of Xuande".
However, the "Ming History Draft" compiled by the Qing Dynasty and the "Ming History" compiled by the official organization of the Qing Dynasty believe that Empress Sun was a "thief who took the queen", "the concubine also has no children, and the yin takes the palace as her own son, that is, Yingzong Ye." If this account is true, then this is simply the Ming Dynasty version of "Tanuki for Prince". So, who is Yingzong's birth mother?
People who like the history of the Ming Dynasty take it for granted that this must be the Qing Dynasty officially deliberately "smearing" the Ming Dynasty, in fact, things are not so simple! Because the earliest record of Empress Sun's "thief" is precisely the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty writer Wang Kun wrote in the "Miscellaneous Records of Yupu": "Empress Xuanzong Hu was childless, there were sons in the palace, Sun Guifei was her own son, so she was made empress, and Hu was abolished as a fairy."
In the last year of the Ming Dynasty, Cha Jizuo also wrote in the "Record of Crimes" that Sun Guifei "favored the harem, the palace people had sons, and the noble concubines had sons." Therefore, we can conclude that as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were different theories about Yingzong's birth mother, which continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty. The History of ming compiled by the Qing Dynasty wrote both of these statements into the book.
For example, in the benji section of Emperor Ming Yingzong, it is written that "Zhenqi Town, Xuanzong's eldest son, mother and grandson guifei", "born in April, established as the crown prince, sui registered as the empress". In the biography of the queen concubine, this statement is written that "the thief took the queen". Therefore, the "History of Ming" compiled by the Qing Dynasty did not deliberately smear Empress Sun, but only synthesized two different theories at that time.
Let's return to the original question, who is Ming Yingzong's birth mother? According to the historical records and the analysis of the situation, it should be Empress Xuanzongsun. Although Emperor Xuanzong of Ming was emperor, there was another figure above him, and that was Empress Zhang, Emperor Xuanzong's mother. Although the Sun clan was raised in Empress Zhang's palace since childhood, Empress Zhang did not seem to have any good feelings for the Sun clan, but was very sympathetic to the Hu clan.
If Sun Guifei really seized the empress's throne through "thieves", the shrewd and capable Empress Zhang could not ignore it, not to mention that she was originally opposed to the abolition of the empress. In addition, we can also analyze from the perspective of the relationship between Yingzong and Sun, after the change of Tumubao, Yingzong was captured, and Sun, who had become the empress, and Empress Qian of Yingzong, tried everything to welcome back Yingzong.
After Emperor Mingyingzong returned, he was placed under house arrest in the Nangong by his younger brother Emperor Jingtai, and his movements were restricted, and although Empress Sun was a mother, she often took the initiative to visit her son. Another point is also very critical, Empress Xuanzongsun is actually one of the masterminds behind the "change of the door". If she wasn't her own son, why would she take the risk of launching a palace coup?
So why did the Ming Dynasty produce rumors that Empress Sun snatched her son? In fact, it is also very easy to understand that Empress Xuanzong sun was originally a noble concubine, and because she was favored by Xuanzong, she used various means to exclude the Hu clan and seize the position of empress. And hu shi was deposed for no reason, which aroused the sympathy of public opinion, "the world has mercy.". Over time, those who sympathized with Empress Hu caught the wind and shadows, forming a rumor that Empress Xuanzong had seized her son.
References: 1. "History of Ming"; 2. "Records of Ming Yingzong"; 3. "Miscellaneous Records of Yupu"; 4. "Records of Crimes"; 5. "Records of Ming Xuanzong"