After the history of the Song Dynasty, whether it is the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, there are more virtuous empresses than the previous feudal dynasties, perhaps the emperor is not strong enough, but it does make up for a certain degree of regret. Song Xiaozong was the second emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also the first person to be the emperor among all the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, because of the alternation of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, Emperor Gaozong of Song was worried that Emperor Taizong's virtue was lost, and he had no heirs, so he chose the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Taizu as heirs, and Zhao Xuan stood out. Zhao Yun, also known as Emperor Xiaozong of Song, was recognized as the most effective emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and yue Fei's unjust case was rehabilitated by him. Zhao Yun was also a badly beautiful king, and his concubines were also very famous in history.
One includes the Emperor:
Emperor Xiaozong of Song's concubine, Guo Shi (郭氏), was born into a prominent family, and before her ancestors there was also an empress Guo, empress Zhangmu Guo of Song Zhenzong, whose father was Guo Zhen (郭瑊), the envoy of Zhaoqing Jun. Guo Was born in such a famous family, and his personality was gentle and generous. At first, Emperor Gaozong of Song did not directly appoint Zhao Yun as the crown prince, but after a period of weighing and consideration, when she married Zhao Yun, she was only the Lady of the County, but she was in love with Zhao Yun, and all the children under Zhao Yun's knees were born by Guo. Unfortunately, Guo Shi's life was thin, and he was only 31 years old when he died, and Zhao Xuan had not yet been made crown prince. Later, Zhao Xuan succeeded to the throne and posthumously honored Guo as Empress Gonghuai, and later changed her title to Empress Chengmu.
Strange Light Celestial Mother Ritual Fate:
Song Xiaozong's successor, Xia Shi, was born far worse than Empress Guo, so after she entered the palace, she was only an attendant of Empress Xiansheng, and it seemed that she had no electoral advantage. However, when Xia Shi was born, there was a vision in the sky, and a strange light passed through her room, and her father felt strange, and when she grew up, she was selected for the harem with her talent and appearance. After Guo's death, the empress dowager gave the Xia clan to Zhao Xuan, who was then the king of Qi'an County, and although she was a concubine, she was quite courteous to Zhao Yun. After Zhao Yun succeeded to the throne, xia became a concubine, and soon after, due to the wishes of Emperor Zhao, Zhao Yun made Xia shi empress, that is, Empress Chenggong of Song Xiaozong.
After the kindness and simplicity of the concubine:
Empress Xie of Song Xiaozong, like Xia, was previously a maid of Empress Xiansheng, and later became a concubine of Zhao Xuan because of her ability to serve the empress. Judging from the historical records, Song Xiaozong was quite fond of Xie Because she looked like Empress Guo. After Emperor Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, Xia Shi first became Wanrong, and then was promoted to noble concubine, she was a particularly simple woman, so simple that the clothes she wore were personally washed. After Empress Xia's death, Emperor Xiaozong made Xie the empress dowager and enfeoffed her relatives. In his later years, Emperor Xiaozong of Song followed emperor Gaozong's example and abdicated the throne as emperor Taishang, and Xie became empress dowager. When she saw that her daughter-in-law Li Fengniang was arrogant and rude, she couldn't help but persuade a few words, and as a result, she was ridiculed by Li Fengniang, meaning that Xie Shi was just a stepmother, and she was the wife of the current emperor. This matter can be big or small, and later Li Fengniang would not have been deposed if Song Guangzong had just ascended the throne, but I was afraid that there would be nothing for her. In the years that followed, the Xie clan was promoted to empress dowager Of Ciyou, and her relatives enjoyed wealth and honor because of her character.
Song Xiaozong was a notoriously bad woman, and in his lifetime, there were 5 concubines recorded in the history, in addition to three empresses of different periods, there was also a Cai Guifei and Li Xianfei, judging from their initial titles of Lady Jun, they were all people before Song Xiaozong succeeded to the throne. It is said that in order to test which taizu descendant could be the crown prince, Emperor Gaozong of Song did not hesitate to test and gave Zhao Yun and other people who were qualified to compete for the reserve ten beautiful women, and the result was that only Zhao Xuan "returned to Zhao after the end" and did not come to these beauties. It was also for this reason that Zhao Xuan became the crown prince and was able to create his own career as a Ming Emperor in the later imperial years. From another point of view, among these concubines, only Empress Guo has a son, and the other four concubines have nothing to do in their lives, which is their regret, and it also shows that in the eyes of Emperor Xiaozong, the Guo clan is the one who is most remembered.