For not seeing her mother-in-law, Queen Dou, Xia Xue still has some regrets. For Queen Dou, Xia Xue is still more curious. Empress Dou's name is: Dou Hui, is the second daughter of Dou Yi, the governor of Dingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the eldest princess of Xiangyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, three years younger than Li Yuan, and her uncle is Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong, who can be described as a legendary woman in ancient times.

It is said that Dou Hui was born out of the ordinary and caused a sensation throughout Kyoto. When she was born, her hair was very long, and it was heard that her hair was neck-length, which frightened her family. As soon as he fell to the ground, he opened two dark and bright eyes to examine this strange world.

However, Dou Huichang is very cute, and her family likes her very much.

In the blink of an eye, she has grown to three years old, her hair is equal to her body, and she is a long-haired little beauty, which is particularly eye-catching and talented.

Her uncle Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, liked her very much, so he took her to the palace to raise her. At this time, her father Dou Yi had been promoted to the general of the Zhu State and the leader of the Great Sima; Dou Chi served as the Taifu, and his eldest son Dou Gong was the pastor of Yongzhou, and later the head of the second road of Vaqi; Dou Rongding was the former general of Kaifu, and the Dou family was particularly valued by the imperial court.

Dou Hui received a good cultural education in the palace, she has a superhuman memory, loves to read, and never forgets. She has an extraordinary observation of society and life, and it can be said that her intelligence exceeds the boundaries of her age. It can be said that "the hair is long, and the knowledge is also long." ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou's Empress Ashina is the daughter of the Turkic Muqi Khan Qi Jin, and it is the Zheng Zhi marriage of Emperor Wen of Zhou in order to crusade against the Northern Qi, unify the north, and strive for Turkic military support, the two are not deeply emotional, so Emperor Wu of Zhou is not favored by Empress Ashina, Queen Ashina is a Turkic with a strong and stubborn personality, and the two often quarrel, and the relationship is very bad.

The young Dou Hui, who is only 6 years old, reads and writes in the palace every day. But she was keenly aware that the relationship between the emperor's uncle and Ashina's aunt was not harmonious. Although she was young, she was aware of the stakes involved.

One day, she secretly said to her uncle Emperor Wu of Zhou: "Now the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is not strong, and there is often harassment in the surrounding passes. The Turkic forces in the north are very strong, I hope that my uncle can 'suppress and soothe' my uncle Ashina, and focus on the peace and contentment of the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty also needs to use the power of the Turks to calm down the northern border passes, so that Jiangnan and Kanto will not dare to invade rashly, and you will feel safe. He also said: "My aunt, Queen Ashina, left her hometown alone and came to the mainland of Guanzhong, she is not used to language and life, she must be very lonely, and my uncle should be more considerate of her and her difficulties as a woman." ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou listened to Dou Hui's words and was very surprised, he didn't expect such a young girl to have such foresight and insight; can be so considerate of human feelings and empathetic. I can't help but be very happy. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Zhou gladly adopted Dou Hui's suggestion and adjusted the relationship with the empress Ashina, that is, strengthened the friendly relations with the Turks, so that the Northern Zhou Dynasty achieved stability and development for a long time.

In October 575 AD, Emperor Wu of Zhou decided to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty again, and discussed the crusade strategy in the Dade Palace. Emperor Wu admired his loyalty, and especially his eldest son Dou Gong was the head of the Second Left Army, and Dou Rongding, Dou Hongjing, Dou Wenshu, Dou Zhaoxian, Pingling Dou Jingyuan, Dou Can and other Dou generals followed his subordinates; With Yu Wensheng, Yu Wenliang, and Yang Jian as the second army on the right. Emperor Wu personally led a large army to Jinju and stationed in Fenqu in the south of Pingyang. Dozens of generals such as Dou Gong and Duan Wenzhen climbed the city at night, marched with a call, and the Qi army was defeated. Dou Hui's second brother, Dou Wenshu, took the lead in going to the city in this dark night and was hacked to death by the Qi army defending the city. Dou Gong led the army to defend the danger and block the reinforcements of the Northern Qi. In December of the same year, Emperor Wu mobilized an army of 80,000 and lined up for more than 20 miles outside Pingyang City. In the first month of the following year, Dou Gong marched to Yecheng with Emperor Wu, and the Empress Qi led a hundred horsemen to the east. Emperor Wu of Zhou entered Yecheng, and Dou Gong pursued the queen of Qi to Nandeng Village in Qingzhou and captured the queen of Qi and others.

The Northern Qi Dynasty perished, Emperor Wu awarded Dou Gong as the Duke of the Emperor of the Kingdom, led the Yongzhou Mu and the general, the town of Bozhou, Dou Rongding added the Kaifu, the former general, and the doctor Ci Feizhong, and sealed Dou Jingyuan Xihe County Gong, awarded Dou Zhaoxian envoy to hold the festival, Yitong general, awarded Dou Hongjing Hussar general, Dou Wenshu died in the battle of Dengcheng to give Yi and three divisions, and Dou Can served as the governor of Xiangzhou.

Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong fought for many years, and he became ill from hard work. In May of the first year of Xuanzheng, due to the Turkic harassment of the border, Emperor Wu personally led the army to crusade, unfortunately fell ill on the way, and died on the evening of returning to Chang'an.

After Emperor Wu returned to the west, the Northern Zhou was not as good as a day, and finally in February of the third year of the elephant, Yang Jian usurped the throne on behalf of Zhou Lisui.

Dou Hui, who was only 7 years old, heard that Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian usurped Zhou, and said angrily: "I hate that I was not born a man to save my uncle's family." Father Dou Yi hurriedly covered her mouth and whispered again and again: "Don't talk nonsense, if you let Yang Jian hear it, you will be killed." However, Dou Hui disagreed.

Dou Yi saw that she had gradually grown up, not only was her appearance extraordinary, but her speech and demeanor were not comparable to ordinary women. Dou Yi said to Princess Xiangyang: "Our daughter is born with extraordinary appearance, she must have great fortune and wealth, we can't marry her to ordinary people casually, we must carefully choose a son-in-law and match her." ”

After Dou Yi discussed with Princess Xiangyang, he asked people to draw two peacocks on the door screen, and when they met someone, they proposed marriage, and the shilling was test-fired. She and her wife secretly agreed that whoever could shoot the peacock eye would marry her daughter to whomever she wanted.

At that time, many noble kings and grandsons had long heard that Dou Yi had a daughter who was both talented and beautiful. Therefore, when I heard that Dou Yi had the intention of recruiting a son-in-law, he came to shoot at the corner one after another. As a result, these noble kings and grandsons opened their bows and arrows, but they couldn't shoot them, so they could only leave in defeat.

Li Yuan's father, Li Yu, died when Li Yuan was seven years old, and he inherited the Duke of Tang and Yang Jian on behalf of Zhou Lisui, and Li Yuan went to the emperor's palace to prepare for the emperor's palace and serve as the emperor's bodyguard. One day, colleagues were talking about the competition in General Dou Yi's mansion to recruit relatives, and they couldn't help but say, so they pushed him and pulled him to the door of Dou's house.

The Dou family couldn't help but secretly rejoice when they saw Li Yuan's talent, but they were worried that he wouldn't be able to shoot the peacock's eyes, and watched him nervously show his skills. I saw that Li Yuan was not in a hurry, gently pulled out the bow, put on two arrows, aimed a little, and shot the arrows, each of which hit a peacock eye.

Suddenly, the people present cheered in unison, and Dou Yi was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately agreed to this family business. The allusion between Dou Hui and Li Yuan's "selection in the bird's screen" occurred in the second year of Kaihuang (582 AD), when Dou Hui was thirteen years old.

At that time, the capital of Chang'an had been governed and built by the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty for more than 40 years, and had become a prosperous Beijing division. It is said that Dou Hui's wedding is particularly lively, because Pingling and Chang'an are the hometown of the Dou family, and the Dou family occupies a certain number of Chang'an citizens, plus Dou Zhao is a horse of the Western Wei Dynasty, Dou Yi is a horse of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Dou Rongding is a horse of the Sui Dynasty, which is called a horse of the three dynasties; In addition, Li Yuan is the nephew of Empress Dugu of Emperor Wen of Sui, which is the first in-law between the Dou family and the Li Tang royal family. At this time, in addition to the relatives of Empress Taimu, the Dou clan who was an official in the court at this time also had other branches of the Dou clan who were officials. Dou Chi's youngest son, Dou Wei, was recommended by Li Delin in the internal history as Xiuyi, shooting in the Jiake department, and worshipping the secretary Lang; Dou Yi's eldest grandson, Dou Yan, entered the court as a squire in the driving department; Dou Rongding's eldest son, Dou Kangyin, is Yang Jian's nephew, who first joined the office to prepare for Qianniu and Yitong Sansi, and became the emperor's bodyguard, and his relationship with Li Yuan is very good.

Li Yuan was very satisfied with Dou Hui, so after marriage, he and Dou Hui fell in love with each other. The two often read and wrote together and discussed articles. Dou Hui works in calligraphy, and her imitation of Li Yuan's characters is very similar, and it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them.

Dou Hui just married into the Li family, which coincided with Li Yuan's mother Dugu being sick. Li Yuan's mother was a sister to the empress of the dynasty, and she had a strange personality and a short temper. Li Yuan's family was very afraid of her, and no one was willing to serve her. Dou Hui is very virtuous. As soon as he entered her husband's house, she undertook the trivial work of serving her mother-in-law. Dou Hui is dedicated to her mother-in-law and is very filial. In order to accompany his mother-in-law in illness, he even didn't take off his clothes and shoes all day, and hardly slept well, and Li Yuan's family was very moved by this.

After Dou Hui married Li Yuan, he has always been Li Yuan's right-hand man.

During the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan was too punctual and got a few horses. Dou Hui said to him: "The emperor (Emperor Yang of Sui) likes falconry horses. You know that these horses can be sacrificed, but they cannot be left here for a long time, and if someone sues you, you will inevitably cause trouble, and I hope you will consider it carefully. Li Yuan couldn't make up his mind, and he was really punished for it.

Later, Li Yuan remembered Dou Hui's words, so he looked for a falcon horse many times to present it to Emperor Yang of Sui, so he saved himself and was soon promoted to general.

After Dou Hui married Li Yuan, he gave birth to four sons, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji, as well as a daughter, Princess Pingyang. Dou Hui died before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, that is, before Li Yuan ascended the throne, and later Li Yuan became the queen, and there was no queen later. She is known as Queen Taimu.