"Liu E!" Li Zhang wrote this name in the middle of a large piece of paper, there are countless queens in Chinese history, and there are not a few famous ones, but there are not many legendary queens like Liu E, and even Li Zhang doesn't know where to start about Liu E's deeds?

Liu E was originally an orphan girl in Shu, and was sold to a silversmith named Gong Mei as his wife at a very young age, and later the husband and wife came to Kaifeng from Shu to make a living, but they still had a hard livelihood, so Gong Mei planned to sell Liu E, but it happened to be bought by a person named Zhang Qi, who was the henchman of King Han, so he dedicated her to King Han, and King Han at that time was Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng also fell in love with Liu E at first sight, and the two were almost accompanied by each other during that time, but unfortunately Zhao Heng's father, that is, Zhao Kuangyi, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was furious after knowing Liu E's identity, and ordered Liu E to be driven out of the Han Palace, but Zhao Heng risked great danger and hid Liu E in Zhang Qi's mansion for fifteen years, and he often went to meet Liu E in these fifteen years, as for the unlucky Zhang Qi in order to avoid suspicion, he did not dare to go home to live for fifteen years.

Later, Zhao Heng ascended the throne as the emperor, and Liu E also entered the palace, but she also encountered a little twist and turn when entering the palace, that is, the woman who entered the palace must get the permission of the queen, but Queen Guo at that time refused to give an order to let Liu E enter the palace, and as a result, Liu E did not enter the palace, Zhao Heng did not give Queen Guo the official canonization, because Zhao Heng had just ascended the throne at that time, and the queen also needed to get his canonization to be justified, and finally Queen Guo couldn't afford to delay, so she could only agree to Liu Liu'e to enter the palace, Zhao Heng canonized her as the queen, and at this time Liu E was nearly thirty years old.

It's just that Liu E has no name after entering the palace, even if Zhao Heng wants to make her a concubine, but Queen Guo and the ministers don't agree, and Li Xin, the prime minister at the time, even burned Zhao Heng's holy decree. On the contrary, Liu E did not fight or grab, and took the initiative to persuade Zhao Heng not to quarrel with the queen and ministers because of her own affairs, but the more Liu E was like this, the more Zhao Heng loved her.

A few years later, Zhao Heng finally got through the queen and the ministers, and finally named Liu E a four-grade beauty, no matter how high the ministers were not allowed, Zhao Heng also played a trick, he actually lowered the grade of all the concubines except the queen to the fifth grade, so that Liu E became the second person in the palace after Queen Guo, and after a few years Queen Guo died, she finally got her wish to be named the queen, from an orphan girl to the mother of the world.

Liu E's legend did not end because she became the queen, on the contrary, her legend has actually just begun, Zhao Heng was sick in his later years, so Liu E handled the government on his behalf, and when Zhao Heng died, Renzong who ascended the throne was too young, so Liu E began to listen to politics instead of her son, and she was also the first queen in history to "listen to politics".

Liu E had three major achievements during her reign, the first was to end the Tianshu Movement provoked by her husband Zhao Hengshi, the second was to suspend the party dispute, because she hung the family and friend relationship chart of the ministers in the palace and strictly forbade the ministers to engage in personal gain, and the third political achievement was to issue Jiaozi, that is, the first paper money in history, and under her governance, the Great Song Dynasty finally began to recover from the previous chaos.

"No wonder Mrs. Liu said that she was lonely when she was young, but it is this hard-working woman who can do what ordinary people can't do!" After going through Liu E's deeds in his mind, Li Zhang couldn't help but show an expression of admiration and said to himself.

Next, Li Zhang wrote Zhao Heng's name next to Liu E's name, connected by a line in the middle, and wrote "husband and wife", and then wrote Zhang Qi's name, and "Bole" in the middle, followed by Zhao Zhen, Ding Wei, Queen Guo, etc., all the people Li Zhang could think of related to Liu E were all written on it, and the relationship between them was also marked.

When Li Zhang finished writing, a complex character relationship diagram appeared in front of him, he didn't have nothing to write and play, but planned to figure out what connection he had with Liu E?

First of all, Li Zhang crossed out those not very intimate relationships, and there were also some hostile relationships with Liu E, because he felt that Liu E did not have any ill will towards him, so that most of the people on the entire relationship chart were missing, and the rest were the people who were most closely related to Liu E, such as Zhao Heng, Zhao Zhen and his son, as well as Ding Wei, Gong Mei and others.

Looking at the few names on the picture, Li Zhang considered whether he might be related to these people one by one, and then crossed them out one by one, and in the end, there were only three people left, that is, Zhao Heng, Zhao Zhen and Gong Mei, which was also one of Liu E's only three relatives.

Zhao Heng's father and son put it aside first, Gong Mei was Liu E's husband before entering the palace, she was an orphan and had no other relatives, so after entering the palace, Gong Mei was recognized as her brother, and Gong Mei was renamed Liu Mei because of this, and now she is the uncle of the Great Song Dynasty.

Looking at Gong Mei's name, Li Zhang finally crossed him out, because he really couldn't think of what his family had to do with the other party? And even if there is a relationship, I'm afraid there is no need to alarm Liu E, after all, Liu Mei is also rich and powerful now, so there is no need to trouble Liu E in everything.

Gong Mei was crossed out, and only Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen were left on the picture, Zhao Heng needless to say, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is now recuperating from his illness in a hospital bed, and Zhao Zhen is the crown prince, that is, the future Song Renzong, but what does he have to do with these two emperors? Thinking of this, Li Zhang also helplessly stretched out his hand to cross out the names of the two.

"No, tanuki for prince?" However, just when Li Zhang crossed out Zhao Heng, and then wanted to cross out Zhao Zhen's name, he suddenly said to himself again.

In later generations, even if it is an illiterate old man and an old lady, I am afraid that they have heard the story of "Tanuki for the Prince", and there are three protagonists in this story, namely Concubine Liu, Concubine Li and Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, although most of this story is fictional, but some are true, among which the prototype of Concubine Liu is Liu E, and she is indeed not Zhao Zhen's biological mother.

Speaking of Zhao Zhen's life experience is also quite bizarre, when Liu E was not the queen, the original Queen Guo died, so Liu E's opportunity came, but most of the ministers in the court at that time were opposed, mainly because Liu E was from a humble background, although Liu E recognized herself at that time, saying that she was the daughter of the deceased commander Shi Liu Tong, but this can only deceive the common people, and the ministers in the court know her origin.

In this case, Liu E thought of a way, that is, to give birth to an heir to Zhao Heng, because Zhao Heng's son died at that time, resulting in no queen of the royal family, if she could give birth to the prince, it would be justified after the queen, but Liu E was forty years old at that time, even if she was placed in the later life, she was also an advanced maternal age, not to mention that she had been with Zhao Heng for so many years, and she had never been able to get pregnant, so she couldn't give birth if she wanted to.

So in this case, Liu E thought of a way again, she let the maid next to her replace her bed, gave birth to a son after she became pregnant, and then claimed that she was born to herself, and this prince is now the crown prince Zhao Zhen.

"If I'm not mistaken, Zhao Zhen's biological mother should be surnamed Li, which is the prototype of Concubine Li in the Tanuki for the Prince!" Li Zhang's eyes became brighter and brighter at this time, and he said to himself, "Concubine Li, Li Yonghe, Li Zhang, I see, if this is the case, everything will make sense!" ”

When Li Zhang said the end, the expression on his face became more and more excited, and he finally guessed the most likely possibility, Zhao Zhen's biological mother is surnamed Li, and their father and son are likely to be the relatives of the Li family, inferring from age, Li Yonghe is likely to be the other party's brother or younger brother, in other words, the other party is likely to be his aunt, and Zhao Zhen is not as old as him, that is, his cousin.

"It turns out that Lao Tzu's hidden profession turned out to be the future emperor's eldest cousin!" Li Zhang whispered excitedly again at this time, originally he thought that he was just a commoner from the bottom, and he was even distressed to improve his social status, but if his guess was correct, then what else would he read, and he would be a relative of the emperor in the future!

But excitement is excitement, and after Li Zhang's brain cooled down, he found some problems, if his guess was correct, then Liu E's attitude towards their father and son was a little ambiguous.

First of all, according to Li Zhang, although Liu E is not Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Zhao Zhen himself does not know, and he has always regarded Liu E as his biological mother, until Liu E died later, Zhao Zhen knew that his biological mother was someone else, and at this time Li had already died, which made their mother and son unable to recognize each other until death.

However, although Liu E did not let Li and Zhao Zhen recognize each other, she was still good to Li, and even after being the queen, she also named Li as a talent, and later added Wanyi, and after Li's death, she was also buried in the queen's clothes, although this is not Liu E's original intention, but it is enough to show that Liu E is not a vicious woman.

"Liu E has no ill will towards the Li family, and she also gave the other party a title, so what is her attitude towards our father and son? In addition, the Li family has never recognized Zhao Zhen, maybe she and Liu E have also reached some agreements, such as in exchange for the wealth of the Li family, so that day Mrs. Liu said that she had her own arrangements after a while! Li Zhang muttered to himself again at this time.

This line Li Zhang is also getting clearer and clearer, although he is not very sure, but there should not be much deviation. But then Li Zhang thought of another key figure, that is, Lu Wu, Lu Wu has known their family for many years, and has a close relationship with Liu E, so what role does Lu Wu play in this matter?

"Boy, what are you thinking?" As the so-called what to think, just when Li Zhang was thinking deeply, he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and when he raised his head, he just saw Lu Wu striding over from outside the store, but the relationship diagram drawn in front of Li Zhang had not had time to put it away.