In the Northern Song Dynasty, the second year of Taiping Xingguo, there are still seven days before Xiaoxia

The Northern Song Dynasty court is holding celebrations, and it turns out that today is the seventh day that Zhao Yuanzuo, who is only twelve years old, is made the crown prince

Zhao Yuanzuo was the eldest son of Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong and born to Empress Li of Yuande (943-977)

Originally, I wanted to conceive a story, but before the story could be written, I checked the 360 story about Zhao Yuanzuo's mother, Li

I only know how ruthless the royal family of the Song Dynasty really is

In 360, Song Taizu heard that the Li family had Rongde and recommended it to Taizong. After Taizong ascended the throne, Jin named Li as his wife, and gave birth to two princesses and daughters, both of whom died early, and then gave birth to Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Heng, the kings of Chu. In the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977), the thirty-fourth year of Chinese New Year's Eve

Zhao Yuanzuo, the crown prince of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, and his mother Li, were Taizu Zhao Kuangyin who heard that the Li family had Rongde and guaranteed the media to Taizong Zhao Guangyi

I also saw that after Taizong ascended the throne, Jin named Zhao Yuanzuo's mother Li as his wife

From the above words, we can see that Zhao Yuanzuo's mother was not even a lady before Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne as the emperor, that is to say, Zhao Yuanzuo's mother had no identity at all when the emperor was not on the throne, and her identity was just a maid

The author can't help but have these associations and thoughts, in ancient times, it was very important to pay attention to identity, in such an era of paying attention to birth and status, how was Zhao Yuanzuo made a prince, he was not born in the second room of the main house or the identity of a lady, just a child born to a maid, how did he become a prince?

Maid - In other words, the Li family, the two princesses and daughters, both died early, and then gave birth to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, and Zhao Heng, the later Song Zhenzong

Empress Li of Yuande, concubine of Song Taizong, Zhendingren, daughter of Li Ying, the defense envoy of Qianzhou (after Jiangmen, the status is not even a lady after giving birth to two girls and two men for the emperor?) In fact, the Li family only had an identity after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, and when she gave birth to two daughters, she was just a maid. gave birth to two boys and two girls for the emperor, and the status of Jin Feng is only a lady, after such a general, no one will believe it)

On the other hand, Zhao Yuanzuo was born, his brother Zhao Heng was born, and then the time of Li's death

Li, in the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977), Chinese New Year's Eve

Two children, Zhao Yuanzuo is over 12 years old, and Zhao Heng is 9 years old

From the case of Zhao Guangyi, the king of the fallen Jin, why did the Li family die mysteriously in the second year of Taizong's accession to the throne (the second year of Taiping Xingguo), and linked this matter in parallel with the case of the fallen king of Jin

After careful investigation, I couldn't help but let the author gasp for the royal matter

It has been two spring and autumn periods since the case of the stubborn stone falling from the sky, the case of the king of the Jin Dynasty, the case of Zhao Kuangyin's bizarre and violent death, and the people of the government and the opposition are panicking

In the past two years, many people have suggested that Emperor Zhao Guangyi should appoint a crown prince as soon as possible, in case something like this will happen in the future

Zhao Guangyi also had an idea, but whenever he talked to the court officials about who to appoint as the crown prince, many people just shook their heads and sighed, it turned out that among all the concubines of Zhao Guangyi, there were too few sons for him

Each one is either not born or has a daughter

Only the maid Li was prolific and gave birth to two boys and two girls for him

When it came to Zhao Yuanzuo, the eldest son of this girl, as the crown prince, there was opposition from both the government and the opposition

It turns out that in ancient China, in the era of paying attention to identity, although it was a boy, his mother's identity was too special

In a wave of opposition, even if Zhao Yuanzuo's mother was born when she was a maid, Zhao Guangyi insisted on going his own way and still made him the prince

In fact, many times Zhao Guangyi is still forced to do it, among his children, only Zhao Yuanzuo is the oldest, and at the same time, in his heart, he faintly feels that there must still be people who doubt the legitimate nature of his emperor, and some people question his own ability, so it will happen, and there are people who oppose everything he does (he has also been tenacious)

Isn't it just disgusting with Zhao Yuanzuo's mother's identity? Then I'll give it to you!

It turned out that in the past three days of court meetings, the court has been focusing on the issue of establishing a prince, and the question of which prince to appoint has appeared, and there are three factions in the court

There are those who support Zhao Dan, the eldest son of the Gao family of Lixian Concubine, and there are Zhao Yu, the son of the Fang family, who is the noble concubine

It's just that no one has mentioned the establishment once, the emperor's eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo

The emperor was cold to these courtiers, and still mentioned Zhao Yuanzuo, the child born to him and the Li family

He said that he couldn't look down on those children, only Zhao Yuanzuo looked quite like me, and Zhao Yuanzuo was alert and lively since he was a child

So there was still a voice of criticism in the court

It was like this for the first two days! Isn't it just that I can't look down on her identity? I'll show you the identity this time!

Zhao Guangyi took out the killer weapon, and in the sighs of the ministers, the eunuch held the holy decree and read out the emperor's will in a voice of criticism

Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Su Ran, Li Ming left the virtue, skillful and chaste, named Li as his wife, and named Li Ying, the father of Mrs. Li, as the secretary of the Qianzhou Propaganda Envoy; named Li as Xiaoyi, and named Li's father Li Ying as the envoy of Qianzhou Xuanfu; Feng Li was named Concubine Xiao, and Li Ying, the father of Li, was named the defense envoy of Qianzhou

Within one day, he was promoted to the third level of the Li family, and the third level of Li Ying, the father of the Li family

A group of officials were really anxious when they saw Zhao Guangyi, even so, some people still shook their hands, and some people pinched their teeth

There is still a lot of opposition

It's my family affair! Zhao Guangyi stood up at the desk, you are a bunch of bastards! Zhao Guangyi was angry, and without waiting for the minister to stand up and oppose it, Zhao Guangyi roared angrily

The eunuch didn't even have time to shout, and in the midst of a sigh, Zhao Guangyi strode out of the court

Among the many successors of a group of concubines, he still gave the crown prince to his eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo, who is only twelve years old this year

In summer, inside the palace, ponds

A young woman in her thirties is accompanied by a group of maids and servants and eunuchs, but when she sees this woman with bright eyes and bright teeth, red lips and white skin, she seems to be able to turn all beings upside down with a smile, and she can feel the indescribable gentleness and grace in her gestures

This daughter is Zhao Yuanzuo and later Song Zhenzong Zhao Hengsheng's mother Li

In the past three days, she has heard about what happened in the court, and it was all because of the establishment of the prince

For a long time, Mrs. Li had a dream to see her children grow up safely

I believe that in that deep palace, in the imperial court where mothers are more precious than children, every wife who has given birth to a son and a half daughter for the emperor, and the concubines have also had or are forced to have this dream

But Zhao Yuanzuo's mother Li has a better idea, she just wants to live simply, she wants to be simple in the palace, a place full of cold winds and dangers

Even so, she still can't escape the chaos of the world and the entanglement of fate

While visiting the garden, a eunuch suddenly came to report, saying that there was an accident in the previous dynasty, and because of Lichu, the emperor and the ministers fought

Li disagreed, in her heart, she had long given up the emperor's love for his wife as a husband, and had long given up the idea of making her own child the crown prince

The emperor has more concubines, who can stop the emperor's favor? Who can stop the emperor from appointing someone as the prince, and who can stop the emperor from appointing whom as the crown prince?

She just wants to live simply, she just wants to live a long life, she just wants to raise her children to grow up, and she just wants to see that her children can let others go and be a king

Li Chu, she has already broken that thought, since the last two times, because Zhao Guangyi had no children to stand up, she made her child the crown prince, and was unanimously opposed by the ministers, she has already broken that thought

She now just wants to live simply, just wants to be safe and happy, and just wants to see her children grow up healthy and safe

When the eunuch reported that the emperor had appointed his son Zhao Yuanzuo as the crown prince despite the opposition of the ministers, she was still surprised and startled, and the paper fan in her hand fell to the ground, and then she asked the eunuch to call the children Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Heng, she just wanted to see the child now

When it was not very young, two children were brought in

Zhao Guangyi's harem is like the emperor's family throughout the ages - there are many, but there are too few children

Maybe that's one of the reasons why Zhao Guangyi can only make his own child the prince

In the first few days, because of the establishment of Chu, the emperor wanted to set up his own son, and he had already quarreled with the court officials, and now, the emperor still made his son the crown prince

She knew that her death was near

How cruel Ouchi is in the deep palace, the king has been with her for many years, and she knows one or two of them

It's all my own damn identity!

Looking at the children Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Heng, immature appearance, the unspeakable pity in her heart, the unspeakable resentment, how reluctant she is to this world, how reluctant she is to her children

In a garden of the palace, she repeatedly told the two children to remember their words, when you are also brothers, no matter what happens in the future, no matter what the future holds, you must protect each other, and do not fight out of jealousy

In the Northern Song Dynasty, in the second year of Taiping Xingguo, the seventh day of Xiaoxia, the crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo was just established as the crown prince

One beautiful morning, the imperial concubine Li, Xu, Chinese New Year's Eve