Watching short videos of beautiful women dancing, the ancients were all shocked

At this time, Liu E, who was nearly 30 years old, finally made it. After being baptized by poetry and books, she did not lose Zhao Heng's favor because of her age. Compared with before, Liu E had more charm of a mature woman, which made Zhao Heng like her more and more. Soon after Song Zhenzong ascended the throne, he took Liu E into the palace, but there were already Queen Guo and other concubines in the harem, and Liu E had no status. After entering the palace, Liu E did not compete for favor with the queen and concubines in the harem, and always remained humble, humble and humble. Since ancient times, balancing the relationship in the harem has been the most troublesome thing for the emperor. However, Liu E's arrival not only did not cause chaos in the harem, but instead brought peace and harmony. Song Zhenzong favored her unparalleled and enjoyed unlimited glory!

In 1004 AD, Liu E was named a fourth-rank beauty, and then was promoted to Defei step by step.

The harem has always been a place where all forces must fight for.

Liu E had no foundation and no children, the two major assessment indicators of the harem, she had none of them!

Liu E was an orphan, without parents or other family members. In order to gild her, her ex-husband Gong Mei was regarded as a brother, and Gong Mei changed his surname from then on.

In 1007 AD, Queen Guo died, and the position of queen was vacant!

Song Zhenzong wanted to make Liu E the queen, but was strongly opposed by a group of important officials headed by Kou Zhun, who all said that Liu E was of humble origin and could not be the mother of a country.

In a fit of rage, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Zhao Heng, simply did not establish a queen, thinking that the queen position must be left to his precious Liu E. It must be said that this emperor was also a great lover.

So far, Liu E's life can be considered very complete. The only regret is that she failed to give birth to a son or a daughter for the emperor.

In order to give birth to a prince, Liu E spared no effort to find a good recipe for having a child in the palace and among the people, but found nothing!

She felt desperate and helpless, and didn't know how to realize her bargaining chip to become the queen.

Just when he was in trouble, someone told him that temples and nunneries were the most effective places to pray for children!

Hearing this news, he and Emperor Zhenzong of Song decided to go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, hoping to be blessed by the gods.

While burning incense and praying, a nun.

Her simple robes hid her beautiful appearance and noble temperament, exuding an unusual style.

Emperor Zhenzong of Song was also attracted by him, and Liu E, who was good at judging the situation, saw all this!

He shifted his attention from Song Zhenzong to Li, and carefully observed the subtle interaction between the two.

After the incense ceremony, Liu E decided not to rush back to the palace, but summoned Li in the secret room behind the palace.

Liu E was fascinated by Li's beauty and temperament. He thought Li was a very promising candidate who could help him consolidate his position in the harem.

Liu E was well aware of the intrigues and political struggles in the harem, and he needed a reliable and smart partner to help him cope with various challenges.

He believed that Li had enough wisdom and courage to be his right-hand man.

Therefore, Liu E decided to invite Li to the palace and become her personal maid.

Of course, Liu E had already planned to give birth to a child by surrogacy at this time. After everything was arranged, Liu E took the opportunity to successfully send Li to the dragon bed of Song Zhenzong.

In 1010 AD, there was a cry in the inner court of the palace, and Li gave birth to the only prince at that time for Song Zhenzong!

When the prince was still in her infancy, Liu E took the prince of Zhenzong as her own son and asked Concubine Yang Shu to raise him. This was the future Emperor Renzong of Song.

Folk legend!

This Liu E was a ruthless character. After Li gave birth to the prince, he used a civet cat to replace the child with someone else's, and she took the child away!

It was announced to the public that Li gave birth to a civet cat, and finally Li was driven out of the palace. After suffering so much, Li cried her eyes blind. This is the origin of the folk legend of the civet cat replacing the prince.

Liu E was more wronged than Dou E in this matter. It was true that she took the child away!

But Li was also raised by her with good food, drink and hospitality. Except for not letting them recognize each other, Liu E did a good job in other aspects.

In 1012 AD, Liu E became more noble as a mother because of her son, and was favored by Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

Song Zhenzong had a complete falling out with his ministers because of this matter, and the minister who wrote the edict quit his job!

It was useless, Song Zhenzong was determined.

In the end, no matter how much people opposed, Zhao Heng still insisted on making 44-year-old Liu E the queen.

In this way, Liu E, a humble singing girl, successfully ascended to the throne of queen after knowing Zhao Heng for 29 years.

Throne!

From then on, his tough life began. As the queen, Liu E not only handled the affairs of the harem with reason and evidence, but also without major mistakes!

Moreover, after Emperor Zhenzong retired from the court, he often read the memorials from all over the world until late at night. Liu E always accompanied him and participated in the handling of state affairs.

Behind all the women who have reached the pinnacle of power in history, there must be an emperor husband who is not in good health but dares to give up power. Liu E is no exception.

After the Treaty of Chanyuan, Song Zhenzong was guilty and focused on the heavenly book and Fengshan to flatter himself. In addition, he had a rheumatism, so he handed over all the government affairs to Liu E.

Liu E was in charge of the harem and the front court, and worked until late at night every day!

But Kou Zhun's gang was not happy, and conspired with Song Zhenzong to let the prince govern the country!

Liu E went to question Song Zhenzong, and he, like Tang Gaozong, directly blamed Kou Zhun, so Liu E took the opportunity to completely eliminate Kou Zhun's party.

In 1022 AD, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Zhao Heng, passed away at the age of 54!

When Emperor Zhenzong of Song died, he left a will to establish Prince Zhao Zhen as successor, who was Emperor Renzong of Song!

Empress Liu was the Empress Dowager, and some important state affairs were handled by the Empress Dowager, which shows the trust that Emperor Zhenzong of Song had in Liu E!

At that time, Zhao Zhen was only 11 years old, so the affairs of the court were still handled by Empress Dowager Liu E, and Liu E began to rule behind the curtain.

The blind bear stood at attention, covering the sky with one hand, and the means of ruling, conspiracy and conspiracy were switched freely, so you can never figure out what medicine she is selling in the gourd.

The new prime minister Ding Wei was originally Liu E's man, but now he wants to take power alone!

So Liu E and Song Renzong began to rule behind the curtain at the same time, and collected evidence of Ding Wei's crimes at lightning speed, and dismissed him from his post.

In the same year, Liu E took over the throne and ordered that the Heavenly Book be buried with Emperor Zhenzong of Song in the Yongding Mausoleum, and stopped the construction of mansions all over the country, which completely ended the Heavenly Book Movement that had disturbed the Song Dynasty for many years.

In order to avoid party disputes, Liu E rewarded a group of meritorious officials, and asked them to write a list of all their children, relatives and friends and report it to the court.

The ministers were very happy when they heard it. The Queen Mother was still affectionate and righteous. This is the good things that should not flow to outsiders. If there are any good things in the future, it must be our relatives who come first!

So the ministers rushed to write down all their relatives and report them, for fear of missing any one, which would be a big loss.

As a result, Liu E made this list into a family chart of all officials and nobles, hung it in her bedroom, and studied it when she had nothing to do.

The names of these people formed a large network of relationships in her mind. As long as someone recommended a promotion, her brain began to spin rapidly.

As long as the name of this person is slightly related to this network, unless this person's talent and character are extremely outstanding, he will not be reused.

These ministers regretted it so much, but they didn't know she would do this.

Moreover, Liu E also stipulated that her relatives should be managed by themselves, and if they have problems, you will also be implicated.

Now it's settled, and everyone is honest!

And you have to admit that as the empress dowager, Liu E has devoted herself to this country.

Renzong's biological mother may not have done as well as Liu E did for him to have this son. First of all, she personally asked about his daily life.

When Renzong was sick, she had to boil soup and feed him medicine by herself, and then invite the best teacher to educate him!

She also taught him how to govern the country, carefully cultivated him, and had good intentions. She could give her son everything, but she couldn't make up her mind about the imperial power!

At the same time, the Western Xia and the Liao were also ruled by the empress dowager.