According to historical records, it was not Liu who was born, but Li, a palace maid. Later, the truth of Li Chenfei's death was buried forever, and people pitied the tragedy of this Renzong mother's life. According to this past, various stories were made up, so the story of civet cats becoming princes appeared.
Historically, his biological mother, Li, was a maid in Liu Fei and was pregnant because of Song Zhenzong's lucky call. Liu Fei couldn't have children, so she forced Zhao Zhen to be her own son. After Song Zhenzong's death, Liu Fei came to North Korea as the empress dowager and listened to politics 1 1 year. Li and the insider are afraid to tell Zhao Zhen the truth because they are afraid of their power.
When Li, Renzong's biological mother, died of serious illness, Empress Liu gave her a heavy burial as a gift, injected mercury into the coffin to protect her body, and placed the coffin in Fengxian Temple. A few years later, after Liu died, his uncle told him the truth, saying that Li might have been poisoned.
Zhao Wenzhen was shocked and heartbroken. Then Li was ordered to be Empress Zhang Yi, and rushed into Fengxian Temple to open the coffin. At the same time, send troops to surround Liu's mansion. After opening the coffin, my face was as fresh as life, obviously not poisoned, so I ordered the surrounded soldiers to evacuate and the Liu family was saved. Later, Zhao Zhen remembered the kindness of Empress Dowager Liu and still buried her with the gift of Empress Dowager Cixi.
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"Civet cats for princes" is a literary story in the classic "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses".
After the death of Empress Song Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Fei and Li Fei were pregnant. Liu Fei was jealous for a long time for fear that Li Fei would give birth to a son and become a queen. So he made a plan with the palace master Guo Huai. With the cooperation of the midwife You Shi, he used Li Fei's ignorance of dystocia to skin a civet cat and bloody replace the newborn prince.
Liu Fei ordered the maid-in-waiting to knock on the beads and strangle the prince. Kou Zhun couldn't bear it, and secretly handed the prince to eunuch Chen Lin. Chen Lin put the prince in a suitcase and sent him to the Eight Immortals to raise him. When Zhenzong saw the skinned civet cat, he thought that Li Fei had given birth to a monster, so he banished it to the cold palace.
Soon, Liu Fei gave birth, gave birth to a son, and was made a prince, and Liu Fei was also made a queen. Who knows that six years later, the son of Queen Liu died. When Zhenzong had no children, he took his brother's son, the Eight Immortals (actually the prince who was replaced that year) as his adopted son and made him a prince.
One day, the prince met his birth mother Li Fei in the cold palace. Both of them were born with tears on their faces. When Liu learned this, he tortured Kou Zhun, and Kou Zhun touched the steps and died. Then, Liu slandered in front of Zhenzong, and Zhenzong ordered Li Fei to be executed. The little eunuch Yuzhong was willing to be martyred for Li Fei and let her go. Another eunuch, Qin Feng, took Li Fei out and sent him to Chen Zhou. Qin Feng also set himself on fire.
Li Fei couldn't live in Chen Zhou, but he ended up living in a broken kiln, begging for food. Fortunately, Bao Zheng released grain in Chen Zhou, learned the truth, took in Li Fei and her son, and brought Li Fei back to Kaifeng. At this point, the true Sect has perished, and Li Fei's son became emperor, known as Song Renzong in history. Bao Zheng also used the opportunity of entering the palace to congratulate Queen Injong on her birthday to bring Li Fei into the palace, so that Li Feicai could meet his own son Injong and tell the truth.
Later, Bao Gong designed Guo Huai to tell the truth. Liu, a former queen mother, knew that the plot was exposed and committed suicide. Bao Zheng was appointed Prime Minister by Injong because of his great contribution in this case.
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