Chapter 13 The toss of three women

After Zhao Zhen finished the funeral of Empress Dowager Liu, he wanted to follow Empress Dowager Liu's edict to discuss military and state affairs with Concubine Yang. Censor Zhongcheng Cai Qi approached Prime Minister Lu Yijian and said that the emperor had grown up and it was too late to be in charge now, so why did he let his mother be in charge? Although Lu Yijian felt that what he said was reasonable, but because of the importance of this matter, he hesitated for a while.At this moment, the eighth prince, Zhao Yuanyan, entered the palace to pay his respects. Hearing them talking about this matter, he said loudly: "The Queen Mother is the title of the mother of the country. The Queen Mother Liu is already very reluctant. Why do you want Queen Mother Yang to discuss military affairs with you?"

Seeing that the Eighth Prince spoke suddenly, Lu Yijian froze on the spot in horror.Zhao Zhen didn't know the meaning of the Eighth Prince's words, and suddenly became suspicious, and asked the Eighth Prince, what happened? Zhao Yuanyan saw that the emperor and ministers were all looking at him, and said to Zhao Zhen: "There is nothing greater than filial piety in governing the world. Your Majesty has been in the world for more than ten years. You don't even know who your biological mother is. Can you say that you have fulfilled your filial piety?" "Uncle Emperor!" Zhao Zhen asked in panic, "What do you mean by that? Are you saying that the Empress Dowager is not my biological mother?"

Zhao Yuanyan said: "Your Majesty's biological mother is Concubine Li Chen, Empress Liu and Yang, but they are just raised on their behalf." "Is this true?" Zhao Zhen asked in panic, "Why didn't Uncle Huang say it earlier?" Zhao Yuanyan said: "Although the Empress Dowager Liu is not your majesty's biological mother, she loves your majesty more than her own. When the first emperor was alive, he didn't say anything. Do you dare to play it? When your majesty ascended the throne, he was worthy of four evils." , autocratic government, internal and external hoodwinks, I am afraid that the hasty performance will not only be ineffective, but will be framed by traitors, and the death of the minister is not a pity. If the safety of His Majesty and Concubine Li Chen is endangered, wouldn't the minister Have you become a sinner through the ages? Paper cannot contain fire, and this matter will eventually be revealed to the world. For more than ten years, I have kept a secret, and I just waited until one day to tell His Majesty about it personally."

Zhao Zhen suddenly heard that his life experience was like five thunderbolts, and random arrows pierced his heart. He stared at Lu Yijian and asked, "Mr. Lu, is this true?" Lu Yijian hurriedly knelt down and said: "Every sentence played by the Eighth King is true. Your Majesty was indeed born by Concubine Li Chen. Everyone in the palace knows it. It is by no means false. If the Eighth King doesn't talk about it today, the minister will choose one An appropriate opportunity to report to His Majesty." Although Zhao Zhen is the son of heaven, he has been deceived for twenty years. His birth mother is close at hand, but he cannot recognize mother and child. Thinking of this, he burst into tears and wanted to rush to Concubine Li Chen's funeral immediately to see the remains.

Lu Yijian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty should first do righteousness, and then private kindness. Empress Dowager Liu and Concubine Yang have cared for and cared for Your Majesty for more than 20 years. They are kind and diligent. Your Majesty will deal with Empress Dowager Liu's affairs first, and then go to visit Concubine Li Chen's remains. " After hearing this, Zhao Zhen stopped his sadness, and issued an edict to obey the will of Empress Dowager Liu, respecting Concubine Yang as empress dowager, but deleting the sentence "participating in the military and state affairs".

The Eighth Prince also said: "Since Concubine Yang can be respected as the Empress Dowager, Concubine Li Chen should be honored as the Empress Dowager even more." Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement, and issued an imperial edict to honor Concubine Li Chen as Empress Dowager and her posthumous posthumous title as Zhuang Yi. After finishing the urgent matters, Zhao Zhen got into the bullock cart and rushed to Hongfuyuan where the coffin of Concubine Li Chen was placed. Before leaving the palace, he sent troops to surround the residence of Liu Mei's family.Because not only did he know his own life experience, but he also heard a rumor that his biological mother died inexplicably, and her death had a lot to do with the recently deceased Empress Dowager Liu. To worship your biological mother, the second is to open the coffin for an autopsy to find out the cause of death of the biological mother, and then deal with it after the truth is revealed.

Zhao Zhen rushed to Hongfuyuan, and immediately ordered someone to open the coffin after worshiping. The coffin was opened, and the coffin was filled with mercury. Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi was wearing a queen's crown and lay peacefully inside. Because of the protection of mercury, the body of Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi was well preserved, and her appearance was as lifelike as Like falling asleep. Seeing his biological mother lying peacefully in the queen's attire, Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "In this way, my crimes can be reduced a little bit, and people's words can't be completely believed!" Obviously, he believed that his mother died normally. If there was really something tricky about being murdered to death, the body would never be so well preserved.

It seems that anyone who does something should never do it absolutely.At the beginning, when Concubine Li Chen passed away, Empress Dowager Liu planned to bury her with the etiquette of ordinary palace people. Thanks to Lu Yijian's intervention and reminder, she did not do anything wrong, and buried Concubine Li Chen in Hongfuyuan with first-class ceremonies. Dressing her in the queen's crown and filling the coffin with mercury to protect her face, Zhao Zhen's doubts were released today, and the Liu family was saved from the disaster of extinction.If Empress Dowager Liu knows something, it's not too much to kowtow to Lu Yijian a few times.

After the coffin was opened for autopsy, Empress Dowager Liu was free of suspicion, and Zhao Zhen felt at ease.He ordered the dismissal of the soldiers who surrounded Liu's house, and burned incense in front of the portrait of Empress Dowager Liu, worshiping and saying: "From now on, the life of the empress is clear!" It means that Empress Dowager Liu is innocent, and she did not murder her mother. Empress Dowager Liu's funeral was held in a grand manner, and her posthumous title was dedicated to Ming Su. In October, Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Dowager Li were buried in Yongding Mausoleum at the same time.

Although Zhao Zhen buried his biological mother generously, he did not dilute his infinite guilt towards his mother. He must let his mother enjoy the status that she never got before she was alive.After a heated debate in the court, finally, the first queen of Zhenzong Zhao Heng, Guo Shi, was included in the Taimiao, and another Fengci Temple was built to enshrine the tablets of Liu Shi and Li Shi respectively. Posthumously named Empress Dowager Zhuang Xianming Su, Li was posthumously named Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi. The establishment of Fengci Temple finally established the status of Zhao Zhen's birth mother, and it also means that the young Zhao Zhen is becoming more mature politically.

After Zhao Zhen came to power, he issued several edicts in succession: expelling Luo Chongxun, Jiang Deming and others who were favored by Empress Dowager Liu from the capital; Song Shou; stop building temples and temples; suppress luck, and make new internal and external policies. At this time, more and more people directly or indirectly attacked the political affairs of the Empress Dowager Liu when she was hanging down the curtain. Taking the opportunity to retaliate, he told Zhao Zhen that the queen mother was ordered by the late emperor to protect her majesty for more than ten years. Although there were some small mistakes, those who should be covered up should be covered up, and the reputation of the queen mother should be preserved. Zhao Zhen was very moved when he heard this, and immediately ordered that no more talk about what happened when the queen mother was hanging down the curtain was allowed. Back then, when the Empress Dowager drew the curtain, Fan Zhongyan asked the Empress Dowager to return to power, but he was angrily asked to leave Beijing because he was not taken seriously, which showed his loyalty.This time, he wanted to protect the Queen Mother's reputation regardless of past suspicions, which reflected his overall view.Zhao Zhen has a deeper understanding of Fan Zhongyan. Lv Yijian tried to figure out the current affairs, and put forward eight suggestions in a memorial, which are: straighten the court; block evil paths; Zhao Zhen immediately summoned Lu Yijian to discuss his proposal, and proposed that Zhang Min (Zhang Qi's original name was restored), Xia Song, Yan Shu, Fan Yong and others who had previously attached to Empress Dowager Zhuang Xianmingsu should be dismissed.Lu Yijian said flatteringly that His Majesty is indeed wise. People like Zhang Min were promoted through the back door. They are not qualified for the current position at all and should have been dismissed long ago. After Zhao Zhen returned to the palace, he told Queen Guo about this and praised Lu Yijian for his loyalty.Empress Guo said that Lu Yijian is also a member of Empress Dowager Zhuang Xianmingsu, but he is cunning and adaptable. Zhao Zhen said: "Since that's the case, it's enough for me to take over his post as prime minister." In the early morning of the next day, the Xuanzhi official announced that the ministers in power including Yan Shu, Chen Yaozuo, Zhang Min, deputy privy envoy Xia Song, Fan Yong, deputy privy envoy, Zhao Zhen, etc. to place. This is almost a one-pot takeover of Zhuang Xianming's leadership team when the Empress Dowager Su was hanging down the curtain.All the officials were shocked, but Lu Yijian stood in the queue secretly proud, because the emperor had asked his opinion yesterday, and these appointments and dismissals were no news to him.Suddenly, the Xuanzhi official announced: "Tongping Zhangshi Lu Yi bamboo slips, authorizing Wu Shengjun's Jiedu envoy and inspector Taifu, Tongzhong Shumen's making peace, and sentencing Chenzhou." When Lu Yijian heard his name being called, he froze on the spot, shocked and overwhelmed, because he was not mentally prepared at all.The edict officer called his name repeatedly, and he just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly knelt down to accept the edict to thank him. Lu Yijian didn't know how he got home. He thought about the process a hundred times, but he didn't know where the problem was. He proposed the plan. The emperor also asked for his opinion on who to dismiss. Why was he suddenly included in the list of being demoted, and there was no warning in advance.He really couldn't figure it out.He wants to find out what the problem is. Lu Yijian inquired around but did not get any information. Finally, through the channel of Yan Wenying, the deputy internal servant, he found out that it was a sentence from Queen Guo that caused him to be demoted from Beijing.Before leaving the capital, Lu Yijian gritted his teeth and vowed that if he succeeds again one day, he must expel Queen Guo from the central palace to avenge today's revenge. After Zhao Zhen pro-government, after taking over the central leadership team of the imperial court when Empress Dowager Liu was behind the curtain, he reappointed Li Di, who had been suppressed by Empress Dowager Liu, to replace Yi Jian, and ordered Wang Sui to attend to political affairs. Sign the Privy Council.An imperial edict was sent to recover the former prime minister Kou Zhun, who died of illness in Leizhou, and he was given the posthumous posthumous title of Zhongmin. Removing the leadership team, using people who had been suppressed by the Queen Mother Liu, and restoring the official title of the former prime minister Kou Zhun, all signs show that Zhao Zhen really wants to make a difference after taking office.However, his ambitions were soon severely challenged. Two months later, Liu Huan, the admonisher, made a statement, and there was a sentence in the memorial: "The minister asked the queen mother to return to power in the past, which offended the queen mother and was almost demoted from the capital. Measuring the foolishness and loyalty of the ministers, the ministers will be punished for their crimes. The ministers have received a lot of kindness, so they don't avoid the ax and the axe, and go up and talk about things." Zhao Zhen read Liu Huan's memorabilia, remembered what happened, and felt that Lu Yijian was a loyal minister. What Queen Guo said was not true, so he issued an edict to recall Lu Yijian to Beijing, and the official was reinstated; Song Shou participated in political affairs, Wang Shu was the privy envoy, and Wang Deyong and Cai Qi were deputy envoys. Why did Liu Huan write a letter at this time to make a statement, but mentioned Lu Yijian in the statement, whether it was a coincidence or whether the two were in collusion, it is hard to say. Lu Yijian is a person who must take revenge. After returning to power, he is always waiting for the opportunity to take revenge on Queen Guo.Empress Guo is already in danger, but she is still in the dark and doesn't know anything. When it comes to Empress Guo, Empress Dowager Liu must be involved, and when it comes to Empress Dowager Liu, Zhao Zhen must be involved, because Guo was named Queen, and there is still some entanglement in the middle. When Empress Dowager Liu was alive, the relationship with Zhao Zhen was not very harmonious, and there were often bumps and bumps, especially in matters of marriage, Zhao Zhen obviously felt the domineering from the empress dowager.The first thing Zhao Zhen fell in love with was not the daughter of an official family, but the daughter of the wealthy Wang Mengzheng, and he mentioned the matter to the Empress Dowager Liu.The arbitrary Empress Dowager Liu ignored it at all, and on the pretext that this woman from the Wang family was "too coquettish, she might not be good for the young master", she insisted on marrying this "beautiful" girl to Liu Mei's son Liu Congde.Liu Mei is that silversmith Gong Mei.It's a pity that Liu died before the Empress Dowager was registered, leaving behind two sons, Liu Congde is Liu Mei's eldest son, and the Empress Dowager Liu's move is undoubtedly to repay Gong Mei.However, this betrothal hurt the young emperor's heart greatly. Wang Meng is just a rich man. He does not want to marry an official family. He strongly opposes the marriage promised by Empress Dowager Liu. be in trouble.I didn't expect this to really come true.Ten years later, Wang Mengzheng had an affair with his father's maid and gave birth to a son. He was worried that he would take away his property and refused to admit it, and was sued by the maid.After review, the evidence is solid, and Wang Meng is being sent to Lingnan.Zhao Zhen issued an edict prohibiting his daughter from entering the palace as a relative of the state, and his descendants were not allowed to marry the royal family.This kind of punishment is probably related to Zhao Zhen venting the grievances in his chest. The woman Zhao Zhen liked was promised to Liu Congde, and the queen mother was also planning to marry the fifteen-year-old emperor as soon as possible. She chose several girls with status to enter the palace as candidates for the queen. Zhang Meiren, the granddaughter of Guo Chong and the daughter of Zhang Yaofeng, the governor of Shizhou, entered the palace one after another. At that time, Zhao Zhen had his eyes on the woman from the Zhang family.Originally, whoever the emperor chooses can be made a queen, but Zhao Zhen's wish was once again obstructed by the queen mother.The queen mother believed that the Zhang family was inferior to the Guo family. Without discussing with Zhao Zhen, the queen mother made her own claim and made Zhang a talented person and Guo a queen.This decision once again caused the young emperor to suffer a heavy blow, which in turn caused the emperor's indifference to the main palace for a long time thereafter. Lu Yijian was always waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on Queen Guo, and the opportunity finally came. Empress Guo has Empress Dowager Liu as her backer. She neither knows how to be modest and tolerant, but gradually develops an arrogant and self-indulgent character.After the queen mother died, she still did not change her old habits, and still followed the habits of the queen mother, monopolizing the harem.After Zhao Zhen came to power, he seemed to be trying to get rid of the influence of the queen mother. One of the important changes was that the concubines in the harem were favored one after another.At that time, Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren were most loved by Zhao Zhen. Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren are two natural beauties, they compete for beauty and flattery in front of Zhao Zhen, making Zhao Zhen fascinated.It was Aiwujiwu, and Shangmeiren's father was also appointed an official and received a title, and his fame moved the capital.This aroused Empress Guo's jealousy, and she inevitably took out her identity as the empress of the palace, and severely condemned Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren.Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren knew that the emperor didn't like Empress Guo in his heart. It was only because of the tyranny of Empress Dowager Liu that the Guo family was in the middle palace. , actually retorted.Over time, the grievances between Empress Guo, Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren became deeper and deeper. It was the middle of winter, the sky was snowing heavily, and the weather was extremely cold.Zhao Zhen retreated back to the palace, and surrounded the stove with Queen Guo, Meiren Shang, and Meiren Yang to keep warm.Shang Meiren acted like a baby on purpose, and fell into Zhao Zhen's arms.Empress Guo couldn't stand it anymore, she scolded angrily with a gloomy face: "How decent is this, don't show respect!" Shang Mei pursed her lips, and sneered back: "I ask the emperor to keep me warm, what's the matter with you? The emperor is willing to do so, why is it hindering the queen?" Empress Guo was extremely angry when she heard this, she got up from her seat, and slapped her across the face. Suddenly, there was a bloodstain. Seeing that she had caused trouble, Empress Guo had to suppress her anger, and quickly pleaded guilty to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen saw that Queen Guo had already apologized, and that the whole process was deliberately provoked by Shangmei. Instead of blaming Queen Guo, Zhao Zhen comforted her and ordered her to return to the palace, so that she would not be so idle in the future. Ordinarily, this incident has passed, but Yan Wenying didn't want Yan Wenying to take this incident as news and ran to tell Lu Yijian.Lu Yijian felt that this was a good opportunity to take revenge on Queen Guo, and ordered Yan Wenying to go and ask Zhao Zhen to abolish the queen.Yan Wenying accepted the mission of Lu Yijian and rushed back to the palace. At this time, Shangmei was still crying in front of Zhao Zhen, saying that it was a trivial matter for the queen to bully her, but it was a big treason to beat the emperor. If she is not punished, what will happen in the future! Yan Wenying took the opportunity to play: "The empress is extremely rude, will the emperor still tolerate her?" Zhao Zhen said that the matter is over, what else can he do to the queen? Yan Wenying said, even in ordinary households, wives can't bully their husbands, not to mention the emperor is the son of heaven, how can he be bullied by the queen?The empress is so ignorant of etiquette and outrageous, she is not qualified to be in the middle palace at all and should be abolished. "Is it okay to abolish the queen for such a trivial matter?" Zhao Zhen asked rhetorically. "Is it a trivial matter to bully the emperor?" Yan Wenying said, "If the emperor thinks what the slave said is wrong, you can call Prime Minister Lu to discuss it, and see if the empress bullies the emperor, can she be tolerant." Zhao Zhen didn't want to do anything to the queen at first, but firstly, he saw his beloved woman crying, and secondly, Yan Wenying acted like a wand, fanning the wind and lighting the will-o'-the-wisp, all of a sudden, he aroused the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for many years .Immediately ordered Yan Wenying to summon Prime Minister Lu Yijian to show him the claw marks on his neck, and ordered Yan Wenying to tell Lu Yijian what happened and ask him how to deal with it. Lu Yijian pretended to think about it for a long time, and said, "The empress is too rude, not good enough to honor the world." Zhao Zhen was still a little hesitant. He was worried that people in the world would say that he could not tolerate others, and he was worried that he would be discussed by future generations. Lu Yijian was determined to take revenge on Empress Guo. He said that as long as it was His Majesty's will, no one dared to discuss it. Besides, there was a precedent for abolishing empresses in the past, like Emperor Guangwu, who was the Ming lord of the Han Dynasty. If there is any resentment, she will be abolished.Today, Empress Guo injured His Majesty's neck, which is much more serious than what Empress Guo did to Emperor Guangwu, so why not abolish her? Sure enough, Zhao Zhen listened to Lu Yijian's slander and decided to depose Queen Guo. In order to find a reason for abolishing the queen, Lu Yijian gave Zhao Zhen an idea, saying that the queen has no children and is willing to become a Taoist priest. After Lu Yijian withdrew, in order to prevent hundreds of officials from admonishing him and failing to achieve the purpose of complaining, he specially requested an imperial decree from Zhao Zhen, ordering relevant departments not to accept the memorial after admonishing and abolishing. Empress Guo was abolished because she accidentally beat Zhao Zhen by mistake. The reason for the abolishment was that she was infertile. In fact, Zhao Zhen vented her dissatisfaction with the late Empress Dowager Liu. After the abolition of the imperial edict was issued, there was a great uproar in the imperial court. Zhongcheng Kong Daofu, admonishers Fan Zhongyan, Sun Zude, Song Xiang, Liu Huan, censors Jiang Tang, Guo Quan, Yang Kai, Ma Jiang, Duan Shaolian and others jointly named Shangshu , Zhao Zhen, please don't abolish the queen easily.Since Lu Yijian had already requested an imperial decree, the relevant departments simply refused to accept such memorials.As a result, there was an eternal spectacle in which officials gathered collectively at the gate of the emperor's palace to advance and remonstrate. The servant reported to Zhao Zhen that the officials were begging outside the palace, but Zhao Zhen didn't see the officials at all, but just spread the word that if there was anything wrong, he would go to Zhongshu Province to answer the Prime Minister Lu Yijian. Kong Daofu led the crowd to Zhongshu Province, where Lu Yijian had been waiting for a long time.Kong Daofu asked: "A minister serves the emperor and empress just like a son serves his parents. If the parents don't know, they should be warned. How can they obey their father and resign their mother?" Lu Yijian said: "Abandoning the empress has been done in the Han and Tang Dynasties, why can't it be done?" Kong Daofu said sharply: "As a minister, you should guide the emperor to be a monarch like Yao and Shun. How can you use the stories of the Han and Tang Dynasties as a rule?" Lu Yijian couldn't answer, so he walked away.Enter the palace and invite Zhao Zhen to say: "The minister asked the emperor to answer the question outside the palace. This is not a phenomenon in the peaceful and prosperous age. Please relegate a few people, your majesty, and kill one to serve as an example to others!" The next day, Kong Daofu wanted to convene hundreds of officials to fight with Lu Yi Jianting, who knew that the imperial decree had come down before he went to court, and Kong Daofu was relegated to Taizhou, Fan Zhongyan to Muzhou, Sun Zude and others were all fined for three months salary.It also stipulates that from then on, officials are not allowed to debate political affairs with each other. Kong Daofu and Fan Zhongyan had no choice but to obey the order, pack up their blankets and leave.Others can only admit punishment. After Queen Guo was abolished, Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren had nothing to fear, and they haunted Zhao Zhen every night to have fun in the clouds and rain. Although Zhao Zhen lived a good life and the imperial doctor gave him medicine, he was a mortal man after all. I have not practiced the invincible body of King Kong, how can I stand up to the tossing and tossing of two women in turn, after a long time, my body was hollowed out by those two beauties, and I was also made pale and emaciated, sluggish all day long, Chao listless, drowsy.The officials saw it and were anxious, and no one dared to remonstrate.After another period of time, he was bedridden. Empress Dowager Yang heard that Zhao Zhen was sick and unable to go to court, so she went to visit in person, and was surprised when she saw Zhao Zhen's appearance, so she asked the servants about the source of the illness.The servant still concealed it first, but couldn't stand Queen Mother Yang's persecution, so he had to tell the truth.Empress Dowager Yang was furious, and immediately issued a decree, ordering Yan Wenying to send Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren out of the palace immediately, and Yan Wenying received the decree; she did so. Although Zhao Zhen was reluctant to part with it, but his mother's imperial edict was hard to disobey, so he had no choice but to bear with it. The next year (1034) was changed to Yuan Jingyou. In September, after Guo was abolished, he was ordered to live in Yaohua Palace, and another Cao family was selected to enter the palace to be registered. The Cao family is Cao Bin's granddaughter. After entering the palace, she was very favored by Zhao Zhen. After a short time, she was registered as a queen.Empress Cao was magnanimous and magnanimous, controlling her kindness and majesty. After taking the throne, everyone in the palace was afraid of power and virtue, and the forbidden room was awe-inspiring. One day, Zhao Zhen suddenly missed the former queen Guo Shi, and sent an eunuch to greet her, and wrote a poem for her. Guo Shi also wrote a poem and handed it back to the palace envoy.Seeing Guo's poetic mood is sad, Zhao Zhen felt pity for her, and regretted the abolition of the empress, so he ordered the eunuch to summon her into the palace. The Guo family thanked the palace envoy and said: "If Long live wants to call me back into the harem, hundreds of officials must set up a class to accept the registration before they can obey the order. Such a hasty, even though there is an imperial edict, I really have no face to go in and see the palace people." After the eunuch passed the decree back to the palace, he relayed Guo's words to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen was so embarrassed that he couldn't make up his mind for a long time. After Yan Wenying found out about this, he was very anxious.He was worried that once Mrs. Guo returned to the palace, his life would be in danger, so he secretly planned a plan to prevent Zhao Zhen from reconciling with Queen Guo.It happened that Mrs. Guo contracted a minor illness accidentally, so Zhao Zhen ordered Yan Wenying to take the imperial physician to see him.Yan Wenying couldn't help being excited, and brought the imperial physician to Yaohua Palace to diagnose and treat Guo's disease. After being examined by the imperial physician, Queen Guo died shortly after taking the medicine. Hearing the news, Zhao Zhen burst into tears and ordered to be buried with the empress's etiquette.In the first month of the third year of Jingyou (1036), an imperial edict was issued to restore her as queen. Both inside and outside the palace suspected that the death of Empress Guo was caused by Yan Wenying's poisoning, but they couldn't find any evidence, so they couldn't do anything about him.At this time, Fan Zhongyan transferred Ren Zhi to Kaifeng Mansion, impeached Yan Wenying, and asked Zhao Zhen to punish him according to the law. Zhao Zhen also suspected Yan Wenying of mischief because of Guo's death. After seeing Fan Zhongyan's memorial, he immediately issued an edict to exile Yan Wenying to Lingnan. Yan Wenying was used to living in the palace without worrying about food and clothing, how could he bear the pain of this long journey, he was angry and sick, and died on the way to Lingnan. After a period of time, Empress Dowager Yang died of illness, and she went to the court to handle the funeral. After some busy days, Empress Dowager Yang was buried in Yongding Mausoleum, posthumously named Zhuanghui. After these two griefs, Zhao Zhen became more and more depressed, and sometimes suffered from dizziness, starvation and insomnia. Fortunately, Empress Cao was attentive and attentive, and gradually recovered. Cao Hou saw that Zhao Zhen was weak and estimated that he was infertile, so he asked Zhao Zhen to choose a moth from the clan as the heir of the emperor.Zhao Zhen also agreed with Empress Cao's suggestion.The chosen person was the thirteenth son of Taizong's grandson Zhao Yunrang, named Zhao Zongshi, who was only four years old. He was taken into the palace and raised by Empress Cao.When this son grows up, he will become Emperor Yingzong, this is a later story.