Unexplained disappearance

After Hengli proclaimed himself emperor in Lingwu, he named Li Yu, the eldest son, as the marshal of the military forces in the world. In the second year of Zhide (757), Li Yu recovered Luoyang, the eastern capital, and found Shen Shi, who had been detained by the rebels for more than a year in Ye Ting, the eastern capital. In the first year of Gan Yuan (758), Li Yu was appointed Crown Prince. Due to complicated reasons and worries about Shen Shi's security, he could not welcome him back to Chang 'an, but lived in Luoyang Palace (according to research, Shen Shi's family moved to Luoyang from Xing Wu in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so Shen Shi probably settled in Luoyang with his family before).

In the second year of Gan Yuan (759), Shi Siming captured Luoyang again. Luoyang at this time is an empty city. It is very likely that Shen Shi deliberately ran away for the future of her husband and son and disappeared from now on.

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The emperor looked for his mother.

After Li Yu acceded to the throne, he appointed Prince Shili as the marshal of the military forces in the world, and was ordered to recover Luoyang together with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. In the first year of Baoying, Luoyang was recovered, but Shen Shi was still missing. Tang Daizong then sent for Shen Shi. Although he sent messengers everywhere to look for it, he found nothing for more than ten years. In the first year of Yongtai, Tang Daizong, there was a nun named Shen Shi in Shouzhou (now near Shouxian, Anhui). After inspection by the company, Guangcheng is actually a wet nurse in Shaoyang Hospital.

In the 14th year of Dali (779), Daizong died and Prince Shili succeeded to the throne. The following year (780), in the first year of Jianzhong, Shen Shi, the biological mother, was honored as the "Queen Mother" at a distance, and a book-sealing ceremony was held in the Hanyuan Temple, as if the Queen Mother had personally visited. Li knelt down and cried, and the officials around him also cried. ?

In order to find his birth mother, Shi Li of Dezong adopted the suggestion of the Chinese calligrapher Gao Shen, appointed Li Shu, the king of Mu, as the welcoming ambassador, and four Shen Shi clansmen as the judges, and sent many people to branches all over the country to look for it everywhere. At the same time, he gave a big gift to the Shen Shi family for the reunion of mother and son.

In the second year of Jianzhong (78 1), the news came that Queen Shen had been found in Luoyang, and Chang 'an was full of joy. Tang Dezong greeted her at the Capital Palace in the east of China, and sent 100 ladies-in-waiting to pay homage to "Queen Shen" in the palace with royal gifts. But it was soon confirmed that the so-called "Queen Shen" was only Gao Lishi's adopted daughter, because she was very similar to Shen Shi in age and appearance, and had contacts in the palace. She was lured by fame and fortune and acted as an impostor.

Both the left and right sides of Dezong were very angry and demanded to be punished. Dezong, who longed for his mother, not only refused to accept punishment, but also said to the people around him, "As long as I can find the real birth mother, it doesn't matter if I am cheated a hundred times." Since then, there have been more and more impostors. However, throughout his life, he failed to find the real queen mother Shen.

Dezong died after 26 years in office, and his eldest son Shunzong acceded to the throne. He died after July, and his eldest son Xianzong acceded to the throne. At this point, the search for Shen Shi has been going on for decades and there is still no news. Some departments suggested that it should be stopped, and at the same time, a letter was sent to mourn for Shen Shi in Su Zhang Inner Hall, incense was given to Empress Dowager Tai, a cenotaph was built in Daizong Mausoleum, and a shrine was established in Daizong Temple.

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