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After the death of Song Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, both Liu Fei and Li Fei became pregnant. Obviously, whoever gives birth to a son may be the official palace.
Liu Fei was jealous for a long time, afraid that Li Fei would be made queen when she gave birth to a son, so she discussed a plan with Guo Huai, the head of the palace. With the cooperation of the midwife You Shi, Li Fei took advantage of the fact that she was unconscious due to blood fainting during childbirth, peeled off the fur of a civet cat, which was bloody and shiny, and replaced 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. In addition, when Zhenzong saw the skinned civet cat, he thought that Li Fei had given birth to a monster and exiled 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 Chen Zong 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.
"Civet cats for princes" is a literary story in the classic "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses". In the late Qing Dynasty, this story spread to Shanghai, a southern concession, and was adapted into Peking Opera, which caused a sensation in Shanghai after the performance. Later, it was adapted into a variety of operas such as Pingju Opera, Henan Opera, Huangmei Opera, Shandong Opera, xiang opera Opera and Chaozhou Opera, and was sung in the competition.
During the Republic of China, this story was deeply loved by Jiang Gong. After the national army retreated to Taiwan Province Province, the Taiwanese opera in Taiwan Province Province was also adapted. In modern times, this story has been adapted into TV series for many times, and everyone knows it.
The story is wonderful, and there are many discrepancies with historical facts, and there are also many elements of imagination and patchwork. A little comparison with historical data shows that when the case was tried, that is, in two years (1033), Empress Liu died. When she was in charge, Bao Zheng had just entered the Jinshi School. Because his parents were old, the court appointed him as the judge of Dali and the magistrate of Jianchang (now Yongxiu, Jiangxi), but he refused to leave his job and stayed at home to serve his parents.
It was not until the third year of Jing (1036) that Bao Zheng became an official and served as a junior official in Tianchang (now Tianchang City, Anhui Province). He has neither the opportunity nor the ability to try such a big case. However, the coincidence between the story and history is that it was not born of Queen Liu, but her mother was Li, and there was a struggle over her life experience.
After the death of Queen Guo, he arranged for his favorite to be the queen. And queen Liu have no children, and there are no other children. Under the care of Empress Liu, she gave birth to a son with a servant girl named Li, who was carefully raised by Empress Liu herself. This is the later Song Renzong.
Before his death, Song Zhenzong passed the throne to Song Renzong, who was 13 years old. Because the emperor was young, the testamentary edict named Empress Liu as the Empress Dowager, saying that "militarists are serious and have the right to take punishment". Since then, Empress Liu has been in power in Song Renzong for eleven years until her death.
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