In A.D. 1020, Song Zhenzong was ill, and it was difficult to handle state affairs, so all the memorials presented to the emperor were handed over to Queen Liu E for handling. When Zhenzong was seriously ill, he even wrote a letter to let Liu E personally participate in decision-making politics. 1022, Song Zhenzong died. The testamentary edict made the Prince enthroned, and Empress Liu was the Empress Dowager. The military affairs were decided by the Empress Dowager. As Zhao Zhen was only 1 1 years old when he ascended the throne, Liu E was appointed as a senior official of the imperial court, with full authority to handle government affairs. When it comes to important government affairs, she does not act arbitrarily, but listens to the opinions of the old ministers in the DPRK and handles them comprehensively.
With Injong growing up day by day, Liu E will soon return to politics. However, anyone who has tasted the sweetness of power is unwilling to let go easily. Liu E is the same. She even had the idea of imitating Wu Zetian as emperor.
According to historical records, on one occasion, she asked Lu Zongdao, "How did the Empress of the Tang Dynasty govern?" With Liu E's familiarity with history, she naturally knows how Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor. She asked, there must be its meaning. So Lu Zong replied that Wu Zetian was a sinner in the Tang Dynasty, and she almost destroyed the country of Li Tang. Liu E was silent.
But some ministers who are good at pandering immediately smelled that Liu E wanted to be emperor. Minister Fang Zhonggong wrote a letter to Liu E, asking Liu E to set up the Liu Ancestral Hall like Wu Zetian. Liu E was moved by this. But after consulting several senior ministers, this idea was completely broken. Later, Colin gave Liu E a "Warrior Toward the Picture", and Liu E directly threw the picture on the ground and loudly reprimanded Colin.
Song Renzong was more respectful and filial to Liu E when he learned about it. He even issued an imperial decree to raise the etiquette standard of the queen mother's birthday to the level of the emperor.
In A.D. 1033, Liu E was seriously ill. Song Renzong granted amnesty to the whole world and sought medical treatment everywhere, but Liu E's illness never improved. In February, the imperial court will hold a ceremony to worship the ancestral temple. Liu E knew that she was going to die soon and wanted to put on the dragon robe of the Emperor before she died. As a result, ministers were in uproar and strongly opposed.
Finally, does not immediately set a standard: "Empress Dowager Cixi should allow the emperor to take off two chapters of armor, put on Zong Yi's clothes, put on clothes with seaweed removed, and not wear a sword. Jinlong flower 16, front and back pearls 12, named after clothes. Call it a crown, and call it relying on heaven. " Take some decorations from the emperor's robe and present them to her. On the day of the ceremony, Liu E, wearing the emperor's armor and crown, entered the ancestral temple under the guidance of attendants. After the ceremony, ministers gave Liu E an honorific title in Wende Hall of the ancestral temple: Ying Tianqi, Empress Dowager Chong De, Kindness and Longevity. From then on, Liu E no longer intervened in state affairs, and completely returned to Injong.
In March of that year, Liu E died at the age of 65. On the second day after her death, Song Renzong called his ministers together and cried, saying that the Queen Mother had pulled her clothes many times before she died. Does she have any unfinished business?
Xue Kui, a political adviser, said that the Queen Mother never wanted the late emperor to see her buried in the queen's clothes. Injong suddenly realized and ordered Liu E's mourning clothes to be replaced by the queen's clothes.
Did Liu E really mean this when she died? Not necessarily.
Think about it. If that's what Liu E really meant, why didn't she take off her official clothes, put on the clothes of the Queen Mother, and then drive the crane west? Why does Liu E always wear this dragon robe to meet her own times? Visible Liu E is to wear this dress to die, the emperor also understand his mother's meaning, but has not been found. After Liu E's death, Song Renzong made a fuss, and borrowed Xue Kui's words to prevent his mother from wearing a dragon robe.