Among the numerous concubines, three have been favored for a long time-Zhou Guifei, Dong and De Fei.

1, Queen Guo: Guo Yes's first queen was born in Jincheng, Yingzhou, Daibei. Her grandfather was Guo Chong, the messenger of Pinglu, and Guo Chong's ancestor was the chief of Daibei. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1033), Queen Guo had no children to enter the Taoist temple, and was named as a pure princess. He lived in Changning Palace for support, left Hua Yao Palace in the first year of Jingyou (1034) and died in Jingyou two years.

2. Ci Shengguang Cao Empress: The second empress of the Northern Song Dynasty was born in Taiqiu Township, Yongcheng County. Grandfather Cao Bin was the founding hero of the Northern Song Dynasty. In September of the first year of Jingyou (1034), the book queen. Yingzong and Zongshen acceded to the throne one after another and were honored as Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), he died at the age of 64, the "natural and graceful queen" of posthumous title.

3. Empress Wencheng: Zhang, the favorite concubine, the military commander of Shizhou, the gift of Yitong No.3 Division of Taishi Kaifu, and the second daughter of the king of Qinghe County. The teenager entered the palace, became a royal servant at the beginning, and was tired of sealing Qinghe County. In October of the first year of Kangding, he entered the talent. In December of the first year of Li Qing, he entered Feng. In July of Li Qing's third year, because she lost two women, please move down and be a beauty.

Li Qing eight years in October, the imperial concubine was sealed. Queen Wencheng gave birth to Princess Anshou, Princess Baohe and Princess Deng Guo. On the eighth and thirty-first day of the first month of the sixth year of Emperor Yangdi. Renzong was deeply saddened by the loss of his beloved princess, and was named as the queen, known as Wencheng. Buried in Zifu Temple in Fengxian, a temple was built by the garden to know how to salute the imperial edict when he was old. In the first month of the seventh year of Jiayou, he changed the temple into a shrine and sent courtiers to sacrifice.

4. Zhou Guifei: A native of Kaifeng (now Kaifeng, Henan), she was one of the concubines of Zhao Zhen's harem in Song Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhou, from Kaifeng. At the age of four, I entered the palace with my aunt as a waiter. Later, because she served her favorite princess, Zhang Guifei, Zhang Guifei, who was younger than her, recognized her as an adopted daughter, and made her serve Song Renzong, and gave birth to two princesses, such as Yan Shu, Guo Da and princess royal, who were crowned as beauties, Jieyu and Wanrong respectively.

After the two princesses born in Zhou were married one after another, they were made virtuous princesses by Jin. After Renzong's death, Zhou lived to the throne, and was gradually named a virtuous princess, a comfortable princess and a noble lady. For more than forty years, Zhou has lived a frugal life of worshipping Buddha.

Later, after princess royal died, Zhou was allowed to leave the harem and build a private residence outside the palace to communicate with relatives and friends. Zhou lived for a long time until he died at the age of 93. Zhao Shu, posthumous title.

5. Princess Dong: Zhao Zhen's late concubine in Song Renzong. Shengzhuang Jinchang Land Machine, Zhuangqi Land Machine, Xian Yi Gongmu Land Machine. Dong Shi is Song Renzong's maid. In the early years of Jiayou, Queen Wencheng died. Song Renzong has no children, so she is under great pressure and depressed. He tried to commit suicide and was discovered by Dong Shi. He picked up the saber with his bare hands and almost cut off his finger, which attracted Song Renzong's attention.

In the early years of Jiayou, Dong Shi was conferred the title of wenxi county. In the fourth year of Jiayou, Dong Shi gave birth to her daughter Princess Chen, who was made a talented person since the county magistrate. Jia You became a beauty in five years, but Dong Shi made a firm statement. Please give her father an official instead, and Song Renzong promised her. In the seventh year of Jiayou, Dong Shi was critically ill and was named Chongyuan. He died soon and was posthumously awarded to Wan Yi and Shu Fei. In April of Fu Yuan's third year, he was posthumously awarded as the imperial concubine.

6. De Fei: Yang Zongmiao, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's favorite concubine. There was a Shang Dynasty princess from Dingtao District, Heze City, Shandong Province. Yang Zongmiao is the daughter of Yang Zhong, a bodyguard of Shandong Dingtao. He was elected to the palace because he was related to Zhang Xian, Queen of Song Zhenzong. At first, the original Wu was blocked, and soon he was promoted to beauty. She is good-looking, witty and proficient in melody.

Song Renzong wanted to give her father an official position, but she refused, saying, "Foreign officials should work hard to get more money. Now they are fortunate in kindness and afraid of arrogance. " Song Renzong was very happy, moved her to Suyi Temple, posthumously awarded her grandfather as the secretariat of Guizhou, and adopted five officials, including her uncle and brother. Since then, she has been favored by both monks and beautiful women, and often has an unpleasant relationship with Queen Guo.

In the second year, because of the rivalry between Queen Guo and the beautiful women in the world, Queen Guo mistakenly attacked Renzong who personally came to stop the fight, resulting in the abolition of the queen. Because she was there during the fight, the monk and the beautiful woman were sent out of the palace together.

The following year, he became a monk and lived in Hua Yao Palace. Renzong did not forget his old feelings and was recalled as a beauty the following year. After that, she gave birth to a daughter, Princess Shang, who went to Jieyu, Xiu Yuan and Yixiu. Xining died in five years, aged 54, and was posthumously awarded as a princess.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Guo Huanghou

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Ci Shengguang presents Cao Queen

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Wencheng Queen

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Zhou Guifei

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Dong

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Defei