Empress Cao's experience is amazing. Queen Cao has been married twice in her life. First, she married Li Zhi, and Li Zhi was still young when she got engaged. But I didn't expect this Li Zhi to be obsessed with cultivating immortals. On the wedding day, she ran away from the window. Empress Cao didn't want to embarrass him, so she wrote a letter of reconciliation and left Li Fu. Later, after being abolished, ministers elected Cao as the queen in succession, so Cao married again.
But it's the second time that Queen Cao got married. Why can she marry the emperor again?
Empress Cao has a distinguished family background. When recommending the queen, officials gave Cao Danshu an evaluation of being "both civil and military, virtuous and virtuous", which was further pointed out by Han Qi as "loyal and honest, plain and ugly without confusing the monarch", which was exactly what was expected of a queen at that time.
Cao Dan is proficient in both civil and military arts, knows needlework and embroidery, and studied under Fan Zhongyan. Get the hall, get the kitchen; If you get into the police academy, you can shoot the goose. Such a queen sets an example for everyone.
In the eyes of officials, even the best queen can't stop the emperor's thunder. She must be invisible, without edges and corners. What a coincidence, Cao Danshu is also very satisfied. Because she is "ugly", standing beside the emperor will not be too dazzling. Cao Danshu was rejected by her ex-husband and did not complain. After leaving, she politely said goodbye to her in-laws and went home. It can be seen that she is a person who can bear the burden of humiliation and will not be too competitive. In the eyes of officials, such a queen will not perform the drama of Lv Hou and Wu Zetian, but she can be a queen.
The Northern Song Dynasty didn't care about women's second marriage, which was different from other dynasties in China. The Northern Song Dynasty was very open at this point, and Zhao Zhen's foster mother Liu E also got married. Therefore, even if Queen Cao was married before, it will not affect her future marriage, so she can marry and become the queen of the mother instrument world. I also appreciate this point in the Northern Song Dynasty. There are not so many oppression and restrictions on women. Even the most distinguished royal family at that time still didn't mind marrying a married man. This shows that it is really enlightened.
Queen Cao and Li Zhi are not husband and wife. Li's escape from the window on the wedding day was widely spread. Han Qi even used this to prove that Queen Cao was ugly, so Li Zhi ran away in fright on the wedding day. Queen Cao and Li Zhi are not married, so they are not married in the traditional sense, but in name only, which is an important reason why Zhao Zhen and courtiers don't mind the marriage of Queen Cao at all.
No matter in history or drama, empress Cao is an excellent queen, and the emperor can create a peaceful and prosperous time, which is also inseparable from having such a virtuous queen.