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Did the rumor that the folk civet cat became a prince really happen in history?
Of course it can't really happen. When concubines gave birth to children, there were not only dozens of handmaids and servants around them, but also stable women and doctors who delivered babies. It is impossible to secretly exchange the child. This rumor was invented when people were bored after a meal. In real history, it is a story that a palace girl gave birth to a prince instead of a concubine Liu E, who ascended the queen's throne with her children.

In works of art, there is often a play called "Civet cats for princes", which tells that two concubines of the king are pregnant successively, but one is true and the other is false. At the time of delivery, the fake pregnant princess bought off the handmaiden in the palace, replaced the prince born by the real pregnant princess with a civet cat, and became the queen herself. The real pregnant princess was slandered and gave birth to a monster, and was driven out of the palace. Finally, she met the tragic story of Bao Gong, an upright official at that time, and returned to the palace.

But in fact, in real history, it was Zhao Heng, the king of Song Dynasty, who fell in love with a folk woman named Liu E before he ascended the throne. They fell in love at first sight. However, their feelings were opposed by Zhao Heng's mother. In desperation, they broke contact. Later, Zhao Heng became king, and immediately found Liu E to take her into the palace.

After entering the palace, Liu E was not only favored, but Zhao Heng also wanted to make Liu E the queen, but she was opposed by the Queen Mother on the grounds that Liu E had no children. In order to turn his beloved woman into a queen, Zhao Heng found a maid beside Liu E and doted on her. Then the maid got pregnant, gave birth to a prince ten months later, and immediately adopted it to Liu E. Then Zhao Heng named Liu E as the queen, and the maid has been honored in the palace.