What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
"Qing Ping Le" mainly tells about the various events that happened in the harem of the former dynasty during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song. There are many vivid and interesting characters in this drama, the most eye-catching of which is Zhang Guifei, who is "small masterpiece". Zhang Guifei was originally only a dancer in the palace, but she was favored by the emperor and became a noble concubine. And the real her in history is indeed like this, it can be said that she is the love of Song Renzong's life, but she seems to be arrogant and arrogant, but she is willing to lower her status for the sake of her children.
Zhang Guifei was originally born into a family of official eunuchs, and her father was a jinshi, but unfortunately, her father died early, and her mother had to take her around to run to relatives. However, none of the relatives were willing to take them in, and when she was desperate, her mother was favored because of her outstanding posture and became a dancer in the palace of the Princess of the Qi Dynasty. And she perfectly inherited the beauty of her mother, when she was only 8 years old, she looked extremely beautiful, and was sent to the palace by the eldest princess to dance, and was raised by the palace maid.
At a palace banquet, Zhang Shi was favored by Song Renzong for her good looks and beautiful dancing posture, and the emperor ordered her to be named "Qinghe Junjun", and since then, she has officially started her life as a harem concubine. Zhang was greatly favored by the emperor, and soon after he was named "Talented Man", and then he was named "Xiuyuan", and gave birth to three daughters in succession. Song Renzong had few children and widows throughout her life, so when Zhang Shi gave birth to three daughters in a row, the emperor was very happy and directly made her a noble concubine, second only to the empress.
At that time, the empress Cao had always been unpopular, and the Zhang clan was in the favor and had her daughter on the side, so many people speculated that the Zhang clan was likely to become the next empress. However, at this moment, an accident occurred - Zhang's second daughter Zhuang Ding's eldest emperor Ji died tragically, and Zhang was seriously ill. Under the grief, Zhang Shi believed that his blessings were too thin, and he should not be so favored and become a noble concubine, so he asked the emperor to reduce himself to a "beauty". After hearing this, the emperor had more pity for Zhang Shi, but for her relief, he had to reduce her to a beauty. From then on, Zhang became more favored, and within a few years, the emperor once again restored her status as a noble concubine.
For many years, Zhang Shi had been the most favored concubine in the palace, and over time her ambitions had grown, and she was bent on becoming empress. But being an empress is not an easy task, she does not have the strong background of Empress Cao, and she does not have the wisdom and brains of Empress Cao, so she has not been able to realize her wishes until her death. In order to be able to compare with Empress Cao, she deliberately surpassed the Empress in terms of food and drinking. He also often asked the emperor to add officials to his mother's family, and the emperor knew all about her ideas, but was willing to indulge her willfulness.
Perhaps she was really blessed, in 1054, Zhang Guifei, who was only 31 years old, suddenly fell ill, and she died in this way. After her death, the emperor was so distraught that he ordered her to quit the court for 7 days and forbade her to play music for a month. What was even more unexpected was that the emperor actually posthumously named Zhang Shi as "Empress Wencheng", buried her with the gift of empress, and also treated her people kindly. I have to say that although Zhang's life is short, it is very brash and wonderful, far more wanton and enviable than other women in the palace.