The famous "bold" queen in Chinese history is Guo Shi. She was the powerful wife of Emperor Song Renzong.
According to historical records, Empress Guo was beautiful, educated, and of high birth, coming from the famous Dai Bac clan. She was the niece of Guo Chong, who held the position of Jiedushi of Binh Lu Jun. Her father, Guo Yungong, originally held the position of Chongyi Fushi, and was later promoted to Jiedushi of Trung Vu Jun, concurrently serving as Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Ling.
In the second year of the Thien Thanh era, Tong Nhan Tong was 14 years old and Empress Quach was 12 years old. At that time, Empress Dowager Liu had her eye on Quach Thi in the imperial examination. Ironically, Tong Nhan Tong was young and full of energy, and preferred Truong Thi, simply because Truong Thi was beautiful and eye-catching.
Zhang's family background was not even half as good as Guo's, so under the direction of Empress Dowager Liu, Song Renzong had no choice but to make Guo the empress. However, after the marriage, the young emperor was always biased and favored Zhang, making Empress Guo constantly jealous.
Empress Guo was good at speaking and winning people's hearts, so she was very much loved by Empress Dowager Liu Nga. Therefore, she forced Song Renzong to make her empress. Since ascending the throne and being protected by Empress Dowager Liu Nga, Empress Guo became one of the most powerful women in the harem.
However, Guo Shi was not favored by Song Renzong. The reason was because Song Renzong did not like the Queen's moody mood and did not want to be monitored by the Queen Mother's men. Furthermore, the harem had many beautiful concubines and beauties. Therefore, this emperor preferred to enjoy himself with his concubines and left Empress Guo alone.
Among the concubines, the beauties surnamed Truong and Duong were the most favored by Emperor Nhan Tong. Because they were favored, these two often spoke ill of Empress Quach, causing Emperor Nhan Tong to increasingly hate this wife.
This news soon reached Empress Guo. For many years, she endured Emperor Renzong's rejection of her and the other concubines' lies.
Queen Quach was so bold as to dare to beat the king, and died mysteriously at the age of 24. (Illustration)
However, when Queen Quach arrived at the emperor's palace and personally heard the lies about herself told by the two beauties, the queen "became furious".
So, Queen Guo entered the room and slapped each of the beauties hard. Seeing this, the concubines were scared and hid behind the king. Song Renzong then stood up to protect the two beauties. In a fit of anger, Queen Guo slapped the king, making him dizzy and almost fall to the ground.
After that, Empress Guo returned to the palace. Even though she was slapped by the empress, Emperor Renzong of Song did not dare to punish her. The reason was because at that time, Empress Guo was still protected by Empress Dowager Liu E. Only after the empress dowager died did Emperor Renzong of Song remove Empress Guo's title and demote her to Consort Jing. From then on, she was confined in the palace.
When Empress Guo left for a while, Emperor Renzong of Song began to miss her again. He often sent people to visit her and invited her back to the palace, but she refused.
Later, Lady Guo fell ill, causing Emperor Renzong of Song to be extremely worried, and he quickly sent for a royal physician to come and treat her. Unexpectedly, shortly after the royal physician arrived, Lady Guo died from a serious illness very suddenly and unexpectedly. Some people thought that she was poisoned, thus ending her beautiful life, at the age of 24.
The beauty passed away, and Song Renzong was so sad that he could do nothing. History books recorded that in fact, Song Renzong and Guo Shi were truly enemies. When they were together, they always caused trouble, and only when they were separated by time did they show their love for each other.
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