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Queen Wang (1427-1506), also known as “Wang Fei Hou”, was born in Shuntian, Northern Zhili (now Beijing) and was the first wife of Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty.
Having an upright and resolute personality, he had a tumultuous life and was deposed as a commoner due to his opposition to Emperor Jing’s decision to depose Zhu Jianshen, the son of Emperor Yingzong, from the position of crown prince. After the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, Emperor Jing was demoted to the title of King of Han, and the Wang family was renamed as the Princess of Han. After the death of Prince Zhu Qiyu, with the consent of Emperor Yingzong, Wang was exempted from being buried and moved from the palace to the Prince’s Mansion, where he lived until his 80th birthday. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, he was posthumously honored with the title of “Empress of Zhenhuian and Jing” and was buried together with Emperor Zhu Qiyu at the Jing Tai Mausoleum. Below, the history encyclopedia editor will bring you a detailed introduction. Let’s take a look together!
Wang was from Shuntian Prefecture (now Beijing). Before becoming the imperial consort, his family had served as the commander of the Jin Wu Left Guard for generations. Grandfather Wang Quan, father Wang Ying. In August of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty’s Zhengtong reign (1445), the imperial court registered Wang as the legitimate consort of Prince Yan. In the winter of the 14th year of the Zhengtong reign (1449), Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty captured Zhu Qizhen, and Prince Yan Zhu Qiyu ascended to the throne as emperor, with Consort Wang as the empress. Queen Wang gave birth to two imperial daughters, one was Princess Gu’an, and the other was a young daughter with an unknown title and no son. Empress Wang has a strong and paranoid personality, with a benevolent heart. When she saw the various deaths in the capital and the bones of the elderly and weak victims in the wilderness, she felt sorry and ordered the official school to bury them. Empress Qian, the wife of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, worked tirelessly for her husband day and night in the palace, and Empress Wang often comforted her. In the third year of Jingtai (1452), Emperor Jing intended to appoint his consort, Zhu Jianji, as the crown prince, but deposed the former crown prince, Zhu Jianshen (the eldest son of Emperor Yingzong). Empress Wang strongly opposed this, which angered Emperor Jing and led to her dismissal. Consort Hang was then appointed as the empress. When Emperor Yingzong was reinstated, Emperor Jing was demoted to the title of King of Han, and the Wang family was renamed as the Princess of Han. Wang moved from the palace to the Prince’s Mansion, and under the care of Empress Qian, she was able to take all her private property and palace maids and eunuchs who served her out of the palace. One day, Emperor Yingzong of Ming remembered his jade Linglong and heard that it had been taken by the Wang family. He ordered someone to retrieve it.
Wang angrily said, ‘Seven year emperor, unable to bear these few pieces of jade!’ He threw the jade Linglong into the well and resolutely refused to return it. Emperor Ming Yingzong was unhappy and ordered someone to confiscate all the property she took away from the palace. After the death of Emperor Jing, Emperor Yingzong asked his harem, Tang Guifei, and others to be buried. When it came to whether Wang was buried or not, Grand Secretary Li Xian disagreed, stating that Wang had already abolished his confinement in the deep palace and the two daughters were young, so they should not be buried. Emperor Yingzong agreed, allowing Wang to survive, and Emperor Yingzong of Ming agreed for her to take her belongings out of the palace and move to the former mansion of Emperor Jing. After Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne in 1464, he knew that the Wang family supported continuing to crown him, so he showed great filial piety to the Wang family. Wang’s two daughters are slightly older and follow their mother’s vegetarian diet, and are determined not to marry. Emperor Xianzong was strong and married his daughter to Wang Xian. Wang Ying, the father of the Wang family, was first appointed as the commander-in-chief and later demoted to the position of commander of troops and horses after the Tian Shun era was changed. However, he also advanced to the position of Jin Yi Shi and remained unharmed throughout his later life. In December of the first year of Zhengde (1506), Wang passed away at the age of 80. The imperial officials discussed the funeral ceremony, and the Grand Secretary Wang Ao suggested, “Bury with the ceremony of concubines, and worship with the ceremony of empresses.” Therefore, Wang was buried together at the Jingtai Mausoleum in Jinshan. In the second year of Zhengde, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty posthumously honored her with the title of Empress Zhen Huian and Empress Jing. Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and was posthumously honored with the titles Xiaoyuan, Suyi, Zhenhuian, and Fu Tian, Gongshengjing.
Wang has a very strong personality, as can be seen from one thing. One day, Emperor Yingzong asked eunuch Liu Huan, ‘I remember I once had a jade belt, why can’t I find it?’? Liu Huan said that it was taken away by Queen Wang. Emperor Yingzong said you should go and get it back for me. Wang Fei learned that Emperor Yingzong wanted this exquisite jade belt, so he threw it into the well and told the envoy who came to ask for it that the belt was gone and could not be found. Then he said to the person next to him, ‘My husband has been the emperor for seven years, can’t he have these few pieces of jade?’? When this word reached the ears of Emperor Yingzong, he was furious. Later, someone reported that Wang Fei carried a large amount of money when he moved out of the palace. Ming Yingzong sent someone to confirm and confiscated the money.