She was the most beautiful princess of the Northern Song Dynasty, how tragic was her final fate

She was the most beautiful princess of the Northern Song Dynasty, how tragic was her final fate? Below, the History Encyclopedia editor will provide a detailed introduction to the relevant content.
It is said that since ancient times, having a beautiful appearance has been unlucky, and this statement has some truth. Many beautiful women in history have had tragic outcomes. Take Yang Yuhuan, one of the four ancient beauties that we are very familiar with, as an example. Yang Yuhuan can be said to be stunning, even Bai Juyi wrote poems praising her for “looking back and smiling with a hundred beauties, the six palaces are pink and black without color”. It can be said that her beauty is extraordinary. So much so that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was indifferent to politics, but the result was the destruction of the country, and in the end he had to execute his beloved Yang Guifei. There were still many examples like this in ancient times.
Although women all want to be more beautiful, being too beautiful doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. Everything has two sides. Just like the beauty we are going to talk about today, she was the most beautiful princess of the Northern Song Dynasty, and because of her beauty, she was highly favored by Emperor Huizong of Song. However, the world is unpredictable, and her ending is not so beautiful. On the contrary, it is very tragic. What happened to her? Let’s learn about it together.
As a princess of a dynasty, she has been living in luxury and carefree since birth. However, all of this is based on the premise of a strong country, and only a princess in this state is happy. Once the country is invaded, the ruler is likely to make the princess’s marriage a condition for peace. At this point, the princess had no choice but to become a political sacrifice. She must shoulder her rightful responsibility to save her country. However, the princess we are going to talk about today has an even more tragic fate in the face of the downfall of her country.
In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin Dynasty first captured the emperor of the Liao Dynasty alive, and then destroyed the Liao Dynasty. The Jin army continued to advance southward to attack Song. Seeing that the Jin army was about to reach the capital, Emperor Huizong of Song panicked when he saw that things were not going well. Speaking of Emperor Huizong of Song, he had a very high level of artistic accomplishment, especially in painting and calligraphy. But in politics, he is not very good at being an emperor. Therefore, some people jokingly say that he is an artist who was delayed by the position of emperor.
Emperor Huizong of Song saw that the Jin army was about to reach the capital, and he was completely powerless to solve this crisis. Therefore, he came up with a solution to have Crown Prince Zhao Heng immediately succeed to the throne and let him solve this matter. Where can a father expect his son to be so weak and incompetent? Zhao Heng, also known as Emperor Qinzong of Song, ascended to the throne. Zhao Heng knew very well that his father’s purpose was to clean up this mess himself.
Although there was a change of emperor, it could not save anything. The Jin army was unstoppable and soon captured the capital city. In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin army captured Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong of Song. At this point, the Northern Song Dynasty fell, but the Jin army did not kill these two emperors. Instead, they escorted them back to the Jin kingdom. Except for Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong of Song, the Jin army did not spare any concubines in the palace and brought them back. Suddenly, they all became prisoners.
This is not the most tragic thing, and what makes life worse than death is that the Jin army, in order to humiliate them, actually held a “sheep pulling ceremony”. The “sheep pulling ceremony” is to strip off all the clothes of the woman, then put on sheepskin and pretend to be a lamb, and be led away by someone. These people were once nobles of the imperial palace. How could they endure such humiliation? Some people couldn’t bear it and committed suicide on the spot. And even more tragic among them is Princess Zhao Fujin, the most beloved daughter of Emperor Huizong of Song.
Zhao Fujin was the most beautiful princess of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Emperor Huizong of Song also greatly favored her. It can be said that she was a noble princess who grew up in a honey jar. At the beginning, Emperor Huizong of Song gave her the title of “Yanqing Princess”. But later on, Emperor Huizong of Song felt that this title was not enough for her, so he changed it to another title and called it “Empress Maode Ji”.
If it weren’t for the disaster that destroyed the country, she could have lived a happy life. At the age of sixteen, she married the son of the current prime minister Cai Jing, and the two fell in love with each other. Their married life was very loving. Not long after, the princess gave birth to two sons for Cai Yun. But this happy life was soon met with the downfall of the country.
The Jin army captured the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the general of the Jin army, Wanyan Zong, had long heard that Princess Zhao Fujin of the Northern Song Dynasty was very beautiful and wanted to take her as his own. At that time, Emperor Wanyan threatened Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong of Song to hand over Zhao Fujin and spare their lives. Although Emperor Huizong of Song liked this daughter, it was not as important as his own life.
So Emperor Huizong of Song pretended to tell Zhao Fujin that he wanted her to pretend to be a songstress and escape, and the naive Song Fujin believed it to be true. But when she arrived at the Jin army’s place, she understood that her father had pushed her into the fire pit, but it was all too late. From this moment on, she transformed from an imperial princess to a songstress at the mercy of others.
The fate of a princess who had lost her country can be imagined. After arriving in the Jin Dynasty, she suffered a lot of humiliation. Someone may ask why she didn’t commit suicide. Zhao Fujin certainly wanted to end her own life, but under the supervision of the Jin army, she didn’t even have a chance to end her own life.
Having endured the torment of Emperor Wanyan, it was not enough. The prime minister of Jin, Wanyan Xi, also took a liking to this princess. Wanyanxi is extremely cruel. After humiliating the princess, he even gave her to someone else. The princess has been reduced to a plaything for them, which is simply worse than death for a princess.
Finally, the princess died under the devastation of the Jin people due to the rupture of the valley passage, which is commonly known as the rectum. The tragic fate of the princess is beyond sympathy. In fact, not only the princess suffered such inhumane treatment at that time. More than 3000 concubines and maidservants from the Northern Song Dynasty were all taken to the Jin Dynasty and subjected to the humiliation of the Jin people.
The series of cruel actions of the Jin people are naturally condemned, but they are the winners and no one dares to say anything. The fate of ancient women was entirely dependent on men, and they had no choice. The incompetence of the rulers of the country is a tragedy of the times, in which the fate of individuals is naturally left to fate.
The country is not strong enough, and no one can stay out of it, especially women in troubled times. Beautiful women have even shorter lives. They often become political sacrifices, which is very unfair to them, but in such an environment, they are powerless.