Zhang Xipin, Queen of Korea: She was made a princess in the Qing Dynasty. She was once revered as the mother of the country, but was called a witch after her death.

In the history of China, four beauties are famous for their beauty: Yang Guifei, Diophantine, Xi and Wang Zhaojun. On the Korean peninsula, there are also three beauties: Zhang Lvshui, Jin Jieshi and Zhang Xipin. They are beautiful and moving, but they are criticized for their legendary life experience, and they are called "the three enchantresses of North Korea".

Zhang Xipin, one of the "three witches", was once the favorite concubine of Susong in North Korea. She was born in China, but she was once honored as the mother of the country. She gave birth to Jing Yun, but gave her a piece of paper to die, and was finally reviled by the world. So, what is the entanglement? What has Zhang Xipin experienced in his life?

1659, was born in a small translator's home in Rentong Zhangjia. Her father died shortly after her birth, and her family depended entirely on her mother Yin's needlework for a living, so she was very embarrassed.

As it happens, Zhao Shixi's wife likes knitted fabrics. By chance, she met Yin's family. After learning about her family, Mrs. Zhao often supports the Yin family. Soon after, in order to subsidize the family, Zhang Xipin entered the palace as a handmaiden on the recommendation of Mrs Zhao. If Zhang Xipin had not entered the palace, she might have lived the life of an ordinary woman, but Zhang Xipin herself did not expect that entering the palace would change her fate.

At first, she was assigned to work in the palace of Su Zong's grandmother Zhao. Because of her flexible mind, she was quickly appreciated by Zhao and arranged for her to be her personal maid. One day, after Su Zong went to court, he came to inquire after Scott's palace and saw Zhang Xipin around Scott at a glance.

This is the first meeting between Zhang Xipin and Su Zong. Zhang Xipin was outstanding in appearance, and Su always fell in love with her at first sight. Big princess always wanted to put his heart beside Su Zong. Su Zong's infatuation with Zhang Xipin was just what Scott wanted. She quickly agreed to Su Zong's request and arranged Zhang Xipin to Su Zong's palace.

At this time, it coincided with the death of Queen Ren Jing, and the appearance of Zhang Xipin made up for the shortcomings in Su Zong's heart. Su Zong doted on her and even neglected state affairs for a time. However, this move aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Su Zong's mother, princess royal Jin, and threatened to die. Su Zong was forced to expel Zhang Xipin from the palace and was ordered to marry Min Weizhong's daughter to Queen Inhyeon.

In a very short period of time, after being favored and expelled from the palace gate, all the people who flattered her before were have it both ways, who made Tuo go elsewhere, making her very down and out, and finally she could only stay in princess royal's niece Shen's house.

At this time, Zhang Xipin's mood changed. If she was favored before, she felt the beauty of love in her girlhood, but suddenly she fell out of favor and let her see the warmth and coldness of the world. She was extremely depressed, and at the same time she knew that only power could protect herself from being pushed around forever, which is why she was so greedy for power from now on.

On the other hand, Queen Inhyeon entered the palace for a long time without giving birth. In order to continue the royal family incense, Queen Inhyeon offered to Su Zong to take Zhang Xipin back to the palace. Su Zong was overjoyed and immediately took Zhang Xipin back to the palace. In order to make up for the harm he had done to her before, Su Zong favored her more, named her as Zhao Yi, and soon promoted her to Zhao Yi.

Zhang Xipin, who entered the palace for the second time, changed his innocence. She no longer believes that her husband can protect herself, but vigorously cultivates her own strength. With Su Zong's love for her, Zhang Xipin planted a large number of cronies in North Korea.

1688, Zhang Xipin gave birth to the eldest prince, Sunny Li (the future Jing Zong of North Korea). Su Zong was overjoyed, rewarded Changjing Palace richly, and promoted Zhang Xipin. Zhang Xipin, whose mother and son are expensive, has surpassed Queen Inhyeon, who has no children. Queen Inhyeon was defeated in the court struggle, and finally he and Jin Guiren were expelled from the palace by Su Zong.

In the court, southerners scrambled to cling to Zhang Xipin, and westerners from the former Queen Inhyeon camp were largely excluded, which led to a "big change of blood" of North Korean officials. Korean history books call this event "political change".

Soon after, the Qing Dynasty sent messengers with imperial edicts, and Zhang Xipin was made a princess and placed in the palace. Sunny Li, his son, was also named Chu Jun with the support of Nanren Party, and Zhang Xipin became the first Chinese mother in the history of the Korean dynasty, which made a sensation. Since then, Zhang Xipin has paid more attention to the struggle between power and interests, and made many friends in North Korea.

Gradually, even Su Zong, who once loved her deeply, discovered the change of Zhang Xipin, but because she once owed her, Su Zong turned a blind eye to her behavior. But Zhang Xipin repeatedly challenged Su Zong's bottom line, which made Su Zong unbearable.

On one occasion, Su Zong met a lovely maid-in-waiting in Zhang Xipin Palace, so he took a fancy to her. He intends to take this woman into the palace as soon as possible, but Zhang Xipin doesn't know the news.

Zhang Xipin knew that she was no longer beautiful and did not allow other women to share love with Su Zong, so she brutally killed the maid-in-waiting. Before she died, she forced the maid-in-waiting to write an apology letter, saying that she was "a charming monarch" and "deserved to die." Su Zong was very angry when he saw this apology, and once wanted to abolish the status of Princess Zhang Xipin. However, at this time, the southerners in North Korea were all followers of Zhang Xipin, and Su Zong could not help her. Zhang Xipin kept the status of a princess by herself, but she lost her husband's love forever.

1694, Su Zong went out of the palace for a private visit and was attacked by an assassin on the way. Fortunately, Queen Inhyeon gave his life to save him. Su Zong thoroughly investigated this matter, only to find that the southerners who supported Zhang Xipin wanted to kill the king, so they turned to support Prince Sunny Li to ascend to the throne.

Afterwards, Su Zong was heartbroken and determined to eradicate Zhang Xipin and others. In June, Su Zong brought Empress Renxian back to the palace to restore her status as a princess. At the same time, Zhang Xipin was reduced from a princess to a concubine, but Zhang Xipin publicly expressed her dissatisfaction with Su Zong, refused to go to Queen Inhyeon to ask about her situation, and even called Queen Inhyeon a "demon". 65,438+0,696 people, the old case that Zhang Xipin and Nanren Party jointly framed the old school was solved, the once suppressed Westerner Party was rehabilitated, and Su Zong and Zhang Xipin became enemies completely.

170 1 year, Queen Inhyeon died of illness; In September of the same year, Zhang Xipin was jailed for murdering Queen Inhyeon with witchcraft. In October, Su Zong gave Zhang Xipin the death penalty. From then on, no one in the palace dared to mention Zhang Xipin's name, and the Korean dynasty always took it as a warning, and no longer allowed the ladies-in-waiting to be promoted to the queen.

Unofficial history also said that although Zhang Xipin was arrogant and power-hungry, she didn't practise witchcraft. It was only because Su Zong instructed Cui Shi to report Zhang Xipin that Zhang Xipin had to be put to death.

Among the royal family, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it is difficult for future generations to verify right and wrong. However, it is an indisputable fact that in the heyday of his power, Zhang Xipin disturbed the imperial court and palace with the influence of the harem, which made the country restless and aroused people's complaints. Therefore, Koreans call her a "witch girl" who brings disaster to the country and people.

In fact, if someone can carefully review Zhang Xipin's life, they will find that history books and the world have put too heavy a yoke on her. She grew up in a poor family. She was blessed, and she also believed in love. However, after the failure of love self-protection, she had to choose to be her own umbrella and eventually went astray. In my opinion, she is just a victim of political struggle, a poor woman who sacrificed her love and self.