Empress Zhanghuai

Timeline

1. 1021–1030Bianjing (Eastern Capital, Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng CityAfter Zhenzong's death and Renzong's accession, Li Chenfei remained in the palace under the title of consort, while Zhao Zhen did not know she was his mother; Liu E kept her identity strictly secret during her regency. Though she was the emperor's biological mother, she was excluded from the public genealogy, a situation that directly affected Renzong's later political balancing of posthumous names for Empresses Zhangxian and Zhangyi.