Palace of Devotion
Orphaned as a child, Liu E takes a trip to the funding Kaifeng, and also later on catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state events, and also frequently reviewed national politics with Zhao Heng. This custom proceeded when he became emperor in 997.
Liu E is crowned empress after taking on the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and works as minister of the Song Empire throughout the last 2 years of her hubby's regime. Liu E would continue to rule till her fatality twelve years later on in 1033.