Pham Thi Ngoc Tran/ the wife of Le Loi

                                                               Pham Thi Ngoc Tran

Pham Thi Ngoc Tran (Chinese 范氏玉陳; 1386 - March 24, 1425), also known as Empress Dowager Cung Tu (恭慈皇太后) or concubine Pham Hien (范賢妃), was the wife of Le Loi - prime minister. led the Lam Son uprising, later became King Le Thai To.

Pham Thi Ngoc Tran from Quan Lai commune, Loi Duong district. Le Loi fought against the Ming army, had to move all the time, and couldn't stay in one place, she waddled around and followed many hardships.

She was born Prince Le Nguyen Long in the year of the Rabbit (1423) and later succeeded to the throne of King Le Thai To, becoming King Le Thai Tong.

Pham Thi Ngoc Tran is from Quan Lai, Loi Duong district (present-day Tho Xuan district), Thanh Hoa. She was the younger sister of General Pham Van, who later became a great minister of the Later Le Dynasty.

On November 20, the year of the Rabbit (1423), the sixth year of the uprising, she gave birth to Le Nguyen Long. At this time, Thai To Cao Hoang fought against the Ming army very vehemently, had to move always, she followed the maid very hard.

King Le Thai To did not establish a government (first wife), only a few people were the Queen Mother Trinh Than Phi and Pham Hue Phi, and Pham Thi Ngoc Tran.

In the year of the Rat (1425), Le Loi surrounded Nghe An citadel, when he arrived at Trieu Khau citadel in Hung Nguyen, there was a temple to worship Pho Ho, he dreamed that a god came to ask for a concubine and promised to bless Cao Hoang—smashed the Ming army. Cao Hoang then brought this matter to his concubines, saying: "Is there anyone willing to be the wife of the god? Later, when we get the country, we will make that person the son of heaven". Everyone hesitated, only she affirmatively knelt down and said: "If Minh Cong keeps his promise, then I vow to sacrifice myself. In the future, do great karma, don't help my children".

Le Loi praised and had pity on him, and told this servant to set a date for the sacrifice. At that time, Nguyen Long was only 3 years old, she gave it to her servants to raise and follow the sacrifices, and she threw herself to death, and that was March 24.

When Cao Hoang pacified the Ming army, he told his courtiers: "She is worthy to be the lord of a hundred gods of our country, no one dares to disobey her". Then he sent the person in Nhan Tram cave, Le Coi, to bring the coffin to be buried in Thanh Hoa. Going to Thinh My commune, it was dark. Before I could cross the river, I slept at the market. At night termites piled up around the coffin in a very high pile, turning into a grave. The messenger found it strange, returned to Cao Hoang, said: "That's the god who did according to the promise", then told him to leave the coffin there, build the Hien Nhan temple to worship, and at the same time set up a temple. , but the god master in Lam Kinh to sacrifice.

At that time, Cao Hoang set up his eldest son, District King Le Tu Te, to be the country's governor, taking care of the central court but forgetting about Le Nguyen Long. One day in the middle of the afternoon, Cao Hoang was sleeping and suddenly dreamed that the Empress lamented: "The Emperor - my husband; since the beginning of the army to quell the rebellion, I have given the god by you. your promise is still unfulfilled", then vanishes.

Cao Hoang woke up in a panic, his heart was filled with emotions, so he made Nguyen Long the eldest son and allowed him to succeed to the throne.