Know all about the secrets of the harem

Chapter 8
After some days, nothing happened.Liu Ying felt that the danger was over and didn't care much.On this day, after getting up in the morning, Liu Ying went to the courtyard to practice sword as usual.Seeing that Ruyi was sleepy at that time, Liu Ying couldn't bear to wake him up, so she left the palace by herself to practice archery and sword.Empress Lu's confidants took the opportunity to enter the emperor's bedroom and forced King Zhao to drink the prepared medicinal wine.When Emperor Hui returned to his bedroom, he found Ruyi lying on the bed with a pale face, and Emperor Hui was so distraught that he could only caress the corpse and weep.

After Liu Ruyi was dealt with, there was no longer any worries about Lu Zai. She immediately became wild and began to retaliate against Madam Qi's dehumanization.She ordered that Mrs. Qi's hair be cut off, her hands and feet were cut off, her eyes were gouged out, her ears were deafened with smoke, and she was forced to drink dumb medicine, and then threw it in the toilet, named "" Human pig" (彘, pig).Madam Qi was bald, her eyes had turned into two black holes dripping with blood, her ears could not hear, she could only open her mouth wide open.No hands, no feet, can't stand, can't crawl, can't live, can't die.She can only fantasize and hope that her Ai'er will rescue her in her heart, and she can only recall the past with Liu Bang's love.What flows from the black hole is not a drop of tears but a little bit of blood.

The cruelest punishment in the world fell on a woman, but it was another woman who ordered the execution.

After the Empress Dowager Lu disposed of Mrs. Qi, she asked Liu Ying to visit her masterpiece.Liu Ying was terrified, and asked the eunuch what was that wriggling thing?The eunuch told him that it was Mrs. Qi.Liu Ying's nature is gentle and elegant. When she heard that it was Mrs. Qi, she fell to the ground in shock. Since then, she has been ill in bed for more than a year and cannot recover. Her younger brother and Mrs. Qi died tragically in her dreams.

Three days later, Madam Qi passed away.Countless people have felt sorry for her for thousands of years when this beautiful woman who was so charming and charming like flowers and jade came to such an end.

However, although Liu Ying is an emperor, he has nothing to do with his mother Lu Zhi, and he is endlessly sad. He can only say to Lu Zhi: "This is not something made by humans! I am also your son. I have no face to be in charge. The world is over." Since then, he was intoxicated with banquets, indulged in women's sex, and ignored the government. After seven years of such a muddle, in the seventh year of Emperor Hui (188 BC), Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, who was only 25 years old, passed away. .Eight years later, all the men and women of the Empress Dowager Lu's family were slaughtered.

Empress Lu is a resolute and ruthless character. After the death of Gaozu, she independently ruled for 15 years. Although her hands were bloody, she also had some commendable achievements.First, he assisted Gaozu in planning and making decisions to fight for the world. Later, he lightened the burden on the people, corrected the social atmosphere, and abolished many draconian laws, especially the abolition of the "crime of the three clans" and the "decree of demons".The biggest shortcoming of Empress Lu is that she is too jealous, too selfish, and her methods are too cruel, which eventually led to her defeat.

Objectively speaking, Lu Zhi and Mrs. Qi are both victims of the patriarchal society to some extent. In the onlookers of Liu Bangnou Hong Yicui, they are two final gladiators who rushed to the final with blood spattered on the spot. .

Wang Gu and Li Ji: Fight openly and covertly for the weak to win

Both Wang Zhi and Li Ji were concubines of Emperor Jingdi Liu Qi of the Western Han Dynasty, but their status was very different. At that time, Li Ji's status was higher than Wang Zhi's.Li Ji was as beautiful as a flower, and Emperor Jing loved her very much, and her son Liu Rong was also made the prince.And Wang Zhi's son Liu Zhi (Liu Che) was only the king of Jiaodong at that time.From this point of view, Wang Zhi was at a disadvantage in the contest with Li Ji from the very beginning. However, this modest-looking woman ascended to the throne of queen step by step, and let her son replace the prince Liu Rong and finally became emperor. How did she achieve it?
Wang Meiren enters the palace as a companion

In fact, Emperor Jingdi of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi’s official wife was Empress Bo. As early as Liu Qigang’s marriage age, in order to consolidate the status of the Bo family in the imperial court, the Empress Dowager Bo personally decided to choose her grandniece Xiao Bo from her natal family for her grandson. When Liu Qi was still the crown prince, he married him as the crown prince.After Liu Qi came to the throne, Concubine Bo was made the empress of course.But Liu Qi never paid much attention to this politically charged marriage. In his sixth year as emperor, Empress Dowager Bo died, and Emperor Jing later abolished Empress Bo on the grounds that Empress Bo was barren.Emperor Jing didn't love Empress Bo at all, and his favorite concubine was Li Ji.

Li Ji is a native of Qi. Although she is naturally beautiful, she is arrogant and narrow-minded.Women are always a bit petty, but in the complicated struggle for power and intrigues, those who are too small will inevitably be hated by others.Character determines destiny, and in the end she missed the position of the noble queen.

Aunt Wang, from Huaili (now Xingping County, Shaanxi Province), speaking of it, she is still a commoner queen, and she came from a poor background.His father, Wang Zhong, and his biological mother, Zang Er, were the granddaughters of the original King Zang Tu of Yan.Zang Tu, king of Yan, was a vassal king enshrined by Xiang Yu at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and was later defeated and killed by Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.It can be seen that Aunt Wang is also from a famous family.Zang'er was married to Wang Zhong of Huaili, and had a son named Wang Xin and two daughters, the eldest queen, aunt, and the second queen, son-in-law.After Wang Zhong died, Zang'er remarried to the Tian family of Changling, and had two sons, Tian Fu and Tian Sheng.

Wang Gu first married Jin Wangsun as his wife and gave birth to a daughter, Jin Su.When Wang's mother, Zang'er, asked someone to do a fortune-telling for her children, she learned that her two daughters were both nobles.Zang Er forcibly took her daughter back from the Jin family.The Jin family was very angry and refused to break up with his wife, so Zang'er tactfully sent Wang Zhi to the womb of the crown prince.Sure enough, soon, Beauty Wang was really favored by Prince Liu Qi, who named her the "Beauty Wang" of the Han Palace.

This king and beauty later gave birth to four children for Liu Qi, one dragon and three winds, the first three were girls, and they were named Princess Pingyang, Princess Nangong and Princess Longli respectively, and the dragon fetus was the Han Dynasty who later spread far and wide. Emperor Wu Liu Che.Liu Che is the tenth son of Emperor Jing.Legend has it that when Wang Meiren was pregnant, she dreamed of the sun entering her bosom. Liu Qi was very happy to hear that, thinking the dream was auspicious, and had high expectations for this unborn child.

Not long after Emperor Han Jing came to the throne, that is, on the seventh day of July in 156 BC, Liu Che was born in the Yilan Hall of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, and his first name was Liu Yi.Liu Zhi has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, with penetrating wisdom and ability to advance and retreat freely. "Taiping Guangji" records that when Liu Zhi was three years old, Emperor Jing once held him on his lap to play, and asked: "Would you like to be the emperor?" The boy can decide. The boy is willing to entertain the father in front of the emperor every day and serve the father. The boy will also study hard to meet the status of the prince." Xiao Liu replied casually, but he was so well-behaved, which naturally pleased Emperor Jing. The joy also forced Liu Qi to treat this son differently.

Liu Zhi has an amazing memory and a strong thirst for knowledge. He especially loves to read about the deeds of ancient sages, emperors and great men, and he never forgets them with his photographic memory.Emperor Jing was deeply surprised.Emperor Jing then changed Liu Zhi's name to "Che". The word "Che" means full of wisdom and meets the requirements of holiness.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the throne was inherited by the eldest son, but Emperor Jing's empress Bo had no sons, so when Liu Zhi (Liu Che) was four years old, Li Ji's eldest son and the oldest prince, Liu Rong, was established as the crown prince. Liu Che was named King of Jiaodong.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for Liu Zhi (Liu Che) to inherit the throne, and he is destined to be his prince for the rest of his life.Moreover, Wang Meiren, who had lived a poor life since she was born, was deeply loved by Liu Qi's womb. She lived a life of clothing, gold and silver, and food and clothing. She was already very satisfied.But as Liu Qi ascended to the throne, looking at the more luxurious palace and beauties vying for favor in the harem, a glimmer of hope gradually grew in her satisfied heart. This hope was like a wildly growing seed in summer, which quickly grew from childhood. Small seedlings grow into towering trees.

Fight openly and secretly, the weak win

Since Wang Meiren gave birth to little Liu Yi, she has become more humble and docile, has formed good relationships, is cautious everywhere, and never shows her inner pride on her face.In the autumn of the second year of Emperor Jing's accession to the throne, the Huns sent envoys to marry him, but because the one sent was not Emperor Jing's own daughter, the Huns harassed the border endlessly.Emperor Jing had no choice but to discuss with his concubines and choose one of his daughters to marry to the Huns.The concubines were naturally reluctant to let their daughters marry far away in the remote desert. Only Wang Meiren expressed her willingness to let her two children, Princess Nanguan and Princess Longli, go to marry each other. This is the first time in history that real princesses go out to marry.In Emperor Jing's eyes, Wang Meiren's act of understanding righteousness is the expression of her mother's respect for the world, so she loves Wang Meiren even more.

Wang Meiren is also good at seizing the opportunity. She took the initiative to show her affection when Princess Guantao failed to propose marriage to Concubine Li and became angry from embarrassment.

As the emperor's sister and the beloved daughter of Empress Dowager Dou, Princess Guantao came and went freely in Emperor Jing's harem, and was a very important figure in Emperor Jing's dynasty.Princess Guantao has a daughter named Chen Ajiao. At first, the eldest princess wanted to betroth her daughter to the then prince Liu Rong. When the prince came to the throne in the future, the daughter would be the queen.So the eldest princess sent someone to propose marriage to Liu Rong's mother, Li Ji.However, Empress Dowager Dou's doting on the eldest princess has long made Li Ji jealous. The eldest princess kept searching for beautiful women from all over the world to train in her mansion, and then offered them to Emperor Jing, which made her hate the eldest princess even more, so she rejected the marriage .Who is the eldest princess, and where has she suffered such anger?So he formed an enmity with Li Ji, thinking of revenge.

On one side is Li Ji's arrogance, and on the other side is Wang Meiren's meekness and humility, so the eldest princess begins to approach Wang Meiren, whom she did not care about before, and the friendship between the two deepens day by day.The eldest princess changed her mind and wanted to marry her daughter to Liu Zhi, whom she usually liked very much. Naturally, Wang Meiren would not give up this opportunity, and readily accepted the eldest princess' proposal.

Once, the eldest princess held Liu Che on her lap and asked, "Do you want a daughter-in-law?" Liu Che replied, "Yes." don't want.Finally, the eldest princess pointed to her daughter Gillian and asked: "What about Gillian, I will be your wife, okay?" At this time, the young Liu Che just smiled and said: "Okay, if Gillian is to be a wife, I will be your daughter-in-law." Store it in the golden house." After listening to "Great Joy", the eldest princess asked Emperor Jing to "beg hard", and Emperor Jing thought that he only liked Gillian at a young age, and it was probably a predestined marriage in his previous life, so he made this marriage contract, let Liu Che married Chen Ajiao, who was older than him.

Six-year-old Liu Che was engaged to ten-year-old Chen Ajiao in the sixth year of Emperor Jing.In September of the same year, Empress Bo was abolished because she had no heir.From then on, Princess Guantao repeatedly praised Liu Che to Emperor Jing for being smart and reasonable, which made Emperor Jing love the child even more.

At the same time, the eldest princess often slandered Emperor Jing and framed Li Ji, saying that Concubine Li believed in sorcery, had a small mind and had no tolerance for others, and cursed other concubines day and night. After hearing this, Emperor Jing became disgusted with Concubine Li.One day, Emperor Jing said to Concubine Li: "A hundred years from now, all the concubines in the harem will have children. You should treat them kindly, and don't forget."Unexpectedly, Concubine Li had an angry look on her face, and she didn't say a word for a long time.After staying for a long time, Concubine Li was still speechless, and turned away from looking at Emperor Jing.Emperor Jing couldn't help sighing secretly, and decided to abolish Concubine Li.As soon as he left the palace gate, he heard Concubine Li crying and cursing inside, Emperor Jing endured his anger and left.

Since then, the eldest princess often took the opportunity of chatting with Emperor Jing to keep praising Liu Che for his wisdom, fortitude, benevolence and filial piety, and if he became the crown prince, he would surely inherit the great rule.Emperor Jing was also a little moved, but his determination had not yet been made up.Wang Meiren knew that Emperor Jing was angry with Concubine Li at this time, so she secretly sent someone to instruct Da Xing (ceremony officer) to play to Emperor Jing and said: "Mother is more valuable than mother, and son is more valuable than mother. Now that the prince and mother have no names, they should be made queens. "Emperor Jing, who was in a rage, was provoked by this inappropriate words, not only killed Da Xing, but also abolished Prince Liu Rong as Linjiang King.From then on, Concubine Li fell out of favor completely and was relegated to the cold palace. It was very difficult for her to even see Emperor Jing, and she died of an illness soon after due to resentment.

This harem battle between the two sides with disparity in strength ended with the defeat of the strong Li Ji and her son, and the victory of the weak Wang Meiren.

The favored Aunt Wang was logically made queen, her son Liu Che was made prince, and her elder brother Wang Xin was named Gaihou.

After the death of Emperor Jing, the Crown Prince Liu Che became the emperor, and his grandmother Dou was canonized as the Empress Dowager, and his mother Wang was the Empress Dowager.Wang Zhi is the strong backing of the young Liu Che on the road to becoming emperor. She deals with the empress Chen Ajiao, the eldest princess Liu Xing and the empress dowager Dou Shi.She endured humiliation, and was cautious all the way, constantly smoothing down the obstacles in the way for her son.

In the sixth year of Jianyuan reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Dou's family collapsed, and the empress Chen Ajiao and the eldest princess Liu Xing also lost power.The shrewd and capable Queen Mother also got rid of the shackles completely, imitating her mother-in-law Dou's intervention in government affairs, supporting her younger brother Tian Jie to sit on the prime minister's position, and exerting power to the ruling and opposition parties.

Jin Su, the daughter of Wang Gu and her ex-husband Jin Wangsun, has been living among the people.When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first ascended the throne, Han Yan, the senior doctor, told Emperor Wu about this.Emperor Wu said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" So he drove himself to meet him.Jin Su's home was in the small city of Changling, and Emperor Wu's car arrived at her door, and he sent his left and right in to invite her.Jin Su's family was terrified when they saw the emperor's car, and Jin Su wanted to flee.Left and right helped her out to meet the emperor. Emperor Wu got out of the car and said, "Eldest sister, how deep is it hidden?"

After arriving at Changle Palace, Jin Su and Emperor Wu visited the Queen Mother together.The Queen Mother wept, and her daughter Jin Su also burst into tears.Later, Emperor Wu gave tens of millions of money, 300 slaves and [-] hectares of fertile land.The Queen Mother thanked the sun: "For the emperor's fee."

Later, he bestowed Jinsutang Muyi, named Rixiu Chengjun.Jin Su had a son and a daughter. The daughter married a prince, and the son was named Xiu Cheng Zizhong. Because of the connivance of the Queen Mother, he ran rampant in the capital.

In the fourth year of Yuanshuo, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the empress dowager, who had been in power for a while, died in the East Hall of Changle. She was posthumously named Empress Xiaojing, and was buried in Yangling with Emperor Han Jing.

Mrs. Gouyi: The Tragic Fate of the Death of Her Son and Mother
Mrs. Gouyi was the most beloved concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years, and also the most legendary among the many concubines favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Mrs. Gou Yi is a strange woman who combines mysterious beauty and tragic fate.From birth, to getting lucky, to giving birth to a child, to death, and to death, there are a series of legendary stories that will be talked about by future generations.

Mrs. Gouyi's surname is Zhao, and she is from Hejian, Qi State. Her family is very unfortunate. Her father broke the law and was sentenced to palace punishment.

According to historical records, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed by Wuyuan while patrolling Hejian, one day, Li Shaoweng, an astrologer who accompanied him, said that there must be auspicious clouds and auspicious women here, and there must be strange women.Emperor Wu hurriedly ordered a search on the spot, and he found a woman surnamed Zhao with outstanding looks and extraordinary background.According to legend, this woman surnamed Zhao, although beautiful, suffered from hand disease since she was a child, and her hands were clenched into fists when she was born.So, the family members spread the word: "Whoever has a chance will get her as a wife." But the suitor broke through the threshold, and no one was able to open her curled hands.When the attendants brought this beautiful and strange woman to Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu personally tried to show her fists.A miracle happened. The hands, which had been curled up for more than ten years, were gently broken by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and they naturally stretched into the appearance of healthy human hands.What's even more strange is that she still held a green jade hook tightly in her hand.

Emperor Wu was very surprised. He was a superstitious emperor who believed in the alchemy of immortals. He naturally felt pity for such a wonderful flower in the fairy garden, so he brought it back to Chang'an Palace.Because this strange woman has supernatural powers, people call her "Mrs. Boxing".Mrs. Quan is beautiful, intelligent, good at singing and dancing, and won the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Wu specially built a palace for her.Because Mrs. Zhao held a jade hook when she was born, and was good at making fists and hiding hook games, the palace built specially for her was named "Houyi Palace", and his wife was also named "Mrs. Gouyi".

According to legend, the hidden hook game, which was widely spread among the people, originated from Mrs. Gouyi. "Hiding the Hook" is to place a ring-shaped object as a "hook" in the hands of two groups of people to hide it alternately. The one who guesses the hook must be able to accurately guess which person's hand the hook is hidden in to win.In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin had a sentence of "send the hook spring wine warm every other seat, and divide the Cao to shoot the wax lamp red".The hidden hook game can test the wisdom and analytical ability of both Tibetan and guessing parties.The Tibetans are required to be cunning, changeable, and calm, and the guessers are good at observing words and expressions, and pondering the behavior and expressions of the other party.It is precisely because of this that, different from superstitious legends, people speculate that the reason why Mrs. Gouyi was able to win the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not because she was born with a fist and a hook, but because she was good at hiding the hook game, clever and clever. , and full of national beauty and beauty.

Since ancient times, according to the growth and development cycle of normal people, children are born in October.Babies born less than ten months are not likely to survive; pregnant women who are not born beyond ten months are often in danger.Therefore, when ancient medicine and obstetrics and gynecology technology were not yet developed, people often called those who were born less than or more than ten months old and survived healthily as extraordinary people.According to ancient books, the birth experiences of many ancient emperors were different from ordinary people.Legend has it that when the first ancestor of China, the Yellow Emperor, was born, his mother, Fubao, was induced by stars and lightning, and became pregnant. She gave birth to the Yellow Emperor after 24 months of pregnancy.Sima Qian said in "Historical Records" that the Yellow Emperor was "born with a spirit", which refers to this legend.

Qingdu, the mother of Emperor Yao, another ancient Renjun, intercoursed with Chilong, and gave birth to Tang Yao in Danling Yiqi Mountain (now Yaoshan, Shunping County, Hebei) after 14 months of pregnancy.

Similarly, Mrs. Gouyi's pregnancy and childbirth are also different.She also gave birth to a baby boy in the third year of Taishi (14 BC) after she was 94 months pregnant.Emperor Wu was overjoyed to have a son in his old age, so he named the prince Fuling, also known as Gouyizi.Mrs. Gouyi was granted the title of Jieyu.Emperor Wu had heard that Qingdu, the mother of Emperor Yao in ancient times, gave birth to Yao at 14 months of pregnancy, which was the same as that of Mrs. Gouyi.So an edict was issued to change the name of the palace where Fuling was born from "Gouyimen" to "Yaomumen", to show more love for their mother and child.

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