Know all about the secrets of the harem

Chapter 10
Chunyuyan couldn't help being stunned, and asked, "What do you mean Ma'am?"

Huo Xian pulled Chun Yuyan closer, and whispered in her ear: "It's a big test for a woman to give birth to a child, and she has always risked her life. Now the queen is about to give birth, young husband, if you take the opportunity to poison me to death She, others won't be too suspicious. And my daughter Cheng Jun may take the opportunity to become the queen. If you are willing to help this, our Huo family will definitely not forget your great kindness. Share wealth with you."

Chunyuyan was covered in cold sweat when he heard this, and said in a muffled voice: "The queen's medicines are prescribed by many doctors after repeated verification, and before taking the medicines, others have to try them. How can this poison be poisoned?"

Huo Xian sneered and said: "How to poison depends on your ability, young husband. General Huo is in charge of the whole world, who dares to talk nonsense? In case of any accident, my Huo family can keep you safe. Just I'm afraid you don't really want to help with this."

Chunyuyan lingered for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and agreed to Huo Xian.She crushed aconite into powder in private, hid it in her clothes, and brought it into the palace.

Xu Pingjun gave birth to a princess, and the delivery consumed too much of Xu Pingjun's physical strength. She was already weaker and needed to be recuperated.The imperial doctor drew up a prescription and asked the maids to make nourishing pills for Queen Xu.While making the pills, Chunyuyan finally found an opportunity to mix aconite powder into the pills.Aconite is hot in nature and is not highly toxic, but it should not be taken after delivery.After Xu Pingjun drank the medicine, he became dizzy immediately, and his forehead was dripping with cold sweat. She struggled and asked Chunyuyan, "I feel dizzy even more, why can't I breathe?" Chunyuyan said, "Don't worry, the queen. The proposed prescription will heal naturally after a while." Xu Pingjun was dubious after hearing this, and soon his pupils dilated, his heart rate accelerated, his blood vessels hardened, and he died after a while.

Emperor Xuan was very sad, and someone said: The Queen's sudden collapse must be related to the medicine, and the doctors should be tortured.Emperor Xuan immediately ordered Sina to ask the doctors.As soon as Chunyuyan entered the house, a catcher came to arrest her and put her in prison. Chunyuyan refused to confess to her death.The other medical officers, because they didn't know about it, all cried out for their grievances.Huo Xian was panicked when he heard that Chunyuyan was detained and interrogated in the prison.At this time, it was too late to kill Chunyuyan, even if she killed Chunyuyan, it would make people even more suspicious. She had no choice but to tell Huo Guang the truth.Huo Guang was very surprised and blamed Huo Xian for acting recklessly without consulting him.Huo Xian was crying beside him.Seeing his beloved wife crying like a pear blossom with rain, Huo Guang's anger has long subsided.

Therefore, Huo Guang entered the court to meet Emperor Xuan, saying that the death of the empress was destined, and it would be detrimental to benevolence to blame the doctors.Besides, the doctors didn't have the guts to murder the queen.

Liu Xun was different from other emperors. He grew up among the people, and as an ordinary husband, he had witnessed Xu Pingjun's first childbirth and the process of confinement, so he was still full of doubts about his wife's death in his heart.

But Huo Guang said so, he is only 21 years old after all, and he has the lessons learned from the former deposed emperor Liu He, so he dare not persist, he can only swallow his doubts.Although Liu Xun didn't pursue it, he had already made up his mind to eradicate the Huo family.

Therefore, Emperor Xuan issued an imperial edict to pardon the doctors, and Chunyuyan escaped.It's just that Xu Pingjun turned into a wisp of fragrant soul and drifted into the underworld in a daze.

Xu Pingjun was posthumously named Empress Gongai after his death, and was buried in the south of the suburbs of Xi'an.A few years later, her husband was also buried here, and this place was called Duling.However, Xu Pingjun was not buried with Liu Xun, so her tomb is only called Shaoling, that is, Duling South Garden.

Huo Chengjun became the queen as she wished, but she grew up in a wealthy family, well-clothed and well-fed, and was taught by her omnipotent mother Huo Xian.Therefore, after becoming a queen, she was domineering and spent money like water, which completely violated the frugality and virtuous virtues advocated by Empress Xu.

Liu Xun should have had an opinion on the Huo family for a long time, but since the death of Empress Xu, the young emperor quickly understood the situation and knew that he was far from being able to contend with the Huo family.He adopted the method of keeping a low profile, suppressed all his anger, and pretended to be obedient to her.Therefore, the husband-wife relationship between Liu Xun and Huo Chengjun seems to be very close, and even Yan is far better than Queen Xu.This made Huo Guang and Huo Xian very happy.

However, there are.This is a strange incident, but it makes people have to express different views on Liu Xun's "Qing Qing I Wo" - for as long as three years, Huo Chengjun was not pregnant, let alone gave birth to a prince.At the same time, in Liu Xun's harem, dragon sons were born again and again.Zhang Jiehao, Hua Jiehao, Wei Jiehao...all had children before, but Empress Huo didn't.

Just three years after Huo Chengjun became queen (68 BC), Huo Guang passed away.As soon as Huo Guang died, Liu Xun breathed a sigh of relief. The Huo family no longer had any truly talented people, nor anyone who was kind to Liu Xun.Liu Xun suppressed his anger for many years and was about to vent it.Although still reusing the Huo family's bereaved family, on the other hand, he slowly emptied the Huo family, deprived them of their real power, and at the same time cultivated their own cronies.

Just one year after Huo Guang's death, on Wushen Day in April in the summer of 67 BC, Liu Xun finally got his wish and made the seven-year-old Liu Yi, the son of his married wife Xu Pingjun, the crown prince, and pardoned the world.

At the same time, Xu Pingjun's father Xu Guanghan was also successfully promoted to Ping Enhou. ——What Huo Guang resolutely opposed back then, now Liu Xun has done it.His counterattack is about to begin.

After Huo Xian found out, she became extremely angry and couldn't eat for several days. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and decided to repeat the old trick, getting rid of the crown prince Liu Xi just like poisoning Queen Xu back then, but she couldn't get close to the crown prince, so she let her body For the queen's daughter.

However, Huo Chengjun is a delicate lady, not Chun Yuyan; what's more, Liu Xun carefully selected a loyal nanny for his son.Whenever Empress Huo delivered food to Liu Xi, the nanny ate the food first, and then sent it to the little master after verifying that it was harmless.Queen Huo's poison was really hard to find when it was released.Moreover, after Huo Chengjun listened to his mother's provocation, he couldn't help but hate little Liu Shi.As a young lady like her, of course she doesn't know how to restrain her attitude, and she always thinks that her husband Liu Xun is obedient to her, so she confidently shows her dislike for Liu Shuang on her face.

Huo Chengjun's words and deeds were all in Liu Xun's eyes, and he hated this step-wife even more.But Liu Xun was no longer the new emperor who didn't know the depths of the world. He had already learned all the lessons from the sudden death of his wife.Although he hated Empress Huo now, he remained calm on the surface, but secretly accelerated the pace of fighting for the imperial power from the minions of the Huo family.

After a period of planning, all the members of the Huo family who held military and political power were transferred out of the capital, or they were promoted secretly.Soon, the military and political power of the Han government was controlled by officials who had enemies with the Huo family, Liu Xun's grandmother Shi Liangdi's family, and Empress Xu's Xu family.

Finally, the Huo family, feeling the crisis, decided to rebel and kill Emperor Xuan.But the coup failed after all, and the Huo family, which had been prominent for more than fifty years, was killed.Huo Guangzi, Huo Yu, Huo Yun, nephew Huo Shan, and wife Huo Xian were all killed or committed suicide, and fell apart overnight.

In August, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty abolished Huo Chengjun on the grounds of plotting to poison the prince. The 23-year-old Huo Chengjun had to end her five-year queen career and moved into Lengguan Zhaotaiguan alone. Twelve years later, in the fourth year of Wufeng (12 BC), Emperor Xuan ordered him to move to Yunlin Pavilion again. Huo Chengjun had no interest in life so far, and he didn't know what was waiting for him next.But she knew that the crown prince had grown up, and her future would only become more and more miserable.So she committed suicide in the Yunlin Hall.So far, Liu Xun finally avenged his wife Xu Pingjun.

When Liu Xun was in trouble, Xu Pingjun never left Liu Xun. After becoming a queen, he took good care of the post-officials, and Liu Xun was able to defy all opinions and make Pingjun a queen, and he could even avenge her.For Xu Pingjun, compared to Chen Ajiao, Wei Zifu and others, she is very lucky.

Wei Xianger: Heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper

Wu Zetian, a female class, has climbed to the pinnacle of power with her own efforts.She flies high in a country that has been paying attention to the three cardinal principles and five constant principles for thousands of years, and dominates the world.In a world dominated by men, making men ups and downs, her legendary life is the most sought-after goal of women in the world.Followed by Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's queen Wei Xianger, she wanted to follow Wu Zetian and become the second queen of the Tang Dynasty, so she personally poisoned her husband. In her heart, power is better than a couple who share weal and woe truth.She does not have Wu Zetian's courage and arrogance, nor does she have Wu Zetian's skills and intelligence. What she left to the world is the reputation of greed, lust, viciousness, and arrogance.As a result, the Tang Dynasty was handed over to Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.

Empress Wei is Wu Zetian's daughter-in-law, Tang Zhongzong's wife. She always wants to follow her mother-in-law Wu Zetian as an example; Wei Empress' daughter, Princess Anle, is arrogant and dissolute, and she also wants to be comparable to her aunt and Wu Zetian's daughter, Princess Taiping.In this way, after Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping, the post-officials of the Tang Dynasty will perform farces under the direction of Empress Wei and her daughter.

Speaking of which, Empress Wei was personally selected by Wu Zetian, and she was very popular with Wu Zetian.Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was Wu Zetian's third son. When Wu Zetian became queen, she first abolished Li Zhong, the prince who was not born by herself, and replaced her own son Li Hong as the prince; In the end, he was dissatisfied with Li Xian and pushed his third son Li Xian to the throne of prince.After the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Prince Li Xian succeeded him as Emperor Zhongzong, and the concubine Webster was conferred the title of empress because of her husband.Of course, Wu Zetian established Tang Zhongzong because he was incapable of controlling.Conversely, if Zhongzong had the ability, he would be abolished soon.

Tang Zhongzong's weakness and lack of assertiveness almost became a ladder for Queen Webster to gain power.At the unreasonable request of Empress Wei, Tang Zhongzong promoted Wei Xuanzhen, Empress Wei's father, as the governor of Yuzhou.Although Wu Zetian became the empress dowager at this time, she firmly held the real power in her own hands.In less than a year, Tang Zhongzong offended his mother Wu Zetian because of a trivial matter. Wu Zetian demoted Zhongzong to the king of Luling and sent him to the remote Fangzhou. He made his fourth son Li Dan the emperor Ruizong.

Wu Zetian was wary of Zhongzong and Empress Wei.Zhongzong and Empress Wei first lived in the remote Fangzhou for one year, and soon moved to Junzhou according to Wu Zetian's will. After two years in Junzhou, he was ordered to move back to Fangzhou.The reason why Wu Zetian asked them to move repeatedly was to prevent them from living in one place for a long time and gathering and developing their own forces to fight against the imperial court.After several years of tossing, Wu Zetian felt that their vigor had almost worn out, so he allowed them to live in Fangzhou for a long time.

In Fangzhou, Zhongzong and Empress Wei did not completely despair of restoration.One day Zhongzong and Empress Wei had nothing to do, so they visited Master Huifan at Gande Temple near their residence.On the way, Zhongzong suddenly got excited, picked up a stone, and prayed to the sky: "If I can regain the throne without being hurt, this stone should not fall to the ground." After speaking, he threw the stone into the air with all his strength.This was a helpless move he made when he was extremely bored and uncertain about his future, but by coincidence, the thrown stone was blocked by the dense branches and leaves of a big tree beside the road, and it did not fall to the ground. on the ground.Zhongzong didn't see the stone falling to the ground, and he was overjoyed. Empress Wei also smiled, thinking that this was a good omen bestowed on them by heaven.Master Huifan also justified his argument, saying that Zhongzong's restoration is only a matter of time.This excited them both for a while.

Zhongzong was indeed very weak.In adversity, whenever Zhongzong fell into despair, it was the stronger Empress Wei who gave him strength and confidence; every time Wu Zetian sent people to visit, Empress Wei stepped forward to deal with them. After passing through many difficulties, Zhongzong was very grateful to Empress Wei.This time throwing stones and asking the sky brought a glimmer of hope to Zhongzong's heart that was already on the verge of despair. He held Queen Wei's hand and swore very sincerely: "If you can see the sun again in another time, only you can do whatever you want. Forbidden." He said this kind of words at this time but it was a promise from the bottom of his heart. Unexpectedly, Empress Wei used this sentence to restrain him in the future, so that after he was reset, he was speechless to the rampant and promiscuous Empress Wei.

At this time, Wu Zetian abolished the prince and emperor several times, but still felt that it was not enough to monopolize the power, so she simply abolished Tang Ruizong in the first year of Tianshou, and made herself a holy emperor.In order to consolidate her position and eliminate dissidents, she hunted and killed the descendants of the royal family surnamed Li and ministers who were loyal to Li surnamed.When the news spread to Fangzhou, Zhongzong and Wei Hou were so frightened that their foreheads were cold, and they couldn't sleep at night. Every time they heard that the imperial envoys were coming, Zhongzong would turn pale with fright, fearing that the emperor's mother would send someone to issue an edict Give death.

The hardships of exile are nothing, the most tragic thing is waiting to die every day.Perhaps the most terrifying thing in the world is not death, but living in the shadow of death every day, but death does not come immediately, but it may come at any time. This kind of fear is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.The cowardly Zhongzong lost the courage to live. He committed suicide by hitting the wall several times. Empress Wei persuaded him: "Fortune and misfortune are impermanent, and there is hope in life. If there are green hills left, you are not afraid of no firewood. Why send yourself to death!" Zhongzong also figured it out, anyway, if he is going to die, as long as he is not forced to the last moment, he will just stay alive and wait for the time to come, why bother to seek his own death in such a hurry!Thinking of this, he calmed down a little, and supported the difficult and painful years together with Queen Wei.

At this time, the world outside Fangzhou was changing.After Wu Zetian came to power, many people were dissatisfied with her actions, and even hated her deeply. Heroes from all walks of life raised troops to condemn her, and there were frequent wars.In Yangzhou, Xu Jingye and others rose up.In order to make his actions famous and justifiable, Xu Jingye even played the banner of "recovering Zhongzong".Wu Zetian was a little panicked. On the one hand, she sent 30 troops to quell the rebellion, and on the other hand, she sent her pet nephew Wu Sansi to Fangzhou to observe Zhongzong's movements, so as to play by ear.Empress Wei tried her best, and it is said that she even bribed Wu Sansi with herself, begging him to speak well in front of Wu Zetian, and Wu Sansi did not fail to speak.Until the first year of the holy calendar (698), under the urging of Prime Minister Di Renjie, Wu Zetian sent people to take Zhongzong and Empress Wei back to Luoyang from Fangzhou, and restored Zhongzong as the crown prince.At this time Zhongzong had been exiled for 15 years.

Five years after Zhongzong returned to office, when Wu Zetian was ill, five ministers including Zhang Jianzhi, Yan Yanfan, Jinghui, Yuan Shuji, and Cui Xuanhui led an army to force Wu Zetian to give up the throne to Prince Li Xian.In this way, Zhongzong was pushed to the throne of emperor again after losing his position for 20 years, and Empress Wei naturally regained her status as empress.

Zhongzong lived a life of inhuman captivity in Fangzhou. After returning to be the crown prince, he was also cautious and awed. He became an empress again, like a bird out of a cage, and began to enjoy the luxurious life of the emperor almost crazily. "Abandoned".It has caused many "famine politics" behaviors and many "filthy virtues".

Empress Wei is a very ambitious woman with a strong desire for power. Every time after the restoration of Zhongzong, Empress Wei would sit in the curtain behind him, just like Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.Minister Huan Yanfan wrote a letter of advice, but Li Xian refused to accept it, and Empress Wei began to intervene in the government.

Tang Zhongzong was named the Son of Heaven, not only could he not control the political power, but he could not even control his own women.Once, Princess Anle's new house was completed, and Zhongzong and Empress Wei came to congratulate her in person.During the banquet, the princess's eight-year-old son came to meet the empress, and the etiquette was very considerate. Empress Wei liked it very much, so she hugged the child on her lap and issued an imperial edict, naming him Taichangqing, Duke of Gao, and Shifu. There are five hundred households in the city.Zhongzong, who was present at the scene, was very displeased when he saw that Empress Wei ignored his own existence and made decisions without authorization. He immediately stopped him and said, "slowly issue an edict! Wait for me to return to the official position, and then make a fuss about it." After hearing this, Empress Wei dismissed it, He said coldly: "Why care about it? When your majesty was in Fangzhou, didn't you say that you would not prohibit the concubine's actions in the future? Why do you want to interfere with the concubine now? It's simply unbelievable! How can you convince the world like this? Take it orally." When Zhongzong saw that Empress Wei used the words to suppress him, he became more and more annoyed, so he didn't say a word, and sent an order to return to the official.Empress Wei didn't panic when she saw him leaving in anger, she didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to drink and have fun in the princess mansion until midnight.

Wu Zetian's nephew, Wu Sansi, had an affair with Shangguan Wan'er, and he had an affair with Empress Wei again after Empress Wei returned to office.What is even more incomprehensible is that Zhongzong personally arranged for Empress Wei and Wu Sansi to have a tryst, and he served them face to face.On a sleepy day in spring, when there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Empress Wei missed Wu Sansi in her heart, so she couldn't keep up her spirits.Zhongzong knew her thoughts very well, so he ordered the eunuch to call Wu Sansi into the palace.When Empress Wei saw Wu Sansi, she immediately smiled, cheered up, and played a game of betting on Shuanglu with Wu Sansi.Zhongzong held the chips on one side and calculated the winning and losing for the two of them.Empress Wei acted coquettishly and teased with Wu Sansi, leaving Zhongzong pitifully aside.After all, Zhongzong still had a little sense of shame, so he used the servant to come in and report something, and then took the opportunity to slip away.

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