Know all about the secrets of the harem

Chapter 19
This conclusion was really unbearable for Liu Che, and what was even more unbearable was the conclusion that came with it: Empress Dowager Dou wanted to appoint a new crown prince among the clan princes in the name of "the emperor has no children".What's even more outrageous is that the heir apparent chosen by the Liu family of the Dou family turned out to be Liu Che's uncle, Huainan Wang Liu An, an old guy with a big beard, and Liu Che was the only one this year.This not only clearly means to abolish the emperor and establish a new emperor, but also directly links Liu Che's childlessness to "infertility". Liu Che is not only facing the crisis of life and death, but also extremely embarrassing.

Fortunately, Chen Ajiao's mother, Princess Guantao, knew very well—if her nephew became the deposed emperor, what kind of situation her daughter and herself might face.So she mobilized all her strength, and she tried her best to comfort her mother, Empress Dowager Dou.After some hard work, the crisis that was already on the line was finally resolved by her.However, after this battle, "childlessness" and "fertility" became a real problem that both Liu Che and Chen Ajiao had to face.Chen Ajiao naturally wanted to control her husband more closely and leave all fertility opportunities to herself, but Liu Che was full of doubts. This was not only because he suspected Chen Ajiao was infertile, but more importantly, he was single-mindedly planning to start a new business.

One day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to worship the gods on the bank of the Bashui River. On his way back to Beijing, he stopped by his sister, Princess Pingyang's house.This Princess Pingyang is just like Princess Guantao back then, and she preparedly dedicated the beauties in the mansion to the emperor's younger brother.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so happy that he chose Wei Zifu, a kabuki, and brought Wei Zifu into the palace afterwards.

Gillian soon found out about Emperor Wu of the Han's affair, and Gillian was furious: I didn't expect that my cousin and husband, who had always been obedient and obedient, would dare to go outside to have sex with her behind her back!And with a lowly kabuki.

Gillian immediately took action: Wei Zifu was then abandoned as an official, and Emperor Wu of the Han's "indiscretion" was sued by Princess Guantao before the Empress Dowager.

As soon as the Empress Dowager heard Princess Guantao's complaint, she knew that something was wrong, and this aunt could not afford to offend her.

After Princess Guantao left, the empress dowager immediately gave her son an opportunity to face-to-face: Gillian's fire must be suppressed. In the current tense relationship with the empress dowager, Gillian's lubricant must not be offended, let alone Extend the situation to the Empress Dowager; as for the kabuki Wei Zifu, he should deal with it as much as possible, so as not to leave a disaster.The empress dowager finally warned her son earnestly that if the green hills are left, they will not be afraid of running out of firewood.

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reluctant, he could only listen to his mother's mercy, placating Gillian with sweet words, and apologizing to his aunt in a hurry.Of course, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's concession was only superficial, and he would not be willing to give up the gentle and pleasant Wei Zifu.In order to prevent any leaks, he simply hid Wei Zifu in the official courtyard and continued to steal his love.But the news inevitably leaked out: Wei Zifu was pregnant.

This gave Liu Che a lot of face, and Wei Zifu immediately became a living treasure in his eyes, and his worth doubled.Liu Che, who is eager to have a child, and Liu Che, who is carrying the scapegoat of "difficulty in giving birth", naturally cannot wait to tell the world about the fact that he finally made a woman pregnant.The result of this publicity was naturally the revelation of his cheating behind his wife's back.

Empress Gillian has mixed feelings in her heart. She has been favored for many years, but she can't match the weight of a lowly maid in her husband's heart. What is the face of her empress? What is the original vow of eternal love?Gillian couldn't swallow this breath, she cried and quarreled in front of Emperor Wu of the Han several times, frantically trying to drive Wei Zifu out of the palace.

But how is this possible? It is very common for a man in an ordinary family to have three wives and four concubines, so how can he criticize the emperor who owns the world?Even a gentle, virtuous, and overwhelmed woman can't spoil the queen official, let alone Gillian who is domineering and has nothing to do.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left in a huff with a livid face. Since then, he seldom entered or left the Queen's Palace.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty focused all his attention on Wei Zifu and her stomach, and Gillian was in danger of falling out of favor.Her mother, Princess Guantao, couldn't see Gillian falling out of favor. She talked to Princess Pingyang, the elder sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty many times, and accused her:
"Without me, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would have no chance of becoming emperor. Now that he is on the throne, he dumped my daughter. Isn't that ungrateful?" This made sense, and Princess Pingyang couldn't refute it, so she had to stand for her younger brother. excuse:
"A-Jiao was left out in the cold because she couldn't bear a son." This speech made Princess Guantao speechless, yes, "There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no offspring is the greatest", let alone a royal daughter-in-law. .

Seeing that her daughter was crying and her questioning was useless, Princess Guantao wanted to kill Wei Zifu.In order to protect Wei Zifu and the fetus in his womb, Emperor Wu of the Han simply hid Wei Zifu in his bedroom, and the relationship between the two became closer.Annoyed and angry, Princess Guantao turned to kill Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing to vent her anger. Instead of dying, Wei Qing was promoted to the head of Jianzhang Palace and became the emperor's personal guard.Princess Guantao's failed action not only aroused the disgust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but also strengthened Wei Zifu's strength in the palace, which was really unwise.

Wei Zifu's pregnancy dealt a huge blow to Gillian. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty proved his dignity as a man with his actions, and fundamentally overturned the assumption that "Chen Gillian is infertile, and her disease lies in Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty".People inside and outside the palace turned their suspicious eyes to Gillian.Gillian also felt unprecedented panic. While begging Wei Zifu not to have a boy, she and her mother, Princess Guantao, sought medical advice and tried to create a human.Fortunately, although Wei Zifu was extremely favored and became pregnant one after another, all of them were girls.Wei Zifu's three girls bought Gillian a lot of time, and Gillian also spent a lot of effort, using prescriptions, secret recipes, and folk remedies together, and spent 9000 yuan, which is equivalent to half of the annual financial revenue of the Han Dynasty. Thousands of dollars, but if you can't give birth, you can't give birth.

Just when Princess Guantao and Gillian were overwhelmed with the matter of making a living for their "legal sons", something even worse happened: in the summer of the sixth year of Emperor Wu of Han's ascension to the throne, Empress Dowager Dou died of illness.The death of the Empress Dowager Dou became an important turning point in Gillian's fate. The umbrella that protected Gillian from the wind and rain was gone, and there was no reason for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's mother and son to be afraid. The era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came.

Gillian may not have realized this at first, but soon her mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, assumed a superior posture, and her husband, Emperor Wu of Han, also turned a blind eye to her.The stubborn Gillian still refused to lower her noble head, and continued to repeat the words that the emperor's throne was obtained by my mother, which made the already tense relationship between husband and wife even worse.Gillian is not aware of her willfulness and "arrogance" at all.And her mother, Princess Guantao, who could have been able to help her with advice, was addicted to the love between men and women with Dong Yan, who seldom went out of the palace. Her little boy.Finally, Gillian, who had been a favorite for ten years, fell out of favor.

Queen Gillian used almost all available methods, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty refused to enter the Queen's Palace at all. Her husband couldn't keep her heart, and she couldn't conceive a child. Gillian was anxious and angry, and counted all the misfortunes On the head of those hateful "vixes" in the harem.

At that time, the art of pretending to be a ghost was very popular, among which "witchcraft" was the most popular.If you don't like someone, you can use wood or cloth to make his substitute, prick or bury it with a needle, and keep cursing, it is said that you can kill the other person in this way.

Gillian hated the concubine's favor, and knew that relying on her own ability would be difficult to win back Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After hearing the court ladies commenting that the technique of "witchcraft" was very effective, she quietly ordered someone to find a man named Chu Fu outside the palace. witch, learn spells from her.

According to the method provided by Chufu, Gillian made puppets representing the favorite concubines of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and then used needles to prick them day and night and cursed them, imagining that after killing them, she would regain the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Chufu not only held a witch sacrifice ceremony for Chen Ajiao, but also dressed himself as a man to eat and sleep with Chen Ajiao.Chen Ajiao, who was in despair, obeyed her and regarded her as her comfort and support in all aspects.At the beginning, she knew how to deceive others, but as time went by, she became more and more inseparable from Chufu, and Chufu and his female apprentices, who were so complacent, even forgot what the imperial palace was, and became unscrupulous day by day.

Chen Ajiao's change was so obvious that even Liu Che, who rarely got close to her, felt it at last.So the incident happened.In the fifth year of Yuanguang (130 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally broke out the case against witches. He handed over the case to Zhang Tang, a famous cruel official, and ordered to investigate it to the end.

At this time, Chen Gillian's grandmother, the Empress Dowager Dou, had passed away for five years, and Princess Guantao had been out of power for a long time. The situation is different now.Zhang Tang's investigation was vigorous and vigorous, and the results were soon reached.

Chu Fu was convicted of "sacrificing and cursing for the Queen's Witch Gu Temple, which is treasonous and immoral", and more than [-] eunuchs and maids in the Queen's Palace who were implicated in the incident were beheaded in the street together.

After the massacre, the 27-year-old Liu Che issued an edict to abolish the Empress on Yisi Day in July: "The empress is out of order, confused by the witch, and cannot inherit the destiny. She has a seal and ribbon, and she will retire as a long-door official."—— The relationship between husband and wife for more than ten years came to an abrupt end.

This news undoubtedly came as a bolt from the blue to Princess Guantao. She was afraid that the catastrophe caused by her daughter would continue to be involved, so she hurried into the palace and knelt down to beg for mercy to the emperor's nephew whom she had raised up with one hand.At this time, Liu Che was still young and soft-hearted. Thinking of the past love, he promised not to pursue his aunt and cousin's family, and even stated that he would follow the promise of "Golden House Cangjiao". Luxurious material treatment, this can be regarded as the last kindness of a husband and wife.So far, the golden house has collapsed, and all "gratitude" and "love" have been lost.

Two years after Chen Ajiao was deposed, Wei Zifu finally gave birth to Liu Che's eldest son, Liu Shi.Liu Che, who was very happy, appointed Wei Zifu as his first wife in March of the second year of Yuanshuo (128 BC).The throne of Empress Han, who has been vacant for two years, has a new owner.

From the former "Golden House Cangjiao" to the current "Longmen Resentful Girl", Gillian cannot accept the huge gap, and she is not reconciled to it. She sincerely looks forward to the day when her husband will change his mind.She heard that Liu Che liked the literary talents of Sima Xiangru in Shu County very much, and recited all his poems, so she gave Sima Xiangru a hundred catties of gold and asked him to write a poem for herself, hoping to make her husband recall the old love .Under the heavy reward, Sima Xiangruo really had a brilliant pen, and wrote a sad and moving masterpiece "Ode to the Nagato".

"Husband, what a beautiful woman, who walks carefree to worry about himself. The soul is lost and not turned back, and the body is withered and lived alone. It is said that I go and come in the evening, eat and drink but forget people. My heart shifts and I don't know my past. Make friends with each other and go on a blind date..." Gillian's "Nagato Ode" full of affection and sorrow was finally heard by the court ladies repeatedly chanting, and Emperor Wu of the Han thought of it when he heard this Ode No one knows what, but it is an indisputable fact in history that Gillian will never come back to life.Gillian's last efforts go in vain.

In the second year after A-Jiao was abolished, A-Jiao's father, Marquis Chen Wu, passed away. In order to protect herself, Princess Guantao apologized to Emperor Wu of Han for her daughter and flattered Emperor Wu of Han in every possible way. matter.

More than ten years after Chen Wu's death, Princess Guantao passed away, and her last words were that she hoped to be buried in Baling with her lover Dong Yan. She didn't mention her daughter who was once regarded as her own life and was now imprisoned in Nagato.The succeeding Marquis of Tangyi, Chen Xing, was an adulterer and greedy for money. In the end, he ended up fighting with brothers and committing suicide. The title of the Chen family was also revoked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.At this point, Gillian no longer has the backing of her natal family, so she can only spend her last years in the lonely Changmenguan.

Jinwu Cangjiao let future generations know Chen Ajiao, and Sima Xiangru's "Ode to the Long Door" also let future generations know her sad ending.

The love of childhood sweethearts is so embarrassing, and who hides the treasure of Jinwu Zangjiao; I have loved for a lifetime, suffered for a lifetime, and have hidden my youthful splendor, and hidden my life's happiness and pain.The former concubine Lang Qing in the golden house was shy and beautiful, but in the end she died of melancholy under the gloomy lights of the long door official. She was only 16 years old when she died. The 26-year-old is the season when the flowers bloom the thickest, but she withered early.

Zhen Luo: Dumping Cao's Three Fathers and Sons
Zhen Luo, a woman as gentle as Luoshui, was the wife of Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. "Easy as a frightened bird, graceful as a wandering dragon..." In the writing of Cao Zhi, one of the famous Jian'an Seven Sons, Zhen's beauty is ready to come out.It has been handed down through the ages: Luoshen Fu was written by Cao Zhi for a generation of empress Zhen. Thousands of years later, we can still feel the magnificence of that year from the gorgeous Fu.Zhen's thought that she was a woman made Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi's father and son fall for her, which also planted the seeds for her future misfortune.

The Zhen family is from Zhongshan Wuji, and is the youngest daughter of Zhen Yi, the county magistrate of Shangcai.Zhen's mother, Zhang, is a well-known beauty in Changshan.Zhen Yi and his wife were very affectionate. They gave birth to three sons and five daughters. The Zhen family was the youngest. She was born in December of the year of Guanghe Jiang, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, in 182 AD, and was named Zhen Luo.The youngest, Zhen Shi, is smart, beautiful and lovable.Zhen Yi and his wife love her so much that they regard her as the apple of their eye.Zhen's brothers and sisters also love her very much.

Zhen Shi is really astonishingly beautiful, like a fairy descending to earth.It is said that every time she goes to bed, her skin is as white as jade, so that her family seems to be surprised and puzzled when they see someone covering her body with jade.It can be seen that Zhen's jade face is beautiful and radiant.The Zhen family grew up in a family of eunuchs and was a descendant of Zhen Han, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.The aristocratic temperament flows in Zhen's blood, and she will really look slim in the future.

Zhen Luo is very cute, but only three years after her birth, her father passed away. Mrs. Zhang was a little confused, wondering whether this cute little guy would bring disaster or blessing to the family.In confusion, Mrs. Zhang thought of asking a fortune teller for help.Mrs. Zhang invited Liu Liang, a well-known local fortune teller, to come to her home to look after a large group of children.Liu Liang carefully inspected Zhang's son and daughter, but remained silent.See the youngest Zhen Luo.Liu Liang was startled.There was a strange light in the eyes.After Liu Liang took a closer look at Zhen Luo, he whispered to Mrs. Zhang: "This girl is beyond words."

Zhang's hanging heart became more at ease, and she raised Zhen Luo more carefully, allowing her to grow up safely.Mrs. Zhang knew that the honor and glory of the Zhen family would probably belong to Zhen Luo. This precious little guy might be chosen as the emperor's concubine or queen in the future.The nobleness of a woman is nothing more than a concubine.Zhen Luo grew up carefree day by day under the high expectations of this family.

Because he is good at absorbing the lessons of his predecessors, Zhen Luo has insights beyond his elders since he was a child.In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were frequent wars, and Luoyang officials and Tu people were all displaced. They had no food and clothing, so they had to sell gold, silver and jewelry in exchange for food.The Zhen family was very rich, not only did not suffer from homelessness, hunger and cold, but also had a large amount of grain reserves. At this time, they took the opportunity to sell grain at a high price and collect a large amount of jewelry, gold and silver.Zhen Luo was ten years old at the time, and he was very worried about the family's behavior. He believed that accumulating wealth in this troubled world would not only attract the coveted hands of rebels and bandits, but also easily arouse public anger and endanger the safety of the family.It is better to use food to help relatives and neighbors, and it is more appropriate to spread favors.After hearing Zhen Luo's words, the family couldn't help but suddenly realized, and immediately followed suit.

In addition to being knowledgeable, Zhen Luo is also kind and filial by nature.Great filial piety and friendship to elders and family members.When Zhen Luo was 14 years old, his brother died unfortunately. His wife still took care of his parents and children, working hard day and night.Zhen Luo's mother is strict by nature and treats her daughters-in-law very badly. Zhen Luo often advises her mother to be nicer to her sister-in-law.Zhen Luo's mother was moved by her daughter's words, and since then she has treated her daughter-in-law like her own daughter.

Cao Pi hugged the beauty back

"There are Er Qiao in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Zhen family in Hebei is pretty." At that time, Zhen Luo and Er Qiao, the younger and the younger, were listed as the alluring beauties.Zhen Luo's reputation soon reached Yuan Shao's ears.So he proposed to the Zhen family for his second son Yuan Xi, and Zhen Luo became the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family.

At this time, Yuan Shao was in high spirits, and when the world thought that he could win the world easily, he could be said to be rich and noble.The conclusion of this marriage seems to be leading Zhen Luo to prophesy to the "unspeakable" fortune teller when he was young.

But no one expected that the Yuan family would suffer a crushing defeat soon.In 204 AD, Yecheng, the base camp of the Yuan family, was also captured by Cao Cao and his son.Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Pi, was the first to attack Yecheng. On the day the city was broken, Cao Pi, who had long admired Zhen Luo, couldn't wait to break into Yuan's mansion.I saw a woman sitting in the hall, and a young woman beside her was lying on the woman's lap in fear.Cao Pi explained why he came here. Prime Minister Cao was ordered to protect the women of the Yuan family. Please don't worry about panic.The older woman is Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu. After listening to Cao Pi's words, Mrs. Liu felt relieved and helped Zhen Luo to meet Cao Pi.Afterwards, Cao Pi visited Cao Cao and asked his father to give him the Zhen family. Although Cao Cao had long admired Zhen Luo's talent and appearance, and regretted that he was a step late, he still showed the gesture that a father should have and could only nod. agree.

(End of this chapter)