Know all about the secrets of the harem

Chapter 9
Fuling was smart since he was a child, he could read and write at the age of three, and composed poems at the age of five. He was also good-looking and healthy. Emperor Wu regarded him as the jewel in his palm, and boasted to others many times: "Fuling is like me." He often summoned this little prince and taught him personally. Reading and calligraphy, archery and hunting.But with the growth of Gou Yizi, Emperor Wu's inner conflict became more and more intense.

When Gou Yizi was born, the seat of the prince had been vacant. In the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), the prince Liu Ju, who was carefully cultivated by Emperor Wu, committed suicide due to "the disaster of witchcraft".However, Liu Dan, the king of Yan, and Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, were at fault. King Qihuai, the son of Mrs. Chongji, and King Changyi, the son of Mrs. Li, died prematurely.Therefore, the political problem of choosing who to be the successor among the princes was urgently placed in front of Emperor Wu.

Now, Emperor Wu has only one candidate left, the youngest son Liu Fuling.But Liu Fuling is only a seven-year-old child after all, and his mother Mrs. Guyi is too young and beautiful.If Liu Fuling ascends to the throne, Mrs. Gou Yi, who is the queen mother, will definitely come to court on his behalf as the queen mother. This is something that has happened in all dynasties.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself also came from a young emperor, and he has a deep understanding of this.He began to wonder what Madam Gouyi would be like after she became the Empress Dowager.And the first predecessor that came to mind in his mind was Empress Lu, which was what he was most worried about.What if Mrs. Gou Yi also seizes power like Queen Lu did back then, kills members of the Liu family, and seizes the Liu family's world?Therefore, letting Mrs. Gouyi continue to live is a hazard. Before establishing Liu Fuling as the crown prince, she must find a way to kill her, and let her die with a crime to eliminate the possibility of the queen mother's monopoly.This cruel idea was soon put into practice by Liu Che.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about." One day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found a reason, and immediately turned against Mrs. Guyi, and loudly reprimanded him without showing any mercy.Originally, Mrs. Gouyi was extremely happy when she heard the news that her son Liu Fuling was going to be the crown prince, and she loved this precious darling even more.At this time, Madam Gouyi fell into a burst of fear in the face of Emperor Wu of the Han who suddenly lost his temper. She never thought that her old husband, who had always been loving to her in every possible way, would become so fierce because of a trivial matter.Mrs. Gouyi hurriedly took off the jewelry on her head, lay down on the ground and asked Emperor Wu of Han for forgiveness.She never thought that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had murderous intentions for her, and the joy of her son being established as the prince weakened her sense of danger, until Emperor Wu of the Han ordered the left and right: "Pull her out and put her in the palace prison." Mrs. Yi felt the seriousness of the situation and the potential danger, and regretted it in her heart.

The attendants on the left and right lifted Mrs. Gouyi from the ground and dragged her to the outside of the palace door. Mrs. Gouyi didn't say a word, but stared pitifully at Emperor Wu of the Han with her teary eyes.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also very sad. Why didn't he love young and beautiful women?But for the sake of the Liu family's country, he had to do so.He couldn't bear Madam Gouyi's gaze, so he just turned his head and stopped looking at her.Finally, he waved his hand and said: "Go, go, I can't let you live anymore!" These words announced the final fate of Mrs. Gouyi, and there was no need to waste extra time in Ye Ting Prison to interrogate her. The command is executed immediately.Mrs. Guyi's heart aches when she thinks about her young son Liu Fuling, and about the world she hasn't lived in yet. She is only in her 20s, and she is cruelly deprived of the right to live. The attachment and resentment of this world are dead.That night, Gou Yi was buried in the south of Ganquan Palace overnight, and there was not even a tombstone on the small earthen grave, only a small mark was made.

While executing Mrs. Gouyi, the birth mother of Liu Fuling, the heir, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also killed all the birth mothers of his other sons and daughters—more unfortunate than Mrs. Gouyi, because their sons never had the luck to be emperors. Although she also died because of giving birth to the prince, she died more silently.Perhaps it was to not leave any woman who could act as Liu Fuling's adoptive mother, because of course the little emperor's adoptive mother might also be established as the empress dowager, so even the mothers of the princesses, he did not let them go easily.In the history books, they only left such a faint record: "Those who gave birth to Emperor Wu, there were no men and women, and their mothers were all condemned to death."

Emperor Wu also knew that he had done too viciously, so one day he asked the people around him: "What kind of comments do people have about this matter?" , why did you kill his mother before registering your son?"

Only then did Emperor Wu express his intention: "Is this something you fools can guess? Since ancient times, the country has been in chaos, and it is always because the monarch is young and his mother is young. Haven't you heard about Empress Lu? So you must not without getting rid of her first."

Since then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has created a precedent in Chinese history of "killing the mother and setting up the son".The Northern Wei Dynasty imitated the Han system of killing mothers and setting up sons, which lasted for several generations.Later, because Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke abided by Buddhism and could not bear to kill, he abolished this barbaric and cruel system.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's treatment of Mrs. Gouyi was of great benefit to maintaining the stability of the Han family, but it was really cruel and ruthless to Mrs. Gouyi, an innocent woman.

In February of the second year after Mrs. Gouyi's death (87 BC), the 70-year-old Emperor Wu Liu Che was ill in Wuzhaguan.On the day of Yichou, Fuling was officially registered as the crown prince, and Huo Guang and others were appointed ministers of Gu Ming, and he assisted the government together with the chariot general Jin Ribei, the left general Shangguan Jie, and the imperial historian Sang Hongyang.Soon, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died of illness, and the seven-year-old Fuling became the emperor, that is, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Zhao posthumously named his mother, Mrs. Gouyi, the empress dowager, dispatched [-] soldiers to build Yunling for her reburial, and moved [-] households to guard his mother's tomb.

Later generations deeply regret the tragic fate of Mrs. Gouyi, a beautiful and intelligent woman.It is said that on the day of her death, there was a strong wind in the local area, flying sand and rocks, and the people were sad for it.On the day of the funeral, the fragrance of the wife's body wafted for more than ten miles.Therefore, Emperor Wu suspected that Mrs. Gouyi was not an ordinary person, and when he opened the coffin, it was indeed empty.Based on this, people believed that Mrs. Gouyi was not an ordinary person, but a fairy who fled after death.

According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt deeply guilty after the death of Mrs. Gouyi, and specially built a "Spiritual Platform" in front of Ganquanfu to express his nostalgia.It is said that after the completion of the platform, a blue bird came and went to stop on the platform every day, and it did not return to it until the death of Emperor Zhao and the accession of Emperor Xuan.Apparently, this legendary blue bird was transformed by Mrs. Gouyi. She turned into a blue bird and stayed in Ganquanguan.After Emperor Zhao passed away, there will be no memory of her in the world, and she will not come back.

There is also a legend that after the completion of Yunling, when Mrs. Gouyi was buried, the inner and outer coffins were opened, and it turned out that there were no clothes or bones in the coffin, only silk embroidered shoes.These legends all imply that Mrs. Gouyi has become immortal.

These thousand-year-old legends about Mrs. Gouyi not only reflect the special love of the common people for this beautiful woman, but also reflect the general sympathy for her tragic fate.Judging from the above-mentioned well-known stories, it seems that Mrs. Gouyi's life has been shrouded in a mysterious and legendary color, making it difficult to distinguish the true from the false.She was able to serve the emperor through miracles, and she gave birth to the prince Fuling through miracles. After death, there are still many anecdotes and strange things lingering around her soul.Truly a mysterious woman.

Xu Pingjun: Being poisoned by others, I hate Jiuquan

Xu Pingjun was the first queen of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and also the wife of Emperor Xuan Liu Xun in adversity. Liu Bingji (that is, Liu Xun) loved Xu Pingjun deeply and deeply, which made people very moved.Xu Pingjun can be regarded as the happiest queen in history, because she is the only one who loves freely and lives happily with the person she loves, and only she can feel the touch of Gu Jian's deep love.It's a pity that Xu Pingjun was poisoned when he was only 19 years old, and died of hatred.

However, she got the emperor's love. Looking through the vicissitudes of the millennium, if the two loves last forever, it can be day and night, or Yin and Yang can be separated forever.Among the three officials and six courts of the Han Dynasty, there is a great love song that has been chanted for more than 2000 years-the deep love between Liu Xun, Emperor Xuandi of the Han Dynasty, and Xu Pingjun.

Wife in Adversity Wealth and Wealth
When Emperor Xuan Liu Xun came to the throne, the government was in the hands of Huo Guang, the powerful minister. There was only one thing he insisted on being the master, and that was to appoint a queen.It turned out that although Liu Xun, who had just come to the throne for the first time, had already married a wife and had children among the people, his wife was named Xu Pingjun, and his son was named Liu Shi, who was born less than a hundred days old.Speaking of the combination of the two of them, here is a rather interesting story:

When Liu Xun was among the refugees due to witchcraft, he was taken care of by an official of the old prince's mansion named Zhang He. Zhang He was implicated and sentenced to "corruption" after the death of the old prince's family.But Zhang He valued friendship very much, and cared for Liu Xun, the last blood of his old master, in every possible way.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Xun had grown up, and Zhang He planned to arrange a wedding for him.He originally wanted to betroth his younger brother Zhang Anshi's daughter to Liu Xun, but Zhang Anshi flatly refused. He thought that although Liu Xun was the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was just a commoner at this time, and he was not worthy to marry his daughter at all, so he flatly refused.So Zhang He turned to Xu Guanghan to propose marriage.

Xu Guanghan was originally the bodyguard of Emperor Wu. Because he took someone else's saddle and put it on his own horse, he committed the serious crime of "stealing from driving" and was sentenced to death, which was later changed to an official sentence.During Emperor Zhao's reign, Shangguan'an, together with King Yan Liu Dan and Princess Eyi, conspired against each other. Xu Guanghan was sent to search in Shangguan'an's mansion, but he was seized by others because he could not find a thousand ropes to deal with dissidents. , was sentenced to three years in prison.Afterwards, he was sent to the violent room to serve as a court warden.At that time, Liu Xun came to Yeting to receive cultural education and lived in the same house with Xu Guanghan.One is an honest man with a humble status who is attacked everywhere, and the other is a fallen prince who seems to have no future, but the old and the young have become friends who have forgotten their age.

Xu Guanghan's daughter, named Xu Pingjun, was betrothed to the Ouhou family as a daughter-in-law when she was 14 years old. Her husband died of illness before the marriage.Hearing that Zhang He was proposing marriage for the emperor's great-grandson, thinking of his downfall, he might not be able to let his daughter assign him a good family, so he agreed.But Xu Guanghan's wife disagreed: "I used to divination for my daughter, saying that she will be rich and powerful. The emperor's great-grandson is a rebellious, if we marry our daughter to him, what hope can we have?" But Xu Guanghan He still insisted on marrying Liu Xun and Xu Pingjun.

Thus, a down-and-out grandson of the emperor, and a miserable girl whose fiancé died before she got married, this pair of teenagers and girls who originally belonged to two life trajectories were connected by Yuelao's red thread under the dark arrangement.

After bowing to heaven and earth, the two got married.

Because Liu Xun was helpless and impoverished, even the wedding was planned by Zhang He.After marriage, he moved into the home of his father-in-law, Xu Guanghan, and married a wife in name, but in essence he was a door-to-door son-in-law who relied on his father-in-law for a living.However, poverty did not hinder the husband-wife relationship between Liu Xun and Xu Pingjun.Xu Pingjun was considerate to his husband. Liu Xun had lived for 17 years, and it was only at this time that he knew what it was like to be greeted by others. He was very grateful to his wife and father-in-law who did not despise him.

The following year, the young couple gave birth to a son.The son was less than a hundred days old, and the god of fate suddenly favored Liu Xun, a troubled prince with ill-fated fate. This also surprised everyone: Liu Xun was selected to become the next emperor of the Han Dynasty.For the first time in his life, Liu Xun walked into the palace where his parents grew up and became the new owner of Weiyang Palace.At the same time, Xu Pingjun was also welcomed into the harem, and was named the emperor's first-level concubine "Jieyu".

The king and grandson in distress have become the emperor of the great man who dominates the world, so what choice should the queen who is the mother of the world make?The courtiers naturally strongly advocated that the emperor Li Huo Guangshang waited for the youngest daughter Huo Chengjun in his boudoir, but Emperor Xuan could not forget his wife Xu Pingjun who had been in trouble with each other. There is a saying, "a wife of dross will never go to court"!

When Liu Xun received the news that he was about to succeed him as emperor, he had already thought that Xu Pingjun was the daughter of an eunuch who was tortured, her status was low and her appearance was not outstanding, and she would definitely encounter obstacles in establishing her as empress.Therefore, before the ministers had time to put the matter of establishing the empress on the agenda, Liu Xun preemptively issued his first imperial decree after becoming emperor - to find an old sword that he had used when he was poor.The purpose of this old sword is sincere, and every word and sentence tells the emperor's nostalgia for his old love.This is where the idiom "Gujian loves deep" comes from, which is a metaphor for a married couple who have a strong affection and don't like the new and dislike the old.The ministers who were good at guessing the holy will naturally knew what the new emperor really wanted to say when they saw the imperial edict.

No one in the world is willing to openly feel sorry for the emperor.As a result, the ministers immediately changed their minds and jointly signed a memorial to invite Xu Jie to be the queen.Thus, Xu Pingjun became the empress of the Han Dynasty.

When this couple who share the same adversity and wealth stand on the high platform to receive congratulations from all the officials and send each other affectionate smiles, they will not know that the most insidious and cruel conspiracy in the world is hidden behind them, ready to attack them at any time.

It was General Huo Guang himself who first expressed dissatisfaction with his daughter's failure to become a queen.Huo Guang has always been loyal to the Han Dynasty, just like his half-brother Huo Qubing.However, he is also a father after all. It is impossible for this father to have no idea about his daughter's failure to become a middle official.What's more, if Huo Guang didn't nod his head, Liu Xun, who refused to marry his daughter, was doomed to be a troubled king and grandson for the rest of his life, how could he come to be the king of the world today?
Therefore, when Xu Guanghan, the father of the queen Xu Pingjun, was proposed to be knighted according to the system, Huo Guang voted against it without hesitation. He said that Xu Guanghan was a "survivor of punishment", how could he be a marquis and king of the country?

However, after all, Huo Guang has been in power for many years and knows that everything should be done in moderation.After about a year, the anger passed, and he still said that he should reward the queen's father.As a result, Xu Guanghan was conferred the title of "Jun Changcheng" who was inferior to the Marquis. Although he was not enfeoffed as a country, he was still a noble title with a high national salary.

However, Huo Guang's wife, Huo Xian, could not get rid of her anger.Not only will it not disappear, but it will also have the potential to start a prairie fire.This Huo Xian is definitely a vicious and vicious character. "The most poisonous character is not a woman's heart" can only be applied to her.She originally came from a humble background and was a dowry maid, and her young lady Donglu was Huo Guang's original wife.The Donglu family had only one daughter, Shangguanan, who married the late emperor Liu Fuling. Although she was only 15 years old, she was a widowed empress dowager.Relying on his good looks and ability to seduce people, Huo Xian was favored by Huo Guang and accepted as his concubine.Donglu's family died very early, and Huo Xian was helped upright by Huo Guang.However, her desire is so strong that she has reached the point where she will do everything to achieve her goal.What's more, she doesn't forget to show off at all times, and she is domineering and arrogant. Once showing off fails or doesn't meet her wishes, she will regard others as her sworn enemy.She also gave birth to several children for Huo Guang. The youngest daughter is Huo Chengjun, who is not married yet.Huo Xian wholeheartedly planned to marry his daughter Huo Chengjun to Emperor Xuan to be his queen.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Xuan couldn't give up his wife, so he made his old wife Xu Pingjun the queen.Huo Xian was extremely disappointed, she thought about it day and night, just to find a chance to get rid of Queen Xu.

Xu Pingjun is a woman from an ordinary family. She has been diligent and thrifty since she was a child, and she is kind to others. She doesn't know what extravagance and waste are.Even after becoming a queen, she still maintains such a living habit.There are very few court ladies around her, and the clothes and food are relatively simple.And follow the etiquette of ordinary people, respectful to the elders.Especially the empress dowager Shangguan, the widow of Emperor Zhao Liu Fuling, went to court every five days, and she personally delivered food to the empress dowager, serving very attentively.

In 72 BC, Xu Pingjun, who had been queen for two years, became pregnant again.When it was about to give birth, it was already cold winter, and the pregnant woman was weak. Xu Pingjun accidentally caught the wind and cold, and felt a little uncomfortable.Due to the small number of maids in her palace, and almost none who knew how to take care of pregnant women, Emperor Xuan called imperial doctors for diagnosis and treatment, and recruited female doctors and officials' wives with experience in childbirth from outside the palace to take care of the queen day and night.It just so happened that Chunyu Yan, the wife of Wei Chunyushang of Yeting household, was well versed in medical theory, so she was called to serve her.Chunyuyan and Huo Xian have known each other for many years, and Chunyushang said to his wife: "Usually it is not easy to cultivate relationships for no reason, but now this is a godsend opportunity, you should hurry up and use your resignation as an excuse to go to the General's Mansion to ask Huo Xian Farewell, madam. Madam Huo heard that you might become the Queen's confidant in the future, and she will definitely look at you with admiration. You can take this opportunity to ask me to transfer my post. Madam Huo will not be able to refuse. The best vacancy right now is Anchi who manages Yanchi Superintendent, if the transfer is completed, you will have a good life!"

Chun Yuyan felt that what her husband said was very reasonable, so she followed her words, and she met Huo Xian as expected.

Huo Xian was worrying: Although Xu Pingjun was mediocre and came from a poor background, the emperor always had a deep affection for her. The children were born one after another. If this continues, when will my beloved little daughter replace her?

At this time, Chunyu Yan came.When Huo Xian heard this, he immediately felt that this was a golden opportunity from heaven. He was overjoyed, and not only received him warmly, but also shunned all the attendants on the left and right. I will definitely handle the things you asked me to do properly, you can rest assured. But I also have something, I wonder if you will help?"

Chunyu Yan hurriedly said: "But according to Madam's order." Huo Xian said with a smile: "You know, the most beloved child of the General is the youngest daughter Cheng Jun, and he wants to arrange a rich future for her. So I also need to invite the young husband You work hard and do her this favor."

(End of this chapter)