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The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

China is an ancient country with a long history, in the long river of history of five thousand years, there have been countless regimes, countless kings, countless emperors, countless legends and legends.

In that era of male superiority and inferiority, there were even female emperors in China.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

Speaking of female emperors, the first thing that the world thinks of is Wu Zetian, the female emperor from the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian was born in Datang, grew up in Datang, and eventually became famous in Datang and completed his legendary life.

How legendary is she?

Wu Zetian was obviously not a member of the Li family, originally just a concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin, who was favored, but he was not the only one, nor did he give birth to a child.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

After Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian went to The Ganye Temple and became a nun.

Who knows, in such a difficult environment, Wu Zetian actually let Tang Gaozong Li Zhi fall in love with her at first sight, take her back to the palace, love her thousands of people, give birth to heirs, become the first person in the harem, and slowly take power, and finally ascended the throne as emperor and became a female emperor.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

However, Wu Zetian was the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history, but he was not the first female emperor, and the first female emperor had someone else.

And this person is a Yuan girl from the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

A tragic figure with a tragic experience whose name is not even left.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

A history that records only the tragic figures who were born, not the deaths.

Born on February 12, 528, Yuan Was the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei and concubine Pan Chonghua, and the only son of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei.

Yuan Girl is a tragic figure, and Yuan Xue is no exception.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

At the age of 4, Yuan Xuan became emperor, but it was only a decoration, and all the power was in the hands of his mother, Empress Hu.

Power is a fascinating thing, it will make brothers kill each other, it will make father and son kill each other, and it will also make mother and child face each other.

Yuan Xue grew up, but Empress Dowager Hu was reluctant to give power to her son, even if it was her own son.

Yuan Xue killed Empress Dowager Hu's lover, and Empress Dowager Hu actually poisoned her own son with her own hands.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

As soon as Yuan Xue died, Empress Dowager Hu wanted to continue to support her children to ascend to the throne.

But unfortunately, Yuan Xue only had a daughter who was born less than 3 months ago.

For the sake of power, the fierce Empress Dowager Hu disregarded her affection, disguised the child as a man, called Yuan Girl a son, and supported her to the throne.

The first female emperor in Chinese history: a woman dressed as a man, reigned for only one day, and the ending was tragic

However, on the second day of The Yuan Girl's ascension to the throne, Empress Dowager Hu issued an edict announcing that the emperor was originally a daughter, deposing the baby girl emperor and replacing her with Yuan Baohui,the son of Yuan Baohui, the prince of Lintao, as emperor.

And the tragic Yuan girl just disappeared into the long river of history, ending the life of the tool man.

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