During the Western Han Dynasty, the reason why Emperor Wu of Han was able to achieve many great achievements, in addition to his own heroic martial strategy, was also inseparable from the assistance of many famous generals around him, the most famous of which was Wei Qing. It was precisely because of Wei Qing's birth that the Western Han Dynasty gained superiority in the war against the Xiongnu and laid the foundation for peace and stability on the frontiers of the Western Han Dynasty. It can be said that Wei Qing is quite successful in his career. But emotionally, the hero Wei Qing, who became famous at a young age and looked like a talented person, did not match the beauty, but married a widow who was 10 years older than himself.
Many people were very surprised: why did he have to marry a widow? There are a variety of reasons for this. First of all, Wei Qing's wife was not an ordinary widow, but Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of Han. Although he has married two husbands successively, and he is nearly a round older than Wei Qing in age, he actually maintains quite good appearance and figure. If you don't mention age, you can't see who is the older and the younger of the two.
Secondly, Princess Pingyang was kind to Wei Qing and her sister. Wei Qing, who had just arrived at the Princess Mansion as a slave, because he was relatively beautiful, so the princess did not let him do slave work, but gave him a horse watching official position. It was also from that time that Wei Qing stepped onto the peak of his life step by step.
Finally, emotionally, at first, the Duke of Pingyang loved Wei Qing more, after all, the little horse official who had watched him grow up had actually become a mighty general, and there was no woman who would not love. And Wei Qing was more for the sake of repaying favors and not daring to disobey the holy will, if it were not for the help of Princess Pingyang, he and his sister might have been slaves for the rest of their lives. Therefore, when princess Pingyang was widowed but no one dared to become a donkey, he should stand up and repay the favor.
At the same time, the position of mighty general is also a shackle to some extent, and it is the kind of shackle that can take the life of the family at any time. Although Emperor Wu of Han was not so narrow-minded, when Wei Qing was famous in the world, he was also afraid that the emperor's throne would be seized.
Therefore, in order to stabilize his position, and in order to let Wei Qing feel at ease to give himself a life, Emperor Wu of Han, in addition to making his sister Wei Zifuna his concubine, the only thing he could do was to let him marry his sister Princess Pingyang. In this way, the two families become one. Even if it was for Wei Zifu, Wei Qing would definitely not have other ideas.