Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne from a poor man, and only he and his wife Ma Shi (later Empress Ma) knew that Ma Shi married Zhu Yuanzhang when he was poor, and then followed Zhu Yuanzhang from birth to death, and has always been considerate of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Ma Shi married Zhu Yuanzhang 16 years later, watching her husband ascend the throne as emperor and become the head of a country, his heart must also be proud, but Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor and became Ming Taizu, and there were more and more beautiful women in the harem, Empress Ma was virtuous, without complaint, but there was still some sentimentality in her heart, fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang trusted and respected Empress Ma very much, and gave Empress Ma a lot of comfort.
In 1382, Empress Ma died of illness, and before she died, she also advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to be angry, and to be able to seek the best, the death of Empress Ma made Zhu Yuanzhang very sad, and she never made an empress again, even if there were courtiers who gently entered the court, Zhu Yuanzhang was not moved, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, his empress was only Empress Ma.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang still had other satisfied young women, there was a minister in the imperial court named Hu Mei, whose original name was Tingrui, in order to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's character, changed his name to Mei, Zhu Yuanzhang called the emperor, Hu Mei also made outstanding military achievements, making Zhu Yuanzhang quite valued.
Hu Mei had a beautiful daughter, favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, so she entered the palace, favored as Hu Guifei, Hu Mei became the emperor's father-in-law, and there was some arrogance in ordinary days, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not restrain, in 1384, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly ordered that his father-in-law be cut off all over the door, which shocked the ministers in the court, and did not know what mistake Hu Mei had committed? The officials who had flattered Hu Mei were also very worried about their lives for a while.
After 6 years of father-in-law's full door copying, Zhu Yuanzhang handled Li Shanchang's case and told the reason why he had cut off his father-in-law at the door, the ministers were also shocked and sweaty, and their legs were weak, it turned out that Hu Mei felt that her daughter had won Zhu Yuanzhang's favor, and no longer paid attention to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Mei and her son and son-in-law openly entered Zhu Yuanzhang's harem to visit their daughter.
When Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this, he thought that Hu Mei had disturbed the order of the harem, so he ordered his father-in-law to be beheaded, and the History of Ming records: "Mei Yin's eldest daughter was a noble concubine, and she entered the chaotic palace with her son-in-law.
This is also because of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious reasons, there are many harem concubines, many beautiful concubines, Zhu Yuanzhang in order to avoid the situation of being "green hat", clearly stipulates that "non-life women are not allowed to enter the harem", which means that men such as the father and brother of the harem concubines cannot enter the harem.
It was hu mei who violated this rule that she ended up with such a miserable end, even if her daughter was favored, she could not spare it.