Leaving her son alone and making her nephew emperor, the empress dowager of the Three Kingdoms eventually suffered the consequences
At the end of Chi Wu, Sun Quan's sixth descendant, Sun Xiu, married. The woman who married Sun Xiu was not an outsider, but the daughter of Sun Xiu's sister. Ancestral beliefs were between nieces and uncles. In fact, it was not Sun Xiu who wanted to marry his niece, but Sun Quan who gave him the marriage.
From today's point of view, maybe the marriage was a little different. But in the feudal era, this was not the originality of the Sun Quan family. During the Western Han Dynasty, Lü Hou married his daughter Princess liu ying to his son Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of Han. Sun Hugh was at least not a mother between them.
Sun Xiu was Sun Quan's sixth son and also a concubine, so he was still some distance from the throne. At the beginning of Zhu's marriage to Sun Xiu, Sun Xiu was only a vassal of the State of Wu. After marriage, they lived together in a fiefdom.
Sun Quanli's first heir was Sun Deng. He had some talent, but unfortunately his life was short. After Sun Deng's death, he left a message recommending Sun He as crown prince. Therefore, after Sun Deng's death, Sun He became the new prince of the State of Wu. But later, Sun He was framed by Sun Ba and the princess, and then lost power. This is the Southern Lu party struggle in the history of the State of Wu. As a result of the Nanlu party struggle, Sun Ba was killed and Sun He was deposed.
After Sun He was deposed, Sun Quan made Sun Liang the Third Prince, the son of his beloved concubine Pan Shu. Sun Liang ascended the throne at the age of ten and pro-government at the age of fifteen. However, just a year after Sun Liang's pro-government, he was deposed as the Prince of Huiji. After Sun Liang was deposed, Sun Xiu was made emperor. After he ascended the throne for 262 years, Zhu shi was made empress, and Sun Xiu's own eldest son, Qi, was made crown prince.
The zhu family's transformation from princess to empress Zhu is the joy of heaven. Empress Zhu's mother, Sun Luyu, and others killed the powerful minister Sun Jun, was framed by her sister, and was unjustly killed, and after Sun Xiu took the throne, she also rebelled against Empress Zhu's mother. It can be seen that the marriage between Empress Zhu and Uncle Sun Xiu is still peaceful and beautiful.
Unfortunately, three years after Empress Zhu, Sun Xiu fell seriously ill and died. Before Sun Xiu's death, the crown prince had already been established. But by this time, the three countries had lost their balance. The State of Shu was destroyed by Cao. At that time, Wu also suffered from internal and external troubles. Therefore, the ministers felt that they should find a mature clan descendant to inherit.
In the end, under the command of the left general Wan Yu, Sun Xiu's nephew Sun Hao became the best candidate. On Wan Yu's recommendation, they approached Empress Zhu and asked her for advice.
After Zhang Bu found her, he told the two ministers that she was a woman and knew nothing about social affairs. She was satisfied, as long as they could guarantee that Sun Hao's succession would not cause any harm to Wu. Obviously, this meant nodding in agreement to make Sun Hao emperor.