Emperor Wen of Han was more restrained in his desires throughout his life, not only advocating thin burials, but also having little interest in gold beads and jade costumes, not even many harem concubines, in addition to Empress Dou, it is also seen in the history books that Lady Shen and Yin Ji, unlike his grandson Emperor Wu of Han, the protagonists of the Guanghongyan story have changed several times, from Chen Ajiao to Wei Zifu, to Lady Li of the Fallen City, lady Hook Yi who holds a jade hook...
Therefore, there are not many children of Emperor Wen of Han, and the tv series often plays the brothers and sisters of Emperor Jing, Liu Wu, the King of Liang, and Princess Guantao, who are all born by Empress Dou, and are serious concubines and concubines, in fact, Emperor Wen of Han has 2 other sons and 1 daughter, the third son is named Liu Shan, and the youngest son is named Liu Yi, who is named King Taiyuan (later renamed King) and King Liang, respectively, but these two brothers are in front of Emperor Wen of Han.
Although Liu San and Liu Yi had a low sense of existence, the history books also wrote down their names, in contrast, Emperor Wendi's younger daughter Princess Daiyi appeared very pitiful, not only the name is unknown, even the birth and death year is unknown, which like her sister Princess Tao Chang, not only was deeply loved by Emperor Wen of Han and Empress Dou, but also had the ability and means to participate in politics, affecting the imperial succession of the Han Dynasty.
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Princess Guantao was born in 189 BC, this is very clear, but at that time Liu Heng was not yet an emperor, just a substitute king, her mother Dou Shi was still only a concubine in the daiwang palace, Liu Heng named the eldest daughter "prostitute", it is certain that at that time this word must not have a later male and female derogatory meaning, because Liu Heng was full of joy at the birth of the eldest daughter.
Half of this joy came from the joy of qianjin, and the other half came from his preference for Dou. Dou clan was originally a palace maid of the Han Palace, by chance was given to the daiwang, Dou clan looks beautiful and clever, soon got the favor of the daiwang, the only one who can compete with the Dou clan is the daiwang queen, but this woman does not know why, her own early death is even if it is counted, the 4 sons born without exception also died prematurely.
If there were Dou's means in this, then Dou would probably have passed on this shrewd and calculating kung fu to his daughter. When Liu Yan was 9 years old, the Rebellion of Zhu Lü was quelled by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, and Liu Heng, who was originally a high ancestor who was far away from the throne, was selected by the ministers to become emperor, and Dou shi subsequently became the queen of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Yan was also named Princess Guantao.
This is a very honorable title, and the status of the eldest princess is equivalent to that of the princes, which shows the importance that Emperor Wen of Han attaches to the eldest daughter. Her father was the emperor, her mother was an empress, her brother was the crown prince, Liu Yan's life in the palace was easy, and at the age of marriage, she married Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, but perhaps life was too smooth, liu yan always wanted to toss out some things, such as interfering in the abolition of the crown prince.
During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, he first made Liu Rong, the son of Li Ji, the crown prince, and Liu Yan had a daughter of the Chen clan, and planned to be a son and daughter of Li Ji, so that even if his brother died, he still had a close relationship with the emperor and could fight for more power, but Li Ji hated liu ji because Liu Yan often presented beautiful women to Emperor Jing, and Liu Yan left Li Ji with hatred and found the beauty Wang clan.
Wang also had a son, named Liu Che, who promised his daughter Chen to him, and secretly carried out many operations to make Emperor Jing of Han depose the crown prince Liu Rong and install the 7-year-old Liu Che as the new crown prince. Then Liu Yan was shrewd and unthinkable, that is, Liu Che was not willing to be controlled by women, and when he sat firmly on the throne, he quickly deposed Empress Chen and replaced Wei Zifu with a new empress.
However, Liu Yan is Liu Che's aunt after all, and there is no major fault, Liu Che also maintained the treatment of his aunt, Liu Yan is more than 60 years old and can still raise young and beautiful teenagers as male pets, and even left a last word before dying, saying that he wanted to be buried with the beautiful teenager and refused to be buried with her husband Chen Wu, who had died. It can be seen that although Liu Yan has a glorious life, her relationship with her husband Chen Wu is definitely not good.
Princess Daiyi
Princess Daiyi's birth mother is unknown, but it should not be born to Liu Heng's contemporary queen, but to another concubine outside the Dou clan, in 180 BC, Liu Heng was the emperor under the emperorship of Zhou Bo and others, the Han Emperor Liu Heng was very good at things, and immediately arranged a reward for the meritorious man, Zhou Bo was not only crowned with the title of chancellor, but also increased the food yi, got 5,000 gold, and even, and Liu Heng made a family -
Liu Heng heard that Zhou Bo's eldest son Zhou Shengzhi had not yet married, and immediately gave his younger daughter Xu to him, which is why this princess was called Princess Daiyi, and her name did not come from her fiefdom like her sister, but from her husband's family, which could clearly see the difference in the status of the sisters in the hearts of Emperor Wen of Han.
For Princess Daiyi's father-in-law Zhou Bo, Emperor Wen of Han was still more jealous, and soon after Zhou Bo returned to the feudal state, Emperor Wen of Han suspected that he had the intention of rebellion, and asked someone to arrest him and put him in prison in Chang'an, Zhou Bo knew that if he did not spend money this time, he would have to drive to Hexi, so he gave the jailer a lot of money, and the jailer suggested that he ask the princess for help.
Princess Daiyi interceded, and did not let Emperor Wen of Han make up his mind to let Zhou Bo go, the real role was Empress Bo, the mother of Emperor Wen of Han, although Zhou Bo escaped a disaster and was able to return to the feudal country for retirement, but after his death, Zhou Shengzhi was actually involved in the murder case, so he was deprived of the fiefdom, and Princess Daiyi's husband lost her status, and it is conceivable that her life in the second half of her life will not be better.
brief summary:
Although Princess Guantao and Princess Daiyi are both daughters of Emperor Wen of Han, but the ancient hierarchy is clear, the elder and young are inferior, all affect the status of the emperor's children in the family, not to mention that Princess Guantao is the most beloved dou of Emperor Han, compared to her sister Princess Daiyi has no advantage at all, so whether in the mother's family or the husband's family, she is inferior to her sister everywhere, and she is a daughter, even if the father is the emperor, she can only wait to marry, unable to do a career, which is not only the sadness of Princess Daiyi, but also the sorrow of thousands of women in ancient times.