Dou Yifang left Chang'an crying, she did not expect that many years later, she would return here with infinite scenery.
In the early years of the Han Dynasty, Dou Yifang, a native of the State of Zhao (in present-day Hebei), entered the imperial palace and served Liu Bang's empress Lü Yan. The so-called "once you enter the Houmen gate is as deep as the sea", let alone the palace gate? Unexpectedly, Dou Yifang actually ushered in the opportunity to go home.
(Photo caption: Dou Yifang film and television image)
After Liu Bang's death, the power of the Han Dynasty was controlled by Lü Hou. She rewarded some young women in the palace to Liu Bang's sons, and each son rewarded five women. When Dou Yifang heard about this, he went to the eunuch in charge of the matter and said that she was a native of the Zhao state, hoping that the father-in-law would give herself to the King of Zhao so that she could go home.
It is estimated that he forgot to give gifts, and this eunuch did not take Dou Yifang's words seriously, and distributed her to the daiwang, that is, to be a daughter-in-law in the area of Shanxi today. By the time Dou Yifang knew, the order had already been issued, and there was no way to change it. She felt that she really could not return to her homeland this time, and she was very sad and cried and refused to leave the palace. Could Lü Hou's orders be disobeyed by her? In this way, Dou Yifang was dragged and dragged to the DaiGuo.
I have to say that she was really lucky. During the reign of Liu Bang and Lü Hou, the State of Zhao was the most dangerous, except for the first Zhao King Zhang Er and Liu Bang, who had a very good relationship and died early, the other Zhao Kings did not have a good ending. If Dou Yifang was assigned to Zhao Guo, there would be no good days.
(Photo caption: Lü Hou film and television image)
Dou Yifang did not see this form clearly, but another person saw it clearly, and this person was Liu Heng, the fourth son of Liu Bang. Lü Hou once wanted to make Liu Heng the King of Zhao, but he knew that this was not a good thing, and forcibly resigned, saying that he would go to defend the Xiongnu for Lü Hou. Lü Hou was very happy, and not only agreed to make Liu Heng the acting king, but also had no hostility towards Liu Heng. In this way, Liu Heng not only became the acting king, but also a rare son of Liu Bang who could die well, and even later became an emperor, that is, the famous Emperor Wen of Han.
If Liu Heng had not become emperor, and Dou Yifang had not been sent to the DaiGuo by mistake, there would have been no later Empress Dowager Dou.
Dou Yifang's luck doesn't stop there.
First of all, as we mentioned earlier, Lü Hou gave each of the princes five palace maidens. However, among these five women, Liu Heng only liked Dou Yifang the most. The two gave birth to three children in total, namely the eldest daughter Liu Yan, the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Wu.
(Photo caption: Liu Qi is the later Han Jing Emperor)
Even if he was favored, Dou Yifang did not dare to have too much luxury. Because when she entered the DaiWang Palace, the Daiwang Liu Heng already had her own princess. There are few historical records of this princess, but if there were no accidents, Dou Yifang would not have had the opportunity to take her place.
That's how the accident happened.
The Princess Dai was not in good health and died early. Moreover, there is no record of any relevant conspiracy in history, so it can be determined that the Princess Dai died of illness herself, which has nothing to do with Dou Yifang.
Even so, Dou Yifang still couldn't ask for anything, because princess Dai gave birth to four sons to Liu Heng. As long as these sons are alive, their mothers can retain their position after death.
However, the luck of the Dou Yifang was still far from being exhausted.
In 180 BC, after Lü Hou's death, the early Han Dynasty heroes sent representatives Zhou Bo and Chen Pingren to jointly kill the Lü family and depose Lü Hou's emperor. Among the many princes and grandsons, the heroes chose Liu Heng as the new emperor, a process we mentioned in the article of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty the day before, and we will not repeat it today.
In this way, Liu Heng, the fourth son of Liu Bang, who was most snubbed, became the true son of the Han Dynasty and returned to Chang'an. Returning with him, there was also the Dou Ripple Room. At the beginning, Dou Yifang was crying and shouting that he would not leave Chang'an and did not want to go to Daiguo. Today, she has transformed herself into the most beloved woman of the current emperor, and has returned to Chang'an with unlimited scenery. I don't know what the eunuch who forgot to assign her to Zhao Guo would think when he saw such a scene...
As the emperor's favorite woman, could Dou Yifang be crowned empress?
(Photo caption: Emperor Wendi of Han)
Unfortunately, no. Liu Hengfa's wife bore him four sons, and according to the number of etiquette, they were all concubines, of which the eldest son should be the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future. The empress dowager of the future emperor should be his biological mother, not Dou Yifang.
However, something strange happened, and the son of the princess died. It is said that of the four sons, one dead and two are still alive, and two are still dead. No one expected that the four sons of this generation of princesses would all die one after another, and not one of them would be left!
Many people will be curious: Is this sure that Dou Yifang played tricks and killed all four people? There is no record of this statement in the "Records of History", and Emperor Wen of Han himself did not have any reproach for Dou Yifang, so it can be seen that the deaths of these four people have nothing to do with Dou Yifang, it is purely coincidental. Even if it is not a coincidence, it can only be said that the genes inherited by the mother are not good, or there may be some family genetic disease.
In this way, only a few months after Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, when the ministers proposed that he should be crown prince, Dou Yifang's eldest son Liu Qi was already the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Han. There is no doubt that Liu Qi was made crown prince. And his mother Dou Yifang was also naturally crowned empress.
This is the well-known luck of the Sinus Room, and there are other lucky points that are ignored by many people.
First of all, neither she nor her son died as early as the original princess mother and son. In particular, Dou Yifang herself lived longer than her two sons, and in the early days of the reign of her grandson Emperor Wu of Han, she was able to control the government.
(Photo caption: Emperor Wen of Han was very fond of Lady Shen)
Secondly, in ancient times, even the most beautiful women had times when they were old and faded and were looked down upon by the emperor. Emperor Wen of Han later fell in love with other women, the most favored of which were Lady Shen and Yin Ji. However, neither woman gave birth to a son, which posed no threat to Dou Yifang.
In this way, her empress position has been very strong, and after the death of Emperor Wen of Han, she became the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty. After her death, she was also buried next to the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han according to the etiquette of the Han Dynasty. With the recent confirmation of the Tomb of Emperor Wen of Han, the mausoleum of Dou Yifang was also previously confirmed, located 800 meters northeast of the Tomb.
(Photo caption: Tomb of Emperor Wen of Han)
Love before death, burial after death, this is a perfect marriage in ancient times. Dou Yifang's life can be said to have been lucky almost always. But then again, if it weren't for the fact that the eunuch forgot to send her to the Zhao Kingdom, there wouldn't have been so much luck later. In this way, instead of hating this eunuch, she should be grateful...