We know that in ancient China, very few emperors practiced monogamy, although there were but definitely very few, and most emperors were "three palaces, six courts, seventy-two concubines", although these figures are a bit exaggerated, but it can also be seen that the emperor's wives are still relatively large. Too many concubines can also lead to jealousy among concubines and involvement in battles between princes for the throne. And the first empress of China's Han Dynasty, Lü Yan, can be said to be the first empress to compete for the wind and jealousy and help her son compete for the throne. Then, while liu Bang's death, this person killed and excluded dissidents, why did he let go of his former love enemy Bo Ji? So much so that this person eventually became the empress dowager of the Great Han! What about truly reaching the pinnacle of life?
As we all know, after Liu Bang won the world after winning the world over Xiang Yu, his original wife Lü Yan naturally became an empress admired by thousands of people, but this person was not a gentle woman. In the turbulent situation at the end of Qin, she was able to survive unharmed, and if she did not have some means, she would not have become the later Empress Lü, which shows from the process of her monopoly of power that she is definitely not a good person. She murdered Han Xin and Peng Yue, made Liu Bang's beloved Lady Qi a "human figure", used it to vent her anger at fighting for the wind and jealousy and competing for the throne, and poisoned her son Liu Ruyi the Prince of Zhao, while framing Liu Bang's other sons.
She also crowned her own nephew and others as kings and gave her military powers, and it can be said that her actions have turned the Great Han Jiangshan into "The World of the Lü Clan". So, if this is the case, why can Bo Ji retreat in front of this person?
First of all: Liu Bang did not spoil Bo Ji
If it is said that Bo Ji may be known to few people, but if she is the mother of Liu Heng, the founder of the "Rule of Wenjing" in the Han Dynasty, there must be many people who know. And this person did not get much favor from Liu Bang when he was alive, the deep palace was lonely, she also willingly read books every day to pass the time, and did not get what she wanted like other women, and began to deceive and fight with each other.
This made her inadvertently evade Lü Hou's attention to her, and a favored person like Lady Qi was naturally able to fish like a fish when Liu Bang was alive, and even her son Liu Ruyi had the possibility of threatening the status of the crown prince, so this threat made Lü Hou even more frightened, and when Liu Bang died without anyone limiting Lü Hou's authority, naturally the first thing to get rid of was Lady Qi's mother and son. This stemmed from Lü Hou's emotional jealousy and whoever dared to threaten her son Liu Ying's position as crown prince, she must make anyone pay the price.
Bo Ji's mother and son escaped this disaster very well, and finally Bo Ji was able to accompany her son to Daidi.
Secondly: Bo Ji's status is not high
In the nail in Lü Hou's eye and the thorn in the flesh, Bo Ji was very inconspicuous, she rarely saw Liu Bang in the palace, and her status was not high. This made the jealous and hateful Lü Hou think that she was dispensable, because compared with others, Bo Ji's weight was really not worth mentioning.
Again: Lü Hou had no time to take care of him
During Lü Hou's reign, when Zhu Lü was greatly sealed, dissidents were suppressed, and the opposition was purged, most of the elders and heroes who had fought with Liu Bang in the world were highly respected and politically sophisticated, and it was difficult to sweep them all away. Therefore, Lü Hou needed to spend a lot of time to exclude dissidents, and for Bo Ji's mother and son who were not a threat, Lü Hou really had no time to take care of him, so she relaxed her vigilance. This also allowed Bo Ji's mother and son to escape the disaster and can live in daiji with peace of mind.
In fact, whether it is Bo Ji or Lü Hou, or Lady Qi. They were all people who suffered from a hard life in that era, and there was no sense of security in the deep court, either pinning their fate on Liu Bang or having a son to rely on. And their respective endings are also lamentable, the once favored Lady Qi is amazing after there is no patron, and Lü Yan, who is limited by people and jealousy and resentful, finally exposed his own nature after Liu Bang's death, and began to cover the sky with one hand until he died. However, Bo Ji, an indisputable woman, was eventually honored as the empress dowager after her son ascended the throne, and was honored as the empress dowager after Emperor Jing ascended the throne, becoming the final winner in life.