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Empress Dou of the Western Han Dynasty can be said to be the first woman in ancient Chinese history to rise from a commoner to an empress, and she had three children, namely Liu Yan, the Princess of Guantao, Liu Qi, the Emperor of Hanjing, and Liu Wu, the Prince of Liang. Today we will talk about the daughter of Empress Dou, the famous Dou Tai Lord in history, that is, Princess Liu Yan of Guantao.
Speaking of Princess Guantao, this woman is a terrible figure, her father is Liu Heng, the Han Wen Emperor who created the rule of Wenjing, her mother is Empress Dou, and her brother is Liu Qi, the Emperor of Hanjing, her status is unspeakably noble, and she is also the first person in the future princess to do the ritual thing!
When she was young, Princess Guantao grew up with the love of her parents and brothers and lived a very happy life. After growing up, she married Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, who had just attacked the knighthood, and gave birth to a daughter and two sons after marriage, and had a sweet relationship with Chen Wu.
However, deep in this seemingly calm and happy day is Princess Guantao's irrepressible desire for power.
Yes, the princess who grew up in the deep palace since childhood, even if she is innocent and cute, how much is true and how much is false? Princess Guantao's mother, Dou Shi, can go from palace daughter to empress, she must not be an ordinary woman, as the daughter of Dou, Princess Guantao has heard about it since childhood, and knows that power is the best weapon to protect herself.
However, after Princess Guantao got married, she deeply felt as if she had been "abandoned" by her family, and she was still a princess, but her power was greatly reduced.
After the death of Emperor Wen of Han, Princess Guantao's younger brother Liu Qi ascended the throne as emperor, also known as Emperor Jing of Han. At that time, Empress Dowager Dou lost her husband and had to send her favorite youngest son Liu Wuyuan to the fiefdom of Liang Guo, and her heart was very uncomfortable. Seeing this heavenly opportunity, Princess Guantao entered the palace every day to accompany Empress Dou, not only expressing her concern for her mother as a daughter, but also in order to deepen her relationship with Empress Dou and Emperor Jingdi of Han, so that her mother and brother would value herself.
With the relief of her daughter, Empress Dou was in a happy mood, and gradually forgot the grief of separation from her son and the death of her husband, and Princess Guantao became Empress Dou's closest person.
Princess Guantao, who had courted Empress Dowager Dou, felt that it was not enough, after all, the person who really held supreme power in the Western Han Dynasty was her good brother Liu Qi. As an older sister, Princess Guantao was also concerned about her brother's life, and it was reasonable for her to see that Liu Qi was busy with state affairs, and there were few good-looking concubines in the harem, so she deliberately collected many beautiful women in the folk and dedicated them to Emperor Jing. Emperor Jing was overjoyed in his heart, and his attitude towards Princess Guantao was much closer.
In this way, Princess Guantao relied on the connivance of Empress Dou and Emperor Jing to enter and leave the palace to seek power and wealth for herself and the Chen family. At that time, Princess Guantao wanted to be close to Li Ji, only because Li Ji's son Liu Rong was the crown prince of the dynasty and would later be the emperor. However, Li Ji resented Princess Guantao for sending a beautiful woman to Emperor Jing, so she ruthlessly rejected Princess Guantao, which made the princess lose face and suffer a lot of anger.
In retaliation for Li Ji, Princess Guantao instead co-opted another of Emperor Jing's favorite concubines, Wang Jiao, and married her daughter Chen Ajiao to Wang Jiao's son Liu Che. Princess Guantao then worked with Wang Ji against Li Ji, removing Li Ji and Liu Rong from the throne and making Emperor Jing make Liu Che crown prince and Wang Ji empress. In this way, Princess Guantao is both the mother-in-law of the future emperor and his aunt, and her status does not know how honorable it is!
Desire is a bottomless pit, when she has power in her hands, Princess Guantao still feels that her life is a little worse, and when she sees the handsome young Dong Yan, she knows what she lacks. At this time, Princess Guantao was more than forty years old, her youth had passed away, her years were no more, and her life was less passionate. In search of excitement, she brazenly raised Dong Yan in the mansion as a noodle head, while her husband Chen Wu was still alive.
Later, Dong Yan died young, and Princess Guantao could not resist the pig-killing knife of the years and died. After the death of Princess Guantao, the descendants buried her and Dong Yan together according to her will, she was the first princess to raise a face, and after Princess Guantao, there were constantly princess nobles doing more and more ceremonial things.