When it comes to high-ranking and powerful women in history, Lu Yan must be on the list. Lü Yan's "prestige" was not only because she could control the government after Liu Bang's death, but also because Lü Yan was one of the few housewives in history who dealt with concubines and concubines by vicious means. It is also normal to say that in order to protect the status of her son, it is also a very normal thing to deal with the son. However, why was Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, who was not in a climate, dealt with? Liu Heng, who later became emperor, was all right? This is inseparable from the biological mothers of these two princes.
Lu Yan stills
To start the entanglement between Lü Yan and Liu Ruyi and Liu Heng, we must start from Liu Bang's generation. Liu Bang, who was still a street thug at that time, was appreciated by Lü Gong by relying on a mouth that desperately did not pay for his life, and Lü Gong believed that Liu Bang would become a great instrument in the future, so he let his family marry Liu Bang with a large amount of dowry, which was Lü Yan. At the beginning of their marriage, Liu Bang and Lü Yan also had a life of love, but unfortunately, with Liu Bang's rise, there were more and more beauties around him, and Lü Yan became less than enough to see.
Mrs. Qi stills
One of the best of these beauties is Madame Qi. Lady Qi's family was originally a descendant of the Zhou royal family, and she was not only beautiful as a flower, but also a good hand. Since she followed Liu Bang, she had received the endless favor of Liu Bang, and after giving birth to her son Liu Ruyi, her status was even more different, and this mother and son soon became Liu Bang's favorite. This Lady Qi was also a remarkable figure, and in the era when the concubine was an object, Lady Qi relied on her own strength to squeeze the right room and Lu Yan had to retreat.
Liu Ruyi stills
It must be known that mother and son in the harem are originally mutually accomplished relationships. If there is no son, Lady Qi may just be eager to get the favor of Liu Bang, but after having a son, Lady Qi certainly hopes that her son can become the successor to the throne. Therefore, Lady Qi blew the pillow wind in Liu Bang's ear day and night, hoping that Liu Bang, who could blow dizzy, would depose the crown prince Liu Ying and thus establish Liu Ruyi instead. In addition, Liu Ruyi was originally smart and clever and was favored by Liu Bang, so this Liu Ruyi and his mother's relatives and wives became a thorn in Lü Lu's eye and a thorn in his flesh.
Therefore, the fundamental reason that made Lü Lu determined to get rid of Liu Ruyi was that Liu Ruyi threatened Liu Ying's position. As the saying goes, to be a mother is to be rigid, not to mention that Lü Yan is a person with great ambitions. When Liu Bang was alive, Lü Yan was forced by a concubine to retreat step by step, so what about Liu Bang's death? How could Lü Yan, who had a strong sense of revenge, let go of this Lady Qi who had once put herself in a difficult situation? Even Liu Ruyi, who had been valued by Liu Bang, was also a thorn in Lü Yan's heart. Without getting rid of these two people, how could Lü Yan be assured? Therefore, although the later Liu Ruyi was no longer a climate, Lü Lu still solved Liu Ruyi, and his mother was also cut into a pencil shape by Lü Lu and could not die well.
Bo Ji stills
The situation of Bo Ji's mother and son and Lady Qi's mother and son is very different. Bo Ji was originally a concubine under Xiang Yu, and after Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu, he saw Bo Ji by chance, and in the spirit of having a beautiful person and not being white, Liu Bang included Bo Ji in the harem. Bo Ji is a gentle personality, not much love to the limelight of the person, not to mention that there is a mother and son of Lady Qi who attracts the firepower of Lü Yan in front, under the background of Lady Qi's mother and son, Bo Ji, who has given birth to a son and is only shrunk in the corner of the harem, is not even a background picture.
Stills of Emperor Liu Heng of Han
With such a low-key mother, Liu Heng is naturally not a very high-profile prince. He also has no sense of existence, does not compete with Liu Ying for attention, nor does he play tricks with his mother-in-law Lü Yan, but simply regards life preservation as the first criterion for survival. Maybe it was Liu Heng's indisputable appearance that he had gained Lü Yan's trust, or maybe Lü Yan wanted to leave himself a good reputation after killing so many princes. As a result, this prince, who had neither posed a threat to the prince nor had a mother who would look at Lü Yan's eyes, became a fish that slipped through the net and saved his life at Lü Yan's hands.
After Liu Bang's death, Bo Ji was allowed to take her son Liu Heng to Daiji. This is really a perennial eagle beating Yan, but was pecked by Yan, this pair of mother and son who were not valued by Lü Yan, but finally became a winner in life: Liu Heng inherited Liu Bang's position, and Bo Ji also became Empress Bo.
References: Literature Examination, History, Book of Han