In the fourth year of Guanghe, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of his concubines, Wang Meiren, encountered a problem. This Wang Meiren was called Wang Rong, and it was still one of the few beautiful women and talented women at that time. Not only was she beautiful and dignified, but she could also read and write, and the history books record that she even knew simple arithmetic. There are many beautiful women in the palace, but talented women are rare, and Wang Rong also immediately attracted the Ling Emperor, got favored, and became pregnant. However, it was this pregnancy that made her feel quite frightened.
Logically, the Han Ling Emperor had only one son at this time, that is, Liu Wei. Emperor Han Ling was not the only one, he also had many sons, but they all died inexplicably. We all know that in the court of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuchs had great power and many ghost ideas, and even the generation of British lords and emperors who held great power suspected that their sons were killed by eunuchs and had to be sent to civilian foster care. Since then, the emperors of the Han Dynasty generally could not feed their sons, and there was a reason for this.
No matter how bold the eunuch was, no one instructed him, nor did he dare to do such a big thing as murdering the imperial heir. Behind them, someone must be manipulating these things. During the time of the Han Ling Emperor, this person was Empress He. Empress He's jealousy was very heavy and very fierce. Liu Zheng was her son, but Emperor Hanling never identified the crown prince. Empress He was very worried that the duck in her hand had flown, and the woman in the palace was guarded to death, and there was no one in the palace who was not afraid of her. Moreover, those pregnant concubines all died mysteriously, which made people panic at that time.
As a wang beauty whose status was not high, of course, she knew that she could not fight against the empress. After much deliberation, she thought of finding a way to get the medicine and prepare to give up the child. It's unbelievable to say, but it wasn't incomprehensible in that environment. After all, when encountering such a fierce queen, a single finger can make Wang Meiren's mother and son disappear, if you forcibly give birth to this child, what is the point?
However, after Wang Meiren took the drug, the fetus did not move and was still growing normally. Probably because after all, it was his own son, and Wang Meiren couldn't bear it. But just when Wang Meiren was planning to increase the dose, she had a strange dream one after another. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that it is said that they will count dreams and walk on negative days.
In ancient times, dreaming of the sun, dragons, etc. were all symbols of great luck. This is especially true in the Imperial House. One after another, he dreamed of walking with the sun on his back, which made Wang Meiren's mind come alive, holding a fluke mentality, and insisting on giving birth to the prince. Possibly, she also hoped that this son, who would become the sun, would save everything for her.
However, the birth of this little sun made Empress He furious. She immediately sent someone to send poisonous wine and forced Wang Meiren to drink it. This little sun, called Liu Xie, had just been born not long after, and he lost his mother. When Emperor Hanling learned of this, he initially wanted to punish Empress He and clamored to abolish the empress, but the eunuchs of the court jointly interceded and put the matter to rest.
However, once Empress He existed, the danger of Liu Xie always existed. No one could guarantee that in the long years, Empress He would not attack Liu Xie. Emperor Han Ling was very faint, and he did not think of this layer, but his mother Empress Dong took it into account and took Liu Xie into her palace and personally raised him. Although Liu Xie lost his mother, under the care of his grandmother, his safety was guaranteed.
Moreover, because Liu Xie was raised by Empress Dong, Empress Dong naturally liked this grandson more. She often mentioned in front of the Han Ling Emperor that she wanted the Han Ling Emperor to make Liu Xie the crown prince. Because Liu Wei was the eldest son of Concubine and a well-deserved heir, plus Empress He's brother He Jin had become a climate, Emperor HanLing could not make this decision. Until the death of emperor Han Ling, he did not decide on the choice of crown prince.
Liu Jie inherited the throne and experienced a series of ups and downs, he was deposed by Dong Zhuo, and Liu Xie instead inherited the great unification, that is, the famous Han Xiandi in history. Unfortunately, this famous person did not have any merit, but on the contrary, he did not do anything, and he is the most famous puppet emperor that we are familiar with.