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As one of the heroines in the play, the image of Lady Huayang is undoubtedly full of controversy, and she tried to launch a coup d'état when King Xiang of Qinzhuang was critically ill in order to support her favorite prince cheng to the throne, and finally ended up with a "chicken flying egg fight" and spent the rest of her life in the cold palace. In fact, Madame Huayang does have her own person in history, but the ending is very different from the TV series. So, what kind of strange woman was Madame Huayang in history? How did she end up?
Stills of Madame Huayang
Lady Huayang, surnamed Xiong, whose real name is unknown, was born in a noble family of the Chu state and seems to be related to empress dowager Xuan. Regarding Lady Huayang's birth year and early experience, we have no way of knowing, and when she married Qin Xiaowen Wang Yingzhu is also an unsolved mystery, but it is certain that Lady Huayang was extremely favored by Lady Huayang, even to the point of specializing in the palace. The only regret is that although Lady Huayang has been favored for many years, she has never been able to give birth to a son.
For harem women, in order to consolidate and enhance their status, in addition to being favored by the emperor, the belly "contention" is equally important, after all, no matter how good the appearance can not withstand the destruction of the years, only the heirs can ensure that she will avoid the end of a miserable death in her old age. Because of this, Lady Huayang, under the persuasion of Lü Buwei, adopted the unusually depressed Yiyi as her adopted son and helped him to obtain the position of crown prince, the process of which will not be repeated here.
Stills of the Stranger
Lady Huayang was actually a rather tragic woman, in addition to not being able to enjoy the joy of being a mother, because King Xiaowen of Qin died suddenly only 3 days after he ascended the throne and was crowned, resulting in her only being queen for 3 days, she had to give up her seat to someone. But at the same time, Lady Huayang was quite fortunate, because her adopted son, Qin Zhuang Xiang Wang's concubine Chu (renamed Ying Zi Chu after Yin Yiren), treated her very favorably, and as soon as she succeeded to the throne, she was honored as empress dowager, ranking above her birth mother Empress Xia, in the first year of Qin Zhuang Xiang Wang (256 BC).
Because the court archives were all burned by Xiang Yu after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, in the more than 20 years from the time Lady Huayang was honored as empress dowager to her death, the records of her activities were poor, leaving a large gap in the history books, thus providing a space for fiction, film and television. However, according to common sense, Madame Huayang had no need to launch a coup d'état and change the crown prince, because this was purely "adding to the snake".
Stills from Yingzheng
The reason is actually quite simple. First of all, based on the existing historical data, Madame Huayang is not an ambitious strong woman, she seems to be too unimpressed with politics, and there has never been any record of interference in political affairs. Moreover, Lady Huayang had no biological children and grandchildren, so whether She came to power or Cheng Yu succeeded to the throne, she would continue to be the empress dowager, and the interests of her family would not be affected in any way, so there was no need to take the risk of changing the Crown Prince.
What's more, even if Madame Huayang really wants to abolish the government and become a cockroach, the negative effects of doing so will make her hesitate. Because, after all, Cheng Yu was not The son and grandson of Lady Huayang, and after he came to power, he would inevitably have doubts: If he no longer obeyed in the future, would he end up with the same result as Yingzheng? In this way, it is inevitable that a gap between the grandchildren will gradually arise, and Lady Huayang will most likely launch a coup d'état again in the future to overthrow Cheng Yu, who was personally helped to the throne.
Stills of the cockroach
But what if the replacement ends up being the second adult? Is it necessary to carry out the coup d'état indefinitely? Moreover, Lady Huayang did not dare to guarantee that the coup would always be successful, and once it was lost, the People of the Qi clan would probably end up being exterminated. Therefore, unless Lady Huayang loses her heart and goes mad, from the consideration of safeguarding her own power and family interests, she will definitely not carry out the action of launching a coup d'état and changing the crown prince.
In summary, Madame Huayang did not and could not launch a coup d'état in order to pursue an uncertain and crisis-ridden interest. However, according to the official history, Cheng Yu did betray his brother, and in the eighth year of the Qin Dynasty (239 BC), he took advantage of the opportunity of the army to attack Zhao and rebelled, and was captured and killed after the defeat. However, the reason why Cheng Yu rebelled was because of Lü Buwei's suspicion and Fan Yuqi's instigation, and he had no half-cent relationship with Empress Huayang.
Lady Huayang was deeply treated by Yingzheng and died
In the seventeenth year of the reign of The King of Qin (230 BC), Empress Huayang died at the end of her life, and her life expectancy is unknown, and after her death, she was buried with King Xiaowen of Qin in Shouling. According to the existing historical data, it is reasonable to speculate that during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, Empress Huayang deserved preferential treatment, and after Zhao Ji was imprisoned and Xiangguo Lü Buwei was given, it is likely to become the only elder that Yingzheng can rely on and find comfort. Otherwise, with Qin Shi Huang's mean and unkind nature, he would definitely not allow a woman who was not related to him to be buried with her grandfather.
Bibliography: "History", "Warring States Policy", "Zizhi Tongjian".