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In The history of China, there have been many chaotic times, in which moral degeneration and the strong have run rampant, not only the lives of ordinary people have not been guaranteed, but even the mother of a country has sometimes been humiliated or even killed. Today's editor wants to talk about such an empress living in the last days, whose fate is extremely tragic, who served three emperors, became a nun twice, and finally was killed for resisting the insult of her son. So who is this queen? She is Erzhu Ying'e, that is, the Great Erzhu clan.
Erzhu Ying'e was the eldest daughter of the Northern Wei chancellor Erzhu Rong, and she was beautiful and moving. Therefore, in order to further gain power, his father married him to Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei as a concubine and was given the title of "concubine". However, the power struggle between Emperor Xiaoming of Wei and Empress Dowager Hu was very fierce, so Erzhu Ying'e's life was not satisfactory at that time. What is even more incredible is that Empress Hu finally killed her own son Emperor Xiaoming of Wei and drove all her concubines to the temple to become a nun, and Erzhu Ying'e was naturally also among the nuns, which was also her first time as a nun. When Erzhu Ying'e's father, Erzhu Rong, learned of the news, he felt that his opportunity had come, so he launched the Heyin Rebellion, killed Empress Hu and the emperor he had established, and took the opportunity to kill the three thousand imperial families and ministers of Northern Wei and take control of the imperial government.
After Erzhu Rong took power, he made Yuan Ziyou emperor, that is, Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei, and re-betrothed his daughter Erzhu Ying'e to him as his empress. However, Emperor Xiaozhuang of Wei was not a man willing to become a puppet, and when Erzhu Ying'e was pregnant, Erzhu Rong went to visit, he ordered the ambushers to kill her. After that, Northern Wei fell into great chaos, and Erzhu Rong's troops from his nephews Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Shilong invaded the palace, acting arbitrarily, and imprisoning and killing Emperor Yuanziyou of Northern Wei. He also threw Erzhu Ying'e's son to death and imprisoned him. In this way, Erzhu Ying'e lost her second husband and her first son.
Soon after, the emerging warlord power Gao Huan defeated Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Shilong, and Erzhu Ying'e, who was lonely and trapped in the harem, became Gao Huan's prisoner. Gao Huan saw that his posture was very beautiful, so he used it as a concubine and loved her very much. To what extent is it pampered? According to historical records, Gao Huan saw Erzhu Ying'e and asked for peace, calling himself a "lower official", and his respect for her was far greater than that of his wife Lou Zhaojun. Even after Erzhu Ying'e gave birth to Gao You and Gao Ning's second son, Gao Huan was also ready to change her to the main chamber, and her son Gao You was the son of the world, which can be said to be extremely pampered. But this kind of life Erzhu Ying'e did not enjoy for long, because Gao Huan died soon after.
After Gao Huan's death, his son Gao Yang took the throne, and Erzhu Ying'e went through twists and turns, and already had all his thoughts in ashes, so he ate and prayed the Buddha in the palace and became a nun again, but even so, Erzhu Ying'e did not escape the doom. If you have a little understanding of Gao Yang, you will find that he is actually an intermittent psychosis. Once, when Gao Yang passed by Erzhu Ying'e's courtyard, he found that although she was old, she still had charm and beauty, and he wanted to forcibly possess her. Faced with this situation, Erzhu Ying'e resisted death and was eventually killed by Gao Yang's sword.
As an empress, Erzhu Ying'e still lived such a miserable life, and you can imagine how miserable the lives of the people of that era were. "I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person" may have been the true thoughts of the people at that time.