There are many interesting gods and goddesses in folklore, such as the god of doors, the god of beds, the god of wells, and even the toilet, which is a place where dirt and grime is hidden, there is a toilet god.
What is even more unexpected is that this toilet god was not a foot-cutting man before he was born, but a big beauty who spoiled the harem.
She is Lady Qi who was made an adult by Lü Yan.
Born in the purple
Mrs. Qi
Lady Qi was not from the village, but was a descendant of the nobility. Her family was originally a descendant of the Zhou royal family with the surname Ji, and was given the surname Qi because Sun Lin's father of the Wei state was enfeoffed with Qi Yi. Lady Qi's father, Qi Gill, was a general of the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, Mrs. Qi has also been pampered since she was a child and has not suffered any hardships.
"In Dingtao City is a concubine's family, and the concubines are like flowers", there are many versions of the encounter between Lady Qi and Liu Bang, and Sima Qian speculated in the main history that either Lady Qi was obtained halfway through the rebellion and the Western Expedition, or Liu Bang became the King of Han to get Lady Qi. In some wild histories, Liu Bang and Lady Qi have become heroes to save the United States and have romantic encounters.
But no matter how they met, Liu Bang's love for Lady Qi would definitely be "pure".
When Liu Bang first married Lü Yan, a large reason was that he valued Lü Yan's wealth background. But when he met Lady Qi, he was no longer the leader of the fallen pavilion, but the king who stood at the top of power and looked at the world. Have the right to spoil a woman to your liking.
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Pampered for ten years
From the king of Han to the title of emperor, Liu Bang favored Lady Qi for nearly ten years.
Being able to be favored by the king for so many years proves that Madame Qi is definitely not an empty and beautiful vase, but has a lot of superiority.
First of all, Mrs. Qi's talent is not only many, but also very outstanding. She was the first female chess player in history; she was a representative figure of female dancers in the Han Dynasty; and the last four sentences of her "Song of Songs" were the first five-character poems recorded in the history of Zhengshi.
Madame Qi used her artistic talent to soothe Liu Bang's tired soul in his later years.
Secondly, Lady Qi is also gentle and caring to Liu Bang. When Liu Bangbing was heavy, Lady Qi undressed and helped her son Ruyi, serving him day and night until he was cured. When you are sick, it is the most vulnerable time for a person, looking at the wife and son hot kangtou, the wife is his favorite little wife, the son is his most beloved little son, how can he not be moved?
Therefore, Liu Bang also gave birth to the idea of deposing the crown prince born to Lü Yan several times and making King Ruyi of Zhao the crown prince.
In this battle for the throne in the harem, Lady Qi was able to rely on Liu Bang's favor, and she let Liu Bang establish her son Ruyi as the crown prince through the warm incense of nephrite jade and the sobs of day and night.
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The Lü qi controversy
However, Lady Qi was a delicate flower, she was born from a famous family, and married Liu Bang, the king of a country that had favored her for ten years. She has not suffered much in her life and has always been held in the palm of her hand.
But Lü Yan is different, although Lü Yan is also born in a local tycoon family of Bai Fumei, but she married the fallen Liu Bang early, followed him to plant land, escaped the wilderness, fought wars, and was also taken as a hostage by Xiang Yu. After strong winds and waves, strong ability to resist pressure, wide network of contacts, rich experience in struggle.
Liu Bang repeatedly thought of deposing Lü Yan's son Liu Ying as crown prince, and Lü Hou joined forces with Zhang Liang, Shusun Tong, and other ministers to vigorously oppose it.
Once, Liu Bang was seriously ill, and Lady Qi served more attentively, so Liu Bang iron heart to change the crown prince. Zhang Liang advised, but the emperor did not listen. Shusun Tong cited ancient and modern examples to persuade and fight to protect the crown prince. The emperor pretended to agree to him, but still wanted to change the crown prince.
Lü Yan quickly summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures. Zhang Liang came up with the idea to invite shangshan sihao, the four great confucian doctors, to prove that the prince was a virtuous person, the son of the Mandate of Heaven.
Lü Yan followed the plan, and sure enough, he invited Shangshan Sihao.
Liu Bang was shocked to see Shangshan Sihao following the crown prince at the banquet, because these four people were sages he could not invite.
After the banquet, Liu Bang summoned Lady Qi over, pointed to the four people to show her, and said, "I want to replace the prince, but there are many sages around the prince, and the wings are already plump." After that, Lu Hou is really your master, take care of yourself. ”
In the end, Liu Bang was worried that after his death, Lady Qi would be poisoned by Empress Lü, so he entrusted zhou Chang, the imperial master, to let him protect Lady Qi's mother and son.
At this point, Madame Qi's tragic end was already doomed. Liu Bang pushed her to the center of the whirlpool of the battle for the throne, but did not arrange a back road for Lady Qi after the failure of this struggle. How could a courtier with limited power protect the concubines of the harem?
Liu Bang may have foreseen that Lady Qi would be killed by Lü Yan, but he did not expect Lü Yan's methods to be so cruel.
After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou took power, Lady Qi was imprisoned in Yongxiang, and her life fell from heaven to hell.
Liu Bang, who had spoiled her for nearly ten years, died, and her son was in danger outside. And the Qianqianyu hand she used to use to play the piano and play chess is now used to do rough work. Desperate and resentful, she composed "Lady Qi Song":
The Son is king. The mother is a prisoner. Twilight all day long. Often associated with death. Three thousand miles apart, when who makes the confession?
This poem reached Lü Yan's ears, and Lü Yan was furious, thinking of the suffering he had suffered for so many years, and thinking that their mother and son would not get rid of them for a day, which was a big problem in his heart after all.
After that, the fate of Mrs. Qi was also clear to many people. Lady Qi's son was poisoned by Lü Hou, and Lady Qi was cut off her hands and feet, went out her eyes, burned her ears with fire, drank dumb medicine, lived in a pigsty, and was named "Ren Yan".
Soon after, the beautiful and talented woman died, and the body was left in the toilet. Therefore, after his death, he became the "god of the toilet" who was in charge of the toilet, and every time the First Yuan Festival and the Middle Yuan Festival, many people also sacrificed Mrs. Qi outside the toilet at home to seek the protection of the gods.
summary
This palace fight between Lady Qi and Lü Yan can be called an epic and tragic scene. Both women paid the price for the fight.
Lü Yanyuan and Liu Bang jointly determined the world, and the dynasty was called a system for sixteen years, laying the foundation for the "rule of Wenjing", which could have been as ancient as Wu Zetian. But her abuse and murder of Lady Qi has forever nailed herself to the pillar of shame in Chinese history.
And Mrs. Qi's life is also lamentable, after she was originally a versatile nobleman, marrying an ordinary person may be able to live a lifetime with Hemei. Unfortunately, she married Liu Bang and met Lü Yan, a political woman with a vicious wrist, and finally lost miserably in a complex and cruel court struggle.
This article is original by the author of "囧囧春哥談 Culture】【Yang Ling】, welcome to pay attention.