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Liu Bang, who was born in the pavilion, was a rogue and was an unquestionable lustful person, and after he got the throne, his harem was naturally beautiful like a cloud. But there was a woman who could be favored by him for a long time, and she remained favored for more than ten years until Liu Bang died. This woman is Lady Qi, but as Liu Bang's favorite concubine, why is she worshipped as a toilet god by the people?
Lady Qi was the daughter of Qi Gills, and according to the Records of the Taiping Huanyu of the History of Music: "Emperor Hanzu went to Dingtao and was given a cure. After Liu Bang got Lady Qi, he especially favored her, and loved Wu and Wu, so he was very fond of Liu Ruyi, the son born to Lady Qi. Lady Qi was favored, so she was able to accompany Liu Bang at all times, and she cried and pestered Liu Bang every day, asking Liu Bang to depose Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lü, and establish Liu Ruyi as crown prince. However, whenever Liu Bang wanted Liu Ruyi to replace Liu Ying's crown prince, the ministers all tried their best to dissuade Liu Bang, believing that Liu Bang could not abolish The Establishment out of love, so Liu Bang had to temporarily stop the idea of abolishing the Establishment in his heart.
In the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty (195 BC), Liu Bang was seriously ill, and he knew that he would soon die, and his heart for a prince was even more urgent. When Lü Hou learned of this, he was worried and went to consult Zhang Liang, who suggested that Shangshan Sihao be invited to the prince's door. It turned out that this Shangshan Sihao was known for his talent and high moral standing, and he was reluctant to be an official because he was dissatisfied with Liu Bang's rogue-like attitude toward people. At a banquet, Liu Ying saluted Liu Bang, and when Liu Bang saw Si Hao behind the prince, he could only helplessly give up the idea of deposing the crown prince, and Liu Bang summoned Lady Qi and said to her: "I originally wanted to change the crown prince, but he had already received the assistance of Si Hao, and his wings were already abundant, and it was difficult to change the situation." After saying that, with a long sigh, Lady Qi also shed tears of sorrow, and Liu Bang, in order to comfort her, said to her: "Dance for me, I will be Ruo Chu Song!" Lady Qi then danced the Chu dance and sang the song herself. In the twelfth year of Emperor Han gao, Liu Bang died of illness, and the crown prince Liu Ying succeeded to the throne as Emperor Hui of Han, and Lü Yan was promoted to empress dowager. For Lady Qi, a woman who stole her man's favor and almost took away her son's throne, Lü Yan hated her to the bone. When Liu Bang was alive, Lü Hou did not dare to move her, and now that Liu Bang is dead, she still has only a life to be slaughtered? After Lü Hou took power, he immediately locked up Lady Qi, shaved her hair, and let her wear a prison uniform to work in Yongxiang. While scooping rice, Lady Qi sang her own "Song of Scooping", "The son is the king, and the mother is the prisoner." All day long in the twilight, often with death, three thousand miles apart, when whoever makes the farewell. "To say that this Lady Qi's IQ is really low and there is no lower limit, Lü Hou did not directly kill her, it is estimated that her IQ is low." But when she sang this song herself, didn't she obviously want her son to come and save her? As a result, after Lü Hou learned about it, he immediately decided to do it.
In the first year of Emperor Hui of Han, Empress Lü ordered the king of Zhao to be summoned to Beijing. Although Lü Yan was fierce, Liu Ying was kind by nature, so from the moment Ruyi entered the Chang'an realm, Liu Ying personally went out of the city to greet him, and from then on, he ate and slept with his brother, making Lü Hou unable to start. One day Liu Ying went out hunting, Liu Ruyi was too young to get up early, and Lü Yan took this opportunity to poison Liu Ruyi. Lü Yan also ordered someone to cut off Lady Qi's hands and feet, deafened her ears, gouge out her eyes, and filled her with dumb drugs to prevent her from speaking, and locked her in the toilet, named "Ren Yan". Then let his son Liu Ying come to watch, the benevolent Liu Ying was frightened by this, and from then on, he was depressed, drinking and having fun all day, indulging in indulgence, and seven years later, liu Ying, who was twenty-three years old, died.
It is a pity that Liu Bang was able to hold the power of the world when he was born, but after his death, he could not even keep his own woman and beloved son. After the tragic death of Lady Qi became known, in order to show sympathy for her, people in later generations honored her as the "toilet god" and called her "Qi Gu", and every time the First Yuan Festival and the Middle Yuan Festival, there was a custom of sacrificing Lady Qi outside the toilet at home.
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