What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. He not only restored the Liu clan of the Han Dynasty, but also created his own prosperous era, during his reign, historically known as "Guangwu Zhongxing". Liu Xiu is regarded by the world as a model of benevolence, not only because of his great talent, but also because of his love story: his love with Yin Lihua has been talked about for thousands of years.
"Marry a wife when marrying Yin Lihua", this is the vow made by Liu Xiu, but after he really embraced the beauty, he immediately married another beautiful woman Guo Shengtong, and set her up as his wife, that is, his own wife, Yin Lihua could only retire from the ranks of concubines and become a "concubine". It can be said that Liu Xiu really broke his word, and what is the reason behind this?
Although Liu Xiu was born into an imperial family, from his ancestors, the family's power gradually declined, and by the generation of Liu Xiu's father, Liu Xin, he had fallen to an ordinary Jiyang County Order. Generally speaking, as the son of the county commander, he should also have a solid family background. Unfortunately, when Liu Xiu was 9 years old, his father died. He could only spend his teenage years in poverty.
Liu Xiu's hometown is in Nanyang, adjacent to Xinye. At that time, the daughter of the richest man in Shinno was Yin Lihua, who was not only born beautiful and colorful, but also intelligent and virtuous, and many high-ranking officials and nobles were fascinated by it. Although Liu Xiu's family was poor, he was also born with a table of talents, and he had a heroic spirit on his body, and he secretly swore that he would be famous in the future: Shi Eunuch as a Jinwu, marry a wife and be Yin Lihua!
The chaotic world produced heroes, and later the world was in chaos, giving Liu Xiu, a person at the bottom of society, the opportunity to embark on the peak of life. He and his brother rose up together and soon grew to seven or eight thousand people, and at this time, Yin Lihua's brother Yin Zhi also joined Liu Xiu's team. Soon, Liu Xiu joined the Green Forest Army with his men and horses.
Once, Wang Mang sent hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege the Green Forest Army, while Liu Xiu took less than 10,000 people to besiege Kunyang. He led dozens of cavalry to break through, attracted reinforcements, and then attacked inside and outside, achieving a great victory in Kunyang. Liu Xiu became famous in the world.
Then, after achieving fame, he sent someone to the Yin family to ask for the coveted Yin Lihua. At this time, Liu Xiu's status is no longer what it used to be, the Yin family happily agreed to this family affair, Liu Xiu finally completed his wish for many years, hugged the beauty and returned, and ushered in a double harvest of love.
Not long after his new marriage, Liu Xiu's life underwent a major change, and just when he went to Luoyang to serve as a lieutenant colonel, he heard the news that his brother had been killed by Emperor Gengshi. Liu Xiuqiang endured his anger, pretended that nothing had happened, and was still ostensibly loyal to Emperor Gengshi, who was also relieved to let him go to Hebei to recruit troops.
Liu Xiu arrived in Hebei and continued to expand his power. At this time, Liu Yang, a relative of the Western Han Dynasty who had a strong local power, wanted to submit to Liu Xiu, but he put forward a condition, that is, to let Liu Xiu marry his niece Guo Shengtong. Guo Shengtong's parents are also famous royal families in Hebei. If Liu Xiu married Guo Shengtong, it would be extremely helpful for his development in Hebei. But doing so undoubtedly made him ashamed of Yin Lihua, which would probably make Yin Lihua chill.
Liu Xiusi came and went, but finally chose to marry Guo Shengtong. Relying on the support of Liu Yang and the Guo family, Liu Xiu quickly developed and grew in Hebei, and soon he invaded Luoyang and established the Eastern Han Dynasty. The following year, Liu Xiu built a palace and waited for the arrival of Yin Lihua, who had been away for three years. However, a major problem arose, Yin Lihua was the woman he thought about in his youth, and Guo Shengtong's family was the source of energy for him to achieve the imperial cause, who in the end was crowned as empress? This made Liu Xiu very embarrassed.
Fortunately, Yin Lihua took the initiative to find Liu Xiu and resolutely asked him to make Guo Shengtong the queen. This made Liu Xiu very pleased. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he broke his word and made Yin Lihua take a back seat after establishing Guo Shengtong.
However, 15 years later, Liu Xiu still gave Yin Lihua the compensation he deserved, and when the world was stable and the world was at peace, he deposed Empress Guo Shengtong and replaced Yin Lihua with Empress Dowager. Moreover, Liu Yang, Yin Lihua's son, was also made crown prince by him.