Although the emperor is the supreme power of the whole country, in fact, there are many helplessness, such as not being able to do whatever he wants. Even the famous Han Gaozu Liu Bang was no different, not only had to be often advised by his courtiers, but also often subject to Lü Yan's constraints.
Liu Bang was the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, born in 256 BC, although he did not learn any skills at a young age, he also mixed with a pavilion chief official, and later he was also valued by Lü Gong and married his daughter to him, this daughter is the famous Lü Yan. After Liu Bang's accident, Lü Yan helped him a lot, and it can be said that the two are a real couple in distress.
In 202 BC, Liu Bang successfully ascended to the throne, by this time he was 54 years old, and Lü Yan naturally became his empress. However, Liu Bang has always disliked Lü Yan, especially after becoming emperor, he has more right to speak, so the harem concubines enter one by one. The most important thing is that the concubine Lady Qi whom he had originally married was quite popular with him, so Liu Bang wanted to change the crown prince at this time, and made Liu Ruyi, the son born to Lady Qi, the crown prince.
This matter was not approved by the courtiers, and whenever Liu Bang proposed to change the crown prince, they would quickly stop him. However, Liu Bang clearly realized that if Lü Yan became empress, it would be difficult for Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi to survive, so he decided to leave a good way back for them.
First of all, he sent a powerful loyalist to support Liu Ruyi, this person was Zhou Chang, who wanted to be respected by the Qunchen and Lü Yan Liu Bang. He asked Zhou Chang to take Liu Ruyi to a distant fiefdom, and secretly told Zhou Chang not to let Liu Ruyi leave the Zhao Kingdom, so that Lü Yan would not be moved to kill.
Secondly, he asked the crown prince Liu Ying to take good care of his brother, hoping that he could protect Lady Qi's line. And Liu Ying wanted to come to be known for his benevolence, so he did not care about his previous suspicions and happily agreed. In addition, he also killed Fan Duo, who supported Lü Yan, in order to prevent Lü Yan from becoming too powerful and interfering with foreign relatives.
However, Lady Qi did not believe these three points, and she went more and more on the road of death. Liu Ruyi was called to the capital by Lü Lu after Liu Bang's death, and Zhou Chang told the emissary that King Zhao was now ill and did not dare to let him go. And Lü Yan thought about it, calculated his heart, and first called Zhou Chang back, and it didn't take long to call Zhao Ruyi back. At that time, Liu Ying naturally knew the meaning of her mother's call to King Zhao to come back, and thinking of what her father said to herself, she personally went to pick up Liu Ruyi and returned, and even became inseparable from him to prevent Lü Yan from having a chance to attack.
After a period of peaceful life, Mrs. Qi began to be depressed. At this time, she had been sent by Lü Lu to serve as a laborer, doing the work of scooping rice every day, if she could go with the flow, she would not provoke the disaster of killing herself, she did not expect that she was actually singing while scooping rice, and the content of the lyrics was mainly hoping that Liu Ruyi could save herself, so that she could get out of the sea of suffering.
Lu Yan was not willing to let her go at all, not to mention that she knew that she was dreaming beautifully every day, and it was even more impossible to make things come true. So, in 194 BC, when Liu Ying went hunting in the morning, she gave a cup of poisonous wine to Zhao Ruyi, who did not follow him, and the latter died in this way. After Liu Ruyi was killed, she began to attack Lady Qi again, and she made Lady Qi a human figure, which shows the cruelty of Lü Hou's methods.
In fact, Lü Yan was indeed cruel, but Lady Qi was not as kind as people thought, if she was really simple, how could she shake Liu Bang day and night to make a prince? First of all, Liu Ruyi did not show outstanding political talent, let alone protect himself, which shows that he is not suitable to be an emperor. Secondly, Lady Qi really did not know how to deal with things in a low-key manner, and Lü Yan, as a person who accompanied Liu Bang all the way, had no merit and hard work, and could indeed win the support of the courtiers. Since Lady Qi has been defeated, she should keep a low profile and often express her resentment and unfairness, which will only provoke the disaster of killing herself and end up with a tragic end.