"Spring Palace Complaint" once said: "Pingyang song and dance new favor, outside the curtain spring cold to give the brocade robe." "For thousands of years, the feudal harem struggle has never stopped, and some concubines have also ended up depressed because of the harem struggle. Although the favored concubines were given a higher status by virtue of the emperor's care, there were huge differences in the behavior of the pet concubines.
In ancient Chinese society, under the influence of the idea of male superiority and female inferiority, the fate of women is often in the hands of men, and for harem concubines, the emperor's favor is more or less, which directly determines the development direction of their fate. In the feudal context, many concubines who were favored by the emperor would make acts of pampering and arrogance, and the behavior of many concubines would far exceed the scope of the world's cognition.
When it comes to Wu Zetian, Presumably everyone is no stranger, in order to ensure the stability of his own position and at the same time strive for greater power, Wu Zetian set up a plan to completely eliminate Empress Wang. However, wei Zifu, who was also the emperor's favorite concubine, did not dare to do anything to Chen Ajiao, which also made many people extremely confused about it. So, why did Wu Zetian dare to kill Empress Wang? But Wei Zifu did not dare to eradicate Chen Ajiao?
Although the original Wu Zetian was Li Shimin's concubine, Li Shimin did not attach importance to Wu Zetian. Therefore, as early as during the reign of Li Shimin, Wu Zetian had already secretly had an affair with Li Shimin's son Li Zhi, which also made the two have a very deep feeling.
After Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian was sent to Ganye Temple as a nun along with other childless concubines, but Li Zhi was not willing to give up Wu Zetian from then on. Since he ascended to the throne, Li Zhi has often thought about how to take Wu Zetian back to the harem.
When Empress Wang learned of this situation, she hoped to win Li Zhi's favor by supporting Li Zhi's move to welcome back Wu Zetian.
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With empress Wang's help, Li Zhi smoothly took Wu Zetian back to the harem
Empress Wang did not expect that the later Wu Zetian would become her greatest threat.
In the beginning, Wu Zetian did not want to argue with Empress Wang, but later she was repeatedly persecuted by Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei. In the end, Wu Zetian, who could not bear it, personally strangled his daughter to death and blamed the matter on Empress Wang, and since then, Empress Wang has been deposed by Li Zhi and ended up with execution, and Wu Zetian has successfully sat on the throne of the empress.
In fact, in the process of China's historical development, the story of the struggle between the pet concubine and the empress is not unique to Wu Zetian and Empress Wang, and during the Western Han Dynasty, there was also a fierce struggle between Wei Zifu, the favorite concubine of Emperor Wu of Han, and the empress Chen Ajiao.
Although in the early years, Emperor Wu of Han was obsessed with Chen Ajiao and directly made her empress after ascending the throne, when Emperor Wu of Han saw Wei Zifu, he fell in love with her at first sight, which also made Wei Zifu successfully enter the harem and become the favorite concubine of Emperor Wudi of Han.
For Chen Ajiao, the appearance of Wei Zifu seriously threatened her position, and since then, Chen Ajiao has framed Wei Zifu with witchcraft. However, her trap was unsuccessful, and after the plan was exposed, Chen Ajiao was also deposed by Emperor Wu of Han and punished with a lifetime of seclusion.
Although Chen Ajiao later died of depression, unlike Empress Wang, she was not exterminated by Wei Zifu before her death. In the eyes of many people, Wei Zifu can completely take the opportunity to kill Chen Ajiao to solve his worries.
However, after comparing the gap between Wu Zetian and Wei Zifu, people can also recognize the real reason for the difference in the way the two people behave.
First of all, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian had already secretly had a relationship during Li Shimin's reign, which also doomed the feelings between the two of them far exceeded those between Li Zhi and Empress Wang.
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For Wei Zifu, her appearance was later than Chen Ajiao, which also doomed her position in the heart of Emperor Wu of Han and could not be compared with Chen Ajiao.
In addition, by comparing the background of origin between Wu Zetian and Wei Zifu, it will be found that
Wu Zetian was born into a large family, and his family elders also had a certain influence in the dynasty. But Wei Zifu, who was originally a handsome man, did not have such a noble origin,
Therefore, even if she wanted to kill Chen Ajiao completely, she did not have the capital to compete with her.
It can be seen that in the process of harem struggle, the favor that the concubine can get, and the background of her mother's clan, all determine her harem status. If he is capable of his own ability, is cared for by the emperor, and his family is strong, he will certainly be able to make a huge wave in the harem.
epilogue
Although in many literary, film and television works, it is common to portray the favored concubines as unparalleled beauties in the world, and the pampering they can get comes from their own beauty, which is not related to other factors in the outside world.
But in fact, in the real harem struggle, personal ability and family background are indispensable, if there is no beauty without a strong background, it is doomed to fail to achieve the ultimate victory of the harem struggle, and it will also become the object of the emperor's disgust.
Nowadays, with the changes in the social situation, the feudal harem system has long disappeared in our society, and it is believed that after people understand the cruel struggle of the harem, they can also recognize the many drawbacks of feudal society and avoid the restoration of such social systems.
Reference: Book of Han