Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, the tenth son of Emperor Liu Qi of Hanjing, had nine older brothers above him, according to the rules of the ancient primogeniture system, Liu Che was originally impossible to inherit the throne, but things were uncertain, and the young Liu Che was selected by Emperor Jing of Han as the crown prince, in order to let Liu Che have the reputation of concubine, before Emperor Jing established the crown prince, Liu Che's biological mother Wang Shu was set up as the empress of the Middle Palace.
For this story, many people's established impression is the story of Jinwu Zangjiao, that is to say, Liu Che promised when he was young to marry Chen Ajiao, the daughter of his aunt Princess Taochang, so he got the full support of the eldest princess and eventually became the crown prince, but not to mention that the story of Jinwu Zangjiao comes from the legend of the Eastern Han Dynasty, how true or false no one knows, not to mention, even if it is true, Liu Che was only a young child at that time, and the real cause of all this was not someone else, but the long-neglected birth mother of Emperor Wu of Han.
Stills of Wang Wei
Marry the farmer first, and then marry the prince
Emperor Wu of Han's birth mother was surnamed Wang, but the name Wang Wei first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, although the family was not rich, but Wang Jie's ancestors were also considered famous, and his birth mother Zang Er was the granddaughter of Zang Di, the King of Yan, but after the Chu and Han dynasties, the line of the King of Yan had declined, and Zang Er married a farmer named Wang Zhong, and gave birth to a son and two daughters, the eldest daughter was Wang Jie.
Wang Zhong died early, and Zang Er remarried to a family in Changling surnamed Tian, and gave birth to two sons, the eldest son named Tian Jie.
After Wang Er grew up, she was married by Zang Er to a peasant family called Jin Wangsun, gave birth to a daughter named Jin Custom, life was very tight and not very good, by chance, Zang Er found a famous Xiangshi Yao Weng to meet her children, Yao Weng said that Wang Er was a noble person, and she would definitely give birth to a son of heaven in the future.
Stills of Wang Wei and the Han Jing Emperor
When ordinary people hear this kind of words, it is estimated that they will not believe it, and may even be very afraid, thinking that they will cause trouble, but Zang Er felt very happy, and Wang Jiao, together, did not expect that Wang Wei was also fed up with the poor days, and decided to give it a go, Zang Er tried his best to let the Jin WangSun give up, and successfully sent Wang Jie into the tai womb at that time, serving Liu Qi, who was still the prince.
I don't know if it was experience or some other reason, Wang Jiao was particularly favored by Liu Qi soon after entering the Tai Womb, and Wang Jie also took advantage of the situation to boast about the beauty and wisdom of his sister Wang Erjie, Liu Qi accepted Wang Erjie together, and the sisters were really popular and spoiled in the Tai Womb.
Wang Xian and The Golden King's grandson gave birth to a daughter named Jin Gong
Wang Xian gave birth to three daughters, and in the year when Emperor Wen of Han was about to die, she became pregnant again, and dreamed in her sleep that there was a sun entering the abdomen, and soon after Emperor Wen died liu Qi ascended the throne, Wang Qi gave birth to a boy, and this is Liu Che, although Liu Qi already has nine princes, but he is particularly fond of Liu Che, who is ranked tenth.
After Emperor Jing ascended the throne, Wang Jiao was crowned as a lady, according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, there were three wives under the empress, in addition to Lady Jia, the other two wives were one of Wang Concubine, the other was Wang Erjie's sister Wang Erjie, and after Wang Concubine gave birth to Liu Che, The youngest four sons of Emperor Jing were all born to Wang Erjie, and the degree of favor of the Wang sisters in the palace can be imagined.
Wang Had three daughters and one son
Left and right, pleasing everywhere
If you think that Wang Wei was only favored by the Han Jing Emperor, it would be too small to look down on her, and in the harem at that time, this Lady Wang's popularity was notoriously good.
First of all, there was Empress Dou, Wang Xian was a second marriage, originally Empress Dou was not very good for her, but because of one thing, Empress Dou's impression of Wang Wei was greatly changed.
Empress Dowager Dou preferred Wang Jiao
Originally, Empress Dou was very partial to her younger son Liu Wu the Prince of Liang, and thought of letting Emperor Jing of Han appoint Liu Wu as the emperor's brother-in-law and pass the throne to Liu Wu in the future, but she did not expect to cause opposition from her courtiers, and after this matter was abandoned, the ambitious Liu Wu became angry and angry, and actually sent people to assassinate those ministers who opposed the appointment of him as crown prince, which made Emperor Jing of Han very angry.
Liu Wu's protégé Zou Yang, through Wang Xian's brother Wang Xin to find Wang Xian's help, Wang Huan thought that King Liang was the heart of the empress, if he provoked the empress, I am afraid that the favored Wang family may also be innocently affected, so in front of the empress dowager and the emperor, all kinds of persuasion and good words, although the king of Liang was not questioned by Emperor Jing in the end, and did not have much to do with Wang Huan, but Empress Dou was very impressed by Wang Huan's practice and felt that this daughter-in-law was very good.
Of course, Wang Huan was not so old and a good person, and she used King Liang as a gun in front of Li Ji, the birth mother of Liu Rong, the Prince of Li.
King Liang was shot by Wang Huan
Because Emperor Jingdi of Han's original wife, Empress Bo, had no heirs, liu rong, was appointed as crown prince, and Liu Rong's mother Li Ji was originally very favored, but because Empress Dou insisted on making Liang the crown prince, and Li Ji's relationship with the empress dowager was not so close because of this matter.
After the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was put down, The King of Liang sent a large number of captives to the court to present to the ladies of the palaces, and Wang Ji went to Li Ji to talk about the emperor's jealousy of the King of Liang, and Li Ji was deeply impressed, after all, the King of Liang had the support of the Empress Dowager, and if the King of Liang really became the future crown prince, the first threat was her son Liu Rong, so Li Ji sent the things sent by the King of Liang and returned to the same.
And this matter reached Empress Dowager Dou, and Li Ji's impression in front of Empress Dowager Dou plummeted even more, so in comparison, Empress Dou's love for Wang Xian increased day by day, and she felt that Wang Ji was more knowledgeable and gentle and understanding.
Liu Rong was known as Prince Li because his biological mother was Li Ji
Kiss and kiss, play the pig and eat the tiger
After Liu Rong was made crown prince, Emperor Jing's sister Princess Guan Tao Chang came to the door and hoped to marry her daughter Ah Jiao to Liu Rong, so that in the future, liu Rong would ascend the throne, then Ah Jiao would be the empress, and her eldest princess would become the emperor's mother-in-law.
However, Li Ji directly refused, and also spoke out to the people sent by Princess GuanTao, which is no wonder, because Princess Guantao often sent beautiful people to the palace in order to please Emperor Jingdi of Han, which for Li Ji, she was simply competing with her for favors, not to mention that the eldest princess's behavior of drilling everywhere to take advantage of the camp also made Li Ji very dissatisfied.
Kurihime angers the eldest princess and pays the price
But unexpectedly, this quick time made Li Ji pay a huge price, and shortly after she refused to propose to the eldest princess, Wang Xian took the initiative to come to the door to express her willingness to marry the eldest princess's family, and the two sides talked happily, and finally finally decided that Liu Che would marry the eldest princess's daughter Ajiao, and at the same time let the eldest princess's son Chen Yu marry Wang's daughter Princess Longxuan.
Logically, Liu Che was originally the nephew of Princess Guantao, the two are aunts and nephews, but because of their marriage, Liu Che has become the son-in-law of Princess Guantao, for the future of the son-in-law, the mother-in-law of course can not stand by and watch, since Li Ji does not know how to lift, it is necessary to pay a certain price, the proud Princess Guantao grew so big, have not been angry.
Wang Xian instructed his courtiers to make Li Ji the empress
After Empress Bo was deposed, the Jiaofang Palace had no owner, and Emperor Jingdi of Han thought about who to let succeed him, and Princess Guantao ran to Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Jingdi of Han for three days to say bad things about Li Ji, at first Emperor Jing did not believe it, but the days were long, and he also made a mistake, and once Emperor Jing of Han jing asked about Li Ji by chance, in the future he was gone, li ji would not take good care of his dozen emperors.
Emperor Jingdi's intention was already very obvious, and he entrusted all the princes to Li Ji, making it clear that he was considering Li Ji as the new owner of the Pepper Room Hall, but he did not expect li Ji, who lacked roots in his brain, and directly replied: "Won't they take care of themselves?" This made Emperor Jingdi of Han furious, and Li Ji did not know what to do and confronted Emperor Jingdi of Han.
The matter reached Wang Jie, who secretly instructed the courtiers of the former dynasty to make Li Ji empress in public, and Emperor Jing of Han thought that Li Ji had directed her, and Long Yan was furious and beheaded Shangshu's ministers, and immediately announced the deposing of Liu Rong, the crown prince, and renamed the King of Linjiang, and Li Ji was also directly imprisoned by Emperor Jing, and died in fear not long after.
Emperor Jing of Han deposed Liu Rong
Mother and son, second marriage empress
In the summer of the seventh year of the Han Jing Emperor's reign, after much consideration, Wang Wei was made empress by the Han Jing Emperor, and she also became the first empress in history to marry a second, not only before entering the palace, but also gave birth to children, which was also unique in ancient times.
After Wang Xian was made empress, her only son Liu Che also changed from a ten-prince to a noble concubine, and not long after Empress Wang was crowned, Liu Che, who was only seven years old, was made the new crown prince by emperor Jing of Han.
After Empress Wang entered the Jiaofang Palace, her brother Wang Xin was enfeoffed as Marquis of Jiaofang, and three daughters, the younger daughter Princess Longxu married Princess Chen Yu, the eldest daughter Princess Pingyang successively married Cao Shou, the Marquis of Pingyang, Xiahou Po, the Marquis of Ruyin, and the general Wei Qing, and the second daughter, Princess Nangong, and successively married The Marquis of Nangong, Zhang Za and Shu Shen.
Wang Huan was extremely favored by emperor Jing of Han
Pearl Dust, Legendary Woman
Wang Wei lived in the Jiaofang Palace for nine years, although she was an empress, but after all, Emperor Jingdi's biological mother Empress Dou was still there, and she was not in the inner palace, after the death of Emperor Jingdi of Han, she became Empress Wang, her mother Zang Er was Pingyuan Jun, and even the two half-brothers were also respectively crowned marquises, the Wang family can be described as very prominent, but the Empress Dowager Dou clan is still superior.
Compared with her mother-in-law Dou Clan, Wang Wei's brilliance was obscured most of the time, but she did not have a strong head, on the one hand, she followed the old lady's meaning everywhere, on the other hand, she constantly supported her brothers, quietly waiting for the opportunity, until the sixth year of Jianyuan, the empress dowager Dou Clan collapsed, and Wang Wei finally survived.
After many years of daughter-in-law becoming a wife, Wang's brother Tian Yi directly became a chancellor, and married the lord of the Yan King as his wife, and at the wedding, Empress Wang personally ordered that all the nobles of Chang'an should go to Daohe, and after that, Empress Wang got rid of Han Yan, who was favored by Emperor Wu of Han, and gave a generous gift to Wei Zifu's brother Wei Qing.
Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne and honored his mother as empress dowager
In the third year of Emperor Yuanshuo of the Han Dynasty, Empress Wang died in Changle Palace and was buried with Emperor Jing of Han in Yangling.
Many times, Wang Wei is not remarkable, because in the years when she lived, there were too many people who were more dazzling, and the three generations of emperors of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han, as well as empress Dowager Dou, the mother-in-law who had suppressed her for many years, all made Wang Wei not remarkable.
However, in a place that did not attract people's attention, Wang Wei skillfully maneuvered, from a woman who married a second marriage into the palace, became the empress and empress dowager of the Han Dynasty, consolidated her position through marriage, and eliminated the enemy with a smile, and everyone could not detect her scheming and the deep city government, playing with ease between various forces, clearing obstacles for her own and her son's future, and the foreign forces she cultivated also became a strong backing support for Emperor Wu of Han in the court when he was young, such a woman is really not simple.
The empress dowager is the overlooked king