Editor: Guo Shengtong was the first empress of Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he was not his original wife.
Fan: Is this the third place?
Editor: Well, it can be understood like this.
Fan: This original match is really generous.
Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, from the son of Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Fa, the prince of Changsha, when the branch of the King of Changsha reached the sixth generation, there was a son named Liu Qin, which was Liu Xiu's biological father, although the blood of the Han Chamber flowed in his body, but because of the long age, plus Liu Qin died early, there was no family business at all, Liu Xiu could only join his brother and his uncle Liu Liang in the army, after years of trial and error, Liu Xiu was already able to stand alone.
In the early years, Liu Xiu was working under the more first emperor Liu Xuan, and the more important emperor appointed Liu Xiu as the general of the Broken Emperor to perform the Great Sima Affairs and conquer Wang Lang, who was divided in the north, which cheng thought was basically a grasshopper shaking the tree, but was chased by Wang Lang's army, in order to change this situation, Liu Xiu followed the advice of his advisers and wooed Liu Yang, the king of Zhending in Hebei, and there was nothing more reliable than his in-laws, so Liu Xiu married Liu Yang's niece Guo Shengtong.
The combination of Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong can be said to be a political marriage, there is no emotion between the two, I believe that Guo Shengtong should be unwilling in his heart, after all, Liu Xiu at that time not only already had a wife, but also was more than ten years older than Guo Shengtong, but he could not stand Liu Xiu's sweet words and his uncle's painstaking advice, and it should be known that Guo Shengtong's dowry was the 100,000-strong army of Liu Yang, the true king. The eldest husband can flex and stretch, and in the past few years of their new marriage, it can also be regarded as Qinse and Ming, and Guo Shengtong also gave birth to five sons for Liu Xiu.
In 25 AD, Liu Xiu was proclaimed emperor under the support of his subordinates, and re-established the Eastern Han Dynasty, the mother relied on her son Gui, plus the Zhending King held a large army, Guo Shengtong was naturally crowned empress, originally thought that the two would live a happy life, who knew that the appearance of a person broke all this beautiful thing.
'Marry a wife should marry Yin Lihua', many people should have heard this sentence, and this sentence is what Liu Xiu said, and his original wife is also the famous beauty Yin Lihua.
Yin Lihua was born in Nanyang Haoqiang famous door, but also a famous girl, but also the first love of the poor boy Liu Xiu, as the saying goes, the most forgotten by men is their first love, although he has married Guo Shengtong, who is understanding and brings great benefits to himself, but Liu Xiu's heart can not let go of his first love Yin Lihua.
When Yin Lihua returned to Liu Xiu's side again, she found that he had already married his wife and had a son, she was like an outsider, but Yin Lihua was very generous, and did not compete with Guo Shengtong for favors, but gave up the position of empress, which made Liu Xiu feel more guilty about her.
Guo Shengtong was born into a famous family, the etiquette rules are very decent, with Yin Lihua's entry into the palace to be favored, and like a game with her also gave birth to five sons, which makes Guo Shengtong have a certain sense of crisis, after all, there is no mother in this world who does not love her son, for the future of her son, it is bound to fight.
To make matters worse, Guo Shengtong's uncle was killed because of the rebellion, the backer behind Guo Shengtong fell, the rest of the people had no outstanding people at all, they would not stand up for Guo Shengtong at all, with Liu Xiu's indifference to himself, the family forces were suppressed, Guo Shengtong just sent a few complaints, saying that she had the 'Wind of Lü Huo' and directly deposed her empress.
Liu Xiu may still have some conjugal feelings, and did not beat Guo Shengtong into the cold palace, but sent her to his son's fiefdom to raise her for a long time, and also gave her the title of empress dowager of Zhongshan, which in my opinion is a typical slap to a sweet date.
Uncle rebellion was killed, Guo Shengtong's backer fell, and now the back seat has also been abolished, it can be said that Guo's son is still sitting on the throne of the prince, sooner or later one day will usher in the situation of being deposed, so very consciously take the initiative to resign the position of prince, Liu Xiu is not polite, immediately approved, but also crowned him as the King of the East Sea.
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