The eleventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Huan of Han: Liu Zhi, reigned for more than twenty years, and the number of harem beauties was huge, but before his death, he did not have a son to succeed to the throne, which was really incomprehensible.
Not giving birth to a son was not because Emperor Huan of Han was infertile, emperor Huan of Han actually had three daughters, but why did he not have any heirs to succeed to the throne in the end? The main reason for this is his wife: Empress Liang. In order to secure her position as empress, Empress Liang poisoned the pregnant concubines of Emperor Huan of Han and made them abort. Emperor Huan of Han created three empresses before and after, and Empress Liang was the first woman to sit in the empress position.
Although Emperor Huan of Han favored Empress Liang for many years, he was never able to conceive a child. Time flies, and Emperor Huan of Han alienates her. Empress Liang was resentful and evil-hearted, and used pungent and vicious ways to hurt other pregnant concubines, which caused many pregnant concubines in the harem to abort. However, Emperor Huan of Han could only hold his anger in his stomach because of Empress Liang and her foreign relatives. Later, Empress Liang's brother, Liang Ji, who was also an important minister in the imperial court, died, and the power of the Liang clan also dissipated, and Empress Liang was eventually snubbed by Emperor Huan of Han and ended up depressed.
Probably because of the long-term suppression of the body, the Han Huan Emperor, who suddenly "got out", had a feeling of being overexcited. In the past, because the eunuchs' foreign relatives only covered the sky with their hands, Emperor Huan of Han only dared to spoil Empress Liang alone. After Empress Liang's death, Emperor Huan of Han acted much more decisively, but he did not do anything too out of the ordinary. After the death of Empress Liang, Emperor Huan of Han favored Liang's daughter. Because Emperor Huan of Han hated the surname "Liang" very much, he simply changed the surname of Liang Meng's daughter to "Bo", because the birth mother of Emperor Wenhui of the Western Han Dynasty was also surnamed "Bo". Later, Emperor Huan of Han learned that Deng Xiang was the adoptive father of Deng Meng's daughter, so he called her Deng Meng's daughter and made Deng Meng's daughter Empress Deng.
Up to now, Emperor Huan of Han had done a fairly reasonable job in the affairs of men and women, and he loved an empress, a few concubines, and most emperors. But as time passed quietly, Empress Deng's youth passed and her countenance was no longer there. However, Emperor Huan of Han was in the prime of his life, holding the country and mountains in his hands, and his power was compelling. Previously suppressed by Empress Liang for a long time, the small volcano in her heart finally erupted. Emperor Huan of Han had already thrown Empress Deng out of the cloud of nine clouds, and Lady Deng was very displeased when she saw it in her eyes, and she had been pampered before, and Emperor Huan of Han had even killed Liang Ji and his henchmen for himself, and now he suddenly lost his favor. After Empress Deng fell out of favor, she actually intervened with other concubines, and this trouble came.
Originally, Emperor Huan of Han only released his inner repression slightly, and did not do too much, casually tossing and turning at once. Knowing that Empress Deng had engaged in such an interference with the concubines, Emperor Huan of Han suddenly felt that the deceased Empress Liang had returned, so Emperor Huan of Han began to resist. Emperor Huan of Han ordered Empress Deng to be deposed and sent to the Cold Palace, after which Empress Deng also died. Subsequently, Emperor Huan of Han began to recruit a large number of beautiful women into the palace, and the harem of the imperial court was instantly filled with concubines, and the number was staggering thousands, which was the Guinness World Record at that time! Thousands of concubines, even if one a day, can play for more than ten years or so, where there is no love to speak of, purely to be happy.
Emperor Huan of Han was not actually a kind of person who belonged to a lustful person, but a vengeful pervert, and he filled the resentment and unhappiness in his heart by playing with women. Emperor Huan of Han far surpassed his previous emperors and generals in indulging in pleasure. Once, he actually gathered thousands of concubines in the court to strip naked and let his courtiers have zero-distance contact with them. And Emperor Huan of Han watched them play while drinking, occasionally laughing loudly.
Although there are many beautiful ladies in the harem of The Han Huan Emperor, everything must be done according to the rules of the older generation, and only the empress is the wife of the emperor in the true sense. After Empress Deng was deposed, she died of depression not long after. Emperor Huan of Han immediately created a new empress, and this empress was Dou Miao, the eldest daughter of the great general Dou Wu. Although we don't know whether Dou Miao ever participated in the thousands of concubines held by Emperor Huan of Han, it is certain that Emperor Huan of Han did not like Dou Miao. Dou Miao could only act as if she hadn't seen it, after all, she didn't want to die as melancholy as Empress Dowager Deng.
Emperor Huan of Han indulged himself so much in the good old age, and his body was also in decline. In 167 AD, the then 36-year-old Emperor Huan of Han was bedridden and died of illness not long after. Emperor Huan of Han had so many concubines that it was surprising to think that he had not given birth to a son who could succeed to the throne.