Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty had many women in his lifetime, the most famous of which were his four empresses and favorite concubines: Chen Ajiao, Wei Zifu, Lady Li, and Lady Hook Yi.
Among them, the love and hatred between Emperor Wu of Han and Lady Li and her brother Li Yannian's brother and sister is the one who has never been seen before and has never come after. The history of the Li family's first glory and then humiliation is infinitely lamentable.
Li Yannian was born in The Gate of Advocate, very beautiful-looking, able to sing and dance, because of violating the laws of the Han Palace, he was sentenced to palace punishment, responsible for raising dogs in the palace, and his status was not even as good as that of a eunuch.
In the sixth year of Yuan Ding, Emperor Wu of Han heard that Li Yannian was proficient in music and ordered to summon Li Yannian, which he greatly appreciated. After that, Li Yannian stayed by the side of Emperor Wu of Han and composed songs and sang poems. According to the Book of Han, "Every time a new voice changes the song, it is not moved around", and Emperor Wu of Han became more and more fond of Li Yannian.
During the Yuan Dynasty, Li Yannian played and sang his newly compiled "Beauty Song" in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty:
There are beautiful people in the north, unique and independent, one look at the city of the people, and then look at the country, rather do not know the city and the country, the beauty is difficult to get again.
After hearing this, Emperor Wudi of Han sighed and said, "There is such a beautiful person in this world", and Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wudi of Han, said from the side: "Li Yannian's sister is such a beautiful person."
Li Yannian's sister Li Shi was not only good-looking and graceful, but also as good at singing and dancing as Li Yannian, and Emperor Wu of Han was very fond of her after taking her as his wife. Li Yannian was thus made the Assistant Governor of Lefu, and the two brothers and sisters lay down together with Emperor Wu of Han, and the Li family was prominent for a while.
Although Emperor Wudi of Han had many women in his life, after his death, the women who really had this lucky burial with Emperor Wudi of Han were not them, but this Lady Li.
At the earliest, the idiom "pouring the country into the city" was used to describe Mrs. Li. Lady Li became Emperor Wu of Han's favorite concubine for a while.
Lady Li was not only beautiful, but also able to sing and dance, which was very consistent with the temper of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, so for a long time after Lady Li entered the palace, the other concubines in the harem lost their favor.
Emperor Wu of Han's favor for Lady Li has been recorded in many ancient books.
It is said that once, when Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty went to Lady Li's place, he suddenly felt an itch on his head, so he plucked Lady Li's jade hairpin to tickle it. The concubines of the harem were all envious after they knew it, and they all learned from Lady Li and inserted a hairpin on their heads, so that for a while, the price of jade in Chang'an City soared.
Mrs. Lee is not only beautiful, she is also very intelligent and knows where her strengths lie.
Later, after Lady Li became seriously ill, her face was haggard, and she knew that Emperor Wudi of Han liked her only because she was beautiful. If Emperor Wudi of Han saw that he was like this now, he would definitely no longer be favored, so he made up his mind not to let Emperor Wudi of Han see his haggard appearance.
Sure enough, although Emperor Wudi of Han was very angry at Lady Li's insistence for a while, he still liked her so much that he never forgot her after her death.
After giving birth to a son for Emperor Wu of Han, Lady Li's health became worse and worse, and soon after, she died of illness. Emperor Wu of Han was so grief-stricken that he ordered that she be buried with empress dowager etiquette, and asked the painter to paint Lady Li's face and hang it in the imperial palace Ganquan Palace.
After Lady Li's death, Emperor Wu of Han's favor for Li Yannian became more and more intense, and according to historical records, "with the upper lying up, very noble and fortunate, like Han Yan (this person is the male favorite of Emperor Wu of Han)". As a result, the Li family became more and more arrogant, and Li Yannian's younger brother Li Ji openly caused trouble in the harem.
When Emperor Wu of Han learned of this, he ordered the destruction of Li Yannian and Li Ji's brother clans. At that time, Li Yannian's brother Li Guangli was leading an army to attack Dawan, so he was not implicated.
Later, Li Guangli surrendered to the Xiongnu due to his defeat, and Emperor Wu of Han ordered his family to be killed. As a result, the Li family was destroyed twice.
Lady Li was beautiful and impressed Emperor Wu of Han with her appearance of "pouring the country into the city". But the misfortunes and blessings depend on each other, her brother either because he did not know how to restrain, or because he surrendered to a foreign race, and met the han wu emperor who was very murderous, resulting in the entire family being destroyed twice, which was really impressive!