At the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Lü Yan not only interfered in politics, although she helped Liu Bang get rid of some heroes such as Han Xin, but she supported her own Lü family to serve as officials in the imperial court. Lü Yan's actions angered other officials of the Liu family, and Lü Yan interfered in the government and became a model for strong women at the beginning of the Han Dynasty. After Lü Yan's death, a woman took her place as a new generation of strong women, and this woman was Dou Ji. This woman is actually much stronger than Lü Yan, she has no prominent background, Lü Yan's mother's family still has a strong background in the local area, so Lü Yan can assist Liu Bang to capture the Central Plains, there is indeed something she is not simple.
After Lü Yan's death, the power of the Han Dynasty's imperial court fell into the hands of Dou Ji. She inherited Lü Yan's original position, she controlled the major affairs of the imperial program, and the appointment of imperial court officials had to go through her. Dou Ji was originally a civilian, and her father was tired of the wars of the Qin Dynasty, so he took his family to take refuge between the mountains and forests, and the family lived a life of male cultivators and female weavers. However, Dou Ji's father died when he fell into the river due to a mistake while fishing in the river, and since then Dou Ji and his brother have been dependent on each other for their lives, and later Dou Ji was elected to the imperial palace as a good family member and became a so-called show girl.
Because Dou Ji was smart and sweet-looking, she was favored by Empress Lü and was chosen to serve Empress Lü in Empress Lü's palace. Dou Ji waited by Lü Hou's side for a long time, and soon she learned many of Lü Yan's methods, and she was also better than blue out of blue. Lü Yan later wanted to send these show girls to the various kings in waiting, and Dou Ji was also in the ranks of show girls, when Dou Ji was able to be selected to be sent to the Zhao state close to her hometown, so Dou Ji paid a bribe to the eunuch in charge of the selection, hoping that the imperial court would be able to join the ranks of the Zhao state at the time of the selection, but the hateful eunuch did not take care of her because the gifts dou ji gave were too mediocre, and eventually Dou Ji was selected to the daiguo.
After the results of the election faction were announced, Dou Ji had been complaining about the eunuchs and not arranging her own place according to her wishes, but the emperor's order was difficult to violate, and she finally followed the palace escort team on the road to the daiguo. After Dou Ji arrived in daiguo, she was lucky, because of her beauty and intelligence, she was soon favored by Liu Heng, the dai king. At that time, there were four show girls with Dou Ji, but she monopolized the acting king, and then Lü Yan died, and the acting king Liu Heng was recalled to the imperial court and became a new king, Dou Ji also became an empress, Dou Ji and her brother had been separated for many years, and after she entered the palace, her brother was trafficked by traffickers and eventually sold to Yiyang as a coolie.
After Dou Guangguo learned that his sister was already an empress, he immediately set off for Chang'an City, and later after many efforts, Dou Guangguo finally recognized his sister Dou Ji. Dou Ji told the emperor about this, and Emperor Wen of Han summoned Dou Guangguo and made him an official. Dou Ji later lost sight due to illness, and from then on Emperor Wen of Han did not favor her so much, but soon after, Emperor Wen of Han died of illness, and empress Dowager Dou's eldest son Liu Qi ascended the throne as emperor, and Empress Dou also became Empress Dou.
Since then, Dou Ji has begun the era of power and opposition, she not only intervened in the affairs of the dynasty, but also directly managed the affairs of the harem, she used the Huang Lao Bible to manage the government, and contributed a lot to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. Later, when Emperor Jingdi of Han died, and Empress Dou became empress dowager, her power was as strong as ever, and it was not until her death.