In 181 BC, Liu You, the King of Zhao, died. Lü Hou then ordered Liu Hui to be renamed King of Zhao. Liu Hui was ten thousand unwilling, but under the pressure of Lü Hou, he still went, which also became the beginning of his nightmare.
Liu Hui was the fifth son of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and his birth mother is unknown. Because Peng Yue, the king of Liang, was killed in rebellion, the throne of Liang was vacant, so Liu Bang gave the throne of Liang to Liu Hui, who was still a child.
At a young age, Liu Hui went to Liangdi to take up his post, which was like his hometown. Lü Hou suddenly asked him to become the King of Zhao and asked him to leave his homeland, which Liu Hui was emotionally unable to accept.
Of course, in addition to this reason, there is another reason, that is, most of the people who became the King of Zhao did not have a good ending.
The first Zhao King Zhang Er, not bad, can end well. His son Zhang Ao was implicated in the assassination of Liu Bang by his subordinates, but fortunately he was the husband of Princess Lu Yuan, but the throne was deposed and there was no danger to life.
Next was Liu Ruyi, whom Lü Hou hated, and he was not so lucky. Poisoned by Lü Hou, even Emperor Hui of Han Failed to save him.
Then there was Liu You. This Liu You was also quite wronged, and he married a girl from the Lü family as the queen. Originally it was a political marriage, coupled with the dictatorship of Lü Hou at that time, Liu You did not have a good face for this queen. It was to eat and drink as a decoration, and go to flirt with other concubines.
But this Queen Lu is no longer dry, I married you Liu You as your wife, not as a decoration. So she was furious and her mind was hot, so she went to Lü Hou to complain, saying, "That Liu You once said, 'How can lü be crowned king!'" After a hundred years, I will definitely clean them up! ’”
Lu Hou listened, good you Liu You! It even harbors evil intentions! He ordered Liu You to be summoned to Beijing. Liu You did not know what had happened, so he hurried into Beijing, afraid that Lü Hou would add some false accusation to himself.
When Liu You took up residence in the official residence, Lü Hou sent soldiers to put him under house arrest and prevented him from sending him food. Liu You's subordinates could not see it, secretly delivered food to Liu You, and were also arrested and questioned.
In this way, it was not long before Liu You, the King of Zhao, was starved to death in his official residence.
The fate of the previous Zhao kings was so tragic, although Liu Hui resisted in his heart, he still had to do enough on the face, thanked Lü Hou's grace, and went to Zhao Shang to take office.
In the face of Liu Hui's obedience, Lü Hou was still not at ease. After all, he was Liu Bang's son, and if one day he raised his arms and said that he would eliminate Zhu Lü and qing jun, this threat would still be not small. So Lü Hou used the same trick: marriage.
She married Lü Chan's daughter to Liu Hui as queen, nominally as queen, but in fact spying on Liu Hui's eyeliner. Liu Hui knew Lü Hou's intentions, but he had no choice but to accept it.
Liu Hui's idea is also the same as Liu You's, the Lü women should be set up when they marry back, eat and drink well, and everyone will not violate the river water when they enter the water. But he thought wrongly, this Queen Lü was more fierce than Liu You's queen.
Because the father of this Empress Lü was Lü Chan, who had just taken over The throne of Liu Hui and became the King of Liang, and had the support of the Empress Dowager behind her, she was very arrogant after marrying into the Liu family.
She monitored Liu Hui everywhere and did not let Liu Hui get close to other women, not even the next person. This made Liu Hui very depressed, the tangtang prince, even his own concubines could not get close, did not dare to complain a little about this, could only swallow his anger, and there was still a little authority of the prince!
However, thinking of the fate of his younger brother Liu You, he did not dare to make any moves, and could only tolerate it everywhere. Queen Lu still did something that he could not stand.
Before the queen married in, Liu Hui had a favored concubine, and the two were very affectionate. After Empress Lü forbade Liu Hui to be close to other women, Liu Hui found a way to secretly meet with her beloved concubine. However, this did not conceal from Queen Lü, and after learning of this, Queen Lü poisoned the concubine to death.
Looking at Aifei's cold corpse, Liu Hui was extremely angry in his heart, but when he thought of Lü Hou, he thought of the kings of the Lü clan, and he thought of his dead brother and brother, and he felt unprecedented despair. He did not act excessively, but silently returned to the study, wrote four elegy for Aifei, and let the musicians repeat them every day to express their thoughts about Aifei and their despair of their inability to resist.
After four months like this, the resentment and despair in Liu Hui's heart could not be let go, and he chose to end his life.
The news of Liu Hui's death reached Chang'an, which was exactly what Lü Hou wanted. On the grounds that Liu Hui committed suicide, she did not allow his descendants to inherit the title. In December of that year, Lü Lu was made the King of Zhao, strengthening the strength of the Lü family.
As a prince, you can martyr for the woman you love, and such feelings are also precious.
