In the eleventh year of Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty (1475), Ming Xianzong looked at the increasingly old face in the mirror and sighed sadly: It is a pity that there is no son under his knees...
(Ming Xianzong)
At this time, the eunuch next to him trembled and stepped forward and suddenly knelt down: You have a son, he is in the cold palace, he is 6 years old!
Xianzong was astonished, and the eunuch finally told the story of the past many years ago...
Why didn't Emperor Xianzong know that he had a son? Why did the eunuch hide it for 6 years before telling the truth? It all starts with Hyun-jong's tragic childhood and Oedipus complex...
The tragic childhood of the Waste Prince
Ming Xianzong, whose original name was Zhu Jianlin, was the eldest son of Ming Yingzong, who was supposed to be held in the palm of his hand and grew up, but later because of the war, he lived a miserable childhood life.
After the "Tumu Fort Change", Ming Yingzong was captured, after which the Mongol army drove straight in and directly approached the capital.
The kingdom could not be left without a monarch for a day, and at the time of crisis, Emperor Yingzong's eldest son Zhu Jianyu was crown prince, and at the same time, Zhu Qiyu, the prince of Wu, supervised the country (in fact, he was emperor), and in that year, Zhu Jianlin was only three years old.
(Zhu Qiyu)
No one ever thought that the next year, Emperor Yingzong would return to the capital without dying, but at that time, Zhu Qiyu was already sitting firmly on the emperor's throne, how could he easily give it up?
As a result, Zhu Qiyu imprisoned Emperor Yingzong as emperor of the Ether, and slowly, Zhu Jiantao's position as crown prince was also crumbling.
Finally, in the third year of Jingtai (1452), Zhu Jiantao was demoted to the title of King of Yi, and this year, he was only 7 years old.
From the prince of the Eastern Palace, who everyone respects, to the idle prince who is not cared about, the huge gap has greatly traumatized this child's soul.
He may not understand the strange clouds above the hall, but the changes in human feelings are deeply remembered.
His original fate was uncertain, coupled with the disease of stuttering, which made him even more ridiculed and cold-eyed.
The changes in the court, the separation of relatives, and his own defects all created Zhu Mihao's tragic childhood, and the brand of inferiority was deeply engraved in his bones.
During that time, Zhu Jianlian was often in a lonely state, and there was only a palace maid named Wan Zhen'er, who always accompanied him, took care of him, and encouraged him.
(Wan Zhen'er)
This Wan Zhen'er, in her early years, served Empress Sun, and in the year when Zhu Jianlian was made crown prince, she was sent to the Eastern Palace to serve Zhu Milian.
Wan Zhen'er came from a humble background, and she has been crawling and playing in the harem for many years, so that she has learned to observe the color of speech and use the opportunity to do great things in order to achieve her goal of climbing up.
After arriving at the East Palace, Wan Zhen'er decided to climb up through Zhu Milian, a nobleman, so she took great care of Zhu Milian like her own mother, which made Zhu Jianlian very dependent on her.
After Zhu Jianlian was deposed, everyone alienated him, and only Wan Zhen'er loved him more than before, which made the young children grateful.
Although the difference between the two is 17 years old, Wan Zhen'er, driven by desire, with a twisted psychology, pours the loneliness of the deep palace and the desire for men into this little boy.
Kenjong's Oedipus complex
In the first year of Tianshun (1457), Emperor Yingzong re-sat on the emperor's throne through the change of seizing the door.
The ten-year-old Zhu Mishen (濬) once again became a star-like being and changed his name to Zhu Mishen.
After the restoration, Emperor Yingzong launched a strong revenge on Zhu Qiyu, but there was some mercy in this revenge, which also had a great impact on Zhu Jianshen in the future.
(Ming Yingzong Zhu qi town)
After returning to the Eastern Palace, everything changed, the palace eunuchs became attentive, the princes and ministers became kind, but the only thing that remained unchanged was the care of Wan Zhen'er.
Wan Zhen'er may have already reached this step, and after Zhu Jianshen grew up, she deliberately transformed this care into a love between men and women if there is none.
Eight years later, Emperor Yingzong died, and the eighteen-year-old Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne and reached the peak of power in the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, Zhu Jianshen was already a tall and powerful man, and Wan Zhen'er also got his wish and got Zhu Jianshen's favor.
A hundred days after Emperor Yingzong's death, Zhu Mishen obeyed the edict and made Wu his empress.
This made Wan Zhen'er's mentality collapse at once, she could not accept her own hard work for more than ten years, but it was not as good as Wu's superior origin, so she was jealous.
Through the emperor's unique love for herself, she often cried and complained about Empress Wu's mistreatment of her, which made Xianzong feel painful.
(Wan Zhen'er)
But after all, Wu was an empress, and Zhu Jianshen had not fainted enough to depose Empress Wu because of a few words of jealousy.
Wan Zhen'er saw that the sycamore was useless, so she began to use other methods, and she was determined to take down the empress.
She took advantage of Zhu Jianshen's favor and provoked Empress Wu many times, with the aim of provoking Empress Wu and letting her take the initiative to do something to herself first.
Empress Wu was as deeply scheming as Wan Zhen'er, and soon could not withstand the provocation of this crime, so she ordered wan Zhen'er to be reprimanded with a staff to maintain the majesty of the lord of the harem.
Wan Zhen'er was hurt in her body, but her heart was secretly proud, and she pretended to be chuchu pitiful in front of Xianzong, indicating that she did not blame the empress.
When Xianzong saw that the woman who used to love and protect herself was actually beaten like this, she was instantly distressed.
Wan Zhen'er said careless words on her lips, but her face was weeping with tears, reminding Xianzong of the days when she was bullied, and her desire to protect as a man was instantly aroused.
(Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhen'er)
Therefore, he demanded that Empress Wu be deposed and that Wan Zhen'er, who was "virtuous and virtuous", be made empress.
However, this proposal was strongly opposed by the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the courtiers.
Not to mention that Wan Zhen'er was born from a humble background, just her age is enough to be Zhu Jianshen's mother, and the empress dowager of the two palaces is not a vegetarian, so naturally she will not be unable to see through Wan Zhen'er's crooked thoughts.
In the end, the matter was not resolved, and although she was unable to sit on the throne of the empress as she wished, Wan Zhen'er showed everyone her importance to Xianzong.
Later, Emperor Xianzong married Empress Wang again, but Wan Zhen'er was not worried at all, because in her eyes, the new empress was just a puppet.
As long as she held Xian Zong, this harem would still be her Wan Zhen'er's world.
Indeed, childhood nightmares make Xianzong's Oedipal complex often work, and every time he "falls ill", he needs Wan Zhen'er to accompany him in order to heal the trauma of that year.
(Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhen'er)
After these events, Wan Zhen'er was more convinced of Xianzong's dependence on herself, so she had no scruples and was more arbitrary than before.
According to some historical records, as long as there are things in the harem that do not go along with her wishes, she will often beat and scold the personnel involved.
But whoever had "rebelled against the offender", Wan Zhen'er wanted her to see blood on the spot, and she would not be able to die.
Wan Zhen'er was so overbearing in the harem, Xianzong naturally would not be unaware.
But no matter what happened, Xian Zong still loved Wan Zhen'er, because here wan Zhen'er could find a familiar sense of security.
The crown prince died prematurely, and the pet concubine went crazy
When Wan Zhen'er was thirty-seven years old, he gave birth to a prince for Xianzong, and Xianzong was so excited that he immediately made Wan Zhen'er an imperial concubine.
Even Wan Zhen'er's seven aunts and eight aunts' families were also stained with light, which made Wan Zhen'er's vanity greatly satisfied.
Looking at the infant child, Wan Zhen'er was sure that Emperor Xianzong would definitely make his son the crown prince in the future, and even if Emperor Xianzong died, he would also be a noble empress!
However, Wan Zhen'er did not expect that before long, her and Xianzong's son died prematurely, and they did not even have time to take the name!
Wan Zhen'er, who lost her beloved son, was almost crazy, because she knew that she was already an elderly mother, and she was afraid that she would never be pregnant again!
Whenever she thought about it, she was jealous of the young concubines in the harem.
She was not reconciled, why did her own children disappear, but they still had so many opportunities for mothers and children to be expensive?
After that, Wan Zhen'er became more and more troubled, sometimes worried that Xianzong did not love herself, and sometimes worried that other concubines would ride on her head because they gave birth to the crown prince.
Once the harem woman's jealousy is nurtured, if it is not calmed, it will spread like a weed in the body until it devours the mind.
As a result, Wan Zhen'er began to strengthen her power, on the one hand, she tried her best to prevent Xianzong from spoiling other concubines, and repeatedly tested whether Xianzong's feelings for her were weakened.
On the other hand, she sent her minions all over the harem, and whenever she learned which concubine was pregnant, she ordered someone to try to beat the child out.
Even if a concubine can escape the disaster and give birth to a child, she will be killed by her.
Under her clutches, the young and strong Xianzong did not have a son, after all, in the "feudal dynasty", it was taboo for the royal to have no heirs.
Therefore, the ministers wrote letters one after another, hoping that Emperor Xianzong would spread out and give birth to a few more princes, but Emperor Xianzong said: This is a family affair of Yuan, you can manage it!
In the fifth year of Chenghua, Zhu Mishen was in the year of fang gang of flesh and blood, and once met a palace girl with a beautiful eyebrow in the harem, and he stayed overnight to spoil her.
This palace maid had been making a living in the deep palace for many years, and naturally knew that this was just a whim of the emperor, and her own status was humble, and she did not dare to think otherwise.
The Prince of the Cold Palace
However, after this time of pampering, Ji Gongnu suddenly found out that she was pregnant, which was a dragon species!
Lady Ji was very excited, but she soon became worried, because she had long heard that Wan Guifei in the harem was jealous of all the women who were pregnant with dragon seeds, and many concubines were killed because of this.
Time flew by quickly, and The Palace Lady was in fear, and her stomach grew bigger day by day.
Soon, Wan Zhen'er's eyes and ears heard about this, and Wan Zhen'er learned that there was actually a little palace girl who "seduced" Xian Zong under her own eyes and was pregnant with a dragon species, and immediately became angry.
She immediately ordered someone to imprison the lady of the Ji Palace in the cold palace, and sent a personal maid to send abortion pills to avoid the aftermath.
However, this maid had a hint of kindness in her heart, and when she saw the delicate Lady Ji, she couldn't help but feel sympathy, so she decided to help this poor woman!
Under her concealment, the Ji Palace lady was able to live a difficult life in the cold palace, and finally gave birth to a little prince, the child's cry broke the silence of the cold palace, and the ji palace lady regarded the child as a treasure.
Not long after, the news of the birth of the crown prince by the lady of the Ji Palace reached the ears of Wan Guifei.
When Wan Guifei learned of this, she was furious and immediately ordered the execution of the "derelict" maid.
"Since this untouchable man has already given birth to a child, if he does not dispose of it as soon as possible, he will certainly be a disaster in the future!" Wan Zhen'er thought fiercely.
In order to make sure that the ji palace girl and the child never turned over, she immediately sent her close eunuch Zhang Min to drown the baby.
After the eunuch Zhang Min rushed to the Cold Palace, he saw this child who had escaped alive, and he felt pity, but he really couldn't do it, and he also had the idea of wanting to save this child.
But Zhang Min was only a eunuch, a person who spoke softly and openly opposed Wan Guifei, I was afraid that she and the Ji Palace women and children would not be able to escape death.
Moreover, Emperor Xianzong had favored Concubine Wan Guifei for many years, and it was not easy to say what kind of attitude Emperor Xianzong had towards this child, so he could only help secretly.
With Wan Guifei's will, he found a few trusted helpers, played a "tanuki cat for prince" for Wan Guifei, and hid the child in the Cold Palace.
After that, he calmly replied to Wan Guifei: "Niangniang, it has been done." ”
When Wan Guifei learned that the child had returned to the west, a proud smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she began to act arbitrarily in the harem, covering the sky with one hand.
And Xianzong was still infatuated with Wan Zhen'er, who was gentle and kind, pure and moving, and turned a blind eye to these things.
On the other side, Ji Gongnu and her son struggled to survive in the hidden and dilapidated corner of the cold palace, and Zhang Min would occasionally visit the two.
Whenever he saw the child's innocent appearance, he felt sorry, after all, this was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the vicious Wan Guifei, he had to survive in this dark and damp cold palace!
Revenge? That's it!
Later, Zhang Min was valued by Wan Guifei because of his "beautiful handling" and was able to serve Emperor Xianzong closely.
In the eleventh year of Chenghua, this night, Xianzong, who was combing his hair, looked at his aging face and increasingly frosted white hair in the mirror, and sighed: "It is a pity that there is no son under his knees..."
Zhang Min, who was serving on the side, finally stepped forward trembling after some ideological struggle.
Suddenly he knelt down and said, "You have a son, he is in the Cold Palace, he is already 6 years old!" ”
Xianzong was horrified and couldn't believe his ears, and Zhang Min immediately explained the events of that year and the matter.
Xianzong immediately sent someone to pick up the child, and Xianzong saw that his son was yellow and thin, and his fetal hair had not yet been trimmed, dragging it long on the ground, and instantly remembered himself.
Xianzong couldn't help but burst into tears and choked up, "It's really my son, like me, like me..."
Soon, the child was named Zhu Youfan, and was made the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the bloody harem finally ushered in a festive atmosphere.
I thought that the good days were coming, but Zhu Youfan's birth mother, Ji Gongnu, suddenly died violently, and the kind eunuch Zhang Min also committed suicide by swallowing gold.
Clear-eyed people know what is going on, but they dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Killing these two people was not enough, Wan Guifei absolutely could not tolerate Zhu Youfan, the prince!
Therefore, he planned to make another plan, and let Zhu Youfan go underground to meet his mother-in-law.
However, Wan Guifei did not expect that before she could make a cruel move, Xianzong's mother, Empress Zhou, came forward.
Perhaps knowing Wan Zhen'er's means long ago, the old empress dowager did not want the only little grandson of the Zhu family to be poisoned again, so she took Zhu Youfan to her side to take care of her.
Although Wan Zhen'er was fierce, she also knew the weight, and since the child had entered the empress dowager's palace, it was natural to think about it in the long run.
After that, Wan Zhen'er plotted again and again to persecute Zhu Youfan, but Zhu Youfan was indeed fatal, and he escaped a disaster every time.
In the twenty-third year of Chenghua (1487), Wan Guifei died suddenly and violently, and there are many theories about the cause of her death, one of which is that when she punished the palace maid, she swung too hard, resulting in phlegm blockage and death.
After Wan Guifei's death, everyone in the harem was secretly happy, and many people in the former dynasty clapped their hands and applauded, but Xianzong was like a dead mother, grief-stricken, depression into a disease.
According to historical records, the death of Wan Guifei caused Emperor Xianzong to "abandon his subjects and ignore them", and eight months later he also died.
After the death of Emperor Xianzong, Zhu Youfan, who had a difficult life, finally ascended to the throne and was known as Emperor Xiaozong of Ming.
If it is according to the number of TV series, the first thing Ming Xiaozong did after he ascended to the throne was naturally to avenge Snow Hate!
However, before Zhu Youfan could speak, the ministers couldn't sit still!
Because when Wan Guifei was alive, she put her hand above the former dynasty and colluded with some treacherous ministers to make the imperial court a miasma, which made many ministers hate it to the extreme.
Therefore, after the new emperor took the throne, the ministers wrote letters one after another, demanding that the ten thousand families be cut off from the door to vent the people's anger.
(Zhu Youfan)
When the Wan family learned the news, wan xi, the younger brother of wan guifei, knew that he would not be able to escape the disaster, so he wrote a suicide note early and waited for the arrival of that day.
However, Zhu Youxian was kind by nature, even if he suffered so much when he was a child, even if his mother was killed and his benefactor died tragically, he was not blinded by hatred.
Looking at the excited minister, he only said one word: Stop here!
Although the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu's request for "revenge" was not approved, everyone was relieved to see that the new emperor was so generous and benevolent.
Later, Zhu Youfan exerted great efforts to govern and broadened the way of speech, so that the crumbling Ming Dynasty gradually stabilized.
Although he was benevolent, he did not faint, and he learned the lessons of his father and emperor, not close to women, and diligent in government affairs.
During his reign, the Ming Dynasty was stable, the economy was prosperous, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which can be described as a period of peace and prosperity, which was called "Hongzhi Zhongxing" by historians.
epilogue
Throughout Xianzong's life, because of the shadow of childhood and the Oedipus complex, conniving at the pet concubine to do wrong, creating a series of tragedies in the harem dynasty, it seems to know how to be grateful, but in fact it is right and wrong.
On the other hand, although his son Zhu Youfan also experienced a tragic childhood, witnessed the death of his relatives and the persecution of his enemies, he could maintain his original intention and govern the country with true benevolence, which was the great wisdom!