The female minister Lu Zhen in the film and television drama "The Legend of Lu Zhen" is kind and beautiful, full of talent, is a woman who is determined no matter what happens, the most admirable thing is that she has gradually counterattacked from a small palace girl to a generation of female ministers with her own strength, so is there really a "Lu Zhen" person in history?
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Indeed, there is, but the archetypal character in history is called Lu Lingxuan, who is indeed a female official with a high status, but she is not a kind woman like "Lu Zhen" in film and television dramas, and she is not only unkind in history, but also evaluated by posterity as a generation of "demon girls" in Northern Qi. So what kind of experience and circumstances are hidden behind the real Lu Lingxuan being forcibly whitewashed by film and television dramas? Why is her reputation so notorious?
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This matter has to start when Lu Lingxuan entered the palace, in "The Legend of Lu Zhen", Lu Zhen entered the palace at the age of seventeen or eighteen, which was the right time for youth, but Lu Lingxuan was more than thirty years older than Gao Zhan, the emperor of Wucheng of Northern Qi, and was already a half-old in her forties, why did a woman in her forties run to the palace?
Historical records record that Lu Lingxuan's origin is better than Lu Zhen in the play, she was born in an aristocratic family in Xianbei, and when she grew up, she married a general named Luo Chao, and the two also gave birth to a son named Luo Tipo. It seems that she married well, but her husband was unwilling to live a peaceful birthday, and actually participated in the rebellion, and as a result, the army was defeated and killed, and Lu Lingxuan and her son were killed, but they were only fined to enter the palace.
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From the noble lady suddenly became a palace slave, this is what Lu Lingxuan never expected, but there is nothing she can do, when Lu Lingxuan is unwilling but still well-behaved, her situation suddenly changed dramatically, what happened?
It turned out that Lu Lingxuan entered the palace when Emperor Yuan Shanjian of Eastern Wei was in power, but three years later, in 550, Gao Yang, the second son of Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Emperor, later Emperor Xuan of Northern Qi, forced Emperor Xiaojing Yuan Shanjian to abdicate the throne, became emperor himself, and established Northern Qi.
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Since the monarch has changed, the slaves in the palace will naturally be sold and transferred again, and Lu Lingxuan was transferred to the palace of Gao Zhan, King of Changguang, so that Lu Lingxuan had a clear master, and this master son Gao Zhan of Changguang was also a son that the emperor liked very much, and later became the emperor. So, what happened to Lu Lingxuan's situation after changing positions?
After all, Lu Lingxuan is from an aristocratic family, not only speaks and does things decently, capablely and shrewdly, but also very likable, Gao Zhan sees that her temperament and demeanor are different from ordinary old mothers, and then began to slowly send Lu Lingxuan to do something more weighty, so Lu Lingxuan became the nursing mother of her son Gao Wei.
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Lu Lingxuan, who became a nursing mother, tried to please Gao Zhan while carefully taking care of Gao Wei, only to be able to shame one day. When the time came to 565 AD, Lu Lingxuan's life changed drastically...
In the film and television drama "The Legend of Lu Zhen", the Northern Qi Wucheng Emperor Gao Zhan is witty and domineering, and can be called a generation of Ming monarchs, but Gao Zhan in history is completely different from the characters in the play. According to historical records, during Gao Zhan's reign, he favored traitors, adulterous sisters-in-law, and wantonly murdered the clan and ministers, resulting in increasing chaos in the imperial government, so Gao Zhan only reigned for a few years, and because of the "celestial warning", he passed the throne to the nine-year-old crown prince Gao Wei, and he leisurely became the emperor.
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As soon as Gao Wei succeeded to the throne, Lu Lingxuan's status rose, and in order to express his gratitude, the emperor Gao Wei first made Lu Lingxuan the prince of the county, and then made her a female attendant (the third rank among the female officials of Northern Qi, only noble women, high-ranking concubines or princesses can serve), which shows how important Lu Lingxuan occupies in Gao Wei's mind.
As a maid, Lu Lingxuan is mainly responsible for the daily life of the empress and empress dowager, while protecting their safety, and can carry a knife in front of the imperial court. But what Lu Lingxuan wants is not simply that, she also wants more power and status.
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Lu Lingxuan because of daily contact with core figures such as the empress and the queen mother, she began to envy the life of the royal family, coupled with her own power is not small, and the emperor trusts him so much, Lu Lingxuan's desire swells day by day, so a bold and terrible idea is brewing in her mind...
She actually wanted to kill the Empress Dowager and then dominate the harem, in addition to the reason why she became greedy, the relationship between the Empress Dowager and her was getting worse and worse. It turned out that Emperor Gao Wei's mother, who was Empress Dowager Hu at that time, was not a competent empress dowager.
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According to historical records, "Empress Dowager Hu had a plain appearance and an extremely lewd temperament, not only luring the ministers of the imperial court, but also openly recruiting wild men into the palace", and as soon as Emperor Taishang Gao Zhan died, this harem became the world of Empress Dowager Hu. Although Lu Lingxuan is the head of the female official, Empress Dowager Hu looks down on this old mother, so a battle between you and me officially begins...
The emperor at that time, Gao Wei, originally had an empress, but he didn't like it very much, she liked a dowry maid named Mu Huanghua next to the empress, this Mu Huanghua was not only beautiful, but also quite scheming at a young age, and was very good at pleasing the emperor. Therefore, Lu Lingxuan quickly made a move, took Mu Huanghua as his adopted daughter, and installed it by the emperor's side as a henchman.
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At this time, Empress Dowager Hu was not idle, she immediately brought her niece Xiao Hu into the palace, and the effect was good, Gao Wei and Xiao Hu met and sparked love, and decisively named Xiao Hu as Zhaoyi. Judging from the progress of being favored, it seems that Empress Dowager Hu's side is going faster, but at this juncture, there is infighting in the circle of the Empress Dowager.
Lu Lingxuan took the opportunity to find Mu Huanghua to let her invite her to get pregnant quickly, Mu Huanghua was very contentious, and it didn't take long to get pregnant, and gave birth to Gao Wei's eldest son, named Gao Heng.
The adopted daughter had a son, Lu Lingxuan had a stepping stone, she asked the emperor to seal Mu Huanghua on the one hand, and on the other hand, she designed for the empress to accept Gao Heng as an adopted son, and after some operation, Gao Heng was made a prince. This is just the first step for Lu Lingxuan to fight Empress Dowager Hu, so how is she going to make Empress Dowager Hu completely lose her power next?
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Just when Empress Dowager Hu competed with Lu Lingxuan, let Lu Lingxuan grab the handle, so she secretly sent someone to sue Empress Dowager Hu in front of the emperor, and the emperor put Empress Dowager Hu in seclusion, and then Lu Lingxuan began to attack Empress Dowager Hu's henchman Xiao Hu, but at this time Xiao Hu had been upgraded from Zhaoyi to empress, so how did Lu Lingxuan remove this obstacle?
One day Lu Lingxuan was chatting with Empress Dowager Hu, although Empress Dowager Hu was locked up at this time, but what she said was still somewhat weighty, during the casual conversation, Lu Lingxuan suddenly sighed and said, "Hey, people's hearts are unpredictable, your own niece actually said that kind of thing" Empress Dowager Hu hurriedly asked something, Lu Lingxuan then said: "Empress Hu said to the emperor, 'The Empress Dowager has many illegal behaviors, not enough to be a mother'."
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When Empress Dowager Hu heard this, her niece, who she had supported herself, said that she was so angry that she couldn't help but send someone to shave Empress Hu's hair and then drive her home. When Empress Dowager Hu came to her senses, she found that she had fallen for Lu Lingxuan's scheme, but it was too late.
In 573, Emperor Gao Wei made Mu Huanghua empress, and Lu Lingxuan was known as "Daji" because she was the empress's righteous mother, and since then she has become the real master of the harem of Northern Qi. However, Lu Lingxuan did not stop her steps, and she was involved in imperial politics while competing in the harem.
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Lu Lingxuan, who ascended to the sky step by step, introduced his son Luo Tipo into the palace to serve the emperor, perhaps because of his mother's true legend, Luo Tipo's ability to slap horses is first-class, plus the emperor Gao Wei is extremely faint, and it didn't take long for the emperor to be inseparable from Luo Tipo for a moment. Her son was busy corrupting the emperor, and Lu Lingxuan was not idle, she not only eliminated the forces attached to Empress Dowager Hu, but also killed the loyal minister Hu Luguang and others.
According to historical records, Lu Lingxuan began to control the imperial government after getting rid of her political enemies one by one, and she embezzled and accepted bribes, defiled the palace, and ignored the people's suffering, which further weakened the national strength of Northern Qi.
In 576, Northern Zhou attacked Northern Qi in a big way, and the Qi army was defeated, and his son Luo Tipo, seeing that the Qi state was about to die, actually defected to Northern Zhou.
Although Lu Lingxuan has always been arrogant and domineering, he is also a person who wants face, seeing his son treason, he pulled out his sword and killed himself in a fit of anger, this is the real Lu Lingxuan in history.
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