Throughout the ages, looking at the harem concubines vying for favor is nothing more than swords and shadows, you die and I live, even if it is from the family of aunts and nephews and sisters, most of them are jealous, denigrating each other and hitting each other. But there are exceptions, the two sisters Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede in the Han Dynasty, together with Liu Xiao, the emperor of Hancheng, supported each other, cared for each other, carried forward the spirit that unity is strength, and shared prosperity and favor for nearly ten years, and for a while power fell to the harem. What kind of magic could make Emperor Hancheng fascinated by this sister and even die in the end?
Speaking of the life history of the two, it is really unfortunate, their mother is a royal blood of the concubine, was named the lord of Gusu County, and later married the general Zhao Man. Helplessly, the husband and wife had a discordant relationship, so she fornicated with Feng Dali, the son of a housekeeper surnamed Feng in the mansion, and gave birth to a pair of twins, which was naturally inconvenient to take in the family, so she packed it in a bushbag and abandoned the wilderness. After three days of abandonment, he was still alive, and his parents also felt strange, so they took it back to the house to raise them. A few years later, her parents died one after another, and the second daughter had no home to rely on, so she was exiled to Chang'an together, became an official maid, and was sent to the Yang'a Princess Mansion to learn singing and dancing.
Princess Yang'a was the sister of the Hancheng Emperor Liu Xiao, one of the most lustful emperors in history. One day, Emperor Hancheng went to Princess Yang'a's mansion to play, and at a glance he saw Feiyan, who was singing and dancing in the center of the dance, and Emperor Hancheng was greatly moved, so he asked Princess Yang'a to bring Feiyan back to the harem. In this way, Zhao Feiyan entered the Han Palace and was favored by Emperor Hancheng.
Not long after Zhao Feiyan entered the palace, the female official of the harem, Fan Yan, reported to Liu Xiao again, saying that Zhao Feiyan's sister Zhao Hede was far away on it, and Liu Xiao couldn't help but feel like a long-term hope for Shu, and then took Zhao Hede. A few days after Zhao Hede entered the palace, she was made a concubine, and the two sisters took turns to serve the banquet. Empress Xu and Ban Jieyu, who were originally favored by the emperor, were snubbed at this time. Empress Xu was deposed, and Ban Jiehao also served the Empress Dowager. The Zhao sisters hold the power of life and death in the harem, and they are invincible. Zhao Feiyan was canonized as empress, and Zhao Hede was also made Zhaoyi, and the two were favored and favored in the harem.
In the spring of the second year of Suihe (7 BC), the 46-year-old Emperor Cheng died in Zhao Hede's bed, Emperor Cheng has always been strong and strong, never sick, the night before his death was fine, got up in the morning to dress, ready to receive Liu Yan, the king of Chusi, and Liu Li, the king of Liang, who knew that just put on his tights, before his clothes could be put on, he suddenly stiffened and could not speak, suffered a stroke and fell into bed, could not move, and died soon after. The government and the public were shaken, and the ministers denounced Zhao's misfortune. Zhao Hede committed suicide.
In June of the second year of Yuan Shou (1 BC), Emperor Mourning died. The Wang clan's foreign qi group, which was not on good terms with Emperor Mourning, made a comeback, and Emperor Mourning's favored ministers and foreign Qi were severely attacked, Empress Dowager Fu Empress Dowager Ding was dug up a grave, Empress Dowager Zhao was deposed, and Wang Zhengjun was honored alone. Wang Mang coerced the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun to issue an edict: "The former Empress Dowager and Zhaoyi are in the same house, and the younger brother is exclusively favored and sleeps, and the thief is in turmoil, destroying the heirs and endangering the temple, violating the heavens and ancestors, and doing nothing for the righteousness of the mother of the world." The Empress Dowager was demoted to Empress Xiaocheng and moved to the Northern Palace. A month later, he issued an edict demoting Empress Zhao and Empress Fu to the rank of commoner, and rushed to guard her husband's mausoleum, and the two committed suicide together that day, and Zhao Feiyan lived only six years longer than his sister Zhao Hede.
It is said that the red face is miserable, not to mention the beautiful sister flower, but the demise of the Han Dynasty cannot be attributed to Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede. Emperor Hancheng was willing to degenerate, obsessed with wine, absurd, ignored the imperial government, and finally died in Zhao Hede's "gentle township", who can be blamed?