In early 21 AD, shortly after Empress Wang died and was buried, the new emperor Wang Mang began to torture the maids around the empress.
It turned out that Wang Mang had intercepted a letter written by his fourth son, the current crown prince Wang Lin, to Empress Wang. The letter probably means that the eldest brother and the second brother were forced to die by their father when they were 30 years old, and I am also 30 years old this year, I don't know how I will die?
This letter made Wang Mang furious, and he thought that Prince Wang Lin must have something to hide from him. Since it was written to the empress, the maid beside the empress must know something, so there was a scene at the beginning of the article.
After this interrogation, it was found that Wang Lin had fornicated with the maid beside the queen mother, and this maid had also been blessed by Wang Manglin. It stands to reason that all the women in the harem belong to the emperor alone, how dare Wang Lin be so disobedient. What's more, they even planned to kill Wang Mang.
This matter was known by Wang Lin's wife Liu Su, whose father was a national teacher of the dynasty, and she herself was good at divination. She told her husband that there would soon be a "white party" in the palace, that is, a major funeral.
Wang Lin thought that his plan would succeed. The "White Clothes Meeting" did happen, but it was his mother, Empress Wang. After his mother's death, his father Wang Mang also began to investigate the letter he wrote. So before the plan could be implemented, what he had planned was revealed.
Wang Mang gave poisoned wine to Wang Lin, but Wang Lin was not convinced and committed suicide with a sharp weapon.
Why did Wang Lin write that letter that made him doomed? This has to mention the other two sons who died at the hands of Wang Mang.
The first is the second eldest Wang Yu, who killed a slave because of trivial matters and was forced to commit suicide by Wang Mang.
The second son is the eldest Wang Yu. During the reign of Emperor Hanping, Wang Mang was in power. The eldest son Wang Yu and his wife and brother Lü Kuan planned to pour dog blood on the door of the house to scare Wang Mang into returning to government by taking advantage of the disaster. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Wang Mang and died with poisoned wine.
As stated in that letter, Wang Lin was about to be 30 years old, and the curse of his two brothers dying at the age of 30 overwhelmed him, and he had to complain to his mother.
Unexpectedly, it was this complaint that made him follow in the footsteps of his two brothers. #History##Wang Mang##祥瑞: Wang Mang and His Era #