Lu Huinan's sense of existence in history is not strong, but because he gave birth to a controversial emperor, he was criticized, and the following is the story of Lu Huinan.
Lu Huinan was born in Danyang and was elected to the harem by virtue of his outstanding appearance when he was young, and became the concubine of Liu Yilong, the Emperor wen of Song. Because of his posture, he was fortunate to be blessed, and after giving birth to the crown prince Liu Jun, he was named Shuyuan. However, Liu Yilong's harem is beautiful, and there are countless young and beautiful women, and as she grows older and wrinkled, Lu Huinan gradually falls out of favor.
Lu Huinan is a wise man, although she has lost the favor, fortunately there is still a son to rely on. Liu Yilong not only had many concubines and a large number of sons, but Liu Jun was more valued because he was intelligent and good at riding and shooting, and when Liu Jun was the governor of the region, Lu Huinan asked to go with him.
In 453, the crown prince Liu Shao, exposed to the secret of witchcraft, took the opportunity to launch a palace rebellion, killed his father and emperor, and established himself as emperor. Liu Jun, the king of Wuling, led an army to attack Liu Shao, while Lu Huinan stayed in Xunyang. In the same year, Liu Jun ascended the throne as emperor, and Lu Huinan was welcomed back to the palace, honored as empress dowager, and lived in the Xianyang Hall. After Lu Huinan became prominent, her mother's lu clan also ascended to heaven with the chicken dog, and the Lu clan was given to the high-ranking official Feng Lu.
Lu Huinan's pattern is very small, she is not a well-known empress, and she is only committed to pursuing glory and wealth. After Jun ascended the throne, Lu Huinan often interfered in the affairs of the government, and she also collected a lot of money for her mother's family, and their family's luxury was no less than that of the emperor's son. Such behavior also made the people of the Lu family arrogant.
After Liu Jun's death, his eldest son Liu Ziye took the throne as the deposed emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Lu Huinan was given the title of empress dowager. Not long after, Liu Yu, the eleventh son of Emperor Wen of Song, launched a coup d'état and seized the throne, for Emperor Ming of Song, and Lu Huinan returned to the position of empress dowager. Liu Yu was raised by Lu Huinan since childhood, and he was very grateful to her, so after Liu Yu ascended the throne, his devotion and etiquette to Lu Huinan were the same as before, and he did not slack off a bit.
Soon after Liu Yu claimed to be empress, Lu Huinan died of illness at the age of fifty-five, and was buried in Xiuning Mausoleum. In order to thank Lu Huinan for his nurturing grace, Liu Yu specially wore a cooked linen robe to guard his funeral for three months.
The Book of Wei records the incest between Liu Jun, the Emperor Xiaowu of Song, and his biological mother Lu Huinan. The Book of Song points out that Liu Jun often stayed in the Xianyang Palace where Empress Dowager Lu lived, and stayed for a long time, and the people talked about it. Both of these events have been questioned by later historians, and there is still no conclusion.
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