In the harems of ancient emperors, love was often swayed by power, status, and political interests. However, the love story of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, and his first love has become a unique exception.
So, what is the charm of the woman who made Emperor Liu Xiu endure for 18 years? Today, let us uncover the story behind this legend.
Liu Xiu's love for Yin Lihua began with a chance encounter. At that time, Liu Xiu followed his brother-in-law Deng Chen to visit the Yin family, and happened to meet Yin Lihua, who was watering flowers.
Yin Lihua's beauty immediately attracted Liu Xiu, and he fell in love with Yin Lihua at first sight, and this woman was also his first love.
However, Liu Xiu at that time thought that he was not qualified to marry Yin Lihua because their social status was too different.
Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and in comparison, Liu Xiu is much more pitiful. Although he is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang after the royal family, in his generation, because of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "Tui En Order", it is declining more and more. Liu Xiu's father still made a small county order, and when it was Liu Xiu's turn, he could only go farming.
The ancestors of Yin Lihua can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, the family is a local wealthy, occupying more than 700 hectares of land, and the scale and number of chariots, horses and slaves can not be compared with even some princes and kings. Although he has no political power, he is an out-and-out big landlord in Nanyang Xinye.
In the face of this huge difference, Liu Xiu could only express the emotion of "Shi Eun should be the ruling Jinwu, and if he married his wife, he should marry Yin Lihua".
After that, Liu Xiu followed the first emperor Liu Xuan to raise troops and won the battle of Kunyang, and his prestige and status increased significantly. At this time, Yin Lihua's family was declining due to the war, and Yin Lihua was still waiting for the boudoir.
So, when Liu Xiu was 29 years old, he married 19-year-old Yin Lihua and fulfilled his long-standing wish.
However, their married life was not always smooth sailing.
During the war years, there were too many things, and Liu Xiu didn't have time to be tired of Yin Lihua. After only three months of marriage, he put his wife in Nanyang and went to Hebei to quell the chaos by himself.
Actually, this is a thorny question that Liu Xuan gave him.
Liu Xuan killed Liu Xiu's brother Liu Xuan before, although Liu Xiu didn't care, there must be a gap in his heart. In order to unite the heroes of Hebei, Liu Xuan asked Liu Xiu, who had little troops, to appease these people.
The strong is to be able to play a bad hand well, if they are all king bombs, then what kind of strong man is it?
Liu Xiu integrated various forces in Hebei, and kept recruiting troops and horses, and his strength became stronger and stronger. In the end, he broke up with Liu Xuan, went it alone, and established a new regime. It was because of his efforts that the Han Dynasty was restored and the unification of the world was realized.
Liu Xiu's success is inseparable from the support of Liu Yang, the king of Zhending. Although King Zhending's territory is not large, he has 100,000 people under his command, which is a force that no one can underestimate.
The reason why he chose to stand on Liu Xiu's side was mainly because Liu Xiu married his niece Guo Shengtong. At this time, it was less than a year before Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua got married.
Many people praise Liu Xiu for not forgetting the old love, but the marriage of a politician is not just about love. It was an expedient measure for him to marry Guo Shengtong, and it was an expedient measure to make Guo Shengtong the founding queen of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was also out of helplessness to place Yin Lihua under Guo Shengtong.
This political marriage made Yin Lihua's position awkward. Despite this, Liu Xiu has always loved Yin Lihua deeply in her heart.
Under the deliberate operation of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, after 18 years of waiting and forbearance, the Yin family gradually grew stronger, gradually overpowering the power of the Zhending King lineage. Yin Lihua also gave birth to five princes in one go. Therefore, when the time was ripe, Liu Xiu abolished Guo Shengtong's status as the queen and replaced it with Yin Lihua.
Yin Lihua is not only famous for her beauty, but she is also praised by people for her virtuous and soft-heartedness. She and Liu Xiu have experienced many years of war and political changes, and have always been by Liu Xiu's side. The love story of the two of them blossomed and came to fruition in the troubled times, and a love is a lifetime, which has become a beautiful legend in the history of the mainland.
This is the love story of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, a story about first love, about perseverance, and about love.
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