The harem in history has always been a bloody place, and compared to those palace fighting dramas, it is definitely more than that, which is definitely not alarmist. Unlike the TV series, the real harem battles are not so concentrated, and they are not always fought everywhere.
Emperor Han Shun was originally the crown prince, but he was more aggrieved as the prince. was once abolished as the crown prince, but this abolished prince became the emperor again. It can be said that the process of this can be called a palace drama with super high ratings.
To say that Liu Baoben was a very favored prince of Emperor Han An, so why did Emperor Han An ruthlessly abolish him as the crown prince?
Here, we have to shift our attention to the harem, in fact, although the harem was not allowed to participate in politics in ancient times, it was imperceptibly influenced by the harem in the actual struggle for imperial power. Because, the harem and the vestibule are inherently very related, and the female dependents of some officials will have a special position in the harem.
Over time, the emperor's decisions and thoughts will be influenced by his favorite concubines, and this so-called "pillow wind" is still very popular in the ancient palace. This is also the reason why the vestibule officials have to place their own people in the harem even if they use all kinds of means, which is an unwritten rule in the ancient royal family.
As for the abolition of the crown prince Liu Bao, it is also the consequence of the harem having its own advantages and interfering with the imperial power. It turned out that the mother of the crown prince Liu Bao came from a humble background, and Empress Yan, the empress of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, never gave birth to a prince. After Liu Bao was born, Empress Yan planned to get rid of their mother and son. Empress Yan felt that her position as empress was immeasurably threatened, and once Liu Bao became the emperor, then her position as empress would be in jeopardy, and her dream of becoming the empress dowager in the future would also be in vain.
So, Queen Yan thought about getting rid of their mother and son day and night. Liu Baogui is the prince, and the guards around him are tight, so it is difficult to start, so start with his mother first. Liu Bao's mother is a palace maid, and there are countless palace maids like Liu Bao's mother, even if she gives birth to a prince, her status will not rise much. Therefore, it is still very easy to get rid of a palace maid. In this way, Empress Yan designed to kill Liu Bao's mother with poison.
All this was seen by Liu Bao, but what could he do as a child? It was a great luck to be able to save his life.
Empress Yan, who got rid of Liu Bao's mother, looked down on Liu Bao even more unpleasantly, and she knew that if Liu Bao became the emperor, this account would definitely have to be settled with her. It can be said that getting rid of Liu Bao is what Queen Yan wants to do in her dreams, but it is not easy to realize this dream. If, once Emperor An of Han knew what Empress Yan had done, then what was waiting for Empress Yan would not only be beheaded, but also the imperial relatives behind her would suffer.
If you can't kill Liu Bao, then you can still pull him down and abolish his position as the crown prince, then the future imperial power will still be in your own hands. So, Empress Yan said bad things about Liu Bao in front of Emperor Han An every day, and over time, Liu Bao's status in the heart of Emperor Han An gradually declined, and finally, after a slander by Empress Yan, Emperor Han An was furious and ordered to abolish Liu Bao's position as the crown prince, so far, Liu Bao was demoted to King Jiyin.
After Liu Bao was deposed as the crown prince, Emperor An of Han died outside the palace, and Empress Yan felt that her good days were finally coming. She and the Yan clan and the eunuchs in the palace planned to conspire to establish a yellow-mouthed child as the emperor. And he can listen to the government and secretly grasp the imperial power, and his relatives Yan family can also ascend to the sky in one step, then in this case, the world will have to change its surname to Yan. After returning to the palace, Empress Yan united her forces to support Liu Yi as emperor.
Empress Yan finally realized her desire to occupy imperial power in an arbitrary manner. However, this kind of good life is always short-lived, Liu Yi has been sick since he became the emperor, and he may die at any time, which makes the various forces in the palace begin to surge again. The faction led by Empress Yan is selecting other candidates who can be puppet emperors, intending to repeat the old trick. The faction led by the eunuch Sun Cheng planned to stage a coup d'état and re-establish Liu Bao, the son of Emperor An of Han, as emperor.
After Liu Yi served as emperor for seven months, he died of illness. At this time, the eunuch Sun Cheng planned to strike first, and he joined other eunuchs in the palace to kill the eunuchs of Empress Yan's faction, and held the prestige eunuch Li Yan hostage to support the new emperor Liu Bao to succeed him. Under Sun Cheng's planning, Liu Bao became Emperor Shun of Han, but Liu Bao was only eleven years old at this time. To put it bluntly, this emperor is just a pawn for the eunuchs to seize power.
After Sun Cheng established Liu Bao as emperor, he regained the jade seal and the corresponding imperial power from Empress Yan. Empress Yan's family was all arrested, Yan Xian, Yan Jing, Yan Yan brothers and their henchmen were all killed, and the rest of those who had a slight relationship were also killed, and Empress Yan was also abolished as queen, and finally, she was driven out of the palace, and the struggle for imperial power ended.
Although the abolished prince Liu Bao became the emperor, in this process, he was just a pawn fighting for imperial power. After becoming the emperor, Liu Bao's life was not easy. Because, his throne was snatched by the eunuchs, and he was controlled by the eunuchs in the palace. In the later period, the Liang family, the empress of Emperor Shun of Han, gradually participated in the struggle for imperial power.
It can be said that Liu Bao, the emperor, is a fat meat sandwiched between the eunuchs and his relatives, and he is at the mercy of the calculations of the eunuchs and the Liang family. On the sixth day of August in the first year of Jiankang, Liu Bao, the emperor of Hanshun, died in the front hall of the Yutang at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. After the death of Emperor Shun of Han, his son Liu Bing succeeded to the throne as Emperor Chong of Han.
It can be said that the struggle for imperial power seems to be a play on the stage, and you sing and we appear. This scene never stops, it's just that the people who perform it are different.