In 199 BC, when Liu Bang passed by his son-in-law's fiefdom, he actually pampered his son-in-law's concubine Zhao Ji. What's even more strange is that when this son-in-law learned about it, not only was he not angry, but he was also very pleased!
However, the more bloody plot is still to come. The next year, Zhao Ji gave birth to Liu Bang's son in Chang'an Prison, and then committed suicide with hatred. What kind of bloody plot is this! Can power and lust really make people so crazy?
The matter has to start with the defeat of the rebels by the Han army. In the autumn of that year, Liu Bangqin led a large army to chase after the defeated army, passing by Zhang Ao's fiefdom along the way. After days of running, the army was exhausted.
Liu Bang led the tired army and stepped into the land of Zhao, intending to rest in the fiefdom of his son-in-law Zhang Ao. Although Zhang Ao is the king of Zhao, he naturally respects Liu Bang's father-in-law.
Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, prepared a banquet early and personally greeted the arrival of Lord Yuezhang at the gate of the city. Liu Bang saw that Zhang Ao was performing a family ceremony instead of a courtesy, and immediately reprimanded him. After a reprimand, although Zhang Ao was dissatisfied in his heart, he had to swallow his anger.
At the beginning of the banquet, Liu Bang was full of interest and drank and carnival with his ministers. coincided with the moonlight, and the wine was not good, he hiccuped, supported the wall, and strayed into a palace, and regarded Zhang Ao's concubine Zhao Ji as a concubine, hugged and kissed wildly, and directly pampered him. Good guy, this favor is very lucky, Zhao Ji is pregnant.
This time Zhao King Zhang Ao was in trouble, how dare he take Zhao Ji, who was pregnant with a dragon seed, back to his inner palace, so he had to quickly build an outer palace and let Zhao Ji live in.
Unbeknownst to him, the following year, Liu Bang suddenly ordered the arrest of Zhang Ao and dozens of his subordinates. Zhang Ao didn't know what was going on, so he had to ask his wife, Princess Lu Yuan, for help. The princess rushed to the palace, and Fang learned the reason from the mouth of the Empress Dowager Lu.
It turned out that Zhao Guocheng was high, and they couldn't get used to Liu Bang's behavior, and thought that Zhang Ao was humiliated in front of His Majesty, which greatly damaged the dignity of King Zhao. So without Zhang Ao's knowledge, he privately led soldiers and wanted to do something to Liu Bang.
Although they did not really succeed, the traces were revealed, and Liu Bang wiped them out. In the face of interrogation, Guan Gao and others strongly proved that Zhang Ao did not know, but Liu Bang was still suspicious and insisted on treating Zhang Ao.
Princess Lu Yuan and Empress Dowager Lu both interceded, but they failed to change Liu Bang's determination, so Zhao Ji and Zhang Ao were all imprisoned.
The sky of Chang'an, sometimes sunny and sometimes cloudy, reflects the peace and tension of this ancient city. In this dimly lit prison, Zhao Ji pleaded with her pregnancy that she was pregnant with Liu Bang's son, but the cold jailers turned a deaf ear to her pleas.
Over time, Zhao Ji gave birth to Liu Bang's child in prison, but she clearly knew that it would be difficult for this child to survive in such a harsh environment. In despair, Zhao Ji chose the most tragic way and used her death to prove the child's life experience. This scene finally caused panic among the jailers, and the news also reached Liu Bang's ears.
After Liu Bang heard the news, he hurriedly sent someone to take the child to the palace, and this child was the later Huainan King Liu Chang.