In 453 AD, 13-year-old Tuoba Jun climbed the White Pagoda to enjoy the scenery. Suddenly, when he saw a young and beautiful woman, he asked the eunuch who accompanied him, "Is this woman downstairs beautiful?" The eunuch, accustomed to flattery, opened his mouth and replied, "The slaves are so beautiful that they dare not look at him."
After hearing this, Tuoba laughed, and immediately went downstairs to pull the woman to the next side hall and pampered her.
It didn't take long for the woman to get pregnant, but she didn't expect that after she gave birth to a son, Tuoba Jun "turned her face and ruthlessly" gave her to death, what happened?
The fifth emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Jun, that is, Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, had two queens in his life. One is the Empress of Civilization Feng, and the other is the Empress of Civilization Yuan, Li.
Empress Wen Chengyuan Lee. When she was born, it was predicted that she would be unspeakably noble. As she grew older, the Li family became more and more delicate, and the matchmaker almost broke the threshold of her family.
When Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao went on an expedition, King Tuoba Ren of Yongchang passed by Shouchun. When passing by the Li family, he heard about the beauty of the Li family and forcibly married her as a concubine.
After becoming Tuobaren's woman, the Li family lived in peace for a few days, but unexpectedly, Tuoba Ren suddenly rebelled, so that she was also sat down, demoted to a palace person, and suffered some hardships. It can be said that if he hadn't met Tuoba Jun, Li's life would have seen the end like this.
The news of Li's pregnancy spread far and wide, causing a great sensation in the harem, and Tuoba Jun's grandmother, the Queen Mother, was very dissatisfied with this, and even suspected that it was Tuobaren's widow.
The Queen Mother had a clear understanding of the cause and effect of the incident, inquired about the situation of the Li family, and sent someone to investigate the people who were guarding the door at that time, and the time was the same.
Soon after, Li gave birth to a son for Tuoba Hong, named Tuoba Hong. Tuoba was worried that someone would be unfortunate to his son when he went out, so when he went on patrol, he often took Li with him.
Within two years, Tuoba Hong was established as the crown prince by Tuoba Jun and was carefully cared for by Empress Feng. Because the Northern Wei Dynasty has a "wonderful" rule, that is, once a woman in the harem gives birth to a child, and the child is made the crown prince, then her biological mother will be given death.
In this way, it will be possible to avoid the situation of "the mother is noble and the child is weak" in the future, which will be unfavorable to the government and government. This practice was modeled after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who killed Lady Gou Yi to pave the way for his son Liu Fuling.
Emperor Wencheng succeeded to the throne at a young age, and during his reign, he encouraged the people to recuperate, focus on agriculture, and implement moderate means to let the people live and work in peace and contentment. Unfortunately, he died young, at the age of twenty-five.
Empress Feng and Emperor Wencheng had a harmonious relationship, and tried her best to be a good helper, so after Tuoba Jun's death, she didn't turn a corner for a while, and when she burned Emperor Wencheng's clothes, she threw herself into the raging fire while the maid didn't care. Fortunately, the guard next to her was quick and pulled her out in time to save her from death.
However, after this catastrophe, Empress Dowager Feng also woke up, quickly regained her strength, cleaned up her mood, and wanted to assist the prince and guard the country for Emperor Wencheng Tuoba Hong at this time was too young and not enough to take charge of the government independently.
Empress Feng relied on her own strength to break the shackles of traditional concepts and frames, shouldered this important responsibility, and commanded the power of the Northern Wei Dynasty as the empress dowager.
However, although Tuoba Hong is young, he has a bit of real talent and learning, and has the demeanor of Tuoba Hong, and shows extraordinary wisdom in the game with Empress Feng.
The widowed Empress Dowager Feng often acted out of line, and was obsessed with the children of an official eunuch, which caused Tuoba Hong's dissatisfaction, so he deliberately suppressed the ministers headed by the Empress Dowager Feng in the court, hoping to hold the majority of the power in the court in his own hands.
However, in this way, the gap between the two became bigger and bigger, and Tuoba Hongqi was one step behind, abdicated under the pressure of Empress Dowager Feng, and instead supported his grandson Tuoba Hong to ascend to the throne.
In the sinister Royal Society, for that position, you can ruthlessly kill your favorite concubine, and the two who have depended on each other since childhood do not hesitate to fight each other, etc., only to see a heart full of calculations.
People in it, although they are born wealthy, need to walk on thin ice all day long, but they don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate.