An Di sat on the dragon chair, his eyes flashing with ambition. His gaze looked into the distance, as if he had seen the glorious scene after the conquest of Wuguo.
However, to achieve this goal, he needed 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu State. The conditions offered by Chu Guo are very simple: to marry Princess Wenxi as the queen. A sneer appeared at the corner of An Di's mouth.
He had promised never to give up, but now, Empress Zhaojie had become a stumbling block to his pinnacle of power. He began to plan how to get the queen to invite herself to the court, or to consign herself to the position of concubine, or even to become a monk.
In his eyes, the position of the queen is nothing more than a bargaining chip that can be traded at will. Empress Zhaojie stood on the Invitation Tower, her eyes crossed the layers of palace walls, expecting the man who had made a vow to appear in the mountains.
This is the place where she and Anti got married, and it was once full of sweet memories. However, at the moment, all she waited for was disappointment and despair. An hour passed, two hours passed, and the emperor never appeared until the end of the third hour.
The queen's heart was dripping blood. She remembered the past: it was the power of her mother's family that helped Emperor An stand out among several princes and ascend to the throne. And now, for the sake of 10,000 soldiers and horses, he wants to abandon himself like a piece of.
At the same time, the second prince stood in the shadow of the palace, his eyes flashing with a desire for power. He is a child raised by Empress Zhaojie from childhood to twelve, but at this moment, he only has an obsession with the position of the crown prince in his heart.
When Emperor An promised him that as long as the queen invited him to the court, he would be crowned the crown prince, the second prince did not hesitate to choose to betray the grace of parenting. He stole the Empress's seal and planned to fake the recital so that the Empress would invite herself to the court.
However, before he could hand in his recital, the queen had already died in the fire. This cold-blooded young man betrayed his mother who raised him for the sake of power, which made Empress Zhaojie wonder if there was something wrong with her education.
The Shaxi patriarch, who was far away on the border, also received threats from the imperial court. Emperor An used 3,000 horses and the lives of his two younger brothers as bargaining chips to force the patriarch to persuade his daughter, Empress Zhaojie, to back down.
If the patriarch did not agree, the emperor would punish his two younger brothers with the death penalty of robbing the pastures. The patriarch struggled between interests and family affection, and finally chose to compromise. In this game of power, Empress Zhaojie became a victim of betrayal by everyone.
She didn't know that the people she used to be closest to would push her to a desperate situation for their own interests. The husband chose to betray her for the sake of political marriage, the son for the position of prince, and the father for the interests of the family.
Empress Zhaojie felt loneliness and despair like never before. She realizes that in this maelstrom of power, she has become a dispensable pawn. Those former mountain alliances and sea oaths, those former mothers and sons have a deep relationship, and they all seem so pale and powerless in the face of interests.
This is the cruel reality of Game of Thrones, and Empress Zhaojie is just another victim in this game. Invite Yuelou stands quietly in a corner of the palace, which was once the place where Emperor An and Empress Zhaojie fell in love, but now it has become a witness to despair.
The queen stood upstairs, her eyes beyond the walls of the palace, expecting the man who had made a vow to appear. However, she waited for three full hours, and Andy never showed up.
Empress Zhaojie's heart was dripping blood. She recalled the past, it was the power of her mother's family that helped Emperor An stand out among several princes and ascend to the throne. And now, for the sake of the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu State, he wants to abandon himself like a piece of.
Emperor An hoped that she would invite herself to the court, or succumb to the position of concubine, or even become a monk, just to vacate the position of the queen to Princess Wenxi of Chu State. What broke her heart even more was that her son, the second prince, the child she raised with her own hands, now betrayed her for the position of crown prince.
The queen didn't understand what was wrong with her education, how could she raise such a cold-blooded monster. For the sake of the crown prince, the second prince did not hesitate to steal the queen's seal, and planned to fake the watch to let the queen invite herself to the court.
To add insult to injury, even his father chose to betray. For the sake of 3,000 good horses and the lives of her two younger brothers, the patriarch of Shaxi actually persuaded her to abdicate the position of queen.
The emperor threatened to punish the patriarch's two younger brothers for the crime of robbing the pasture, forcing the patriarch to make this difficult choice. At this moment, Empress Zhaojie completely understood what it meant to betray her relatives.
Her husband, her son, her father, all the people she had trusted and loved, had abandoned her for their own benefit. What crushed Queen Zhaojie was never just her husband's change of heart, but everyone's betrayal.
Despair flooded her heart like a tidal wave. The queen looked at the fire fold in her hand and made a final decision. She wants to use her own way to maintain the last dignity. Flames rose and engulfed the Invitation Tower.
The queen stood in the midst of the fire, her eyes firm. She knew that this was the only ending she could control. When Ren Ruyi came to the rescue, the queen had already made up her mind that she did not want to leave.
This fire was actually set by Empress Zhaojie herself. She chose to end her life in this way, and it also drew a heartbreaking end to this power game.
Before dying, the queen said something meaningful to Ren Ruyi. She warned Ruyi not to fall in love with a man. If there is no love, it will not be so sad and hopeless.
The queen also instructed Ruyi to have a child of her own, because other people's children are not ripe. These words contain the queen's final understanding of humanity and love.
Empress Zhaojie's self-immolation is not only a tragedy for one person, but also a microcosm of the entire power game. She used her life to illustrate how difficult it is to maintain dignity in this deceitful world.
And her death has become a silent indictment, revealing how power and lust can distort human nature and destroy family and love. 3. Political Waves After Death: The Price of Power (450 words) The news of Empress Zhaojie's death is like a boulder, stirring up thousands of waves up and down the government and the opposition.
Emperor An stood in front of the burned Invitation Moon Tower, his face was not sad, only deep thought. He originally thought that the death of the queen would make the marriage plan of Chu Guo go smoothly, but it backfired.
Chu Guo suddenly became hesitant about this marriage. They were deeply suspicious of Emperor An's character, and feared that in the future, Emperor An might treat Princess Wenxi like Empress Zhaojie for the sake of profit.
In the end, the originally planned marriage ended in failure. The ministers of the court and China whispered, and some hinted that Concubine Shu might become the new empress. Concubine Shu is the mother of the eldest prince, she used Emperor An's ruthlessness to force Empress Zhaojie to death, thinking that she could take the opportunity to ascend to the throne.
However, Emperor An unexpectedly reprimanded Concubine Shu harshly and completely snubbed her. Maybe it's the guilt in his heart, maybe it's the need for a scapegoat, Andy's behavior makes everyone scratch their heads.
Soon after, Anti made a surprising decision. He married the sixteen-year-old Chu Guifei, a clansman from the western part of the queen's mother's family. This move both appeased Shaxi, who might have been dissatisfied with the death of the empress, and cleverly avoided the problems of the queen.
Emperor An was very fond of the first concubine, as if he wanted to shape her into a stand-in for Empress Zhaojie. At the same time, he made a high-profile declaration that in order to commemorate Empress Zhaojie, he would never stand as a queen in this life. This move caused a lot of shock in the government and the opposition, some people admired the emperor's deep affection, and some people secretly scoffed at it.
Li Tongguang, an old minister in the court, once commented sarcastically: "Chu Yue hasn't married at the age of twenty, is it because she is too picky?" No, it's because her father couldn't find a suitable person who wouldn't make the emperor jealous.
This sentence speaks to the suspicious nature of Emperor An, and also reveals the complexity and danger of court politics. Empress Zhaojie's death not only did not bring the expected political benefits to Emperor An, but instead triggered a series of unexpected chain reactions.
It exposes the cruelty of the Game of Thrones and the unfathomable nature of the imperial mind. In this seemingly uneventful political upheaval, every decision has a hidden mystery, and every move is a matter of life and death.
Fourth, Emperor An's cold-bloodedness and calculation: Emperor's mental trick (450 words) Emperor An's cold-blooded and suspicious performance was vividly expressed after the queen's death. He carefully designed to blame Ren Ruyi for the queen's death.
In his opinion, this will not only save his reputation, but also get rid of a potential threat. However, this kind of stuff can only deceive irrelevant people. Just like the person he wanted to marry Chu Guo, they had already decided that the emperor killed the empress.
After all, he is the one who has a vested interest. An Di's suspicious personality made everyone around him tremble. No one dared to get close to the royal family, for fear of becoming the next pawn to be sacrificed.
This atmosphere shrouded the entire imperial court in a layer of gloom. When the people of Liudaotang rescued Emperor Wu, and Yang Ying was left behind by Lord Du's injury, Emperor An revealed his greedy nature again.
In order to survive, Yang Ying found out the identity of her daughter, and promised that if she married Emperor An as the queen, she was willing to hire nine cities. Not only that, but she also drew a bigger pie: if she has a child in the future, she can also use the banner of a child to annex Wuguo.
When Emperor An heard this, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen the bright prospect of annexing Wuguo. He couldn't wait to marry Yang Ying as the queen. However, under the reminder of his staff, An Di began to weigh the pros and cons again.
He was afraid that the queen would have too much power, and he was even more worried about having children in the future, so he let Wuguo control Anguo instead. So, he changed his mind and decided to make Yang Ying the crown princess. This series of actions fully demonstrated An Di's cold-bloodedness and calculation.
In his eyes, human life is like mustard, feelings are like dust, and only power and interests are the eternal pursuit. He can abandon the queen who has been with him for many years for the sake of 10,000 soldiers and horses, or he can break the oath he just made for the sake of nine cities.
An Di is such a person who values interests. As long as it is profitable, he doesn't care who he marries as a queen. On the contrary, without interests, no matter what the former mountain alliance and sea oath were, they can become cannon fodder.
This is the imperial mind, ruthless, treating everything as a pawn to be exploited and discarded. 5. Revenge and Fate: The Judgment of History (350 words) Ren Ruyi, the innocent man who was blamed by Emperor An, became the most loyal guardian of Empress Zhaojie.
The fire of revenge burned in her heart and vowed to avenge her mother. All those who have hurt the queen will die at her hands. This vow became the driving force of her life, keeping her awake throughout the complex court struggles.
Ren Ruyi's path of revenge is like a sharp sword, cutting through the fog of the Game of Thrones and knocking down those who once participated in the death of the queen one by one. Her actions are precise and ruthless, making those who have hurt the queen pay the price.
However, when facing the second prince, Ren Ruyi made an unexpected choice. She finally let go of this son who betrayed his adoptive mother. Maybe it's for the sake of the queen's love for the second prince during her lifetime, or maybe she feels that this young man who is blinded by power has lost the most precious thing - maternal love.
Fate also seems to be secretly laughing at this farce of power. Although the second prince escaped Ren Ruyi's revenge, he could not escape his fate. For the sake of the throne, he did not hesitate to sell his country to the Northern Barbarians, and finally reaped the consequences.
This person who once betrayed his mother for the position of the crown prince finally went to ruin because of his ambitions. History will give a fair judgment. Those who betray their conscience for selfish gain will be punished.
The tragedy of Empress Zhaojie has become an eternal warning of how far human nature can be distorted in the whirlpool of power. Ren Ruyi didn't know until she died, how filthy Queen Zhaojie's death was.
But her revenge has cost those involved. The end of this power game may be the best punishment for all participants, and it is also the final judgment of history on this dark period.