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Empress Shangguan of the Han Zhao Emperor, husband Liu Fuling of the Han Zhao Emperor, grandfather Shangguan Jie, father Shangguan An, grandfather Huo Guang. Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang were sons and daughters, and Huo Guang's daughter married Shangguan An, Shangguan Jie's son, and gave birth to Empress Shangguan.
Emperor Han zhao was only eight years old when he succeeded to the throne, and when his father Emperor Wu of Han was dying, he asked the chancellor Huo Guang to assist the young Emperor Han Zhao. In order to gain wealth, Shangguan An wanted to marry his daughter to Emperor Zhao of Han through the relationship of his father-in-law Huo Guang. At this time, Empress Shangguan was still very young and did not agree. However, Shangguan An bribed Ding Wairen, the lover of Emperor Han Zhao's sister Princess Eyi, to let him say good things before the eldest princess, let Shangguan Jie's daughter enter the palace, and was crowned empress a month later, at this time The Shangguan Empress was only six years old.
The dog that chases after the elk, be the evil one
Empress Shangguan's father, Shangguan An, was given the title of Marquis, but he was indeed a virtuous person who became arrogant and lascivious. After having a meal with Emperor Zhao of Han, he showed off eating with the emperor's son-in-law when he returned home. Drunk at home, he often walked around the house naked, and his father's concubines, concubines, and maids were equivalent to his stepmothers. He also repeatedly begged his father-in-law Huo Guang to make him an official. None of these Huo Guang agreed, and Shangguan An and Shangguan Jie hated their father-in-law for this.
Shangguan Jie collected Huo Guang's faults and falsely accused Huo Guang along with the eldest princess Liu Dan the Prince of Yan. Emperor Han Zhao not only did not believe them, but also trusted Huo Guang more, but alienated Shangguan's father and son. The two fathers really jumped the wall in a hurry, so they wanted to unite to rebel, kill Huo Guang, summon Liu Dan, the King of Yan, but Chang'an to kill him, depose Emperor Han Zhao, and establish Shangguan Jie as emperor. Someone once asked the queen what to do? Shangguan An replied, "The dog that chases after the elk, be gu suo evil!" "Meaning: a hunting dog chasing elk, and what a rabbit." To put it bluntly, the Empress Shangguan is just a pawn in their pursuit of power and desire.
Such a naïve idea, of course, will not succeed. The King of Yan and the eldest princess committed suicide, and the Shangguan family was exterminated.
Survived
When the Shangguan family was destroyed, the empress was still young and did not participate in the rebellion, and moreover, she was Huo Guang's granddaughter, and she did not have a strain or be deposed.
Although Huo Guang did not use chaos in politics, he also had selfish intentions, he did not want the other concubines of Emperor Han Zhao to give birth to children, especially sons, hoping that Empress Shangguan could get special favors and lay down her son to stabilize her position. At that time, Empress Shangguan was still under the throne, and had not yet reached the age of childbearing, Huo Guang told Emperor Han Zhao that he should not sleep with women, even the palace women wore crotch killing pants and tied more belts, and as for the fact that when Emperor Han Zhao died at the age of 20, there were no heirs, and at this time, Empress Shangguan was only fourteen or fifteen years old.
Emperor Zhao of Han had no heirs, so Huo Guang chose Liu He the Prince of Changyi, the son of Emperor Wu of Han and Lady Li's son Liu He, as the new master of the Western Han Dynasty, and Empress Shangguan, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, became the empress dowager. 27 days after Liu He succeeded to the throne, Huo Guang and Empress Shangguan deposed Liu He and replaced Prince Wei's grandson Liu Yi as emperor, later Emperor Xuan of Han. The young Empress Shangguan also became the Empress Dowager.
In 37 BC, Empress Shangguan died forty-seven years after her appointment at the age of fifty-two, and was buried with Emperor Zhao of Han.
References《Book of Han》