The reason why Zhao Feiyan was able to ascend to the empress position as a low-level maihime was mainly because of her stunning appearance and amazing dancing posture, and she could be pampered in the harem, indicating that she was also a very clever woman.
Zhao Feiyan was the second empress of the Western Han Dynasty Han Dynasty, and although she sat on the phoenix throne of the empress, she did not have a prominent and noble origin like other empresses in history, she was only a low-status dancer.
Zhao Feiyan was born in 45 BC in a commoner's family, because of her poor family, she was rejected by her parents after she was born, but because she was discarded for three days, her parents thought that she was a person with a great fate, so they took her back to be raised, and later because of her outstanding appearance, she was sent to the palace as a palace maid, and entered the palace of Princess Yang'a as a dancer.
Zhao Feiyan has a beautiful face, and is also known for its beauty in Chinese history, and we often say that "Huan Fei Yan Thin" refers to Yang Yuhuan and Zhao Feiyan.
Zhao Feiyan's life can be described as legendary, a low-status maiji not only favored the six palaces, but also sat in the position of empress, Emperor Hancheng was fascinated by Zhao Feiyan at first sight, he came to the Yang'a Princess Mansion during a micro-service outing, and princess Yang'a called out the dancers in his own palace to show her dance skills for the Hancheng Emperor.
Zhao Feiyan's stunning appearance immediately attracted Emperor Hancheng, and Emperor Hancheng brought her back to the palace, Zhao Feiyan was a very clever woman, she knew very well how to grasp the mind of men, so she cleverly used the strategy of "wanting to capture the old and indulging" to completely capture Emperor Hancheng.
From then on, Zhao Feiyan began the highlight of her life, and she became the favorite concubine of the Hancheng Emperor. Later, Emperor Hancheng heard that she also had an equally beautiful sister, so he also summoned her to the palace, and both Zhao Feiyan and his sister Zhao Hede were made concubines and tirelessly spoiled.
It seems that Zhao Feiyan was destined to have this providence when Empress Xu's sister Qiao Cursed the Palace, and happened to be known to Zhao Feiyan, so she reported the matter, and the Empress Dowager was furious and thoroughly investigated the matter and abolished Empress Xu's throne.
Although Emperor Hancheng intended to make Zhao Feiyan his empress, the empress dowager was dissatisfied with her low birth and poverty, and Emperor Hancheng, in order to show Zhao Feiyan's prominent family, also made her father Zhao Lin the Marquis of Pingyang. In 16 BC, Zhao Feiyan sat on the throne of the empress as she wished, and became the lord of the harem.
However, after the death of Emperor Hancheng, Zhao Feiyan, because she had no heirs of her own, supported Emperor Hancheng's nephew Liu Xin to ascend the throne as empress, that is, Emperor Ai of Han.
After the Han Emperor succeeded to the throne, he honored Zhao Feiyan as the empress dowager, so Zhao Feiyan still had the highest honor, but after the death of the Han Emperor, Wang Mang demoted Zhao Feiyan to empress xiaocheng on the grounds of disturbing the imperial program, and a month later, he once again demoted Zhao Feiyan to a shuren and made him the guardian of the spirit of the former emperor, and Zhao Feiyan chose to commit suicide after being humiliated.