It is said that Emperor Wu of Han was not a prince at the beginning, but his brother Liu Rong was the crown prince. The reason why Liu Che was able to replace Liu Rong as crown prince was entirely due to the help of Emperor Jing's sister Chang Chang. So, why did the eldest princess help Liu Che?
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Originally, the eldest princess originally wanted to promise her daughter Chen Ajiao to the crown prince Liu Rong, so that her daughter would be the empress in the future. However, the crown prince's mother, Li Ji, did not appreciate it, so the eldest princess turned her eyes to Liu Che. Once, she asked Liu Che if she would like to marry Ah Jiao as a wife, liu Che also liked Ah Jiao, and when she saw her aunt asking, she said generously: "In the future, if I can marry Ah Jiao as a wife, I will personally build a golden house for her." ”
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("If you have a gill, you will store it in a house of gold.") The eldest princess then told Emperor Jing of this and mentioned it in passing, and Emperor Jing of Han saw that his son had such courage, and also agreed to this family affair, and later made Liu Che the crown prince. After Liu Che ascended the throne, Chen Ajiao indeed became the lord of the harem.
But the end of the matter is not so complete. Chen Ajiao became empress for only ten years, and Liu Che was tired of the old and abandoned the Empress Chen, leaving her to live in the deserted Nagato Palace. It is said that after Chen Ajiao fell out of favor, he heard that Liu Che liked to read the poems of the famous scholar Sima Xiangru, so he tried to ask his confidant to send a generous gift to ask him to write an article on behalf of his desolate situation; Sima Xiangru was out of sympathy.
Wrote "Nagato Fu" for her, which describes a beautiful woman who spent her time in the Southern Palace (i.e., Nagato Palace) because of her demeaning: "The soul is too strong to be reversed, and the shape is withered and lives alone"; "The sun is dusk and the sky is desperate, and the empty hall is alone"; "Hanging the bright moon to illuminate itself, wandering in the cave room at night"... This work describes the sorrow and sorrow of a fallen queen who lives in the eternal alley of the Cold Palace in a euphemistic and moving way. Liu Che was also greatly moved after seeing it, and Chen Ajiao once regained Liu Che's personal happiness, but the good times did not last long, and she eventually died of depression in Nagato Palace.
Although Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was a "Ming Lord", he first wanted to "store the golden house" for Chen Ajiao, and then broke into the cold palace, which exposed the dark side of his personality.