The side of the bed allows others to sleep soundly, and the wasted prince in history has a miserable end.
But there are always a few exceptions, for example, there was a famous deposed prince in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who not only died well, but later his son became emperor, and his grandson was even more remarkable, and after being deposed, he became an emperor.
He was Liu Qing, the King of Qinghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yes, Qinghe King, I don't know if the name of Qinghe King in "The Biography of Zhen Huan" was inspired from here.
Liu Qing was the son of Emperor Zhang of Han and his mother was a Song nobleman.
Emperor Zhangdi's empress was Empress Dou, from the Dou family of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The imperial family of the Eastern Han Dynasty has two major characteristics, the emperor does not live long, and the empress is childless. So Empress Dou also studied from the previous empresses and snatched Liu Zhao, the son of Liang Guiren, to raise him.
The next story, it naturally happened.
Empress Dou framed the Song nobles for performing witchcraft and cursing the emperor. Emperor Zhangdi of Han was partial to the faithful, so he gradually alienated the mother and son of the Song nobles, and finally deposed Liu Qing as the King of Qinghe and replaced Liu Zhao as crown prince. Song Guiren later committed suicide.
Empress Dou also used the same trick to frame Liu Zhao's birth mother Liang Guiren, and Liang Guiren also committed suicide.
Poor Liu Qing was only a few years old when he suffered this change. At a young age, he learned to be cautious and cautious, and he was also loved by the emperor.
The history books record that "although Qingshi was young, he knew how to avoid suspicion and fear, and did not dare to speak to the Song clan, the emperor was more pitiful, and the empress dowager ordered the clothes to be with the prince and so on." ”
Of course, the bigger reason should be that Liu Qing, who lost his identity and mother, is no longer a threat, the Song family is not a large family, and the Song Guiren is even more withered after committing suicide.
Liu Qing was so careful that he did not dare to publicly sacrifice his mother who committed suicide, nor did Empress Dou dare to die. It was not until Emperor Han and Emperor Liang rehabilitated their biological mother Liang Guiren and ordered that public sacrifices be allowed. Liu Qingcai cried and said, "When I was alive, I didn't get an offering, and I was finally able to sacrifice, and my wish was finally fulfilled." ”
The Han and Emperor Liu Zhao and Liu Qing, the King of Qinghe, had a very good relationship, probably because they had a common enemy, the Dou family, and Liu Qing also assisted Liu Zhao in overthrowing the Dou family, which was in power and opposition, which was also considered a life of well-being.
The legend of Liu Qing's deposed prince is not yet over.
During the Han and Emperor Dynasties, the previous princes all died prematurely, so they put the later princes into the people to raise. When Emperor He died, he did not have time to appoint a crown prince, and his empress Dowager Deng found two princes from the people, and chose Liu Long, who had only been a few months old, to take the throne as Emperor Han, and Liu Long soon died prematurely. Empress Deng thought about it repeatedly and chose Liu Qing's eldest son Liu Hu to succeed him as Emperor An of Han.
Liu Qing's grandson, Emperor Shun of Han, also experienced dethronement when he was crown prince, but rose to the throne with the help of eunuchs.
The story of Liu Qing's family of deposed princes is more legendary than the stories of many emperors.
The reason for Liu Qing's good death was nothing more than to be cautious in his words and deeds from an early age, never to make remarks contrary to the opinions of the central authorities, and to be loyal and sincere to the emperor. Of course, there are also a big environmental factor, the Eastern Han Dynasty was strong and powerful, and the emperor always wanted to unite as much as possible with all his own family members who could be united.
However, most of the deposed princes could not die well, and the most ruthless imperial family.