The ancient Chinese people often said: "There are three filial pieties, and no queen is greater." Therefore, in the concept of the ancients, the issue of heirs was very important, and there must be boys to inherit the family business. As the emperor of the lord of the world, the imperial heir is even more important. Because once they do not have sons, not only will the throne fall into the hands of others, but they may also shake the foundation of the country. Therefore, for the sake of Jiangshan Yonggu, the emperors of all dynasties have desperately given birth to sons. And Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the hardest of them.
Emperor Jianwen Sima Yu was the younger son of Sima Rui, the Emperor of Jinyuan, and because he was young and intelligent, he was very favored by Emperor Jinyuan. In February of the first year of Yongchang, Emperor Yuan of Jin made Sima Yu the King of Langya, with Huiji and Xuancheng as his food. In December of the third year of Xianhe, Sima Yan, the emperor of Jincheng, made Sima Yu the Prince of Huiji and worshipped him as a regular attendant. With the successive deaths of Emperor Jincheng and Emperor Kang of Jin, the two-year-old little doll Sima Nie was put on the throne, that is, Emperor Mu of Jin. Because the emperor was young, Empress Dowager Chongde was regent.
At that time, Empress Chongde's father, the Wei general Chu Qi, wanted to take up the post of Assassin of Yangzhou, but he was unexpectedly opposed by the official Shangshu Liu Wei and the Wei general Shi Wang Huzhi. They advised Chu Qiu: "Sima Yu, the Prince of Huiji, is virtuous and capable, which is equivalent to the Duke of Zhou of the Jin Dynasty, and this position can only be held by him." Chu Qiao followed the advice of Liu Xiao and others and led his army back to Fanzhen. Later, Empress Chu worshipped Sima Yu as the general of fujun and recorded the six affairs of Shangshu, and after the death of the general He Chong, Empress Chu ordered him to be the prime minister of the government.
Sima Yu had no intention of doing political affairs, but behind him stood an ambitionist, Huan Wen. With Huan Wen's intervention and support, Sima Yu ascended the throne as emperor. For Huan Wen's wolf ambitions, Sima Yu was clear. In order to prevent Jiangshan from falling into Huan Wen's hands, Sima Yu planned to make a candidate for crown prince early. But to Sima Yu's embarrassment, three of his five sons died prematurely, one died prematurely, and one was deposed. After that, his concubines did not give birth to a son and a daughter for him for nearly ten years.
Sima Yu initially thought that something was wrong with him, but after finding the Tai Doctor to check it out, he found that there was no problem with his body. So he called the fortune teller Hu Qian to divinate for him to see if he had a son in his destiny. After divination, Hu Qian said to Sima Yu: "There is a woman in the harem who can give birth to two boys for His Majesty, and one of them can also revitalize the Jin Room." Soon after, Emperor Jianwen's favored Xu Guiren became pregnant. Emperor Jianwen thought that Xu Guiren was the woman that Hu Qian said, but he did not expect that Xu Gui never became pregnant after giving birth to Princess Xin'an.
As he grew older, Sima Yu became more and more anxious day by day, so he ordered the Daoist priest Xu Mai to show his concubines. Xu Mai shook his head after seeing all of Sima Yu's concubines and said, "Not at all." Sima Yu was not dead-hearted, so he said, "There are still some slaves in my harem, and you can show me if there are any who can give birth to sons." When Li Lingrong, who was five years old and three thick and had a face like black charcoal, was summoned to the front of the palace, Xu Mai said in surprise, "This is this person." ”
Emperor Jian Wendi looked at Li Lingrong's appearance and simply wanted to cry without tears. This palace girl had been working in the weaving workshop, tall and dark-faced, and everyone called her "Kunlun". I believe that many people have heard the word "Kunlun Nu", which mainly refers to the black slaves sold to Southeast Asia and Africa in China in ancient times. To have a child with such an ugly woman, Jian Wendi was really in a cold sweat. But how can individual interests take precedence over national interests? For the sake of his son, Emperor Jianwen still tearfully accommodated Li Ling as a concubine. Later, Li Lingrong did not live up to the expectations of the people, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Emperor Jianwen, of which the eldest son Sima Yao became the most powerful emperor in the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.