Guo Shengtong did not have much hope for his marriage at the beginning.
When Guo Shengtong married Liu Xiu, she already knew that Liu Xiu had married a wife. The wife That Liu Xiu married was named Yin Lihua.
Yin Lihua is Liu Xiu's dream lover.
When Liu Xiu was studying in Taixue, he issued a grand wish that "a eunuch should be a jinwu and marry a wife should be yin lihua". As a student, it is the age of youth. The fact that he was able to make such a grand wish showed how attractive Yin Lihua was to him.
Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu are a couple in distress.
The Liu Xiu brothers had originally followed the first emperor Liu Xuan to fight a piece of heaven and earth. However, Liu Xuan was jealous of Liu Xiu's brother, so he killed Liu Xiu's brother, Liu Xiu's personality was not as strong as his brother's, and he knew how to hide himself, so Liu Xuan did not kill him. But there were great limits on his power. In this case, Liu Xiu returned to his hometown, although Liu Xiu's life was at its lowest point, Yin Lihua did not dislike Liu Xiu, still married him, and the two became a husband and wife in distress.
(Guo Shengtong stills)
When Guo Shengtong married Liu Xiu, she knew the story of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua very well. Although Guo Sheng informed that Liu Xiu was a hero and the best lover that all women could marry. Of course, she also hopes to be able to marry such a lover. However, after all, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua are so loving and entangled, so Guo Shengtong is actually unwilling to insert a lever.
For ancient women, marriage was the whole of their lives and their lifelong dependence. But men are different, marriage is only a very small part of a man's life, and it is not even an independent part, it is a vassal of political life.
Therefore, Guo Shengtong, as a political exchange, married Liu Xiu with great dignity.
When Guo Shengtong married Liu Xiu, his feelings were very complicated. Marrying a hero Haojie, of course, I am very happy in my heart. But the hero Haojie has become someone else's Prince Charming, and has a deep affection with others. Therefore, Guo Shengtong, who has just married Liu Xiu, is quite low-key. She even believes that her life may enter a dark moment from now on.
But what Guo Shengtong did not expect was that Liu Xiu was actually very good to her. It seems that there is no such person as Yin Lihua at all. Liu Xiu's mind is on her, good for her, good for her family, good for the son born to her. On the contrary, Liu Xiu did not attach importance to Yin Lihua, who had been a dream lover and a couple in distress.
At that moment, Guo Shengtong felt that she was almost the luckiest woman in the world. Not only did he find a hero, but the hero loved him as much as he did. Therefore, Guo Shengtong during that period was satisfied, even proud.
Guo Shengtong did not find that the reason why Liu Xiu was so good to her during that time was not because Liu Xiu had forgotten Yin Lihua and put all his thoughts on her. It was because Liu Xiu needed to try his best to win over Guo Shengtong's mother's family and let Guo Shengtong's mother's family fight for him.
What Liu Xiu needs is still a kind of politics, and his kindness to Guo Shengtong is also a political tool.
It is equivalent to that year, her uncle Liu Yang married her to Liu Xiu, which is a political tool. Guo Shengtong actually became a political tool for the second time.
(Liu Xiu stills)
Guo Shengtong really woke up after Liu Xiu captured Jiangshan. When Liu Xiu became emperor, he welcomed Yin Lihua back and made him a nobleman. And it is particularly good for Yin Lihua, every day after going down, I will go to Yin Lihua. If you have any inner words, you only like to talk to Yin Lihua. Liu Xiu's previous pampering and concern for Guo Shengtong almost no longer existed.
Not only that, Liu Xiu also did an extremely excessive thing, he tried to make Yin Lihua empress. Guo Shengtong found that everything Liu Xiu had done to her turned out to be all fake. It was also at that time that Guo Shengtong's psychological balance was broken, and she naturally wanted to say something crazy.
Although Guo Shengtong said some crazy words, she was not crazy yet. What really drove her crazy was Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua's act of sprinkling dog food.
Liu Xiu said, Yin Lihua, make you empress.
Yin Lihua said, No, the empress's position should be given to Guo Shengtong.
Liu Xiu said, you are the boss, my first wife, I should naturally make you empress.
Yin Lihua said, Although I am your first wife, the one who contributed the most was Guo Shengtong. Without Guo Shengtong, there would be no Jiangshan of yours. So you have to give her the queen's seat.
Liu Xiu said, you are gentle and virtuous, and you have a general understanding of the overall situation. The queen's throne should be given to you like this.
Yin Lihua said that it was because you didn't care about Guo Shengtong, if you cared about her, she would also be a gentle and virtuous person.
Liu Xiu said, that ghost look, how do I care about her?
Yin Lihua said, you care about her, she is not like that.
Liu Xiu said, don't say more, I must give you the position of empress.
Yin Lihua said, I resolutely don't want it, you give it to Guo Shengtong.
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Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua repeatedly sprinkled this dog food. This act of sprinkling dog food simply brought Guo Shengtong's spirit to the brink of almost collapse.
(Stills of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua)
At this time, Guo Shengtong's mother's family, Liu Yang, not only failed to help Guo Shengtong, but helped her. At this time, Liu Yang went crazy and felt that without him, there would be no Liu Xiu today. Liu Yang did not correct his position and supported the soldiers and respected themselves. Liu Xiu could tolerate his behavior, so he finally killed Liu Yang.
After Liu Xiu killed Liu Yang, he instead made Guo Shengtong empress.
However, he was still unwilling to go to Guo Shengtong, and still ran to Yin Lihua's harem every day. This caused Guo Shengtong to have great fear. Guo Shengtong found that Liu Xiu had given her the empress position, but her empress position could be gone at any time and anywhere. Her son's position as crown prince may also be gone at any time. For Guo Shengtong, the only thing that can save her is that she has some real power in her hands. Only if you have some real power in your hands can you keep your position.
However, Guo Shengtong did this, and liu xiu found a reason to abolish her. Liu Xiu said that Guo Shengtong had the "wind of Lü Huo", that is, the style of Lü Hou and Huo Guang, so he took Guo Shengtong's position as empress and helped Yin Lihua up. At the same time, Guo Shengtong's son was abolished, and Yin Lihua's son was raised to be crown prince.
This wave of operations by Liu Xiu actually only wants to prove a truth. I have done my best to treat you Guo Shengtong! Your uncle rebelled, and instead of punishing you, I made you empress. But after you were made empress, you still had the "Wind of Lü Huo", so you were abolished. It's not that I Liu Xiu doesn't know gratitude, it's that you blame yourself.
It is also in this way that Liu Xiu made Yin Lihua empress, clearing the way. You see, it is not Yin Lihua who is competing with Guo Shengtong for favors and wants to be an empress. Yin Lihua has always been very humble. It was Guo Shengtong who was willing to fall, and Yin Lihua had to pick up this burden in the midst of danger.
In short, all that Liu Xiu did was to clear all the obstacles for Yin Lihua to become empress, especially the obstacles in the field of public opinion.
Look, Guo Shengtong has once again become a political tool.
Previously, she had been a political tool twice, and this was the third time. And this third time, it was actually Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua who did it by sprinkling dog food. When Guo Shengtong finally went to be empress dowager, she realized that her real dark moment had finally come.