Her son was emperor, but she could not become empress dowager, and was eventually reduced to a commoner
There is such a woman in history, her son is the emperor, but her husband has never been the emperor. Of course, this is not surprising. However, even after her son became emperor, she did not become empress. Even if you want to meet the emperor's son, this has become a luxury.
This person is Wei Ji. Let's first decipher the name. Her surname is Wei, but "Ji" is not her real name. Wei Ji, just like Wei Shi, is just a pronoun, which means: a woman with the surname Wei.
From this point of view, you may think that this Wei Ji is estimated to be from an ordinary family, so he will not even have a name.
In fact, it is quite the opposite. Wei Ji was born in a large family, and she was a veritable bridesmaid. Her father was Wei Zihao, who was then an official to a wei lieutenant. And her aunt and sister also entered the palace as concubines.
When he became emperor, the emperor saw that his younger brother Liu Xing, the King of Zhongshan, was childless under his knees, so he became addicted to the matchmaker and ordered Wei Zihao to marry his daughter to Liu Xing. I don't know if it's mandatory or just a line. Of course, political marriage was also a normal thing in ancient times. What's more, the emperor's face, you can't not give.
Wei Ji gave birth to a son, named Liu Yan. After Liu Xing's death, Liu Yan inherited his title.
Later, the Han Emperor died. At that time, Wang Mang, who was in charge of the imperial government, brought Liu Yan and proclaimed him emperor, that is, the Hanping Emperor.
From this point of view, the power of the Zhongshan King and even the Niangjia Wei Clan was not very strong. Because, Wang Mang was originally to get a puppet emperor, if the family power behind him is too big, it is not good. He can select Liu Yan, which also shows from the side that he is already weak.
Since then, Liu Yan has sat on the dragon chair and become emperor. But this only looks beautiful on the surface, but in essence, it is under house arrest and has become a pawn in Wang Mang's hand.
In order to prevent his family from affecting his authority, Wang Mang forbade all of the little emperor's relatives to come to Beijing to meet him, including his biological mother. Therefore, this emperor deserves to be really depressed.
In order to further control him, Wang Mang had to climb up his relatives again and marry his daughter to Liu Yan.
In this way, Wei Ji and Wang Mang are actually considered to be children's relatives. Treating his relatives in this way, it seems that Wang Mang is really desperate enough. However, more desperate things are yet to come.
Wang Mang's son, Wang Yu, could not bear to see what his father had done, so he secretly communicated with Wei Ji and asked Wang Mang for a request.
Unexpectedly, the matter was finally revealed. In a fit of rage, Wang Mang killed his own son, even with the Wei clan.
The court feud was inherently dark, and it was a joke to talk about family affection in the emperor's house.
Later, as Liu Yan grew older, he became increasingly dissatisfied with Wang Mang. Wang Mang was also worried that it would be difficult to control in the future, so he poisoned him and set up another younger child as a puppet.
As for Wei Ji, she had been reduced to a commoner at this time. A year after Liu Yan's death, she also became ill and depressed because of her thoughts.
Throughout Wei Ji's life, there are ups and downs, there are glory in the high light, and there are also unbearable in the lows. But all this is not her own choice, but only the manipulation of fate again and again. And this is also the true portrayal of ancient women in our country.