Chapter 45 Chapter 45: The Woman's Trap

Looking at the 400-year history of the former Han Dynasty and the later Han Dynasty, if the founder Gaozu Liu Bang is another matter, the emperor who is qualified to be called the "Great Emperor" is probably only Emperor Wudi.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the great emperor known as the "Sun King", was able to exert his talents to the fullest because he became the emperor.If he hadn't become an emperor, he would probably have spent his entire life as an unknown local vassal king. He didn't want to be emperor himself.He became crown prince at the age of seven, which of course he did not achieve on his own.

Who did Emperor Wu Liu Che rely on to become emperor?The answer is: the power of women! Princess Guantao, the emperor's sister, was insulted by the crown prince Liu Rong's biological mother, Li Ji, and angrily decided to abolish the crown prince. The alliance between Princess Guantao and Mrs. Wang was thus established. At that time, Li Ji, because her hysterical symptoms were getting more and more serious, she often lost her temper in the harem, so she became the object of everyone's disgust. Mrs. Wang's younger sister is also in the harem, and the pair of sisters get along well with all the court ladies.Therefore, Princess Guantao is not only joining forces with Mrs. Wang, but also forming an alliance with all the women in the harem.

In addition, Princess Guantao, who is the emperor's sister, has a thorough understanding of her younger brother's character since she was a child.How this younger brother will be happy, when he will be angry, and what he is thinking, she knows all about these. On the contrary, Li Ji only knew that she lived with Emperor Jing, and her understanding of him was superficial. Isn't the outcome of the struggle between these two women obvious from the very beginning? Princess Guantao first met the child Archer. When his father Jingdi came to the throne, Archer was still in his mother's womb.

The struggle between this pair of women took place in the six or seven years of Emperor Jingdi.Therefore, Liu Che was only six or seven years old at this time. "Your child is really amazing. I'm not saying this to please you. Archer is smart and cheerful. Compared with the good-minded but gloomy Crown Prince Rong, I don't know how much better he is!" After meeting Archer, Princess Guantao said this to Mrs. Wang.As she said, this is by no means a polite remark.The bright personality of the child Archer did have its own unique charm. Crown Prince Rong is full of charm because of his prudence, depth and charm, while Archer has a bright and friendly personality as his greatest feature... It is difficult to distinguish between the two - this is Princess Guantao's opinion.

Rong has a gloomy personality, while Archer has a cheerful personality. Which of these two people will take the throne will affect the character of the Han Empire.Especially if Archer takes the throne, this change will be very obvious. Both Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were introverted.Both of them place great importance on guarding their ancestral business, and are extremely conservative in both domestic and foreign affairs.Never forcing is their basic policy in handling state affairs. It is time for this style of work to change.However, if Yurong takes the throne, there will probably not be much change.If Archer takes the throne, the possibility of change is great.

Of course, Princess Guantao did not consider the issue of abolishing the crown prince from this standpoint.Everything about her stems from her hatred of Li Ji. She started by praising Archer in front of her younger brother Jingdi. ——The Archer in Mrs. Wang's life is really not simple.He is not only smart, but also superhuman in courage. Knowing Naidi's character well, her tactics are of course extremely clever. Emperor Jing chose Rong as the crown prince because he believed that his son was far-reaching and capable of ruling.These are the characteristics that Rong inherited from Emperor Jingdi.And people will have a sense of rejection against others who are very similar to themselves.Emperor Jing sometimes had this idea: it is not bad to be cautious, but in order to adapt to the future era, one must be more or less positive.I have not done this myself, so I hope that successors will be more bold on this point...

Princess Guantao, as her elder sister, immediately understood Emperor Jing's psychology. "Archer is a very positive kid, and his enthusiasm is often astonishing!" She said even more nonchalantly, "Maybe Mrs. Wang disciplined her well!" "Maybe?" Emperor Jing slightly nodded. Seeing this, Princess Guantao immediately became confident: this matter must be done successfully! Emperor Jing began to consider filling the vacant position of queen with the elder sister of the two wives. The emperor came to two scenes: one was the court where politics was conducted, and the other was the harem where private life was carried out.In the imperial court, he was assisted by the prime minister, and in the harem by the empress.

In addition to being the emperor's wife, the queen also has the task of managing the harem.There are countless court ladies and eunuchs in the harem, and managing these people is not an easy task. The most important thing is to be popular, otherwise the order will be difficult to implement. Although Emperor Jing thought that setting up a crown prince and setting up a queen were two different things, it was not that he hadn't considered making Li Ji, the birth mother of the crown prince, the queen. However, Li Ji was assessed as unqualified. Li Ji is very self-centered and extremely narrow-minded.She has no consideration for others at all, and she often speaks with barbs in her conversation.

The way for Emperor Jing to detect this is to try to find opportunities to send court ladies to the empress candidates.For example, call the maid, hand the bamboo slips to the other party and say: "You take this letter to Li Ji." The purpose of his explanation is to observe the expression of the maid at this time.All the maids, without exception, frowned when they heard that they were going to visit Li Ji.Since it was the emperor's order, of course they did not dare to say "no", but Emperor Jing never misread the expression of the maid at this moment. On the contrary, when they were ordered to go to Mrs. Wang's place, every court lady immediately showed a joyful expression.

It seems that Mrs. Wang is the most popular... Emperor Jing made this judgment, so he chose Mrs. Wang as the crown of queen candidates. However, Emperor Jing was hesitant about appointing Mrs. Wang as a queen, because he was concerned about the relationship with the crown prince. What will happen if the queen is not the biological mother of the crown prince? This point could cause quite a stir.If the biological mother is dead, there is nothing to say, and doing so while she is still alive is likely to create emotional complications. It seems that the crown prince's biological mother is the most ideal queen... Emperor Jing came up with this idea.

But he also thought of the opposite form, which seemed more ideal.Wouldn't it be more ideal to choose the son born to the queen as the crown prince? In the case of Li Ji, she failed the exam but her son passed.In the case of Mrs. Wang, she passed the test and her son was not too bad.Last time, because Archer was still young, he was not selected for the selection. The elder sister, Princess Guantao, was full of praise for Mrs. Wang's son Archer-said that this child had enthusiasm that he lacked. It seems that careful consideration is necessary...Emperor Jing decided to put this matter aside for now and talk about it later. Here is a brief introduction to Mrs. Wang's life as follows: When Liu Bang, the great ancestor, was fighting for hegemony in the world, a general of Yan State named Zang Tu once surrendered to him, made great contributions, and was named King of Yan.This person was later punished by Emperor Gaozu himself for rebellion, and was arrested as a result. Zang Tu had a granddaughter named Zang'er, who at first married a man named Wang Zhong in Huaili, and had one son and two daughters.But because of the death of her husband Wang Zhong, she remarried to the Changlingtian family and gave birth to two more boys. "Virgin maidens do not serve second husbands" is something that only happened after the Confucian system was strengthened. Remarriage is commonplace in this era. The two daughters born to Zang'er's first marriage are the Wang sisters who are now in Emperor Jing's harem.Among them, the elder sister who gave birth to Liu Che married a man named Jin Wangsun before entering the palace and gave birth to a daughter named Su. In the era of Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, who was established as the crown prince at that time, saw a beautiful woman on his way home from hunting one day. "That woman is so beautiful!" Although he only said such a sentence, the retainer already understood what he meant, and immediately began to investigate the identity of this woman. The findings know that: She is a woman named Zang'er. She is currently married to someone named Jin and has a daughter. The crown prince's retainers then found the old lady Zang'er and said to her: The crown prince has a crush on your daughter.What are your plans? Because the old lady Zang'er is the granddaughter of a conspirator, she has lived a life of being unable to hold her head high in front of others for many years.This kind of life has lasted for forty years, it is really difficult, and I really want to be able to leave as soon as possible.Now that the daughter is being favored by the crown prince, isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?Although the daughter already has a husband, she can't control so much at the moment. The old lady Zang'er found her son-in-law, Jin Wangsun, and lied to him, "The fortune teller said that temporarily letting my daughter live with her natal family will bring good luck." She brought her daughter back and sent her to the palace. This is how the elder sister of the old lady Zang Er became the crown prince's concubine and gave birth to three daughters and one son.One of the sons was later Emperor Wu Che. Because of her introduction, the younger sister also became the crown prince's concubine and gave birth to four boys. Although this was before the strengthening of the Confucian religious system, such an approach was too much. This sister's husband, Mr. Jin, must have been stomping his feet in anger. Princess Guantao repeatedly brought the young Archer to Emperor Jing. This kid seems to have a lot of promise, and it's really admirable that he's positive about everything.This kid might be more accomplished than Rong in the future!Emperor Jing gradually had this idea. Princess Guantao praised Mrs. Wang whenever she had the opportunity, but criticized Li Ji intentionally or unintentionally.Mrs. Wang also pretended to be extremely virtuous in front of Emperor Jing.The combination of these two women is perfect. Once, Emperor Jing caught a cold and never recovered.Wancheng Tianzi's dragon body is sick, although the symptoms are mild, it is already a major event in the world. "If something happens to the emperor, what should our Liu family do? Men may be fine, but aren't we women and children completely lost? The crown prince is not yet an adult, so he will be powerless to protect us. So, please, your majesty." Make Li Ji, the birth mother of the crown prince, the head of the harem to take care of us!" Princess Guantao said to her younger brother, Emperor Jing.There are still tears in her eyes! Such a fuss over a little illness, women are really terrible...Since you are so worried, how about I let you do what you want? Emperor Jing then summoned Li Ji, and told her, as his sister had requested, that if something happened to him, he must take good care of a dozen princes and all the women of the royal family. "What?" Li Ji's eyebrows trembled a few times.This is a precursor to a hysterical attack.No, she has actually had this symptom. Princess Guantao has already arranged everything.She bought off all the maids who served Li Ji.Because Li Ji often lost her temper with the maids, they didn't like the master at all, and they were quickly bribed. While having breakfast, the soup bowl suddenly split in two and the dining table was messed up.This is because the maid broke the bowl in advance and then glued it together with rice grains.After filling the hot soup, the rice grains used to make the paste melted, and the soup bowl was of course cracked. When I put on clothes, I didn't know why, but the seams were torn, so I was forced to change into another set. When I was about to put on my shoes, I couldn't find one of them.After searching for a long time, I found this embroidered shoe in the dog house, but it was in dilapidated condition. The maids said that the shoe was probably bitten by a dog. These things happened one after another early in the morning, and Li Ji's spirit was disturbed a bit unusually.She was in a state of excitement, and she became inexplicably fierce when she heard what Emperor Jing said: "I originally had three sons, and one of them died. I was exhausted just taking care of the crown prince and the king of Hejian. Why do I have to Taking care of a dozen children born to others! I won’t do such a thing!” Needless to say, Emperor Jing became furious after hearing this. Being reserved by nature, he can certainly suppress his anger, but after letting Li Ji go down, he began to have a major determination. In this situation, if something happens to me, the young Zhuer will be abused by this woman!In order to prevent the survivors from being abused, Li Ji must not be allowed to hold power.Otherwise, the woman who was regarded as the empress dowager because she was the emperor's biological mother would probably be able to do any cruel things.The only way to prevent this is to prevent her from becoming the emperor's biological mother, that is to say, the crown prince must be replaced! Princess Guantao could clearly see her younger brother's psychological trend. "If you work harder, you can achieve your goal..." Now as long as you design some opportunities, your goals can be realized. Princess Guantao secretly instigated all the officials to tell the emperor: As the saying goes, mothers value their children.I respectfully invite the emperor to make Li Ji, the birth mother of the crown prince, the queen. "No!" Emperor Jing refuted it with one sentence. This is the "opportunity" designed by Princess Guantao and Mrs. Wang.Soon the emperor issued the following edict: Crown Prince Rong was abolished, and he was re-established as the King of Linjiang. The edict issued five months later was: Li Wang's wife is the queen. The prince was established as the crown prince. Li Ji died of anger.A woman's struggle has finally won or lost.