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"Mother, it's not good! It's not good!" A palace maid ran into the Jiaofang Palace of the Queen Wei Zifu in a panic, and knelt on the ground with a plop.
Queen Wei seems to have known what happened. Ever since she gave her queen's seal to her son, Prince Liu Shi, her heart could not calm down. When she saw the maid running in in panic, she knew something was wrong, and immediately her face turned pale.
She quickly adjusted her emotions and asked the maid: "What's wrong?"
The maid said with a cry: "The prince committed suicide!"
Stills: Queen Wei Zifu was in grief
Wei Zifu only felt that his head was dizzy. There seemed to be something blocked in her chest and she couldn't breathe. She leaned against the pillar beside her, tears welling up in her eyes, but she still held back her sobs. He said to the maid: "I understand, you can go down. I want to stay alone for a while."
His only son, Prince Liu Ju, died, and he still used his queen's seal to call his own imperial guards. , and confront the emperor's imperial guards. As a mother, how could she not help her son in a life-or-death situation?
Now, if the son commits suicide, it must be caused by the defeat. How else can I explain to the emperor Liu Che ? Using the queen's army to help the prince against the emperor is a capital crime! Just
! Just go with your son! I'm sorry for the emperor! I am a mother, and I really cannot care about the life and death of my own flesh and blood! Son, wait for your mother, she will be with you soon. You will not be alone!
Wei Zifu cried while sorting out his numb thoughts. After making up her mind, she became calm. She arranged her clothes, combed her hair, and pulled a piece of white silk to hang on the beam.
Stills: Empress Wei Zifu committed suicide
Wei Zifu calmly and decisively looked in the direction of Emperor Liu Che's Weiyang Palace . He immediately got on the stool, tied Bai Ling in a tight knot, and put it around his neck. Then he kicked off the stool... The virtuous Wei Zifu of Emperor Wu of Han followed his son...
Why did the virtuous Queen Wei Zifu hang himself from a beam? Why did the kind and friendly prince Liu Zhi ask his mother to borrow troops? Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che send the left prime minister Liu Quyou to lead his troops to attack the prince?
01 Misfortune arises from Xiao Qiang, and a mouse dropping ruins a pot of soup.
Queen Wei Zifu is a virtuous man, his younger brother Wei Qing and nephew Huo Qubing have made great achievements in attacking the Xiongnu , and the Wei family has received the supreme honor and favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Over the decades, the Wei family has continued to grow, although Queen Wei has always controlled her relatives not to interfere in politics and to keep her own behavior. However, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds!
As the saying goes: everything that prospers must come to decline. A bad person appeared in the middle, this person is called Gongsun Jingsheng . He is the son of Prime Minister Gongsun He and Queen Wei's eldest sister Wei Junru, and the nephew of Queen Wei. Relying on the fact that his mother was the queen's sister, he became increasingly arrogant and arrogant. Although he had high-ranking officials and rich family members, he was still not satisfied.
As a result, Gongsun Jingsheng committed the misappropriation of 19 million military pay. After the incident was exposed, he was arrested and imprisoned.
Stills: Gongsun Jingsheng who committed the crime
His father, Gongsun He, asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for orders to arrest a wanted criminal Zhu Anshi in order to atone for his son's crime. This Zhu Anshi is a notoriously evil person, and the court has never been able to catch him. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty agreed to Gongsun He's request, and as expected, Zhu Anshi was arrested by Gongsun He not long after. I thought it would just be over.
02 The father and son lost their lives innocently because of evil thoughts.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Anshi heard that Prime Minister Gongsun He wanted to use himself to pay for his son's sin.The evil man thought: Well, if you want to use me to take the blame for your son, I will let your entire family be wiped out!
So Zhu Anshi wrote a letter in prison, falsely accusing Gongsun Jingsheng of having an affair with Princess Yangshi, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He also planted a puppet on the way to worship Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to perform witchcraft and curse the emperor.
Stills: The villain Zhu Anshi
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found out, he was furious and put the entire Gongsun He family in prison. He sent people to investigate the matter thoroughly. Not long after, Gongsun He and his son died unjustly in prison. Gongsun He's clan was also wiped out.
At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was old and very suspicious. He began to fear death, became superstitious about alchemy, and was always worried that someone would harm him. So when Zhu Anshi said that Gongsun Jingsheng had cursed him with witchcraft, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's IQ was no longer online.
Stills: The old Han Emperor Wu is in a coma
In fact, this Zhu Anshi is a fugitive. How could he know so many specific things? It’s just nonsense! Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty actually believed it and was really speechless.
Starting from the incident of Gongsun's family, the Wei family was torn open, and the famous witchcraft disaster that killed tens of thousands of people in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began.
03 A dream of the emperor led to a huge murder
Not long after, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a dream. He dreamed that many wooden men came to attack him. When he woke up, he fell ill. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suspected that someone was trying to harm him, so he told his favorite minister, Ku Li Jiang Chong , about the dream.
This Jiang Chong is a villain, but he is handsome and eloquent, and he is trusted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Jiang Chong and the prince Liu Zhi refused to deal with each other. He was afraid that he would not be able to reap the benefits when Liu Zhi became emperor, so he kept thinking of ways to get rid of the prince. He used this dream of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, combined with the previous incident of Gongsun He being exterminated due to witchcraft, to kill the prince.
Stills: A dream of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty caused a catastrophe
Jiang Chong told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that this dream indicated that someone in the palace was using witchcraft to curse the emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Jiang Chong to investigate.
Jiang Chong prepared the dolls in advance and dug around the palace with his cronies. When the palace of Prince Liu Zhi was dug, it was said that a doll was found.
Prince Liu Zhi was frightened when he saw this situation. He wanted to go to his father immediately to explain, but he was controlled by Jiang Chong's people and could not go to Ganquan Palace where Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived. The situation is critical! The prince could only kill Jiang Chong.
Stills: Prince Liu Ju had no choice but to launch an army to defend himself.
Jiang Chong’s cronies who escaped immediately reported to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that “the prince had rebelled”. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't believe it at first and sent his entourage to find out the news.
Who would have thought that this follower was afraid of death, so he ran back and told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not far away: "The prince has really rebelled!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious! Liu Quyou, the prime minister of the left, was sent to quell the rebellion.
When things have reached this point, Prince Liu Ju is dead! What do you want me to say? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was convinced by his attitude of listening and believing! He neither understands nor has basic trust in his son.
The situation is critical. How can Prince Liu Ju's own army of a few thousand men defeat the tens of thousands of regular troops his father put down the rebellion? He thought of his mother guarding his husband, so he ran to his mother to ask for the Queen's seal to mobilize troops.
Stills: Prince Liu Ju borrowed the Queen's seal from his mother to mobilize troops
Queen Wei Zifu had this son. How could a mother watch her son die in vain? Of course she helped her son Liu Ju.
Five days later, the prince was defeated and committed suicide. When Wei Zifu found out, he was heartbroken! She knew that she had no way to live anymore, and she could not explain to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so she chose to hang herself. The husband and son of a generation of virtuous defenders both died due to false accusations by traitors.
Not long after, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty slowly calmed down and realized that something was fishy, so he sent someone to investigate thoroughly. Only then did they discover that Gongsun He and his son, as well as Prince Liu Zhi, were all false accusations about witchcraft and there was no real evidence!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty regretted it and ordered the execution of the Jiang Chong clan. But what's the use? The son Liu Zhi is dead, and the queen Wei Zifu is also dead.
Stills: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty regretted forcing the crown prince to death
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later built a memorial platform to express his regret for forcing his son Liu Zhi to death.However, he never showed any guilt toward Wei Zifu. Wei Zifu was hastily buried in a small coffin, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not move her grave.
Maybe it’s because he resents Wei Zifu for helping his son but not himself at the critical moment! However, for Wei Zifu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not abolish her title of queen. Later, Wei Zifu's great-grandson Liu Bing, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, moved Wei Zifu's grave and named it Sihouyuan.
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