Tang Dynasty was an era that advocated civilization and an era of rapid development of multicultural cultures. But in such a dynasty, there was a prime minister who was very devastating. The emperor gave the prime minister a marriage. When he entered the bridal chamber, he realized that this beauty was actually a 60-year-old woman. But what was incredible was that the prime minister actually laughed out loud and was very excited. What was going on?
Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of emperors giving marriages to their ministers. The purpose is nothing more than to win over subordinates and make them work harder to serve the king. However, the emperor did not want to win over the minister who was given a marriage, but humiliated him. Although he occupies a high position, he is not favored by the emperor, which is very strange. This person is Dou Huaizhen .
Dou Huaizhen came from a family of officials. He had a very powerful father, Dou Dexuan . In this way, Dou Huaizhen is also a veritable second-generation official. When Dou Huaizhen was young, he was determined to become a clean official. After entering the official career, he always adhered to his duties, lived an extremely simple life, and was honest in his official position. When he was the magistrate of Qinghe County, he was deeply loved by the people.
Later Dou Huaizhen appointed the governor of Yuezhou, and the positions of Yangzhou governor, all of which have significant political achievements. However, in the period of the Tang Dynasty Zhongzong, the Empress Wei was dictatorial, and Dou Huaizhen's official position became bigger and bigger, and life began to become corrupt. After Dou Huaizhen was promoted to the position of censor, he did many despicable things to please Empress Wei.
Empress Wei’s life is unrestrained. Dou Huaizhen knew about Empress Wei’s virtue, so he discovered a new world. He tried his best to please Empress Wei. The two of them looked back and forth, but in the end they “left” together. Later, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang discovered this. In order not to make Dou Huaizhen and Empress Wei too close, he issued an edict to give Dou Huaizhen a marriage.
Dou Huaizhen was so happy when she heard that the emperor gave him a marriage. In ancient times, the monarch gave marriages to ministers, which was an excellent opportunity to glorify his ancestors, and it also meant that the ministers were appreciated by the monarch, so it was naturally no problem to be promoted from now on. On the day of the wedding, Dou Huaizhen, who was over 50, was dressed very energetic, and set up a banquet at home and received many colleagues who came to congratulate her. Even Emperor Zhongzong of Tang came to congratulate himself, which made the wedding very grand.
Dou Huaizhen actually never saw what the bride looks like, which is also an ancient custom. We can only wait until the wedding night to meet for the first time, just like when we are in love online, we don’t post photos and meet offline, commonly known as “blind box”. Dou Huaizhen was full of wine and food. When she came to the bridal chamber, she uncovered the bride's red veil, and found that the person sitting opposite her was an old woman in her 60s, which shocked Dou Huaizhen.
Dou Huaizhen thought that the emperor's marriage must be a young and beautiful woman, but he didn't know that she was an old woman and was confused for a moment. But after only 0.1 second, Dou Huaizhen burst into laughter again, and was very excited. Because the old woman sitting in front of her was not someone else, but Queen Wei’s nanny Wang.
Dou Huaizhen had a private relationship with Queen Wei before, and this time she married Queen Wei's nanny. Isn't this a kiss? At this point, every time Dou Huaizhen went to court, he called himself "Guozi (xì)", and Guozi was the husband of the wet nurse. Dou Huaizhen was not ashamed, but proud, but proud, which made many people look down on her.
Later, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was poisoned to death by Queen Wei, and his nephew Li Longji launched a coup. Empress Wei was killed, and Li Longji began to eliminate Empress Wei's followers. Dou Huaizhen was the Queen Wei's man. When she saw that something was wrong, she killed Wang and took Wang's head to show kindness to Li Longji. From this, it can be seen that Dou Huaizhen is really a villain. In order to protect her own interests, she actually killed her wife.
