In the history of Chinese royal family, some young people became widows. And the 20-30-year-old women who became the Queen Mother, and even the Queen Mother, were extremely rich and powerful, but because they were alone in the empty gate, they were lonely and unbearable, which was very painful.
Here, tells a story about the "Empress Dowager" who was a widow at the age of 23.
Northern Wei Wencheng Emperor Tuoba Jun When he was not an emperor, there were four most beloved women in the harem, namely Feng, Li, Cao and Juqu. Among these four people, Feng is the most favored.
The four people's beauty is first-class, but among them, Feng also has the advantages of being smart, capable and wise. Therefore, the young Emperor Wencheng got along the most harmoniously and well-known. Therefore, the Feng family who Emperor Wencheng wanted to make the most queen was the Feng family.
But Emperor Wencheng also had difficulties, that is, before she became emperor, he had a son at the age of 14, named Tuoba Hong. Tuoba Hong's mother is the second of the four women mentioned above, namely Li. Li was originally a palace maid. Because Li was born in a humble family and was not suitable for being the queen, he chose it over and over again. Emperor Wencheng finally chose Feng and made her the queen. She is the famous Empress Wencheng in history.
There was a rule or a custom in the deep palace of the Northern Dynasties, Empress Feng If she could not give birth to a son, she would have to establish a new crown prince. After the crown prince was appointed, his biological mother would be executed. Empress Feng, who had been made the queen, could carry the crown prince over and raise it and become the adopted mother of the crown prince.
Li has a son, and if he wants to not be executed, he can only hold a hope, hoping that the emperor will not make his son the crown prince. Therefore, Li was in a life of extreme fear all day long, waiting for Empress Wencheng to give birth to a little prince himself.
On a day, Empress Feng held a banquet in the harem and summoned Mrs. Li . Mrs. Cao and other concubines and beauties came to the banquet. The banquet was very rich, the table was filled with delicious food, and there were singing and dancing to cheer up, so everyone was very happy to eat.
The banquet was hosted by Emperor Wencheng's mother Empress Dowager Chang . When the banquet reached its climax, Empress Dowager Chang suddenly raised his glass to Mrs. Li and said, "Mrs. Li, congratulations!"
Mrs. Li didn't know what kind of joy would be, and hurriedly asked, "I'm very stupid, please tell the Queen Mother where the joy comes from?"
"Because of your son!" Empress Dowager Chang still said with a smile.
"My son is still young, only two years old, he..."
Empress Dowager Chang interrupted her and said with a sinister smile: "Honger is a smart child. The emperor has decided to make Honger the crown prince."
Empress Dowager Chang's words surprised Li and Cao. Cao also had a son. He was surprised and relieved after a few months. However, Li did not. She knew that the prince had to kill his mother first. This was the legal system of the country and the customs of the Northern Dynasties. There was no way to change it, so he could only resolutely implement it.
Empress Dowager Chang's announcement that Empress Feng was confident and had a very calm face, while Li had already lost her appearance.
Li is from Meng County, Henan Province and was born in a well-off family. When he was young, Li was summoned to the palace and served as a slave. Once, Emperor Wencheng, who was still the crown prince, found that Li was very beautiful, so he possessed her. Soon, Li gave birth to his son Tuoba Hong.
Li gave birth to a son for the prince, and he was promoted from a slave to a master and became a wife. She thought she would have endless wealth and glory from then on, but unexpectedly, after her husband became emperor, Cao gave birth to another son, and two sons could only make one of them the crown prince. However, both the two princes were still too young and were not yet at the time to make his heirs. Therefore, Li and Cao were both worried every day, fearing that one day the son would become the crown prince and "the mother died because of her son."
Now, the emperor has appointed his heir early, Cao survived, and Li must die. Empress Dowager Chang took out a glass of poisonous wine that had been prepared long ago and comforted him, "Don't worry, the emperor will give grace to your family, and the queen will do it..." Empress Feng, who was taking advantage of the fisherman, quickly said, "Hong'er, I will raise him like a biological son." Li cried and said, "Empress Dowager, I have a request before I die."
Empress Dowager Chang asked: "What is it? "
" Let... let me see my son again before I die, I want to look at him... "
Empress Dowager Chang shook her sleeves and said, "No. "When I left, Empress Feng was left to supervise her to drink poisoned wine on the spot.
Li cried bitterly, cursing the damn legal system, drinking the poisoned wine all over, and dying with hatred.
In this way, Emperor Wencheng's eldest son Tuoba Hong was made the crown prince.
Empress Feng liked the crown prince very much, and she had indescribable surprises. She took good care of the crown prince every day, checked the crown prince's diet in person, caring meticulously, and got along very harmoniously.
The crown prince grew up day by day. By the age of nine, his father, Emperor Wencheng, unified northern China with his literary and military strategy. Two years later, Emperor Wencheng died of illness in the Taihua Palace in the capital, and reigned for fourteen years. , at the age of 26. Tuoba Hong, who was already appointed as the crown prince at the age of three, ascended the throne in front of Ling. In this year, Tuoba Hong was only 11 years old and was Emperor Xianwen. Empress Feng was honored as Empress Feng, and Empress Chang was respected as Empress Feng.
Emperor Wencheng passed away, leaving great sorrow to Empress Feng who was still alive. Because the new emperor was too young, the government was controlled by a minister named Yihun .
In order to leave a stable court for his "son", Empress Feng used all means to win over other powerful ministers, and finally captured the arrogant and domineering Yihun alive, killed all his guards, announced Yihun's crimes, executed him immediately, and killed the three tribes of Yihun.
All civil and military officials applauded Yihun's extermination, Enjoyed. Before Yihun died, he couldn't figure out how he would lose to a 24-year-old woman.
The young Empress Dowager Feng knew from the actions of the powerful ministers. He must hold great power and cannot delegate power. But the emperor was still young. Empress Dowager Feng knew that he could not just ask about government affairs, so he announced that he would follow the court and handle government affairs from then on.
Empress Dowager Feng relied on his letter to the Secretariat Gao Yun and Secretariat Secretary Gaolu , Jia Xiu , and recalled Yuanhe, and asked them to assist in the government together, with Gao Yun as the chief assistant, but the military and political affairs in the court were finally decided by Empress Dowager Feng.
Days passed day by day, and Emperor Xianwen, who ascended the throne at the age of twelve, grew up day by day, becoming a resolute, courageous, civil and military, wise and brave man.
But the wise Emperor Xianwen had a heart for Buddha, so he was not concerned about Empress Dowager Feng's power. When Emperor Xianwen was 15 years old, his son Tuoba Yuanhong was born. The birth of this son naturally brought endless joy to the royal family.
Emperor Xianwen believed in Buddhism and believed that the arrival of the eldest son of the emperor was the property of the Buddha. He was grateful to the heaven and ordered a general amnesty for the world. At the same time, his life was in Datong Yongning Temple was built in the northwest, and a seven-story pagoda with a height of more than 300 feet was built in front of the temple.
pagoda and temple are combined together, majestic and gorgeous, and very spectacular. In addition, Emperor Xianwen also sculpted an Sakyamuni statue in Tiangong Temple. The statue is 43 feet high, and it uses 600 kilograms of gold and 100,000 kilograms of copper! Emperor Xianwen believes that Buddhism is boundless and advocates Buddhism. For a while, Northern Dynasties Buddhism was prevalent.
Emperor Xianwen's practice was more than half a century earlier than that of Southern Dynasties Liang Wudi Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism. " Southern Dynasties 480 Temples " was more than half a century earlier.
The eldest son of the emperor was born, and the emperor has become an adult , Empress Dowager Feng suddenly announced his return to the government, claiming that he would no longer be involved in government affairs and was focused on cultivating the emperor's grandson Tuoba Yuanhong.
However, Empress Dowager Feng's desire for power was extremely strong, and he said he was returning to the government, but in fact he still firmly controlled the power and could not be interfered with Emperor Xianwen. Empress Dowager Feng himself retreated to the harem from the previous dynasty and handed over the government affairs of the court to his brother Feng Xi , and appointed him as the Grand Tutor. At this time, Empress Dowager Feng was just 30 years old.
Just imagine, how could a middle-aged woman with great power and in her prime, endure the loneliness of the long night? Power and lust were swelling vigorously in her.
Empress Dowager Feng liked men very much and never let go of handsome men. By the time he returned to the government, Empress Dowager Feng, 30, had already had three great and handsome lovers at this time. : Wang Rui, Minister of Personnel, Minister of Revenue, , Li Chong, , and Li Yi, Chief of the Guard.
Empress Dowager Feng was in charge of the harem, and she could not control her desires. When she thought of a handsome man, she summoned them to the harem to discuss matters, and then entered the inner room where no one was indifferent and indulged in love. Sometimes when three male lovers arrive at the same time, she asks them to take turns to bed until the three older men are exhausted, she feels happy and falls asleep. The three men stood naked and stood beside the bed with trembling trembling. Because no one dared to leave casually without the empress dowager's oral instructions.
Empress Dowager Feng likes male favors so that gradually, the court officials know that some beautiful ministers took the initiative to flatter themselves in order to meet their preferences and recommended themselves to the pillows. Everyone in the court knew that there was a romantic queen mother in the palace who ruled the world.
Empress Dowager Feng knew that sexual misconduct was a big deal that could not be kept in the fire, and her filthy behavior would definitely be spread. Although she is so arrogant and has no scruples when doing these things, she naturally will not be complacent about it when others discuss it. Of course, she has to pinch others. How to suppress the population? She has imperial power! Imperial power can be the most powerful and punishing the world. As the attendant, the palace maid and minister had a fault, she used the excuse to make a big fuss and imposed heavy punishments.
But Empress Dowager Feng deeply understands that he cannot be too majestic, and he cannot be punished too much for such "criminal". After the punishment, he should be rewarded again. In this way, they will understand the Queen Mother's intentions, and from then on they will keep silent, and their resentment will be completely eliminated.
Empress Dowager Feng's kindness and power make everyone in the palace feel in danger and in awe. Therefore, Empress Dowager Feng can still do whatever she wants in the harem, and do whatever she wants, and do as long as she wants.
Emperor Xianwen has always been very filial to his mother. He pretended not to know her "Sichun" and let her do whatever she wanted. Although he was very unhappy, he also opened his eyes and closed his eyes as long as he didn't get his eyes in front of him. However, those male favorites who were too close to the Empress Dowager refused to "retain". They were proud of being able to be with the Empress Dowager Chunfeng for a while, and were complacent and rampant in the court, especially the Shangshu Li Fu and Li Yi brothers, who despised Emperor Xianwen in everything, and sometimes regarded themselves as elders, contradicted Emperor Xianwen when discussing politics.
Emperor Xianwen, who was very painful inside, could not tell, so he summoned the prince's grandfather, the sanqi attendant Li Huiren Palace to express his resentment.
Li Hui had to persuade the angry emperor, saying that Li Fu and Li Yi brothers were arrogant because of their favor, took power and bribes, and formed cliques for personal gain, which was very hateful; but they were the confidants of the empress dowager, so they must deal with it carefully and think of a way to prevent Li Fu brothers from becoming another Yi Hun.
Emperor Xianwen heard this reminder and felt that the situation was indeed serious and he must get rid of Li Fu and Li Yi. But how to get rid of it? Li Hui suggested that the ministers report Li Fu's illegality, and the emperor issued an order to capture Li's family one by one.
But this is not something you can do casually. You must endure and find the right opportunity.
Not long after, the opportunity came just in time.
One day, Li Xin, the governor of Xiangzhou , was corrupt and abused the law and escorted him to the capital to question him. Li Xin and Li Fu are of the same clan, and they have a deep friendship and can start with Li Xin.
Li Hui first found Li Xin who was guilty and asked, "Do you know how serious your sin is?"
Li Xin lowered her head and said, "I deserve to die."
"Do you want to die?"
"If you can die, the criminal minister is willing to do anything for the emperor."
"Okay, there is something that can avoid death. If you do it, the emperor will forgive you."
Li Xinru, who is greedy and afraid of death, found a life-saving straw and asked, "What can the father-in-law do to save the criminal ministers? "html
Li Hui smiled and said, "Speak to Li Fu, Li Yi, avoid death!" After saying that, he fell down the pre-written memorial and left the prison.
Li Hui was leaving, and Li Xin's son-in-law Pei You came in with food. Of course, Pei You was ordered to be a lobbyist.
But Li Xin never dared to agree to write this memorial. He said to Pei You: "Li Fu and I are as close as a family, and have always been following me. How can I do this unjust thing?"
However, Pei You said: "Li Hui is the father-in-law of the current dynasty and the grandfather of the little emperor's grandson. When he came to persuade you, it must be the instructor from the above, and it must be a big comedy."
Li Xin said: "Li Fu is a celebrity of the empress dowager. Isn't this a tiger's tooth extraction? Who is the origin of being bigger than the empress dowager?"
Pei You said: "Yes, do you think anyone dares to go against the empress dowager now?"
"Then it's only the emperor."
Pei You nodded and said: "Yes, do you think anyone dares to go against the empress dowager now?"
"Then it's only the emperor."
Pei You nodded and said: "Yes, you think anyone dares to go against the empress dowager now?"
"Then it's only the emperor."
Pei You nodded and said: "Yes," , If we don’t obey, our family may not be protected. "
Li Xin has only one daughter, and the son-in-law he is looking for is equivalent to half a son. If he is going to be executed, Pei You and his wife are afraid that they will not be able to escape the burden. But if Li Fu cannot be sued, will the Empress Dowager spare him easily?
Pei You said painfully: "Dad, the disaster is far away but the disaster is not as good as the disaster. Let's avoid the disaster first." Seeing that his son-in-law was right, Li Xin agreed to Pei You and was willing to copy these twenty crimes.
Pei Youcai left here, and Li Fu's confidant Feng Chan also came to Li Xin with Li Hui's mission. When Li Xin saw that it was him, she hurriedly called him to ask him for advice.
As soon as Feng Chan spoke, Li Xin heard that he was not here to be a lobbyist for his old master, but explained the content of these twenty crimes to Li Xin in detail, and told Li Xin that he had long known Li Fu, the Li Yi brothers formed cliques for personal gain, arranged close confidants, controlled the government affairs, took power and bribes, and took palace maids as concubines.
Li Xin didn't know if he didn't listen. When he heard this, he was shocked and realized that the official of the governor of Xiangzhou he bought was not the only one who spent money to buy an official. The other powerful "official positions" were sold by Li Fu brothers at least 100. So Li Xin held a writing overnight and enriched the twenty crimes, which were written in a controversial and reasonable manner, and sued them.
Emperor Xianwen was naturally overjoyed when he had these handles and immediately issued an order to interrogate them, which was true. Emperor Xianwen ordered Li Fu, Li Yi's brothers and his best friends to behead them all!
As soon as this case came out, the government and the people were in an uproar! This naturally caused the empress dowager to break the head and killed the empress dowager's beloved face.
Empress Feng was furious afterwards, but the Li brothers' evidence of crimes were strong, and the death of people could not be resurrected, Empress Feng had to endure it.
Then, Emperor Xianwen took the opportunity to rectify the court, establish authority, and killed several illegal ministers who ignored the emperor, who were all the personal favors of the empress dowager.
The Empress Dowager could not bear it anymore, so she asked Emperor Xianwen to question him. The conflict between the two became public for the first time. However, Empress Dowager Feng did not want to make the relationship too stiff. Fortunately, it was not just Li Fu and the others who favored the male lover. There were many beautiful men in the world. As long as someone came to meet their lust needs, anyone could make themselves happy. What's more, the old lady is still there. Now, Wang Rui, the secretary Ling Li Chong, is still there, and the beautiful memories are still there. Empress Dowager Feng thought about it again and again, but still took a step back.
However, after this incident, Emperor Xianwen's mood changed drastically, and the magic of Buddhism took the upper hand in his mind. Soon, he made Tuoba Yuanhong the crown prince and killed his biological mother Li. Li Hui lost power because his daughter was dead, and Empress Dowager Feng became the crown prince's "adopted grandmother".
Emperor Xianwen, who was increasingly passive and evading the world, saw his lively and lovely son Yuanhong growing up, suddenly developed the intention of abdicating to be the Supreme Emperor, and wanted to pass the throne to his son Yuanhong. He could practice meditation all day long, and realize the truth, and live a life without worries and no worries.
At this time, Emperor Xianwen was less than 20 years old, his real age was only 18 years old, and the prince Tuoba Yuanhong was only 5 years old. Can Empress Dowager Feng agree?
Empress Dowager Feng rejected the emperor's decision on the grounds that the prince was too young, but Emperor Xianwen moved out his younger brother to take over the throne, which made Empress Feng unable to agree.
Seeing that Emperor Xianwen had decided to retreat, Empress Dowager Feng was unwilling to let the power fall into the hands of Emperor Xianwen's younger brother, so in the end he had to agree to Emperor Xianwen's original proposal and abdicate the throne to the crown prince.
That's it. The 18-year-old Emperor Xianwen became the Supreme Emperor, the 5-year-old Tuoba Yuanhong became the little emperor, and the Empress Dowager Feng, who was in his early thirties, turned into the Empress Dowager.
Tuoba Yuanhong ascended the throne and was the Emperor Xiaowen . After he became an adult, he was a great emperor famous in Chinese history for his determination to reform. However, when Emperor Xiaowen ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Feng was still extremely powerful because the little emperor was too young.
Soon, because the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor lived in the Chongguang Palace, Beiyuan, and there was really something big in the world. The ministers still bypassed the Empress Dowager Feng and directly asked the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor to decide.
In this way, Empress Dowager Feng still felt that his "son" Emperor Xianwen was in the way, so in the sixth year of Emperor Xiaowen, he ordered his confidant to poison Emperor Xianwen's food. When Emperor Xianwen was poisoned to death, he was only 23 years old and was the Supreme Emperor for less than six years.
At this time, Empress Dowager Feng, who was thirty-five or six years old, became more unscrupulous in taking power. Fortunately, Emperor Xiaowen, who was ten years old, was kind and filial by nature. His biological mother died early. He was raised by Empress Dowager Feng since childhood. He regarded the Empress Dowager as his biological mother. During the days when Empress Dowager Feng was alive, he was very filial and never disobeyed. Since Li Fu and Li Yi's death, Empress Dowager Feng fell in love with two old lovers Wang Rui and Wang Chong. Ginger is still spicy, and the smelly dryness returned to the stove has a special tempting smell. When the three of them came together, it was like dry firewood hitting a fire, and it was like paint and glue, which was difficult to resolve.
Wang Rui is smart and handsome, and has learned to divine divination since childhood. When Empress Dowager Feng was in charge of the court ten years ago, she loved Wang Rui in the court with slender body, sparse eyebrows and dignified appearance. In the name of divination, she often summoned Wang Ruiren's palace. The two hit it off in the harem, acted in a state of mind, and became the first person in the face.
Wang Rui was happy with the good things about Empress Feng, and his career was rising to the top. He was soon promoted from the minister of the Ministry of Personnel to the title of Minister of Personnel and was awarded the title of Duke of Taiyuan. Soon, he was promoted to Zhongshuling , the general of Zhendong, and was awarded the title of Zhongshen King .
Later, Empress Dowager Feng also asked Wang Rui's two daughters to marry as the princess in the palace, and asked them to accept the congratulations from the ministers with the etiquette of the princess.
The incident shocked the capital, making everyone in the Northern Wei Dynasty envious.
This action made Wang Rui cry for the kindness of the empress dowager. He could only use his best skills to serve the empress dowager well to repay his kindness.
Once, Empress Dowager Feng (at that time Emperor Xianwen was still on the throne) led civil and military officials to the tiger circle to see the tiger. Suddenly, a tiger jumped onto the fence and rushed straight to the empress dowager. All the ministers were shocked and dispersed. Only Wang Rui brought his halberd forward, scaring away the tiger and protecting the queen mother.
The Queen Mother is very grateful to Wang Rui for his loyalty and is even more obsessed with his courage, strength and strength. Every time the bed brothers meet, Empress Dowager Feng is so happy that she will die. Therefore, after each time Empress Dowager Feng was rewarded with a large amount of gold, silver and wealth, and ordered people to send them to Wang Rui's home late at night. So, within a few years, Wang Rui became rich in the world, with countless fertile land, many slaves, and a large number of cows and horses.
In addition to Wang Rui, Empress Dowager Feng actually has many other lovers. As long as she is a beautiful man, the empress dowager will take it for herself once she is attracted by her, and even the envoys sent by foreign countries are not spared. So that neighboring countries know that there was a romantic empress dowager in the Northern Wei Dynasty who specializes in male sex.
This period was the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, and the Southern Dynasties were in the Qi Dynasty at this time. Once, the Southern Dynasty Qi State sent envoys Liu Zhang to the court, and let the Empress Dowager Feng, who was in charge of the court, take a look at him.
This Liu Zhang is extraordinary, with extraordinary demeanor, dignified appearance, and has the unique softness of southerners. This makes the lustful Queen Mother Feng love it very much, so she is lustful.
Empress Dowager Feng only asked about the good things between Qi and Wei, and said cordially to Liu Zhang: "Mr. Liu, please follow the eunuch Wang to the harem. This empress dowager will hold a banquet to entertain you to show that the Northern Wei Dynasty is friendly to you Southern Qi ." After
After saying that, Empress Dowager Feng announced his retirement, which made Emperor Xianwen and the civil and military officials of the court inexplicable, and did not know what to do next.
When he arrived in the harem, Liu Zhang was warmly received and took a few sips of wine. The two of them achieved good things.Liu Zhang's unexpected affair not only fulfilled his mission but also was full of excitement, so why not do it?
Besides, although Empress Dowager Feng was the "girl" at this time, he was not the "old lady". He was just a beautiful woman with a strong sexual desire in her thirties. For Liu Zhang, a stubborn woman, his daughter was just about the same age as Empress Dowager Feng.
Empress Dowager Feng was a widow at the age of 24 and died of illness in the palace at the age of 49. He had been the empress dowager and the empress dowager for two emperors, Emperor Xianwen and Emperor Xiaowen, and his power reached its extreme. Although Empress Dowager Feng was a widow for 25 years, she liked beauty, was extremely debauchery, and killed her opponents, she was generous in politics, loved the people, gave official positions, established three chiefs, and promoted equal land, which won the support of the Northern Dynasties subjects.
When Empress Dowager Feng died of illness, Emperor Xiaowen was 23 years old. He was not in charge of power after his grandmother passed away. After that, he boldly reformed and integrated the advantages of the northern ethnic groups and the Han people, making the Northern Wei Dynasty prosperous for a while.
Today, let’s evaluate Empress Dowager Feng’s life. She can appreciate her political achievements and her character, but she can only shake her head and sigh for her excessive sexual relationships with men and women.
24-year-old widowed, if she remarries, it is probably impossible for a woman at the level of the royal queen. If you really insist on remarrying, you must fall from the peak of power.
As Queen Feng who lost a man at the age of 24, she has some extramarital love to satisfy her strong desires and release her resentment. Nowadays, open-minded men and women should be forgiven, but don’t be too lustful.