Since its rise, the Mongol Empire has conquered countless countries, covering almost half of the known world, from the east of the sea in the east to the west of the sea. However, although it was invincible in the world, it still hit a nail in front of a small country, the Kingdom of Goryeo.
Despite its resource-poor and small area on the Korean Peninsula, the Goryeo Kingdom held out for 45 years under the onslaught of the Mongols. Although the Mongol army captured most of Goryeo's cities, it was never able to bring it to its knees.
In order to show their determination to resist, the Goryeo even moved the imperial court to Ganghwa Island, far from the mainland, where the Mongols, who lacked a navy, could do nothing about it. After the death of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Möngke, in Diaoyu City, Kublai Khan and Ali Buge fought for the throne of the Great Khan, and there was no time to care about Goryeo.
The Koreans were keenly aware of this opportunity and decided to throw themselves into Kublai Khan's arms and help him. Kublai Khan was overjoyed by this, expressed a high degree of recognition to Goryeo, and gave Goryeo many benefits.
As Kublai Khan became the Great Khan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately issued an edict to Goryeo, recognizing its independent status and promising to protect Goryeo's territory, farmland, and family.
Although they ostensibly recognized the independence of Goryeo, in reality the Mongols overwhelmed them by forcing them to fulfill various obligations and keeping Goryeo in vassal status. In order to change this situation, the Koreans proposed a plan to make peace with each other.
They greatly assisted the Mongols in their conquests of the Southern Song Dynasty and Japan, and Kublai Khan granted their request. Kublai Khan married his eldest daughter to Goryeo, a favor unmatched by other countries.
The Goryeo rejoiced, believing that the Mongol oppression would end. However, they did not expect that the arrival of the Mongol princess would bring endless humiliation to the king.
Everyone knows that even if it is a royal family, it is difficult to be happy in a marriage with the wrong family. The Mongol princesses were the princesses of a large country, while the king of Goryeo was only a small monarch who controlled less population and land than a province of the Yuan dynasty.
So, in married life, the king of Goryeo was always suppressed by his own Mongol wife. The eldest princess of Qi was reluctant to become the queen of the small country of Goryeo, so she often lost her temper with the king of Goryeo, looking for his faults, and showing her shrewd side.
Not only would she insult dignitaries and craftsmen, but she would also beat and scolded her husband, Wang Wang, who was the king of Goryeo. When Wang Yu is angry, she will make trouble, Wang Yu will block it, and she will make a loud noise.
Wang Yan could only keep crying. Seeing her husband so cowardly, the eldest princess of Qi became even more unscrupulous in her sprinkling behavior.
The eldest princess of Qi made a lot of noise because her husband had few people in his entourage, and beat her husband with a stick. At the temple, she continued to abuse her husband and commit domestic violence. The accompanying Goryeo** was ashamed of her actions, and she also took advantage of it, causing the people of Goryeo to suffer unspeakably.
Wang Yu could only swallow her anger about this, and even privately called her "a woman more ruthless than my mother". The heirs of the kings of Goryeo were the sons of Mongol princesses, most of whom were shrews who held power over the state and their husbands, and were in fact the emperors of Goryeo.
When the Yuan Dynasty was about to collapse, Goryeo dissolved its suzerain-vassal relationship with it, and the king of Goryeo finally escaped the control of the Mongol princess. Although the king's life was slightly better, the days of the Goryeo Dynasty were numbered.
In the 7th year of Hongmu in the Ming Dynasty (1374), the last king of Goryeo, Wang Qi, was killed by his subordinate Yi Sung-gye, and the Goryeo Dynasty was replaced by the emerging Joseon Dynasty.