The name Liu Wuzhou, the princess of Guantao, may be a little unfamiliar to us, but what this princess has done, even if it is placed in the history of all princesses, is definitely one of the best. She cooperated with Wang Huan, not only put Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, on the throne of the emperor, but also helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stabilize the throne that was about to be unstable. Although there were some problems with his style of life in his later years, he eventually came to a good place.
At the beginning of Liu Che's accession to the throne, they worked with Wang You to help Liu Che establish power and secure the throne.
Liu Wuzhou was born in the sixth year of Emperor Xiaohui of the Western Han Dynasty (189 BC), and was the only daughter of Emperor Liu Heng and Empress Dou Yifang of the Han Dynasty. In the eighth year of the Western Han Dynasty (180 BC), after the death of Lü Fazan,"The Lu Rebellion"broke out, Zhou Bo and Chen Ping killed Empress Lu and supported Liu Heng, the acting king, as the emperor.
A few months after Liu Heng's accession to the throne, Liu Qi became the prince, Dou Yifang became the queen, and Liu Wuhou became the princess. When she became an adult, she married Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi (a descendant of Chen Ying, the founder of the Western Han Dynasty), so she was also known as the eldest princess of Tangyi.
In 157, Emperor Wen of Han Liu Heng died, and Emperor Wen of Han Liu Qi ascended the throne. Due to Empress Dou's blindness in her early years, her eldest son Liu Qi was busy with state affairs after ascending the throne, and her youngest son Liu Wu left the capital after being crowned Queen of Liang and became the Marquis of Liang. Concubine Liu Wu often accompanied her mother into the palace and became the closest person to Empress Dou. In addition, because her husband's family was wealthy, Liu Wuzhou often presented beautiful women to Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, so she also had a very close relationship with Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Liu Wuzhou relied on his sister's love and brother's tolerance, and often went in and out of the palace to fight for power and profit for himself and the Chen family.
In 153 BC, Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty appointed Su Ji's son Liu Rong as the crown prince because Empress Dowager Bo had no children. Liu Jiao suggested that Su Ji marry her daughter Chen Ajiao to Liu Rong as the crown princess to continue the favor of the Chen family. However, Su Ji was very jealous and resented Liu Jiao's frequent offerings of beauties to Emperor Jing of Han, so she immediately rejected Liu Jiao's suggestion.
Liu Concubine saw that Su Ji had a deep grudge with herself, so she found Wang You, another favorite minister of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and proposed to marry her daughter Chen Ajiao to his son Liu Yu (that is, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty). In 150 BC, Liu Rong was deposed, Su Ji died in depression, and Liu Che ascended the throne with the cooperation of Liu Concubine and Wang You.
In 141 BC, Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty died, and the crown prince Liu Che ascended the throne as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, in order to restore national strength, successive emperors adopted it"Huang Lao's technique"to manage the country, but although the national strength has been developed, the imperial court is also twilight, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che is very dissatisfied with this, therefore, at the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he intends to implement reforms, but the fierce opposition of the Empress Dowager Dou and others made the throne of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty even unstable, fortunately, there is the princess Liu Concubine of the pavilion. Fortunately, the princess Liu Concubine persuaded the Empress Dowager Dou to help Liu Che and stabilized the throne.
After the death of her husband, Liu Juan's style had serious problems, but her status allowed her to die a well-deserved death.
After Liu Che ascended the throne, Chen Ajiao, the daughter of Princess Guantao, naturally became the queen, but Chen Ajiao was extremely arrogant in the harem, which made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty extremely dissatisfied. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Wei Zifu, Wei Zifu soon became pregnant, Chen Ajiao was extremely dissatisfied with this, not only did she not intend to hurt Wei Qing, but even practiced witchcraft, and Emperor Wu of Han finally deposed him 130 years ago.
Liu Wuzhou is sixty years old, and although he no longer has the power of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he does not worry about food and clothing. Although his daughter's position as queen was abolished, Liu Wuzhou did not participate.
In 129 BC, Liu Yuan's husband, Chen Wu, died. After the death of Liu Juan's husband Chen Wu, Liu Juan, who was over sixty years old, had a crush on a handsome young man named Dong Yan. Although in the Song Dynasty, dialectics had not yet appeared, the society was still relatively open, and the restrictions on women were not strict, but a person like Liu Yan who was outspoken would inevitably be criticized. Still"Emperor Wu did not punish and respected Dong Yan as a teacher"。Of course, since the emperor has such an attitude, we won't say anything more.
Under the leadership of Liu Yuan, Dong Yan was once favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and often went in and out of the palace to participate in activities. However, Dong Chou was quite dissatisfied with Dong Yan, believing that Dong Yan's adultery with the eldest princess was a moral mistake that could lead to the emperor's abdication. Under Dong Chou's persuasion, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty alienated Dong Yan. After Dong Yan fell out of favor, he died of depression at the age of 30.
A few years after Dong Yan's death, Liu Juan also died. Strangely, Liu Juan said in her last words that she did not want to be buried with her husband Chen Wu, but asked to be buried with Dong Yan in Baling.