"Three thousand harem beauties, three thousand pampered in one." This is Bai Juyi's depiction of Emperor Tang Ming's exclusive favor for Yang Yuhuan in "The Song of Long Hate". Since ancient times, the concubines of the harem often tried their best to get the glory and wealth of themselves and their families, just to get the same pampering as Yang Yuhuan. Why are they doing this?
It turned out that in the harem, if you can get the emperor's grace, you can say that one person can ascend to heaven, not only the life of himself and his family has been guaranteed, but he will enjoy endless blessings. If he can get another prince, his position in the harem will be nailed down, and he will not have to die alone, nor will he be afraid of being bullied.
However, it is very difficult to promote through this path. First, there is no way to force emotional things, and second, the competition is fierce, and the fighting in the harem is no less than that of the former dynasty. Even though there are three thousand harem beauties, the emperor will only favor one person, comparable to a thousand armies and horses crossing the single wooden bridge.
If you want to reach such a height, you must be inseparable from the grinding of time, and the concubines who have achieved such achievements have generally passed the age of standing. But in history, there was such a woman who entered the palace at the age of thirteen and became an empress at the age of seventeen, and the ending was unexpected. What's going on here?
Empress Yin of the Han and Emperors, due to their age and their real names are unverifiable, was born in Xinye, Nanyang, and was the first empress of the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao. In his youth, the Yin clan was brilliant and versatile, especially fond and good at calligraphy, which was extremely rare in ancient times when women were talentless and virtuous.
She is also a well-known talented woman, Yongyuan entered the palace in the fourth year, because she was a noble person who just entered the palace after being a famous person. At that time, she was just in the cardamom age, and because of her eccentricity and versatility, she had many common topics with Han and Emperor, so she received special favor from Han and Emperor, which flourished for a while, and this favor lasted for three years.
In the seventh year of Yongyuan, because the harem did not have a main throne, coupled with the group of courtiers. Emperor Han he decided to make an empress, at this time there were not too many concubines in the harem, and the Yin clan was quite blessed, so it was logical to establish the Yin clan as an empress. But the good times did not last long, and in the same year, deng Sui, a nobleman who would take away all her favor in the future, entered the palace, and although she was not a cardamom age, she was only sixteen years old.
Deng Sui, also born in Xinye County, Nanyang County, like the Yin clan, she also came from a prominent family. She was the granddaughter of The Founding Father of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taifu Deng Yu, and the daughter of Deng Xun, a lieutenant of the Qiang Dynasty. But Deng Sui is not a rich lady who does not learn and has no skills.
She was able to read history books at the age of six, and at the age of twelve she was able to read the Book of Poetry and the Analects. He often argues with his brother at home about the truth. It is worth mentioning that she is seven feet and two inches long, which can be described as a lady. Unlike the quirks of the Yin Clan, she is quiet and gentle and understanding. When she first entered the palace, she often served the Yin clan around and could be described as meticulous.
And because Han and the emperor often went in and out of the Yin palace, he noticed this beautiful woman when he came and went. The Yin clan found that since Deng Sui entered the palace, the favor of Emperor Han and Emperor himself had gradually disappeared, and in addition, Deng Sui's prestige also grew day by day with the emperor's favor.
Even the attitude of ordinary people had changed, Yin Clan had not completely fallen out of favor at this time, but she had a premonition that she was going to lose the favor of Han and The Emperor. Therefore, although she has resentment in her heart, she does not know what to do, and can only watch her lover drift away from herself but there is nothing she can do. Maybe it's the depth of love and the depth of responsibility.
Once, Emperor Han and Emperor were seriously ill and recuperated, but their condition did not improve. At this time, the Yin clan had not received a visit from Han he and the emperor for a long time, plus Deng Sui accompanied Han and the emperor and did not allow anyone to come near. Without the emperor in charge, the empress of the Yin clan had been emptied.
She hated Deng Sui to the bone at this time, so she secretly said to people: "If I can regain my position again, I must not let anyone in the Deng clan live!" When Deng Sui heard about it, he burst into tears in fright.
Panicking, I found the next people crying about their grievances and fears, "I used to take care of the queen's diet and living with all my heart, not asking the queen to reward me, but begging her not to destroy me." I don't know what I'm doing wrong." Seeing that the empress was going to be angry with her family, but the emperor had no way to make up his own mind, Deng Sui immediately wanted to drink medicine to commit suicide, and apologize for his sins with death.
However, he was rescued by a palace man named Zhao Yu with all his might. The news reached the ears of Emperor Hui of Han, and he was very angry. But thinking of the old feelings, he also wanted to maintain the face of the queen. So there was no hype, just concerned that she was not good at talking and doing things well.
Hearing that the Yin clan had lost power in the palace, Yin's maternal grandmother Deng Zhu often went in and out of the harem, comforting Yin's wounded heart and helping her regain her favor. However, her grandmother did not use the proper means to choose the witchcraft forbidden in the palace to harm people. It was thought that god was unaware and that their little trick would not be discovered.
Unexpectedly, in the summer of the fourteenth year of Yongyuan, the East Window Incident occurred, and someone reported to the emperor that Yin and Deng Zhu used wizards to harm people, and such a great rebellion was discovered. Han and the emperor were furious, and this time he did not think of his old feelings. Immediately began to send Zhang Shen to torture Deng Zhu in prison.
After torturing Deng Zhu, she confessed to her two sons, Deng Feng and Deng Yi. Not only that, but it also involved Yin's younger brothers Yin Yi, Yin Fu, Yin Chang and others. The number of people involved made Yin Shi herself not think that she just wanted to regain favor. But she didn't expect that her family was brewing a huge conspiracy.
Yin Feng, Yin Yi, and Yin Fu were the masterminds who were tortured to death in prison. On June 12 of the same year, after the case was settled, Emperor Han and Emperor He sent someone to depose the Empress of the Yin clan and drive her to live in a remote Tong Palace.
Yin's father chose to commit suicide, and all the people involved were exiled to the remote frontier. The yin clan relatives and their brothers inside and outside were dismissed from office and returned to their hometowns. The family path of the Yin clan, which was once flourishing, fell in this way.
Later, the Yin clan was driven to the side hall and spent the whole day depressed. It didn't take long for him to die, at the age of twenty-two. Such an ending was really surprising, and no one expected that the Yin Clan with such a high starting point would succeed very early and end very suddenly. In fact, as long as she let go of that jealous heart, she could even become friends with Deng Sui.
However, she was overwhelmed by love, and her sword went sideways, and what she did exhausted all the good impressions of Han and Emperor on her. To be kind to people, but also to be tolerant of people, there will be multiple friends and multiple roads, and the road of life will become smoother and smoother, rather than stopping abruptly like Yin's.