In fact, in the suffocating storm of royal strife, especially in the married life, Bo Ji's life was really bumpy and had no fun at all.
However, she gave birth to one of the most filial sons in the world.
It is said that after Bo Ji became the empress dowager, Emperor Wen of Han, with the honor of emperor, was still very filial to his mother.
Who is Bo Ji?
This Bo Ji was a native of Suzhou, and when her father Bo was born in the Qin Dynasty, he became friends with Wei Mi, the daughter of the wei clan, and as a result, he gave birth to her unmarried.
Bo Sheng is a suzhou native, I think it must be a young man who is a young man, and Wei Mi is originally from Wei Guo, is an authentic Shanxi person, the two people's hometowns are far away, it is simply a long mountain, I don't know how they met?
It is estimated that it is the turmoil and displacement in the midst of war, so young men and women meet for thousands of miles and develop feelings, of course, there is no marriage.
To put it bluntly, this Bo Ji is an illegitimate child!
Later, because of a coincidence, he married Liu Bang.
In fact, the battle between Lü Hou, Qi Ji, and Bo Ji for the throne for their sons can be said to be the most tragic in history, but the two sides that fought most fiercely finally lost both, and the seemingly indisputable side was finally good for mother and son.
If we compare Lü Hou with the historical Empress Xianhou, we can clearly see that although Lü Hou's behavior is somewhat extenuating, Lü Hou's mind and temperament as the mother of a country are indeed too narrow.
However, this Bo Ji is also not favored.
At that time, the King of Han had already become the Emperor of Han, and the Emperor of Han had summoned her little prince, but he had never asked her again, and she had quietly disappeared in Liu Bang's memory.
Wait, wait day after day.
She waited lonely in the deserted harem, she waited lonely in the long river of history, and only the toddler little prince comforted her lonely life.
Later, Liu Bang died in Changle Palace, and as a result, the sinister and murderous Lü Hou took power.
The Han King's favorite Lady Qi was cut off, the Emperor's favorite son, Zhao Wang Ruyi, was also poisoned, and the former Han King's favorite pets were trembling and living their lives.
So, why could this woman with a prince, Bo Ji, escape Lü Hou's fate? During this period, she was not married by others, or was she used by others, was it just that she was not favored?
In fact, there are three main reasons.
First, Bo Ji is good at self-preservation, Bo Ji who spent the lonely years in the palace was never the target of Lü Hou's resentment, Bo Ji's loneliness saved herself, and also strongly saved her son, that was the only one in her life!
Compared with the tragic fate of Lady Qi, Bo Ji, who was also a concubine of Liu Bang before his death, was much luckier in the hands of Lü Hou.
Bo Ji was a concubine of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and the biological mother of Liu Heng, emperor of Han.
After Liu Heng ascended the throne, he immediately honored Bo Ji as empress dowager.
The history is called "Empress Bo".
In fact, the first half of Bo Ji's life was also bumpy, and her experience was quite dramatic.
Bo Ji's mother, Wei Mi(媪), was originally the daughter of Emperor Wei Guozong, and after Wei wei was destroyed, she was exiled to another country, and later she had an affair with a person surnamed Wu Di with the surname of Bo, and soon gave birth to a daughter.
At this time, in the last year of the Qin Dynasty, various places rose up against Qin, and Wei Bao established himself as the King of Wei, and Wei Mi sent his daughter Bo Ji to the wei palace and became Wei Bao's concubine.
Later, the King of Wei was defeated by Liu Bang, and his women were taken into the harem by Liu Bang.
One day, Han Gaozu summoned Bo Ji and kissed her.
Bo Ji told the emperor: "Last night, the concubine dreamed of a dragon plate attached to the concubine's belly."
Gao Zu said: This is a sign of wealth, I will fulfill you!
After Bo Ji was blessed by the emperor, she actually gave birth to a boy, and these children were the acting kings.
After that, Bo Ji rarely saw Gao Zu.
After Gao Zu's death, his concubines, including Lady Qi, were all hated by Lü Hou and were all imprisoned in the cold palace.
Only Bo Ji was released because she rarely saw the emperor.
After that, Bo Ji came with her son to the fiefdom of Daiguo and became the empress, and Bo Ji's younger brother Bo Zhao also followed her sister to daiguo.
Second, Bo Ji is very low-key, that is, she is an expert in work, similar to ordinary women, not as a nobleman, others do not take her seriously, and her popularity is good
It is said that Bo Ji likes to farm and often uses this to pass the time.
One day, after seeing Lu, she said, "Sister, do you want to pluck a few turnips to taste?" Sweet! ”
Lü Hou refused Bo Ji's turnips and put his mind at ease, feeling that this Bo Ji who loved to grow vegetables was a person with thick branches and leaves, and did not have to pay attention to his heart.
Therefore, Bo Ji continued to live in the old courtyard to grow vegetables, and whenever the vegetables came out, they were distributed to the concubines.
In addition to planting vegetables, Bo Ji regained her old skills, spun and woven fabrics and sewed clothes, and was bored and busy.
Lao Tzu said that the way of man is not to argue.
Husbands are indisputable, and no one in the world can fight with them.
Third, Bo Ji, a kind woman, has won the hearts of the people of the world with her indisputable, and has also won the whole world for her son
Lü Hou was suspicious by nature, narrow-minded, jealous and sharp-hearted, not an excellent leader, not a competent lady, and not a qualified mother.
In the fifth year of Han Gaozu, Bo Ji gave birth to a son, Liu Heng, and was made the acting king. Liu Bang gradually alienated Bo Ji.
Bo Ji also never competes for favors for herself and her son, and has no quarrel with the world or with others.
After Lü Hou came to power, he began to repair Liu Bang's other women. Because Bo Ji was not welcomed by Liu Bang and did not have a major conflict with her, Lü Hou let Bo Ji go.
In fact, Lü Hou once hated those favored young and beautiful concubines and beauties, and in addition to torturing Lady Qi to death, she imprisoned all other concubines in the cold palace and forbade them to go out.
Because Bo Ji was usually quite snubbed and rarely saw the emperor, Empress Lü was not jealous of her and let her go to the fiefdom with her son on behalf of the king, so Bo Ji escaped the disaster!
Later, the Western Han Dynasty formed the antagonism between the Liu and Lü groups.
After Lü Hou's death, the two groups engaged in a final showdown.
In the end, it was Liu who won.
Who will be chosen as emperor? The first factor the ministers considered was not the emperor's academic performance, but the emperor's mother.
After discussion, the ministers unanimously agreed that the mother of the emperor candidate must be gentle and kind, and the mother's family had no background.
In this case, a woman entered everyone's field of vision.
The eunuch Zhou Bo and the chancellor Chen Pingren eradicated the Lü clan and summoned the ministers to propose a new emperor.
The ministers hated the cruelty of Empress Lü and her family, and all called Bo Ji more benevolent, so they made her son Liu Heng the Emperor, the famous Emperor Wen of Han.
All in all, Bo Ji is the material for the empress, not arguing, pretending to be deaf and dumb, confused on the surface, but very wise in the depths of his heart. On the surface, she escaped The Disaster of Lü Hou, but in fact, she was just sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight!