What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
When it comes to the most fierce women in history, Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty is definitely one of them. Cixi, the last Lafayette of the Qing Dynasty, was also one of the best. These two are the most famous women in history, and both once ran a court and a country. They do have the supreme right to exercise the power of life and death over others. However, although the woman mentioned next is only an empress, even the emperor does not dare to underestimate her, even if he does not control the government, it also makes the court feel frightened, and he does not dare to treat her as a woman.
This empress was Lü Yan, the wife of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. Lü Yan is known as the most poisonous queen in history. Only because there are two things in his life that people are most "talking about", the first thing is that Lü Yan made Liu Bang's favorite concubine Lady Qi hostage. Another thing is that Lü Yan became a hostage of Xiang Yu for the safety of Liu Bang, spent three years in the enemy camp, and even returned to Liu Bang's side and became the empress of the founding emperor. It was so surprising and incredible.
Lü Yan made Lady Qi an adult, although a little fierce, but it was also reasonable, after all, Lü Yan suffered humiliation in the enemy camp for her husband Liu Bang, and Liu Bang actually chose another delicate woman as a favorite concubine. It seems that lü lu and Lü yan's family have long forgotten how much effort they have put into supporting Liu Bang. Especially after Lady Qi was favored, she still wanted her son to be emperor, and it was no wonder that Lü Yan could not tolerate her.
Lu Yan is the woman who really walked through the most difficult time with her husband Liu Bang. But he could not hide the fate of the wife of the chaff and the rejection of her husband. But fortunately, even without the help of Liu Bang's prestige, Lü Yan was able to win the respect of the world, but when Lü Yan returned to Liu Bang with great pains, he was not despised by anyone. As for the three years that Lü Yan spent in Xiang Yu's enemy camp, did he experience inhuman torture? The probability is actually not, because Xiang Yu is a real hero, otherwise how could Xiang Yu lose to Liu Bang, whose strength was far inferior to his? But after all, born in the enemy camp, even if there was no physical humiliation, as a woman who should have been in a high position, she was forced to be imprisoned, even if she finally returned to Liu Bang's side, she must be unwilling and humiliated to the extreme.
Lü Yan was not an ordinary woman, after Liu Bang's death, she had been listening to the government for many years, and her heart had long been polished enough to be ruthless. But it was definitely not just the three years she spent in the enemy camp. Let a woman change from a delicate woman to an indestructible woman. The most likely reason can only be that her sincerity has been let down again and again, and in order to protect the most important people around her, she can only disguise herself and become a poisonous queen.