Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, was the son of Emperor Liu Hong of Han, the younger brother of Emperor Shao of Han, and the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian of Han ascended the throne in 189 AD, abdicated in 220, and reigned for thirty-one years. Among the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of Han reigned second, second only to the founding emperor Liu Xiu, who reigned for thirty-three years.
However, during the more than thirty years of The reign of Emperor Xian of Han, the Eastern Han Dynasty had already existed in name only, the world was falling apart, the warlords were in scuffles, and the masses were divided, and although Emperor Xiandi of Han was named emperor, he was actually like a poor bereaved dog, reduced to a tool for various warlords to compete and use, suffered from turbulence and displacement, and was placed in the whirlpool of endless conspiracies and tricks, open strife and secret struggle, and faced the critical point of life and death several times.
The warlords of the early Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty all had a consensus that Emperor Xiandi of Han was a good card that could be used, and they all wanted to hold him in the palm of their hands and "blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes" . In this way, the tragic fate of Emperor Xiandi of Han was doomed. It can even be said that the men that Emperor Xiandi of Han encountered did not have a good thing, or wanted to use him as a puppet to manipulate and use, and if the use was not successful, he wanted to kill him, so as not to be used by his opponents.
Dong Zhuo, Li Dai, Guo Feng, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and others whom Emperor Xian of Han encountered before and after him, were all like this, shouting in their mouths that the Qin King's escort was shaking the heavens, but in fact they did not care about his future of life and death at all. Even Liu Bei, the uncle of Emperor Liu, who was awe-inspiring in righteousness and had a righteous face, wept bitterly in front of Emperor Xiandi of Han and expressed his loyalty, saying that he wanted to revive the Han Room, and when he looked back and saw that there was danger, he came to smear oil on the soles of his feet, ran faster than a rabbit, and threw Emperor Xiandi of Han into Cao Cao's hands.
However, what made Emperor Xiandi of Han feel a little comforted was that the women he met were all dead to him one by one, willing to sacrifice their lives for him. In the second year of Xingping, Emperor Xiandi of Han reached the age of talking about marriage, so he crowned Fu Shou, the daughter of Fu Guan, as empress, and the two of them relied on each other for nearly twenty years. During this period, Emperor Xian of Han was wandering in the chaotic world, busy like a dog that lost his family, like a fish that slipped through the net, the dignity of the emperor had long been gone, but Empress Fu's heart was like iron stone, and she had always unswervingly shared happiness and suffering with him.
After Emperor Xian of Han was taken hostage by Cao Cao to Xu Capital, Cao Cao monopolized power, was arrogant and domineering, and wantonly bullied Emperor Xian of Han, who was often frightened and trembled by Cao Cao. Although Empress Fu was a female streamer, she dared to be bold, she could not bear to see her husband being so oppressed by Cao Cao, and at the great risk of being accused of exterminating the Nine Tribes, she wrote a secret letter to her father Fu Quan, asking him to organize a mutiny and eliminate Cao Cao.
After receiving the letter, Fu was intimidated by Cao Cao's power and hesitated to act again and again. As a result, the matter was revealed, Cao Cao was furious, and in 214 AD, he led troops into the palace, captured Empress Fu from the han xiandi and died in seclusion, "more than a hundred brothers and clan dead, mu Ying and nineteen other people migrated to Zhuo County."
In order to prevent Emperor Xian of Han from conspiring with those around him to rebel, Cao Cao did not stop doing anything, married his daughter Cao Jie to Emperor Xian of Han and made him empress, wanting Cao Jie to act as an "undercover" and monitor Emperor Xian of Han day and night. Cao Cao could not have imagined in his dreams that his own daughter Cao Jie was actually conquered by the charm of Emperor Xian of Han, and from then on he stood on the side of Emperor Xian of Han with all his heart, using his status and position to do his best to protect Emperor Xian of Han.
Twenty-five years after Jian'an, Cao Cao died of illness. Cao Cao's son Cao Pi was ambitious and wanted to ascend the throne as emperor, so he forced Emperor Xian of Han to "zen concessions", asked Emperor Xian of Han to give up the throne to him, sent emissaries to the palace, and forced Emperor Xian of Han to hand over the jade seal of the country. Cao Jie saw that his younger brother Cao Pi was so committed in rebellion, and he was furious, regardless of his personal safety, and angrily rebuked Cao Pi's emissaries in person, making them return in ashes.
Cao Pi was already determined to claim the title of emperor, and sent emissaries again and again to take away the jade seal. Cao Jie saw that the general trend had gone, and it was difficult to recover it by his own strength, so he once again found Cao Pi regardless of life and death, and scolded him to his face, "Heaven is not Zuo'er!" "God won't bless scum like you!" Fortunately, Cao Pi did not want to kill at the time of his ascension to the throne, and did not pursue the plan.
When the new king ascended the throne, the king of the subjugated country would usually be killed mercilessly to avoid the consequences, but after Cao Pi ascended the throne, he did not kill the Han Xiandi Emperor in terms of his sister's affection, but instead crowned him as the Duke of Shanyang, gave him 10,000 households, and could still enjoy the imperial level in terms of living treatment. Although Emperor Xian of Han lost the world, he could finally live the second half of his life comfortably and in peace and stability. Without Cao Jie's protection, all this would have been unimaginable. Emperor Xian of Han, who had experienced hardships in his life, unexpectedly encountered such a loyal and unswerving lover one after another, which was also a great fortune in misfortune.
Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms