The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

【Why do you say that? Let's first look at the background at that time. 】
[At that time, the crown prince of the Western Han Dynasty was Liu Rong, and Liu Rong's mother was Li Ji, who was also a favored beauty.]

Liu Rong and Liu Che were both grandsons of Empress Dowager Dou. Empress Dowager Dou did not treat them differently. To be honest, she liked Liu Che more.
As for Liu Rong and his mother Li Ji, so many years have passed that Empress Dowager Dou almost forgot what they looked like.

With the reminder from the Heavenly Scroll, the long-sealed memories slowly opened up, and many events and characters that had been almost forgotten once again flooded into Empress Dowager Dou's mind.
Especially when she heard that Emperor Wu of Han would wipe out the entire Dou family after her death.
She thought for a moment and said, "As I recall, Li Ji doesn't like to talk much, and she's not very good at talking, is that right?"

Princess Pingyang and Emperor Liu Che and his wife who were present did not know how to answer. After all, they were still young at that time and did not have a deep impression of Li Ji.
Princess Pingyang had no choice but to tell the truth: "Grandmother, I don't remember much, but I remember that Madam Li was very beautiful."
The concubines in the harem are naturally beautiful, otherwise they would not be taken into the harem, let alone be favored for many years. Princess Pingyang's words were as good as saying nothing.

[Originally, Li Ji could have become the empress dowager by virtue of her son, after the death of Emperor Jing Liu Qi, and eventually reached the pinnacle of power for women in the harem.]
[However, she accidentally offended someone. As a result, the mother and son ended up with a very miserable end.]
[This person is none other than Emperor Jingdi’s elder sister Liu Piao, the Princess Guantao whom Empress Dowager Dou loved the most.]

[It is said that after Empress Dowager Dou died, she gave all her inheritance to Liu Piao. So some people also called her Dou Taizhu, not only because of her noble status, but also because of her great power.]
[At that time, although Princess Guantao was favored by her mother and the emperor, she knew from her childhood in the deep palace that this favor was only temporary. If she wanted to be respected forever, she had to hold the power firmly in her hands. ]

[However, as a woman, she could not rule the country or become emperor. The only thing she could do was to control the future emperor in her hands.]
[So at that time, she first set her sights on Crown Prince Liu Rong. She also wanted to consult with Crown Prince Liu Rong's mother, Li Ji, to see if she could let her daughter become Crown Princess to Liu Rong, until she became the Empress of the Han Dynasty in the future.]

[However, Princess Guantao's intention to make friends was ignored by Li Ji. She was very annoyed by Princess Guantao's practice of sending women to Emperor Jing. Not only did she block Princess Guantao from the palace, but she also publicly stated that she disdained to become a relative of Princess Guantao.]

[Princess Guantao had never suffered such humiliation before. She immediately returned to the Princess's Mansion in anger, unable to swallow this anger.]
【It was at this time that another person found her. 】
[This person was none other than Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che’s mother, Wang Zhi, who later became Queen Wang.]

Even the Queen Mother is involved?
Empress Dowager Dou did not embarrass Princess Pingyang any more. Instead, she smiled and said, "It's my fault. I forgot that you were still young at that time. Someone come!"
As soon as she called out, a servant came forward.

"Go to the Queen Mother's palace, call the Queen Mother, and tell her that I want to speak to her."
At this point, she paused again and said, "Oh, by the way, send someone to the Princess's Mansion and ask the Grand Princess to come to the palace and tell her that I miss her."

"Yes!" the servant responded and immediately left.
For the sake of the entire Dou family, she was not afraid of chaos, but was afraid that it would not be chaotic enough.

【Wang Zhi, who was still a beauty at the time, was not only beautiful, but also very smart. This was very different from Qin Shi Huang's mother, Zhao Ji, and it was no wonder that she succeeded in ascending to the throne. She always saw how good the Empress Dowager was to the eldest princess.】
[Since Li Ji refused to accept the Grand Princess's olive branch, don't blame her for picking it up.]
[So after the two women came to a tacit understanding, Li Ji's life became increasingly difficult. ]

[The eldest princess was close to the Queen Mother, and she often whispered in her ear, saying all kinds of bad things about Li Ji. The Queen Mother would not mind if she heard it once or twice, but after hearing it many times, she naturally disliked Li Ji.]
[The Queen Mother's attitude would more or less affect the attitudes of the palace people. Li Ji felt wronged, so she naturally complained to the Emperor. ] [At first, the Emperor listened and tried to comfort her, but after a while, he got annoyed. ]
[The harem is originally a place for the emperor to have fun and have fun. If you always make the emperor uncomfortable, he will naturally distance himself from you.]
[What's more, you always complain about the Emperor's mother. Moreover, you speak without restraint in the palace. Don't you think that the Empress Dowager doesn't know about it? ]

[So, over time, the Empress Dowager disliked Li Ji even more, and the Emperor rarely visited her palace. As a result, when something happened later, there was no one to speak up for her.]
[From this, it can be seen that Li Ji's emotional intelligence is really not high. Otherwise, she would not have let herself fall into such a situation. ]

[Thus, after the Grand Princess's instigation, Li Ji gradually fell out of favor. Along with her son Liu Rong, the position of the Crown Prince also became increasingly shaky.]
【At this time, Emperor Jing's empress, Empress Bo, was deposed because she had no children. 】

Hearing that his mother and Princess Guantao were both being called, Liu Che's face turned grim. He stepped forward and said, "Grandmother, my mother has not been feeling well recently and is recuperating. Why don't you let her come over to pay her respects when she is feeling better next time?"
"No? No matter how bad her health is, it's not good to have an old woman like me whose neck is half buried in the earth. I know that His Majesty is filial. But if I let your mother come later, will I eat your mother?"
After Empress Dowager Dou said this, Liu Che could no longer refute it.

[Empress Bo was a relative of Emperor Jingdi's grandmother and Empress Dowager Bo. When he married Empress Bo, he was not very willing. And for various reasons, Empress Bo did not have her own children, let alone a prince. ]
[So when Empress Dowager Bo died, Emperor Jing was no longer afraid and immediately appointed his eldest son Liu Rong as the crown prince. A few years later, he officially issued an edict to depose Empress Bo.]

[At this time, someone suddenly wrote a letter saying that the Han Dynasty could not be without a queen mother, and suggested that Emperor Jingdi make Li Ji, the mother of the crown prince, the queen.]

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dou said as if she was talking to herself: "Yes, I remember that when Empress Bo was just deposed, some ministers used the excuse that Liu Rong was the crown prince to ask the emperor to make Li Ji the empress. This angered your father."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, why are you in such a hurry? If Liu Rong hadn't been deposed, she would have been the empress and queen mother sooner or later."

At this point, Empress Dowager Dou looked at Liu Che and snorted, "Just like your mother."
No one present dared to utter a word. They could only let Empress Dowager Dou make sarcastic remarks without being able to refute her.

[The Han dynasty values ​​filial piety. The Empress Dowager had just passed away, and Empress Bo was deposed, which had already caused quite a lot of complaints from the ministers in the court. If Emperor Jing listened to this minister and made Li Ji the empress at this time, allowing her to gain status through her son, wouldn't that make people even more critical?]
【Then Emperor Jing was furious. He killed the minister immediately, and his annoyance towards Li Ji turned into disgust. Not long after, he issued an edict to depose Liu Rong from the position of crown prince, and Li Ji later died of depression.】

Sure enough, the situation described by Tian Juan was basically the same as what Empress Dowager Dou and the others knew. However, when Tian Juan listed the same events, everyone felt that he must have something to say later.

(End of this chapter)