The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

Sure enough, after the voice in the heavenly scroll stopped, Lei Xiaomeng let out a faint sigh.
[It is said that Han Jingdi's eldest son, second son, and third son were all born to Li Ji. Back then, Li Ji was extremely favored, but she did not expect to end up like this.]
[Xiao Meng has to praise it again. Liu Che should really be grateful for having a good mother. If it weren't for his mother Wang Zhi's planning, I'm afraid the history of China would have been rewritten. ]

[Because it was Wang Zhi who sent someone to instigate the petition to make Li Ji the empress.]
[This is a classic case of flattery. ]

It was actually appointed by the Queen Mother?
She had underestimated her before.
Empress Dowager Dou thought to herself and looked at the younger generation below: "Why, the Empress Dowager hasn't arrived yet?"

"Grandmother, what the Heavenly Scroll said is just speculation. The truth may not be as it says." Liu Che couldn't help but defend his mother.
"I haven't said anything yet, but you're already speaking up for your mother. You're really filial."
Empress Dowager Dou's smile did not reach her eyes. She stood up from her seat with a cane and said, "That's right. You have long disliked an old woman like me. You wish that after I die, you would kill all my family members!"

Empress Dowager Dou suddenly raised her voice, and no one dared to speak. Only Empress Chen sighed inwardly when she saw this.
She knew she had to show up, so she immediately stepped forward and helped Empress Dowager Dou sit down: "Grandmother, be careful that anger can harm your health. Just as Your Majesty said, there must be a reason. Let's continue to listen."

"Jiaojiao, this ungrateful bastard wants to destroy you, and you still speak for him. Grandmother loves you!"
As she patted Empress Chen's hand, Empress Dowager Dou's eyes turned red.
Empress Chen choked, looked up at Liu Che, and then quickly lowered her head: "Grandson is not speaking for Your Majesty, I just want to know what happened between us."

Princess Pingyang also spoke up at this time: "Grandmother, this is something that will happen in the future. Getting angry will not help. It is better to listen carefully. Maybe you can find a solution from it."
This time, Princess Pingyang touched the heart of Empress Dowager Dou. She hesitated for a moment and finally said nothing else. She just hummed, "You are right!"

【After Liu Rong was deposed as the crown prince, he was demoted to the King of Linjiang. Not long after, the seven-year-old Liu Che was named the crown prince. At this time, although no ministers petitioned, his mother Wang Zhi was still named the queen, and later became the queen mother. 】
[At this point, Princess Guantao and Queen Wang had basically achieved their goals, and their children became in-laws.]
[Not only was Princess Guantao's daughter Chen betrothed to Liu Che and was about to become the Crown Princess, but her son was also betrothed to Liu Che's sister.]

[From this time on, the fate of the Chen family and Princess Guantao was closely linked to that of Crown Prince Liu Che. Especially before Liu Che came to power, the two families could be said to prosper together and suffer together.]
[However, after Emperor Liu Che took power, the contradictions between the two families that had been suppressed under the surface gradually surfaced.]
[The most speechless of these contradictions is the issue of Liu Che's offspring. ]

[The main reason was that Liu Che and Empress Chen had been married for several years but had not given birth to a child.]
[For this reason, Empress Chen spent nearly ten thousand gold coins to find a secret recipe for having a child, but it still didn't work.]
[In the end, Empress Chen wanted to use the illusory witchcraft to give birth to a child. However, this also led to her being deposed and banished to Changmen Palace.]
[This is also the origin of the name of the poem "Changmen Fu".]

Childless and deposed?
Empress Chen's face changed and she looked at Liu Che, only to see that Liu Che was also looking at her.
When Empress Dowager Dou heard this reason, she was also stunned.

Because if this is really the reason, then others can really not blame you.
You know, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, this was not the first queen to be deposed for having no children.
The Queen Bo mentioned earlier was driven off the throne for this reason.

Even Empress Dowager Dou herself was able to climb to her current position step by step for this reason.
During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, his first wife was depressed because of the issue of offspring and eventually died.
And because she gave birth to Liu Qi, the eldest son of a concubine, she became the empress, and her eldest son became the crown prince, until she finally ascended the throne and became the emperor.

For a moment, everyone fell into silence.
At this moment, a voice was heard from all around: "The Queen Mother has arrived!"
The Queen Mother has arrived.

[But was Empress Chen deposed just for this reason? ]
[The upmaster thinks that's not entirely true.] [It's true that the imperial family is not like the ordinary people's family, where the husband and wife can treat each other with respect. But ordinary people can't divorce their wives without reason, so how can the emperor of a country be abolished at will?]
[As an emperor, does he still lack women to bear children for him? ]

[Even Emperor Wu of Han’s grandfather, Emperor Wen of Han, although his first wife did not give birth to any offspring, he appointed Lady Dou as his empress only after his first wife passed away. She later became the famous Empress Dowager Dou.]
[Therefore, when a queen is deposed, there are usually deeper reasons. Childlessness is just an excuse.]

[First, let us look at the situation when Liu Che and Empress Chen first got married. ]

As Xiao Meng spoke, a scroll of bamboo slips appeared in the air, with the following words written on it.
[Records of the Grand Historian: Family of Foreign Relatives: "At first, when the emperor was the crown prince, he married the eldest princess's daughter as his concubine. When he was made emperor, the concubine was made empress. Her surname was Chen and she had no children."]

[This is the information that the up master can find about the time when Liu Che and Empress Chen got married. ]
[The description of Empress Chen in the "Records of the Grand Historian" is also very limited, with only a few words. However, it almost tells the whole life of Empress Chen.]
[Originally, the uploader wanted to check it more clearly and in more detail, but just like the birth and death years of Empress Chen, no more detailed information could be found. ]

[You should know that even the demoted Li Ji had a definite time of death and time of entering the palace. ]
[It seems that some people want to erase the existence of Queen Chen on purpose.]

[Okay, let's use this passage to estimate the time of their marriage.]

[The first sentence of this passage says "At first, when he was the crown prince, he married the eldest princess's daughter as his concubine", which means that when Liu Che was still the crown prince, he had already married the beautiful daughter of the Chen family. ]
[Historical records clearly state that Liu Che was made crown prince at the age of seven and ascended the throne at the age of sixteen. This means that he married Empress Chen during this period.]

[The uploader also checked the wedding ages of young emperors in various dynasties, ranging from seven to fourteen years old. ]
[Some sources even say that Emperor Wu of Han married Empress Chen when he was seven years old, the year he was made crown prince.]

[Well, the seven-year-old groom led the eight- or nine-year-old bride into the bridal chamber. The uploader felt that they were a little pitiful.]

[Of course, this is not impossible. After all, in the royal family, for the sake of power and interests, all kinds of weird things have happened.]
【Didn’t it say that in the early Han Dynasty, there was a case of a ten-year-old niece marrying an eighteen-year-old uncle?】

(End of this chapter)