Watching short videos of beautiful women dancing, the ancients were all shocked

Before leaving, Dou Yifang realized that she was assigned to the remote and poor Dai State, which was not only farther away from home, but also completely different from the wealthy Zhao State.

Dou Yifang's makeup was all smudged by tears, and her grievances can be imagined, but she was determined and did not dare to disobey the order, so she had to go!

Unless she didn't want to have a head anymore, Dou Yifang could only go to Dai State in frustration!

But sometimes life is like this, you plant flowers with intention but they don't bloom, and you plant willows without intention but they grow into shades, Dou.

Dou Yifang would never have thought of this trip, and her life's destiny would have changed from then on.

If she had returned to Zhao State smoothly, I'm afraid there would be no record of Dou Yifang in history books.

A wrong beginning may not necessarily lead to a bleak ending. As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Dou Yifang's legendary life has just begun.

After arriving in Dai, she quickly gained the favor of King Liu Heng of Dai by virtue of her youth, beauty and gentle temperament!

She directly reversed from a palace maid to a favorite concubine.

How favored do you want to say?

There were four other palace maids who went with her at the time, but Liu Heng favored Dou Yifang alone. Soon, Dou Yifang gave birth to a daughter, who later became Princess Guantao.

In a few years, she gave birth to two sons. The eldest son was later Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, and the younger son was King Liang, Liu Wu!

And she became the second woman to give birth to a child in the palace of King Dai.

However, she was only Liu Heng's concubine, and her son was not Liu Heng's eldest son!

Liu Heng's original queen gave birth to four sons for Liu Heng in one breath, including Liu Heng's eldest son.

Dou Yifang, even if she was favored, was just a favored concubine.

However, the unexpected happened again.

Before Liu Heng became emperor, his original queen passed away, and his four sons died of illness one after another.

If you say that this has nothing to do with Dou Yifang, no one will believe it, right?

There are many different opinions about the strange early death of Liu Heng's original queen and her son.

Some people say that it is because the Queen of Dai is from the Lu family. If Liu Heng wants to be emperor, he must cut off the bloodline related to the Lu family!

Others say that with the medical level and conditions at that time, it is not surprising to die of illness.

As for whether the rumor is true or not, it is unknown.

In 180 BC, Empress Lu died of illness, and the court was turbulent. Taiwei Zhou Bo, Prime Minister Chen Ping and other vassal kings of the Liu family launched the "Lu Rebellion" and completely eliminated the Lu family.

Because Liu Heng was in a remote area, had the weakest strength, and had a clean background, he was supported by a group of ministers to become emperor.

This overwhelming wealth not only fell on Liu Heng's head, but also brought good luck to Dou Yifang.

After Liu Heng ascended the throne, after discussion, Liu Qi was made the crown prince, at the suggestion of Liu Heng's mother, Empress Dowager Bo!

The crown prince's mother was made the queen, and the poor girl Dou Yifang became the mother of the country.

A gorgeous turn, completely transformed from a sparrow to a phoenix.

Not only that, Dou Yifang also found her long-lost brother.

Many people say that Dou Yifang's life is really good, how come she has caught up with all the good things?

But they never thought about why the other four women who went to Daiguo with her didn't have such a good life?

Is it just because of beauty?

I think that for a poor girl who wants to marry into a wealthy family, in addition to the beauty given by God, her own character and ability are more important.

Imagine, if Dou Yifang was really just a simple love brain, I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to survive in the palace.

After all, beautiful skins are all the same, but useful souls are one in a million.

Even after she became the empress, when Liu Heng wanted to make his brother-in-law Dou Guangguo the prime minister, Dou Yifang personally stopped him!

She said: Don't let the world talk about your selfishness.

During the 23 years that Liu Heng was the emperor, apart from routine rewards!

Dou Yifang never took the initiative to fight for the slightest benefit for her family.

It was precisely because Dou Yifang always restrained her relatives that there was no rebellion by relatives during the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing.

But the good times did not last long. Not long after Dou Yifang became the empress, she fell seriously ill and subsequently became blind. There were many women in the harem who were younger, more beautiful, and brighter-eyed than her, so Emperor Wen Liu Heng gradually fell in love with others and began to favor Lady Shen and Yin Ji.

Especially Lady Shen, who was once favored to the extent that she was on an equal footing with Empress Dou Yifang in the harem.

According to legend, once Liu Heng took Dou Yifang and Madam Shen to Shanglin Garden for a water banquet. The person in charge of arranging the seats followed the palace's custom and asked Dou Yifang and Madam Shen to sit side by side.

Minister Yuan Ang saw this and adjusted the seats without authorization. This action angered Madam Shen and she refused to accept the arrangement.

Sitting, while Liu Heng stood on the side of Madam Shen, who left the table with Madam Shen in anger.

It can be seen that Madam Shen at this time had already posed a certain threat to Dou Yifang's status.

But no matter how favored these two people were, they did not give birth to a child for Liu Heng in the end. On the contrary, Dou Yifang neither fought nor competed, so no one could find fault with her.

Even after she was old and ugly, sick and blind, the throne of the queen was still as stable as Mount Tai.

In 157 BC, Emperor Wen died, and Prince Liu Qi ascended the throne. He respected Dou Yifang as the empress dowager. With the assistance of her mother, she continued the Huang-Lao school and the policy of resting with the people, which also made a great contribution to the glory of the Wenjing era.

In her later years, Dou Yifang doted on her youngest son Liu Wu very much, and even often hinted to Emperor Jing that he should pass the throne to Liu Wu a hundred years later.

As the saying goes, a mother loves her youngest son, and so does Empress Dowager Dou.

If her youngest son wanted the stars in the sky, she would want to pick them for him.

With the financial support of his mother, Liu Wu was not an emperor, but he was comparable to an emperor.

His Donghua Garden was 300 li in radius, and his capital city was 70 li in radius. He even learned from Qin Shihuang to build a palace!

The palaces were connected by air corridors, and his food, clothing and daily expenses were the same as those of Emperor Jing. His travel etiquette even exceeded that of Emperor Jing.

When he returned to the court to visit his mother, Liu Wu often wandered around the harem and stayed there. He almost moved the palace of Emperor Jing of Han to Liang State, which was a taboo.

Liu Wu's arrogance made Emperor Jing more and more angry.

However, Empress Dowager Dou still persuaded Liu Wu to be the emperor Taidi many times, and even kidnapped him morally!

He said:

"You fooled me once a few years ago and then you made your son Liu Rong the crown prince."

"Now that Liu Rong has been deposed, you can no longer be so heartless!"

"When the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out, you fooled your brother into working for you when you needed him. Now that you don't need him anymore, you're just rubbing your hands. Is that how you act as a brother?"

Jingdi's face almost turned green with anger at his mother, but he didn't dare to disobey her, so he had to ask the minister Yuan Ang to act as a lobbyist.

Yuan Ang asked Empress Dowager Dou directly, "Queen Dowager, do you want to make King Liang?"

Then who should King Liang make a hundred years later?