People and affairs undergo metabolism, and exchanges become ancient and modern. When Liu Bang died, Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, and Lu Fei became the empress dowager, with overwhelming power over the world. Liu Ying was young and cowardly, but had a kind-hearted nature, while Lu Pheasant was extremely resolute, and all power belonged to Lu Pheasant. Lu Pheasant waited for a long time and finally waited until today. She felt that her future was bright and promising.
In 194 BC, Liu Ying proclaimed himself emperor, which is known as the first year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty in history.
One person’s flesh is another person’s poison. Before Liu Bang died, he was very worried about the safety of Qi Ji and Liu Ruyi. When he was dying, he wanted to kill Fan Kuai because Fan Kuai had a murderous intention. The more Liu Bang loves Qi Ji, the more Lu Pheasant hates her; Liu Bang wants Qi Ji to live, but Lu Pheasant wants her to die. After Liu Bang died, his worries became reality.
Lu Pheasant imprisoned Qi Ji in Yongxiang. This Yongxiang is what people often call the Cold Palace. Lu Pheasant spent a lot of time dressing Qi Ji up to look like a human being, a ghost or a ghost. First, Lu Pheasant cut Qi Ji into a bald head and put an iron ring on her neck. The beautiful Qi Ji looked like a nun and an ugly ghost. Secondly, Qi Ji was put into prisoner's clothes and sent to pound rice. Qi Ji's beauty is gone, and her delicate hands have become thicker, but she still has a beautiful voice.
When faced with such a situation, sadness comes from it, and the pressure of injustice cannot be suppressed. As Han Yu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said, if things are not equal, they will be heard. Qi Ji was pounding rice and singing:
The son is king,
My mother is a prisoner,
Crushing the dusk all day long,
Always in the company of death!
Three thousand miles apart,
Who will tell you?
A beautiful woman who was good at singing and dancing and deeply favored by the emperor. What happened to her was all for the sake of her children. Of course she was thinking of King Zhao Liu Ruyi. However, Lu Zhi just didn't let her have any feelings of longing for her. Lu Pheasant thought, since you miss Liu Ruyi, I will kill him. Lu Pheasant sent three groups of envoys to recruit Liu Ruyi to return to Chang'an, but all three groups of envoys returned without success because Liu Ruyi had a very powerful Zhou Chang beside him. If Zhou Chang dared to think or speak, Liu Bang would respect him, let alone Lu Pheasant.
The upright Zhou Chang directly said to Lu Pheasant's envoy: "Emperor Gaozu asked me to assist King Zhao. Now King Zhao is only twelve years old and young. I heard that the Queen Mother hated Mrs. Qi very much and wanted to ask King Zhao to take care of their mother and son. Kill them all together. I dare not let King Zhao go with you. Besides, King Zhao is unwell and cannot go forward according to the imperial edict."
Encountering such a stubborn guy, Lu Pheasant was furious at first, and then thought of a way to move this big rock away. Zhou Chang once helped Liu Ying. Although Lu Pheasant was cruel, he still remembered his kindness. If Zhou Chang is a ungrateful person, Lu Pheasant will smash him into pieces even if he is a big rock.
Lu Zhi suppressed his anger and ordered Zhao Prime Minister Zhou Chang to be summoned back to Chang'an. As a court official, Zhou Chang had no choice but to return to Chang'an. The Han Dynasty stipulated that the power of appointment and dismissal of officials above two thousand shi in each feudal state rested with the court. The Prime Minister belongs to officials above two thousand shi, who are directly appointed and removed by the imperial court. Lv Zhi moved a thousand catties in four ounces, and the big rock Zhou Chang returned to Chang'an.
As soon as Zhou Chang returned to Chang'an, Lu Pheasant sent someone to recruit Liu Ruyi. This time Liu Ruyi came, but the result was even more unexpected than Lu Fei, because someone she never thought of was killed in the middle. This person is Emperor Hui, his son Liu Ying. Liu Ying does not have Liu Bang's hooliganism, nor is she as vicious as Lu Pheasant. Liu Yingkuan was kind and fond of Liu Ruyi. Knowing that Lu Pheasant was sinister and vicious, he went to Bashang to greet Liu Ruyi in person.
When such a precious son suddenly appeared, Lu Zhi was angry that her own son did not understand her feelings.
The brotherly love was deep, Liu Ying accompanied Liu Ruyi to the palace, played together, ate together, slept together, in short, the two were inseparable. Liu Ying's move was very conscientious. However, he only knew that he was with Liu Ruyi every day, so Lu Zhi couldn't do anything. He didn't know that he couldn't be with Liu Ruyi all the time.
Lu Pheasant decided to kill Liu Ruyi, but Liu Ying blocked it, so he waited for another opportunity. Liu Ying stayed with Liu Ruyi every day, and Lu Pheasant kept an eye on them all the time. For Lu Pheasant, waiting is the most lethal and the sharpest weapon to destroy the enemy. She had waited for so many years until Liu Bang died and Liu Ying came to the throne, and she was not in a hurry for this moment.
Liu Ying and Liu Ruyi had been playing together, eating together, and sleeping together for several months. Lu Pheasant was waiting quietly for the opportunity, waiting hard. Huangtian paid off his hard work, and the opportunity finally came.
On this day, Liu Ying got up very early and went hunting. As an emperor, there are many required lessons, and hunting is one of them. Liu Ruyi slept soundly. Liu Ying called several times, but Liu Ruyi still couldn't get up. Liu Ying couldn't bear to disturb his sweet dream, so she went hunting alone. Liu Ying may have thought that nothing could go wrong in one moment or three moments, but history determines fate because of one moment or three moments of negligence. When Liu Ying came back, she saw Liu Ruyi lying hard on the bed, dead. Liu Ruyi is so miserable, Liu Ying is so regretful. It turned out that Lu Pheasant saw Liu Ying going out and asked someone to bring a glass of poisonous wine for Liu Ruyi to drink. Liu Ying was very sad, but what was even more sad was yet to come.
Without family ties and family, the honor, disgrace, success or failure in this life are meaningless. Liu Ying, a kind-hearted person, always encountered tragedies in which relatives killed each other. First, Liu Bang kicked him and threw him off the carriage, and then his mother poisoned his beloved brother. Relatives continue to commit crimes, but this pain has to be borne by his weak heart, because his parents have no concept of crime, let alone the ethics of family affection. Liu Bang and Lu Fei committed crimes, and Liu Ying suffered for them. This was the pain of pain.
When the son died, the mother also suffered. Lu Pheasant ordered people to cut off Qi Ji's hands and feet first, then gouge out her eyes, poison her ears to make her deaf, and finally drug her to make her mute. As a result, Qi Ji couldn't walk, could only move; couldn't see anything, couldn't hear sounds, couldn't speak, and deeply realized all the pain in the world.
"Renzi", this is the new name given by Lu Pheasant to Qi Ji who was imprisoned in the cellar.
After a few months, it was time for Qi Ji to adapt to the life of being a "human pig" in the cellar. Lu Pheasant asked Liu Ying to visit the treasure. A small hole was opened, and a ray of light came in. Liu Ying saw something with a body, a head, no hands and feet, something that could move and not speak, but looked like a human but not like a human. She was horrified and asked: " What's this?"
"What is it? It's Qi Ji!"
When Liu Ying heard this, she burst into tears and couldn't get out of bed for more than a year.
Living is a kind of sadness, and what is even more sad is that this sadness has nothing to do with myself, but I have to bear this sadness. Liu Ying is the embodiment of sadness and the representative of pain.
More than a year later, Liu Ying finally got out of bed. He asked someone to send a message to Lu Pheasant, saying: "What you did is not human. I am your son, and I will never rule the world again!"
From then on, Liu Ying drank and had fun every day.
Liu Ying couldn't bear the pain caused by Lu Pheasant, so he treated him with indifference. If Lu Zhi was a sentimental person, she would definitely give in. But Lu Pheasant was resolute and ruthless by nature, and cold violence was of no use to this woman.
In 193 BC, Liu Fei came to worship. Liu Ying was very good to her brother Liu Fei. Lu Pheasant is extremely jealous and hates seeing others being kind to others, especially his relatives being kind to outsiders. Liu Bang favored Qi Ji, so she killed Qi Ji; Liu Bang loved Liu Ruyi, so she wanted to poison Liu Ruyi to death; Liu Ying was good to Liu Fei, so she wanted to punish Liu Fei. Liu Ying and Liu Fei ate at the same table. Liu Ying asked Liu Fei to take the seat. They treated each other as brothers. Lu Pheasant was nearby and felt unhappy when he saw them like this. Lu Pheasant asked someone to bring two glasses of poisonous wine and asked Liu Fei to toast Liu Ying. The ancient rule is that to show sincerity, whoever proposes a toast drinks first. Liu Fei stood up, and Liu Ying also stood up, wanting to drink together with Liu Fei. When Lu Zhi saw Liu Ying standing up and about to drink, he knocked Liu Ying's drink away.
Tiger poison will not eat its seeds, this statement makes sense. Lu Pheasant was vicious, but he did not attack his own children. She has lost her humanity but still retains her maternal nature.
Liu Fei was surprised by Lu Pheasant's behavior and did not dare to drink any more, so he pretended to be drunk and left the banquet. Later, Liu Fei learned that what Lu Pheasant had given him was poisonous wine, and he became worried and feared that he would not be able to leave Chang'an alive.
The internal history gave Liu Fei an idea and said: "The Queen Mother only gave birth to the emperor and Princess Lu Yuan. Princess Lu Yuan only enjoys the taxes of a few cities, and you have more than seventy. If you give the taxes of a county to Princess Lu Yuan, the Queen Mother must be very happy, then you have nothing to worry about."
Lu Pheasant is a loving mother, but also a wicked person. She has a strong desire for power and a strong desire to harm others. In order to save his life, Liu Fei dedicated Chengyang County to Princess Lu Yuan and respected Princess Lu Yuan as the Queen Mother. Lu Pheasant was very happy and gave Liu Fei wine to drink. Soon, Liu Fei was asked to return to his fief.
