"Don't be too happy when giving birth to a boy, and don't be too sad when giving birth to a girl. Let's try it, and one family will dominate the world." This is a widely circulated ballad during the period. In China, men have always been superior to women. They laugh loudly when they give birth to a son, and become bitter when they give birth to a daughter. However, Wei Zifu's deeds tell future generations that there is no need to be "sad" after giving birth to a daughter. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fell in love with Wei Zifu, who was born as a singer. Wei Zifu was a singing slave in the family of Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Princess Pingyang likes singing and dancing. She has more than a dozen beautiful singing girls in her family, and Wei Zifu is one of them. In the first month of March in the second year of Jianyuan (139 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to Bashang to pay homage to ghosts and gods. On his way back to the palace, he passed by the house of Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang held a banquet and entertained his younger brother, the emperor, with singing and dancing. A row of singing girls came on stage, Wei Zifu illuminated Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's eyes with his brilliance.
Wei Zifu also flirted with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty while singing and dancing. Princess Pingyang understood it and let Wei Zifu sing and dance for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty alone. Because of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's love, people especially Record the song for them at that time: "Sangzhong" The love of Tang Dynasty is the hometown of Qi. Who is thinking about it? Mei Meng Jiang.
After the dance, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty paid a visit to Wei Zifu in the name of changing his clothes. Then Princess Pingyang happily gave Wei Zifu to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took Wei Zifu into the palace to leave, Princess Pingyang told Wei Zifu that when he left, he would be favored by the emperor. You should take good care of yourself. When you are noble in the future, don't forget us. However, all good things are hard to come by. After entering the palace, Wei Zifu was first attacked by Queen Chen Ajiao. Wei Zifu was left out in the harem and was not favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The mother regarded her son as a valuable protector and guarded her son-in-law and became the queen. A year later, because there were too many maids, about 10,000 people, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to release a group of maids to the people. Wei Zifu asked to leave the palace. When the maids left the palace, they met Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty one by one. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recalled the scene of being loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty last year. He couldn't help but burst into tears. This aroused Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's doubts and memories. He immediately left Wei Zifu behind. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also had a deep affection for Wei Zifu. My husband loves me very much.
Soon Wei Zifu became pregnant. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no heirs, so his respect and favor for Wei Zifu grew. In the first year of Yuanshuo (128 BC), Wei Zifu gave birth to a boy, named Liu Ju was the eldest son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Mother is more valuable than son. In addition to beauty, Wei Zifu also had another powerful political weapon - the prince Liu Ju. The reason why Wei Zifu was able to be crowned queen had a lot to do with her fertility.
In ancient times, "mother is more valuable than child" is even more obvious in the palace. How many parents tried their best to send their daughters to the palace, and how many of the maids who entered the palace were pregnant with their parents. , the family's expectation is to be favored by the emperor and become a queen with a mother's love for the world. Even if she becomes a queen, she will be deposed if she does not have children. Chen Ajiao is one of them. The birth of a son determined Wei Zifu's fate: the road to becoming a queen. In the first year of Yuanshuo (128 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty officially established his eldest son Liu Ju as the prince and his biological mother Wei Zifu as the queen.
In the Wei family, "when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." After Wei Zifu became the queen, the Wei family also received special favor from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: Wei Zifu's brother Wei Changjun became a palace servant, equivalent to a central security officer; Wei Zifu's brother-in-law Gongsun He was named a marquis , served as a servant, equivalent to the Minister of Communications, and was later promoted to the Prime Minister of the DPRK.
Wei Zifu's brother-in-law served as the palace manager, and his sister's son Huo Qubing served as a general of hussars; Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing served as a general, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty His sister, Princess Pingyang, was newly widowed, and Wei Qing married Princess Pingyang again. Wei Qing's three sons were all still in their infancy, so they were all named marquises.