Wan Zhener was born in an ordinary family. His father is a clerk in Yali, Zhucheng County, Shandong Province. Later, his family was sent to Bazhou, Hebei Province because their relatives violated the law. At the age of four, Wan Zhener was elected to the palace to wait on the grandson of the empress dowager at that time. Originally, she could live a plain life, but when 19 years old, Queen Sun gave her a task that completely changed her life.
1449 is destined to be an unforgettable year in the history of the Ming dynasty. This year, the civil fort changed, and Emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Walla people, leaving behind a two-year-old Prince Zhu Jianshen. In the precarious situation of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian and others declared Zhu Jianshen's uncle Zhu Qiyu as the emperor. Although Queen Sun was forced to agree, she was worried that her grandson would be persecuted in the future, so she called her most trusted maid-in-waiting to take care of her in the East Palace and told her to ensure her safety no matter what. This year, Wan Zhener 19 years old, and Zhu Jianshen was 2 years old.
After Zhu Qiyu became emperor, of course, he wanted to pass on the throne to his son. So when Zhu Jianshen was five years old, Zhu Qiyu abolished the Crown Prince of Zhu Jianshen and made his son Zhu Jianji the Crown Prince. Five-year-old Zhu Jianshen was deposed as King Yi and driven out of the palace. As you can imagine, this will cause Zhu Jianshen much psychological trauma, and even make him stutter all his life.
A prince whose reputation is ruined will not only enjoy the splendor, but even eunuchs and maids will not give him a good look. Of course, life in Zhu Jianshen is hard. At this time, only Wan Zhener remembered the entrustment of the Queen Mother. She is always by Zhu Jianshen's side, waiting on him, taking care of him, sheltering him from the wind and rain, and suffering for him. At this time, Wan Zhener looked more like his sister and his mother to Zhu Jianshen, even more intimate than his sister and mother.
Things are always unpredictable. 1457, Zhu Qizhen launched a coup to seize the door and recapture the throne. Zhu Jianshen returned to the East Palace and became a prince. This year, he 10 years old, and Wan Zhener was 27 years old. Once again, he became the prince of the East Palace. Naturally, countless people came to curry favor with him and please him, but all these people Zhu Jianshen didn't see it. What he values more is Wan Zhener who once shared weal and woe with him.
10 years old, has been ignorant, a little understanding of personnel; 27 years old is the most attractive age for women, one is a prince and the other is a maid-in-waiting, but they fall in love like this!
Seven years later, Zhu Qizhen died in 1464, and Zhu Jianshen, aged 18, naturally ascended the throne and was used by Ming Xianzong. The first thing Emperor Chenghua did after he succeeded to the throne was to make him queen, but this matter was resolutely opposed by Queen Qian at that time: it was impossible to make a 35-year-old maid-in-waiting queen!
Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to take a step back and ask Wan Zhener to be the imperial concubine after the queen. The harem of the Ming Dynasty naturally called the queen, with two concubines and four concubines. Supposedly, this is still against the rules, but the Queen Mother Qian also compromised, on condition that she had to chase after Queen Tachileik.
Wu was the chosen queen before she died. She was born in a noble family and was only 17 years old. Wu, who ascended the queen's throne, never imagined that the emperor had gone on his wedding night. And since then, and Wan Guifei was like peas and carrots, don't take a reason her.
Wu Huanghou's heart is very high. How can he stand such anger? I am young and beautiful, and I am an imperial concubine. Can I still be robbed by a 35-year-old woman? So, Wu Huanghou found a fault, ordered imperial secretary to press Wan Zhener to the ground, and personally took it out with a staff. Wu Huanghou dared to do this because she didn't know what Wan Guifei would do.
In the harem, the queen's position is the highest. Wan Zhener was beaten helplessly, but she loved Zhu Jianshen more, so she went to Zhu Jianshen and cried, "I am old and look worse than the queen's jade girl. Please ask the emperor to let the servants leave the palace, so as not to make the queen angry again, and the servants will not suffer from the flesh again. " Sure enough, Zhu Jianshen flew into a rage on the spot and hated it. "If I don't abolish her, I will never be a man!"
The next day, I went to see the Empress Dowager of the two palaces, saying that Wu had no mother's heart, dared to be rough in the harem, and was not worthy of ranking first in the six palaces, so it should be abolished. Subsequently, the imperial edict deposed Wu, known as "Wu Zetian" in history. At this time, it was only over a month since Wu proclaimed himself emperor.
After being abolished, due to the reasons of birth and age, it was still impossible to be a queen, so a virtuous princess Wang was appointed as the queen. Queen Xiao Wang is indifferent, and Wu Huanghou's experience is a lesson from the past, so Wan Guifei is allowed everywhere and willing to be a puppet queen. The power of the sixth house is in Wan Guifei's hands, and even the etiquette is the same as that of the Queen, and Zhu Jianshen has let it go.
In the second year of Chenghua, 37-year-old Wan Zhener gave birth to the emperor's eldest son. Zhu Jianshen was very happy. He promised to make his son a prince and sent messengers to pray for the gods of mountains and rivers. It just backfired. The baby died before the full moon, and since then Wan Zhener has been infertile.
Things are a watershed here. Before that, the love affair with Zhu Jianshen and the fight in the harem were common things in history, so it was inappropriate to accuse Wang Guifei. We can only say that she is scheming and skillful, but not vicious. But after her son died, Wan Guifei changed completely. She knew that she was old and had no children, so there was no hope. Although Zhu Jianshen still loves her deeply, she becomes more and more uneasy. She is afraid that she will fall out of favor one day and lose everything she has now. Faced with the desire for power and the fear of falling out of favor, Wan Guifei completely degenerated, and finally she became a vicious and terrible woman.
Because she was afraid that Zhu Jianshen would lose her favor if she gave birth to a son, she tried her best to kill the prince who had already been born, while those who were pregnant and unborn tried their best to have an abortion. In the fifth year of Chenghua, Princess Bai gave birth to a prince for Zhu Jianshen. Zhu Jianshen was very happy and became the Crown Prince. But the next year, Wan Guifei arranged for his cronies to poison the little prince. All the eunuchs in the imperial court knew that Wan Guifei had done it, but no one dared to report it. Many years later, as long as the harem concubines are pregnant, Wan Guifei will hurt them, leaving Zhu Jianshen childless.
Besides troubling the harem, Wan Guifei also extended his hand to the imperial court. Wan Guifei promoted a little eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, who was reused by Xianzong and appointed as the prefect of the West Factory. In the cabinet, Wan Guifei recognized a "nephew", which later became a cabinet record. These two men are Wang Zhi, a famous eunuch, and Wan 'an, who is called "Long live the old man". They used to be authoritarian and good at politics, throwing power in the ruling and opposition parties and stirring up the political situation in the Ming Dynasty.
However, despite strict defense, a female official named Ji in the harem gave birth to a son, who was brought up under the joint protection of eunuchs and maids. Later, after the incident was exposed, Wan Guifei continued to do harm, but was adopted by Empress Dowager Cixi, carefully protected and finally escaped. This is one of the few Ming Taizu in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youtang.
In the 23rd year of Chenghua (1487), the imperial concubine Wan Zhener passed away at the age of 58. Zhu Jianshen, who got the news, lamented: "I'm really gone, and my life is coming to an end. "He personally presided over Wan Zhener's funeral, just like the Queen's case, and dropped out for seven days. In August of the same year, unhappy Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen died at the age of 4 1 year.
Everything happens for a reason. Wan Zhener entered the palace when he was young and served the abandoned Prince Zhu Jianshen at the age of 65,438+09. It was her misfortune, but she got Zhu Jianshen's love, and she remained faithful to her even after she was old and weak. As far as love is concerned, she may be one of the happiest women in the world. However, after the death of their only son, Wan Zhener degenerated into a vicious woman, and she began to lust after power, destroying heirs and even unborn fetuses. It is no exaggeration to associate her with vicious and insidious words.
The first half of Wan Zhener's life is unfortunate, but the second half is lucky; She was kind when she took care of Zhu Jianshen, but when she later destroyed the prince and the harem, she became evil. She is a vicious woman, a poor woman!