Emperors have been passionate since ancient times, and it is normal to have thousands of beauties in the harem. Naturally, those who can serve the emperor are from good family backgrounds. Although occasionally folk women are taken to the palace by the emperor, they are often forgotten by the emperor after the novelty wears off. No family power wants to get a higher status. Positions are generally difficult. But in history, there was a butcher's daughter who achieved the position of queen. She is the second queen of Han Ling Emperor, He.
When Liu Hong, the Ling Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was king, he took the word "enjoyment" to the extreme. Not only did he indulge in female lust, he also turned the palace into a standard "playground". Initially, because of his greed for female sex, during the hot summer period, he ordered the maids in the palace not to wear pants, and built a "swimming pool" with running water introduced into the pool and the steps covered with moss. Since the maids were not wearing any clothes, Therefore, you can go directly into the water and play. The museum is quite large and you can row boats directly inside. On a midsummer day, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty watched the palace ladies swimming naked and rowing boats. The swimming pool became the first project in this "playground".
At that time, there was a rare Yinchi incense in the Western Regions that was brought as tribute to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had it boiled into soup, and then let the palace maids bathe in the soup, and the used soup water was poured into it. After entering the river canal, this canal with a strange fragrance was called "Liu Xiangqu".
Although Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty was greedy for beauty, he never established a queen after Empress Song was deposed. After knowing that the ministers had submitted the petition, He was registered as the queen. But this He family is not the daughter of a famous family nor a powerful person, but the daughter of a butcher among the people. His father, He Zhen, relied on his cleverness to get rich by killing pigs in Nanyang. Since the social status of ancient merchants was low, and pig killing was not a glamorous industry, He Zhen wanted to get into the upper class. But since no one in the family was in politics, He Zhen paid the eunuchs who were drafted to send his daughter He to the emperor. He was a pretty girl, and she was influenced by her father's business since childhood, so she learned how to understand people and deal with the world. After entering the palace, she quickly won the favor of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and "trodden all her competitors" under your feet". After giving birth to a son, Liu Bian, for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, she was promoted to a nobleman, and then she took the position of queen amid the "promotion" of the courtiers. As the saying goes, "When a person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." He Zhen, the butcher, also suddenly went from a member of the bottom class of society to the head of the state at the top of the pyramid.
After Liu Bian became the crown prince as the eldest son, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty seemed to feel that he had no regrets in life, so he enjoyed himself even more unscrupulously. Playing with the palace ladies could no longer satisfy him. In order to "experience" the sufferings of the people, he ordered people to set up a street market in the palace, allowing the palace ladies to become vendors and merchants, and he shuttled through it. During his reign, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty plundered money and made the people miserable. As a result, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out and riots occurred in many places across the country. He finally died in 189 and only lived 32 years old.