Liu Ying is growing up, and it's time to marry a wife and have children. Liu Ying is the emperor, the emperor's marriage is different from the common people, it is not a matter of two families, it is a national event. Although there is a strong mother-in-law like Empress Lu, the ministers are still willing to marry their daughters into the palace to be queens.

Just when the officials were guessing whose daughter would be lucky enough to ascend to the queen's throne, Empress Lu already had a candidate for a daughter-in-law in her heart. This unfortunate girl's name is Zhang Yan, and her identity is the daughter of Princess Lu Yuan, the granddaughter of Empress Lu, and the niece of Liu Ying. It was a surprise. Although the ministers knew that Empress Lu had always defended her mother's family, they wanted to pull any benefits into their own pockets. But they did not expect that people would be so shameless.

The word 'hou' originally meant monarch. The queen matches the emperor, is in charge of the harem, and the mother is the world. This position Empress Lu is reluctant to give someone else's home, she wants to kiss and kiss, and let her daughter's daughter enjoy this treatment. Zhang Yan is only ten years old, and she is still childish, Empress Lu is very satisfied, and she will not threaten herself if she sets up an ignorant doll as the queen, and she still has the final say in the harem and even in the court.

Empress Lu brought up this matter in the court, and the ministers were dissatisfied, and they were unwilling to show their faces, so they expressed their support, and the ministers with a high theoretical level also found a historical basis for this uncle-nephew marriage: Jin Wen married Huai Ying.

Huai Ying is the daughter of Qin Mugong, and the wife of Qin Mu is the sister of Jin Wengong, and Huai Ying married Jin Wengong's nephew before marrying Jin Wengong, so Huai Ying is the nominal niece and niece of Jin Wengong. It's a bit messy. The ancients paid attention to the fact that the same surname is not married, and nothing else is a big deal.

Empress Lu was very happy. Empress Lu didn't know that she had offended the hero group by doing so. If it weren't for the ministers' arguments, Liu Ying's crown prince would have been abolished by Liu Bang. You relied on the meritorious group to become the emperor, but did not share the fruits of victory with the meritorious group, and the ministers were certainly not happy in their hearts. Sharp and dizzy. Maybe Empress Lu understood the thoughts of the ministers in her heart, but she was reluctant to give up such a big interest as the queen's throne, and she was worried about the authority of the lord of her harem.

Empress Lu had no opinion on this decision, but Emperor Liu Ying was unwilling. Of course not. The niece who used to follow behind him and play with himself wants to become his wife, and this psychological span is unacceptable to anyone. Zhang Yan was only ten years old this year, and ten years old was a little earlier in the context of early marriage in ancient times. wanted to marry such a stinky little niece as the queen, Liu Ying disagreed.

In front of her strong mother, Liu Ying's weak resistance was ineffective, and she could only be at the mercy of her mother. The marriage was decided. In order to look good, Empress Lu took the initiative to add two years to Zhang Yan, falsely claiming to be twelve years old, and wrote it into official documents. After a set of cumbersome procedures, in October 192 BC, the royal family held a solemn ceremony to canonize Zhang Yan as empress. Zhang Yan was young and had an embarrassing identity, Liu Ying never accepted it, and until his death, the two were only husband and wife in name. Lu Hou tried every means to keep the two together, but it didn't work out. When Liu Ying died, Zhang Yan was only fifteen years old and became a widow. Poor Zhang Yan buried her life.

There was widespread sympathy for the titular queen. Later, the ministers staged a coup d'état and killed Zhu Lu, and when discussing how to deal with Zhang Yan, someone spoke for her, "Empress Zhang is just a puppet, and she is quite pitiful, she has not done anything bad herself." ”

The ministers agreed with this statement, so they moved Zhang Yan to the North Palace and imprisoned her. After another seventeen years of life, Zhang Yan passed away and got the empty name of Empress Xiaohui.