In the first month of the second year, the ministers wrote to Emperor Liu Heng and asked him to make a prince.

Liu Heng was very happy when he received the letter, but he turned worried: he ascended the throne as a prince and king, and his seat was not yet hot, so it was better to be modest, lower his posture, and try to test the true thoughts of the ministers by the way.

The next day, Liu Heng issued an edict and replied to the minister: I have no virtue, and I became the emperor because of the blessing of my ancestors. Since I took the throne, I have been trembling and worried that I will not do a good enough job. I have not yet contributed to the people of the world, and I said that I would make a prince, which is aggravating my sin. Let's take a break for now.

The ministers wrote again: The early establishment of the prince is to consolidate the temple and benefit the world!

Liu Heng noticed the sincerity of the ministers, so he was willing to half-hide and reveal his hidden worries: Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, is my uncle, King Wu is my cousin, and the king of Huainan is my younger brother, and they are all virtuous gentlemen. The clan surnamed Liu is full of talents, and he will not elect the prince, but must set up his son as the prince, I am afraid that the world will have opinions and think that I am selfish!

The ministers heard that the emperor himself was born as a prince and a king, and he was already wary of other princes in his heart. The time has come to take a stand.

The ministers resolutely asked for the establishment of the crown prince, "It is the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period to establish an heir and a son." Father to son, son to grandson, endlessly. Gaozu Liu Bang set up princes and screened the world, and it was not Gaozu's original intention to elect the emperor. We ask for the emperor's eldest son to be made the crown prince! ”

With the ministers standing in line to support, Liu Heng was relieved, and only then nodded and agreed.

Among the remaining sons, Liu Qi, born by Dou Ji, was the oldest, and according to the tradition of having no heirs, he made nine-year-old Liu Qi the crown prince.

Taking advantage of the happy event of establishing the prince, Liu Heng named his uncle Bo Zhao as a waiter.

Once the crown prince is established, it is time to be crowned queen.

The prince's biological mother, Dou Ji, is Liu Heng's favorite woman, even if the ministers don't mention it, Liu Heng already has a plan in his heart. It's just that Dou Ji's background is not high, and Liu Heng is worried that the ministers will pick on him.

Empress Dowager Bo understood her son's thoughts, and made a special will, "Make the prince's mother Dou the queen." "The emperor's mother spoke, and the ministers couldn't say anything.

The Dou family, who was born as a small palace maid, reached the peak of her life and became the fourth queen of the Han Dynasty.

In order to give his wife a long face, Liu Heng issued an edict, sent red envelopes to the people, and was happy, and rewarded those over 80 years old with one stone of rice, 20 catties of meat, and five buckets of wine; Those over 90 years old add two horses of silk and three catties of cotton wool. According to the general lifespan of people at that time, those who were eligible to receive the emperor's red envelopes could be called half-immortals.

Empress Dou's name is Dou Yi, and she is a native of Guanjin County, Qinghe County. Dou Yi came from a very hard background, his parents died when he was a child, and he depended on his brother and brother for his life. In order to solve the problem of eating, when the imperial court recruited palace maids, Dou Yi signed up and was successfully selected.

After entering the palace for several years, when Empress Lu was in power, in order to show the generosity of her mother-in-law, Empress Lu wanted to select a group of palace maids from the palace and reward them to various princes and kings.

Since entering the deep palace, Dou Yi has often missed his hometown and his brothers. Zhao was relatively close to Qinghe County, and Dou Yi found the eunuch in charge and begged him to assign him to Zhao. The eunuch agreed. It is estimated that Dou Yi moved his mouth and did not give the eunuch a benefit, and the eunuch assigned Dou Yi to a distant and desolate country.

When the distribution list was announced, Dou Yi cried. I knew that if I went to Daiguo, it was better to stay in the palace.

Fate is so magical! went to Daiguo, among the five palace maids, Liu Heng, the acting king, liked Dou Yi alone. Dou Yi gave birth to a daughter and two sons, and her status is second only to the queen.

The Lu family was destroyed, and her husband Liu Heng became the emperor. The queen and her four sisters-in-law were implicated and died. Dou Yi's eldest son, Liu Qi, became the crown prince. The mother is more expensive than the son, and Dou Yi has also become the queen of the Han Dynasty.

The circumstances of life are so unpredictable! Empress Dou was satisfied, but in her dreams, she would also dream of her lost brother.

Queen Dou's younger brother, Dou Guangguo, was abducted and sold after separating from his sister that year, and was resold to more than a dozen families in a row. Once, charcoal was burned in the mountains, and the workers slept at night at the bottom of the hillside. One night, a landslide crushed most of the workers. Dou Guangguo survived. The host's family saw that he was young and took pity on him, so they took Dou Guangguo to Chang'an with him when he moved.

When he arrived in Chang'an, Dou Guangguo heard that the new queen's surname was Dou and she was from Guanjin County. He almost jumped up with joy, the queen may be his long-lost sister!

Dou Guangguo sent a letter to the imperial court and asked for a confession. When the relevant departments received the letter, they did not dare to slack off and reported it to the emperor. After Empress Dou heard about it, she specially summoned Dou Guangguo.

The siblings hadn't seen each other for many years, and their faces were no longer recognizable. Empress Dou could only interrogate in detail, the names of her parents and family, and the place of birth. Dou Guangguo still remembered and answered them one by one. The answer is indeed correct.

Queen Dou couldn't believe it, she was afraid that the young man in front of her was greedy for wealth and wealth, so she heard the queen's information and came to pretend to confess.

She asked, "Do you remember anything?" ”

Dou Guangguo replied: "My sister took me to pick mulberry leaves, but I was naughty and disobedient, fell from the tree, and broke my head. When I got home, my parents didn't blame me and beat my sister. I still have a scar on my head. ”

After speaking, Dou Guangguo brushed his hair, and there was indeed a scar on his scalp.

Empress Dou still didn't dare to recognize each other, and asked again: "Do you remember anything?" ”

Dou Guangguo thought for a while and said: "Before my sister entered the palace, I went to the post station to see my sister, and my sister asked the people at the post station for hot water to wash my hair, and asked for a bowl ......of rice to feed me, before leaving by car, I chased and cried behind the car, and my sister also cried."

Hearing this, Queen Dou no longer doubted that the young man in front of her was definitely her own brother! She cried and walked down the steps, hugged her brother, and the two siblings cried together.

The eunuchs and palace maids who served beside the queen cried together, setting off the touching atmosphere of the queen's sister and brother recognizing each other. (Help the queen mourn)