Dynasties of ChinaEastern HanEastern Han lineage
Yanping · Reign 105—106
Emperor He's youngest son came to the throne more than a hundred days after his birth. Empress Dowager Deng came to the court and died in less than a year.
Liu Long is the youngest son of Emperor He, born in August 105. Most of the princes born before Emperor He died in infancy, so he was fostered among the people. It was not until Emperor He died that he was taken back to the palace. He became emperor in December of that year. He was only a hundred days old. He was one of the youngest reigning emperors in Chinese history. Empress Dowager Deng rules as regent, and her brother Deng Zhi serves as assistant. In August of the following year (106), Emperor Shang died at the age of two. He reigned for less than a year and was buried in Kangling.
PoliticsOne hundred days on the throne
After Emperor He died of illness, Empress Dowager Deng welcomed the prince Liu Long, who was only more than a hundred days old, as emperor, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yanping, ruled as regent, and asked her brother Deng Zhi to participate in the government, and began the sixteen-year-long Deng family's assistant government.
PoliticsDeath in infancy and the birth of Emperor An
Emperor Shang died of illness in August, and his reign was less than a year. Empress Dowager Deng discussed with Deng Zhi and others to welcome the thirteen-year-old Liu Hu, the son of King Qinghe Liu Qing, as Emperor An, and continue to rule as regent.
Emperor Shang and Emperor An, brothers of Empress Dowager Deng and grandsons of Deng Yu, served as generals of chariots and cavalry and generals at the time, making decisions together with the Empress Dowager. After the death of Queen Mother Deng, she was framed by Emperor An's cronies and was demoted back to the feudal state. She died without food.