Because of all this Emperor Yuan of Han brought her into his palace to be part of his harem. During Wang’s time there China was fighting with the Xiongnu government on the northern border.

Wang later became an imperial concubine but never met the emperor, Yuan of Han (r.48-33 BC), who visited the women in the harem based on paintings. Many consorts were bribing painters to make them ...

All this can be found in the official records, for in her teens she entered the palace as one of the numerous candidates from whom Emperor Yuan chose his concubines. According to records ...