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Queen Ren was a queen of King Ping of Liang.
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- Item lei zun vessel 罍樽 · Relation Received
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 9 passages
而平王之后姓任，曰任王后。
King Ping's queen bore the surname Ren and was known as Queen Ren.
任王后甚有寵於平王襄。
Queen Ren was greatly favored by King Ping.
任王后聞而欲得罍樽。
Queen Ren heard of it and coveted the vessel.
任王后絕欲得之。
But Queen Ren was determined to have it.
平王襄直使人開府取罍樽，賜任王后。
King Ping simply ordered his men to open the treasury, remove the vessel, and present it to Queen Ren.
李太后大怒，漢使者來，欲自言，平王襄及任王后遮止，閉門，李太后與爭門，措指，遂不得見漢使者。
Empress Dowager Li was furious. When the Han envoys arrived, she wished to speak with them herself, but King Ping and Queen Ren barred her way and shut the gates. The Empress Dowager struggled at the doors and had her finger caught and crushed in them, and in the end was prevented from seeing the Han envoys.
李太后亦私與食官長及郎中尹霸等士通亂，而王與任王后以此使人風止李太后，李太后內有淫行，亦已。
Empress Dowager Li had also been carrying on illicit affairs with the Chief of the Food Office and the Gentleman-in-Attendance Yin Ba, among others. The king and Queen Ren used this knowledge to send people to silence her, and since the Empress Dowager was compromised by her own misconduct, the matter was dropped.
病時，任后未嘗請病；
During her illness, Queen Ren never once inquired after her health.
乃削梁八城，梟任王后首于市。
He stripped Liang of eight cities and had Queen Ren beheaded, her head displayed in the marketplace.