Học phi Nguyễn Thị Hương

For male scriptwriter born 1913, see Học Phi.

Học phi Nguyễn Thị Hương was a wife of Emperor Tự Đức of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam. She is best known for her involvement in palace intrigues. She had an affair with Nguyễn Văn Tường, a regent that Tự Đức had appointed to guide his successors. She and Tường were caught together by Emperor Kiến Phúc, who vowed to kill them. On that same night, Học Phi slipped poison into Kiến Phúc's medicine, resulting in the emperor's death.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ The History of Vietnam - Page 23 Justin Corfield - 2008 "poisoned with a mixture of opium and vinegar. He chose the last and ... Soon afterward, palace rumors revealed that one night Kien Phuc found his adoptive mother, Hoc Phi, with her lover Regent Nguyen Van Tuong. Although he vowed to get ..."
  2. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Southeast Asian dynasties - Volume 2 - Page 100 Shiv Shanker Tiwary - 2008 "He was never given this opportunity, for that same night, Hoc Phi put poison in his medication and Kien Phuc died at dawn on August 1, 1884. "