Empress Hu (胡皇后, personal name unknown; died after 581) was an empress consort and empress dowager of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Wucheng (Gao Zhan). She was the empress dowager during the reign of her son Gao Wei. Hu was known to be debauched and promiscuous, having multiple love affairs even with eunuchs. Even after the Northern Qi was overthrown by the Northern Zhou, she continued to have affairs with the new emperors until she died in the Sui dynasty.[1]
武成皇后胡氏,安定胡延之女。其母范陽盧道約女,初懷孕,有胡僧詣門曰:「此宅瓠蘆中有月」,既而生后。天保初,選為長廣王妃。產後主日,號鳴於產帳上。武成崩,尊為皇太后,陸媼及和士開密謀殺趙郡王叡,出婁定遠、高文遙為刺史。和、陸諂事太后,無所不至。初武成時,後與諸閹人褻狎。武成寵倖和士開,每與后握槊,因此與后姦通。自武成崩後,數出詣佛寺,又與沙門曇獻通。布金錢於獻席下,又挂寶裝胡床於獻屋壁,武成平生之所御也。乃置百僧於內殿,托以聽講,日夜與曇獻寢處。以獻為昭玄統。僧徒遙指太后以弄曇獻,乃至謂之為太上者。帝聞太后不謹而未之信,後朝太后,見二少尼,悅而召之,乃男子也,於是曇獻事亦發,皆伏法,並殺元、山、王三郡君,皆太后之所昵也。帝自晉陽奉太后還鄴,至紫陌,卒遇大風。舍人魏僧伽明風角,奏言即時當有暴逆事。帝詐云鄴中有急,彎弓緾槊,馳入南城,令鄧長顒幽太后北宮,仍有敕內外諸親一不得與太后相見。久之,帝復迎太后。太后初聞使者至,大驚,慮有不測。每太后設食,帝亦不敢嘗。周使元偉來聘,作《述行賦》,敘鄭莊公克段而遷姜氏,文雖不工,當時深以為愧。齊亡入周,恣行姦穢。隋開皇中殂。