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Chapter 14: The Phoenix in the Fireworks (3)
But Emperor Wu never mentioned Wei Zifu. He seemed to forcefully erase the woman who had lived with him for 38 years from his memory and life. Why was Emperor Wu's attitude so decisive?Throughout the politics of the Western Han Dynasty, it is not difficult to find that from the Empress Dowager Lu to the Empress Dowager Dou and then to the Empress Dowager, the birth mother of Emperor Wu, relatives always occupied a very important position in the court. exclusive power.Back then, the Wei family was too powerful, and the prince Liu Shi was too honest and not aggressive enough to be controlled by his relatives, so it was a matter of time before the Wei family was eliminated, but it was a pity for the prince Liu Shi.

In 88 BC, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty died of illness, and Liu Fuling, the son of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty and Mrs. Gouyi, took the throne and was known as Emperor Zhaodi of Han Dynasty in history.

Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty reigned for 14 years and died without a son.The assistant ministers Huo Guang and Zhang Chang first thought of Liu He, the son of King Changyi.However, Liu He's character was poor, and he was kicked out of the throne after only 27 days as emperor.Then, they chose Wei Zifu's great-grandson Liu Xun (Liu Bingji), also known as Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Xuan of the Han came to the throne, he posthumously named his great-grandmother Wei Zifu as "Queen Si", reburied her solemnly, and placed 18 households to guard the mausoleum.Then he looked around for his mother's clan.Huangtian paid off, and finally found one of Wei Qing's grandsons: the son of Yin'an Hou Weibuyi, and the Wei family finally revived.At this time, Wei Zifu had passed away for [-] years.

Wei Zifu entered the palace at the age of 14, and was conferred the title of empress at the age of 26. She has been in this position for 38 years. She is a great woman, but also a poor woman. Her luck is also her misfortune.She was lucky to change from a singing illegitimate daughter to a motherly queen. Her tenderness, consideration and understanding could not stop her aging and fading. The overwhelmed Mrs. Li died early, but let the charming The beautiful face remained in Emperor Wu's heart for a long time, but the singer who was pear blossoms and raining was too long-lived, and she grew into a disgusting look with a withered face.After being a queen for many years, she finally committed suicide because of her son's injustice, but Liu Che didn't care about it.Even if the emperor later repented, he only remembered his son who died unjustly.

Today, the woman lying in the same mausoleum with a generation of heroes is called Mrs. Li, not the Wei Zifu who has been with him for nearly 50 years. She can only lie lonely far away from her husband, and now there is no trace. The place.The 50 years of being cautious in the deep palace, the 50 years of raising the eyebrows, until the bad luck came, just because of the light glance of the romantic emperor, there is a soul of resentment in the world.

Mrs. Li: The Soul of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved four women in his life: one was Chen Ajiao, who was a childhood sweetheart, but was demoted to a cold official by him and died of resentment; One was the delicate and exquisite Mrs. Gouyi, but he gave him to death for no reason; only one person, not only spared the emperor's fierce and cruel hands, but also made the iron-blooded emperor frequently reproduce his manly tenderness and treat her Affectionate like the sea, unforgettable for a lifetime, interpreting a scene of "the love between humans and ghosts" that has been passed down through the ages!What kind of strange woman is holding the tender heart of this emperor?This woman is the famous "Northern Beauty" in history - Mrs. Li.

There are beauties in the north, peerless and independent

Mrs. Li, named Li Yan, was born beautiful and graceful, especially proficient in rhythm and good at singing and dancing. She was born in a family of singing and dancing artists for generations, and was raised as a kabuki dancer since childhood.Her elder brother Li Yannian is also good at singing and dancing, he can compose music, write lyrics, and choreograph. He was a famous musician in the Han Dynasty.Li Yan was able to serve Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was her brother Li Yannian who arranged for him.Li Yannian was punished for breaking the law in his early years. At first, he worked as a eunuch in charge of dogs in the palace. Because of his outstanding musical talent, he was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he was made a court musician.

The talented and generous Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, on the one hand, was keen on enriching the country and strengthening the army, opening up territories, and on the other hand, he was also obsessed with silk and bamboo orchestras and sensuality.Although there were many officials and beauties in the future, since Queen Wei's beauty faded, Mrs. Wang was favored, but unfortunately she passed away early, and no one has been favored by Emperor Wu since then.Li Yannian was proficient in rhythm, which won the favor of Emperor Wu. The tunes he made would inexplicably move everyone who heard them. Li Yannian really wanted to present this fairy-like sister to Emperor Wu as his concubine, so he carefully set up a game.But because of his humble background, it is inconvenient to speak for himself, so he asked Princess Pingyang to introduce him on his behalf.

One night when the moon was shining, Emperor Wu of Han held a banquet in the imperial garden, Princess Pingyang was also present, and Li Yannian served the banquet.

Li Yannian first sang a few of Emperor Wu's favorite tunes. While listening to the tunes, Emperor Wu drank and gradually became a little drunk, and his eyes began to blur.

At this time, Li Yannian sang a new song specially composed, and the lyrics read: "There are beauties in the north, who are peerless and independent.

Take a look at the city of Qingren, and then look at the country of Qingren.Ning doesn't know the beauty of the city and the country, and it's hard to get a beautiful woman again. "

The number of women that Emperor Wu had come into contact with on a daily basis was countless, but even those who had some color lost their brilliance among so many beauties.At this time, Wei Zifu was old and fading, and Mrs. Wang died early. Emperor Wu wanted to visit again to find a beautiful woman to comfort his bed.Huan, but has been unable to do so.Now when I hear Li Yannian's lyrics, I can't help but raise my head, look forward, and sigh, "How can there be such a beautiful woman as you sang in the world?"

Suddenly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seemed to see a shadowy figure dancing with the music under the hazy moonlight. Advance and retreat according to the rhythm, like a flying swallow Lingxu, like a fairy descending to earth.He just kept his back to himself, unable to see his face clearly.Emperor Wu of the Han rushed forward, but when he saw the woman turning around slowly, what caught his eyes was a beautiful face: her eyes were like a flood of autumn water, her eyebrows were like a slender crescent moon, and her face was like a blooming Peach blossoms with rain, lips like red plum blossoms with dew, pink and white, dark and natural.Under the moonlight, that graceful figure seemed to be surrounded by a soft halo.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was astonished as a heavenly man, and couldn't help but stare dumbfounded.The beauty walked up to Emperor Wu, bowed slightly and saluted: "The little girl Li Yan greets Your Majesty." The voice was even softer and sweeter, like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley.

Princess Pingyang took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this is Yannian's little sister. Do you think she sang for a while like a song, overwhelming the country and the city, unparalleled in the world?" After being included as a post-official, Li Yan was immediately canonized as "Madame".Since then, they have been inseparable, doting on the top officials, and loving them like treasures.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt extremely intoxicated, and there was even a period of time when "the emperor did not go to court early".Soon after, Mrs. Li became pregnant, and she became pregnant in October, adding another prince to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu was very happy, so he named the youngest son King Changyi.Ever since Emperor Wu favored Mrs. Li more, all the concubines and maids of later officials were envious and jealous.

Once, Emperor Wu went to Mrs. Li's palace, and suddenly his head itched badly, so he pulled out the hosta from Mrs. Li's head to scratch it.This matter quickly spread to the post-officials. It was a fashion for women in the palace to put jade hairpins on their heads for a while, so that the price of jade in the officer's city doubled, making the jade merchants a fortune. Since then, jade hairpins have become more popular in Chinese history An alias "jade scratching the head".

Since the women in the harem all had jade hairpins on their heads, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that the jade hairpins were being used too much.So in order to highlight Mrs. Li's uniqueness, he ordered the craftsmen to use ivory to make combs for Mrs. Li and insert them on her head.From this we can see how much Emperor Wu of Han loved Mrs. Li!
The woman who knows how to refuse in the deep palace

It's a pity that the beauty is unlucky, Mrs. Li is in her prime, and she is proud of her spring breeze, but suddenly she can't afford it, and all kinds of treatments are ineffective.Fade in color means falling out of favor. Madam Li knew that her days were numbered, so she decided to pave the way for her brothers before she died.Therefore, she must not let Emperor Wu of the Han hate her, alienate her, and finally abandon her.

One day, Emperor Wu came to see her sick in person. Mrs. Li was lying on the couch. When she heard that the emperor was coming, she hurriedly asked the maid to put down the veil, leaving only a hazy back, so that Emperor Wu of the Han could not see her current appearance clearly. Emperor Wu of the Han was shocked. Ask: "Why don't you want to see me?"

Mrs. Li said softly: "Your Majesty's government has been neglected for a long time, and I hope that while my concubine is sick, I can concentrate on state affairs, so that my concubine can recuperate in peace of mind, and don't have to see each other for the time being."

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard it, he felt that it made sense, but he was afraid that he could not bear the pain of lovesickness, so he said: "It's okay, but I miss you so much, madam, let me take a look." To lift the curtain.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Li covered her face with a quilt, and said sobbingly: "As a woman, her appearance is not trimmed and her decorations are not neat enough to meet your father. "Although she was plagued by illness, she still had an indescribable tenderness, which made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fall in love.

Emperor Wu of the Han insisted on taking a look, but Mrs. Li still refused to show her face. Even though Emperor Wu of the Han offered to reward Li Yan and brother Li Yan with an official title in time as an exchange, she still insisted on refusing, and just whimpered in the brocade quilt. : If the concubine can't afford to be ill, our children and my brothers, I hope that your majesty will take care of them. "These words made Emperor Wu of Han sound emotional."

Feeling lost and heartbroken, Emperor Wu of the Han asked her to show her face again, but Mrs. Li burst into tears, turned inside, and declined the emperor's request with unspeakable pain.

Soon, Mrs. Li died of illness, and a generation of beauties passed away prematurely.In the memory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Mrs. Li is still the beautiful image of a fairy before she fell ill, so she misses it very much.Although there are hundreds of beauties in the post-officials, no one's beauty can replace Mrs. Li.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to ask the official court painter to draw a picture of Mrs. Li, hang it in Ganquan Palace, and watch it every day. Grief comforts itself.

Unexpectedly, it backfired, seeing things and thinking about others, triggering his infinite nostalgia, and deepening the grief of people leaving and empty, and things changing.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty missed Mrs. Li, and he could not sleep or sit comfortably. No matter how mellow the wine was, he felt bland and tasteless, and no matter how precious the delicacies were, he couldn't swallow his throat.

One day Emperor Wu went to Kunming Lake.Kunming Pool is located in Shanglin Garden, in which there are Yuzhang Terrace, Lingbo Hall and a stone carved whale.The stone whale is three feet long, and whenever it rains, the stone whale moves its head and tail.There are stone figures in the east and west of Kunming Lake: one is the morning glory and the other is the Weaver Girl, which are made into the shape of Tianhe.It was autumn, and Emperor Wu sat in the boat, seeing the setting sun slanting to the west, the cool wind whipping the water, and the scenery was desolate.I can't help touching things and thinking about others, thinking of all the benefits of Mrs. Li's life, so I wrote a new poem called "Song of Fallen Leaves and Cicadas". Lonely, fallen leaves depend on the weight. Looking at the beautiful girl, An De feels restless?"

Emperor Wu went out to visit the Kunming Pool, originally to relieve his boredom, but he added a lot of new worries, so he went back to the Yanliang Room to rest.He felt very tired, and in his sleepy eyes, he suddenly saw a person walking in.It turned out to be Mrs. Li. She presented something to Emperor Wu and said, "This is Hengwuxiang." Emperor Wu suddenly woke up, recalling the dream just now, as vivid as before.There was another burst of fragrance, and the fragrance lasted for a long time.He remembered the incense gifted by Mrs. Li in her dream, but he searched everywhere but couldn't find it.But the pillows and mats were somehow contaminated with the fragrance, so the cool room was renamed the "Dream Room of Yifang".

There was a alchemist named Shao Weng, who claimed to be able to summon the soul of Mrs. Li so that he could set up a curtain at night, light candles, and let Emperor Wu of Han sit in another curtain, and saw a beautiful woman in the tent from a distance. , shadowy, just like Mrs. Li who was under the moon in those days, and the appearance and demeanor were really the same as Mrs. Li who was dreaming.So he became more and more sad and missed, and wrote down sadly: "Is it evil? Isn't it evil? Standing and looking at it, why is it so late." He also ordered the musicians to compose a song, accompanied by qin and se, to mourn Mrs. Li, and to mourn Mrs. Li. Write a poem for him.This Fu expresses the deep affection for Mrs. Li's grief in a delicate, euphemistic and poignant manner, as well as the melancholy and anguish of many sorrows and hatreds. It has been sung through the ages.

He thought of what Mrs. Li had asked him to do during his illness, so he made Li Yannian the captain of Xie Lv.Mrs. Li also has a younger brother, Li Guangli, who suffers from lack of merit, so Emperor Wu couldn't grant him a title without reason.But the opportunity finally came, and Emperor Wu heard that Dawan had bloody horses.So he sent envoys to Dawan with a thousand pieces of gold and a golden horse to exchange for a good horse.The matter was flatly rejected by King Dawan.The envoy spent a lot of hard work in vain, so angrily scolded the minister of Dawan Kingdom, and hammered the golden horse into pieces.The Dawan Kingdom killed the envoys and took away their belongings. Only a few of them escaped by chance.Emperor Wu took the opportunity to send Li Guangli to lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to conquer Dawan.Four years later, when the class teacher returned to Yumen Pass, there were only more than [-] people left.Emperor Wu did not criticize him harshly. Instead, he granted Li Guangli the Marquis of Haixi, with eight thousand households in the city.How many bones were thrown in the desert and no one picked them up, only for Mrs. Li's last words, Emperor Wu can be said to be deeply affectionate.

Regarding the fact that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked a magician to summon the soul of his favorite concubine, Sima Qian said in his "Historical Records" that the "beautiful woman" summoned by the young man for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not Mrs. Li, but the biological mother of King Qi, who also died young. lady.

"Supplements of Relics" said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did indeed summon Mrs. Li's soul to meet each other, but the alchemist he found was named Dong Zhongjun.It took Dong Zhongjun ten years of hard work to find a strange stone overseas that could allow the soul to cling to it. He carved it into the appearance of Mrs. Li and put it in the light gauze curtain, as if Mrs. Li had come back to life.Emperor Wu was very happy and wanted to approach "Ms. Li", but Dong Zhongjun said that there was a strange poison on the stone, not to mention that the soul is not a living person, so he can only look at it from a distance and cannot approach it.In order not to let Emperor Wu touch it by mistake, Dong Zhongjun quickly split the stone statue into nine sections.Emperor Wu was disappointed and lovesickly, so he built Mengling Terrace to worship Mrs. Li.

And the folks even say that Emperor Wu was fooled by alchemists, and the "soul" he saw through the gauze curtain has nothing to do with Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang. It's just a shadow puppet show.

But no matter what, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che had a deep affection for Mrs. Li, and he never forgot it after many years. Even Huo Guang, a famous official he used in his later years, was deeply impressed by this.After the death of Emperor Wu, since most of the famous concubines were banished to death by him, as the emperor, he couldn't be buried in the emperor's mausoleum alone!Huo Guang and Jin Ribei, who were the important ministers who supported Gu, thought hard, and finally had a flash of inspiration. They named Mrs. Li as Empress Xiaowu, and placed her spiritual throne side by side with Emperor Wu to enjoy the sacrifices of future generations.Because she became a queen after her death, Mrs. Li's tomb is called "Yingling", also known as "Xixiantai".A woman from a humble background can be honored and favored so far in life and death. I am afraid that there are not many in history!

Du Qiuniang: Tang Xianzong only loved brothel geisha

I advise you not to cherish the golden robe,
I advise you to cherish your youth.

The flowers can be folded straight and must be folded,
Don't wait for the flowers to be empty.

This poem "Golden Thread Clothes" is straightforward and rich in philosophy of life, so it has been passed down for a long time, and it is often recited and quoted by people today.But who knows that this little poem has changed the fate of the author Du Qiuniang's life, and made her obtain a period of splendid "folding flowers" years.

Du Qiuniang was originally from Jianzhou, which is now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu.Although she came from a humble background, she is uniquely endowed with the beauty of heaven and earth. She is unparalleled in beauty and wisdom. Not only does she have all the beauty of Jiangnan girls, but she is also good at singing and dancing. She even writes poems and composes music.When she was 15 years old, Li Qi, the envoy of the Zhenhai Festival, heard of her beautiful name, and tried to buy Fuchu with a lot of money to act as a singing and dancing girl.Ordinary singing and dancing girls learn some ready-made singing and dancing girls to perform for the joy of their masters; Du Qiuniang, who is cautious and arrogant, is unwilling to be buried among the crowd of singing and dancing girls in Li's house. , at one of Li Di's family banquets, he sang to Li Qi with great emotion.Li Zhu was over fifty years old at this time, but his ambition was still undiminished. When he listened to the song "Golden Thread Clothes" sung by Du Qiuniang, the desire in his heart could not help being aroused.Although he is no longer a "teenager", but approaching his twilight years, it seems that he wants to seize the tail of the good years and enjoy the fun of life in time. This little girl really knows his thoughts too well!

Immediately, Li Qi admired Du Qiuniang greatly, and decided to accept her as a concubine at that time.Li Qi and Du Qiuniang became a year-forgetful couple, but because they were both passionate, the old couple and young wife spent many sweet and intoxicating times in the spring and autumn.

At this time Tang Dezong died, and Li Song succeeded him as Shunzong. Due to illness, Shunzong gave the Zen throne to his son Li Chun after only eight months in office, which was Tang Xianzong.Tang Xianzong was young and vigorous. As soon as he came to the throne, he was determined to reverse the situation of separation and separation of domestic feudal towns, so he took coercive measures to try to reduce the rights of Jiedushi.Li Zhuwei, who was a Jiedu envoy, was very dissatisfied. Relying on his military strength, he rebelled against the imperial court. Under the suppression of the imperial army, the rebellion quickly subsided, and Li Di was also killed in the war.

Du Qiuniang, as a family member of a criminal minister, was sent to be a slave. According to her expertise, she was allowed to continue to be a singing and dancing girl.

The caring Qiuniang took advantage of the opportunity to perform for Tang Xianzong, and once again performed "Golden Thread Clothes" with all her strength.Li Chun, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, was in his youthful "boyhood" at this time, and the warm emotion in the song deeply infected him.Looking at the bright and elegant woman who sang, her charm is unique among all the beauties, and I can't help but be moved by it; moreover, this song was composed by her herself, and her talent is extraordinary.

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