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Chapter 41 Absurd, helpless and always impermanent (1)
Pan Yuer: The Absurdity and Innocence of Xiao Baojuan
"Six Dynasties Gold Powder" and "Jinling Fendai" can be seen in the past.Jinling is today's Nanjing. Historically, the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Southern Dynasties, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen successively established their capitals here, collectively referred to as the Six Dynasties.Pan Yu'er is one of the more outstanding gold fans in the Six Dynasties.

In the past, there was a "national quintessence" in China, the so-called "three-inch golden lotus". When looking at a woman, she was judged by her feet. Not so important anymore.This morbid aesthetic makes women suffer a lot, and they start to bind their feet when they are weak.The habit of foot-binding began in the Five Dynasties, but the theory of "Golden Lotus" began with Pan Yu'er. Pan Yu'er is famous for her pair of soft, boneless feet that look like mushrooms.

The Qi regime existed for the shortest time among the four kingdoms of the Southern Dynasties, enjoying the country for only 24 years.Xiao Daocheng, the founding emperor of Qi, was originally from Lanling, which is today's Yicheng, Shandong.When the Jin family moved eastward, the Xiao family had already made outstanding achievements. When Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu founded the country, the Xiao family became even more prominent. Emperor Shun ordered the throne of Zen and changed the name of the country to Qi.

Xiao Daocheng is Qi Gaozu, deep and profound, erudite and literary, and frugal in temperament. He once said: "Let me rule the world for ten years, and the price of gold and soil should be the same." Unfortunately, he died after only four years as emperor. .Prince Xiao Yu succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Wu of Qi. He paid attention to the administration of officials and made outstanding political achievements, forming a stable situation of moderate prosperity, known as "the rule of Yongming" in history.

Emperor Wu of Qi reigned for only 11 years. When he died, the crown prince Xiao Changmao was already dead. He was succeeded by the eldest grandson Xiao Zhaoye, and soon by Xiao Shiwen. Usurped by Bobo's uncle Xiao Luan, he took the throne and became Emperor Qi Ming.In order to consolidate his throne, Xiao Luan massacred the clan kings. Although the clan kings enshrined by Emperor Qi Gaowu could be preserved, they were strictly controlled.At that time, most of the kings served as governors outside, guarding one side.Emperor Qi Ming was worried, so the imperial court set up another "code sign" to manage the state affairs and monitor the kings, so that the states only heard that there was a signer, but did not know that there was a history.Emperor Qi Ming planned everything here, but he could not sleep for five years after enjoying the country. The eldest son suffered from disability for a long time and couldn't take the big job, and the second son Xiao Baojuan became the young emperor.

Xiao Baojuan is a famous absurd emperor in Chinese history. He was fond of playing and didn't like reading since he was a child. He often messed around with the little eunuchs in Dongguan.

One night, Xiao Baojuan saw a mouse scurrying by in the palace, so he asked the left and right what was that?
Left and right told him it was a mouse.Baojuan asked, "Is this mouse raised by the officials?"

The little eunuch suppressed his laughter, and replied to the prince, "This mouse is used to consume food and chew clothes. It is useless, so it is also called a 'rat'. How can anyone raise a mouse?"

"Since the rat is a bad thing, it can't be allowed to come and go freely, let's work together to exterminate the rat!"

So he became obsessed with the game of catching mice, and often stayed up all night, leading eunuchs and maids with brooms, rakes, nets, and cages to start catching mice.

The stricken rats fled from east to west, and the rat hunters surrounded them from left to right. They had such a great time catching them that they hunted them until dawn, and they never got tired of it.

Xiao Baojuan's father, Emperor Qi Ming, only served as emperor for five years, and died in July of the first year of Yongtai (5), passing the throne to the 498-year-old prince Xiao Baojuan.But the new emperor, who didn't study, didn't even understand the ways of the world. Every time he was about to die, he didn't show any sorrow.The close attendant advised him to fake cry in front of all civil and military officials, to make sense of it.Xiao Baojuan replied, "I have a sore throat and I can't cry."

Dazhong doctor Yang Shan entered the Taiji Hall to pay his respects to the coffin, couldn't help but bowed and mourned, and finally dropped his cap on the ground, revealing his hairless bald head.Xiao Baojuan looked at it, couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't this the crowing of vultures?"

The Ziguan temporary house of Emperor Ming was in the Taiji Hall. According to ancient rituals, it should be kept for 49 days, and it was moved out for burial after completing the Seven Seven Buddhas.But Xiao Baojuan couldn't wait, he had only left the coffin for a few days before asking someone to carry the coffin out.As a result, Shangshu ordered Xu Xiaosi to fight hard, and Xiao Baojuan agreed to put the coffin for a month, and it will be buried in Xing'an Mausoleum one month later.

Xiao Baojuan came to the throne and was known as Emperor Qi Fei in history.

As early as the second year of Jianwu (495), Emperor Qi Ming asked for a wife for his precious son, hoping that he would grow up quickly because of this.This concubine is the niece of the late Prime Minister Chu Yuan, and she became the daughter-in-law of the royal family by virtue of her family background.But she looks mediocre, so Xiao Baojuan doesn't like her very much.

Mei Chong'er and Ru Fazhen, the courtiers around the prince, saw that the prince didn't like the Chu family, so they went out to find other beauties for the prince, and found dozens of beauties to serve as the prince's post-officials.As a result, the most beautiful Yu Ji was named concubine, Wu Ji was named Shuyuan, and there was another beautiful Huang who was also named Shu because she was the first to give birth to a son (named Xiao Song) for the prince. Yuan, but unfortunately died early and did not enjoy the blessing of his son.

But no matter whether it was Concubine Yu or Wu Shuyuan, they didn't last long.When Xiao Baojuan met Pan Yu'er, he threw all the other concubines out of the blue.

Concubine Pan has beautiful skin, so she is called "Yu'er" or "Yu Nu", and Concubine Pan has a pair of wonderful feet.Xiao Baojuan specially built a "Jade and Shou Palace" for her, with gold beads embedded on the walls, white jade on the floor, and lotus flowers carved out of the ground, decorated with pink jade.

Let Concubine Pan walk on it with her bare ankles, graceful and graceful.Xiao Baojuan squinted his eyes, and saw a graceful fairy in a trance, where the fragrant wind passed, lotus flowers bloomed everywhere, so he sighed: "Fairies descend to the earth, and lotuses grow every step of the way."It is said that beautiful feet can seduce people, and they are more soul-stirring than crisp breasts.Because beautiful feet can not only produce tactile pleasure, but also can produce a strong provocative effect by shrinking and bouncing, so they are far more flexible and colorful than crispy milk.Compliments for beautiful feet have a long history. It has long been said in the "Book of Songs": "Beautiful eyes are soaring, but cleverness is staggering." It compares women's beautiful eyes with slender feet.There is "Shuangxing Tangqu" in the ancient Yuefu: "Silla embroidery is wrapped around, and the feet fall like spring flowers; others don't say good things, but I only know how pitiful it is." Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu" has: "Lingbo microsteps, Socks make dust." Tao Yuanming's "Idle Love Fu" said: "May I make shoes with silk, and the same element can be enough to deal with." Xie Lingyun's poem has: "Poor woman, she will wash her feet before the flow." They are all praises The beauty of women's feet, and the one who can really appreciate the beauty of the feet is Han Chengdi.

In "The Story of a Prostitute", the relationship between Zhao Feiyan and Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty was discussed.In fact, there is still a part of "foot love" between Emperor Han Cheng and Zhao Feiyan's younger sister Zhao Hede.It is said that Zhao Hede was also born with a pair of soft and white beautiful feet. Every time Emperor Han Cheng held her beautiful feet, he would feel excited, but Zhao Hede always avoided or retracted, which made Emperor Han Cheng a lot of trouble.Fan Ji, who served Zhao Hede, once asked Zhao Hede in bewilderment: "The bait alchemist Dadan, who wants to be prosperous but can't get it, but holds the nobleman's foot and moves freely. This day is a great blessing to the nobleman, and I would rather turn my head and refuse the emperor's answer." ?” In fact, Zhao Hede’s approach is completely correct, he deliberately “hangs it up and sells it”, on the one hand, it can make the other party feel that “it’s hard to get”, and on the other hand, it won’t cause boredom.This is a woman's "charm", but also "psychological mastery", how could Fan Ji understand the mystery of it.

Xiao Baojuan didn't know whether it was self-realization or the experience he learned from others, anyway, he had a special hobby for women's beautiful feet.He found that Concubine Pan's beautiful feet were discovered by his own investigation and research in the harem, so he named her a "noble concubine". He held her ankles when he had time, rubbed them, squeezed them, smelled them, Even kiss it, bite it.Occasionally biting Pan Yuer's toe, Pan Yuer unceremoniously hit her back with a staff angrily: Xiao Baojuan felt more and more irritated, so it seems that the last emperor still had a strong tendency of "self-abuse".

In order to curry favor with Pan Yuer, Xiao Baojuan often regarded himself as a servant in the inner court, and carefully served his "Emperor Concubine", serving tea and water, pinching his feet and beating his back, doing everything willingly and pleasing to the eye.Whenever he went out, Pan Yu'er would sit in the sedan chair and he would accompany him on horseback. The courtiers thought it was inappropriate, but Xiao Baojuan always took it for granted.

In order to further win the favor of his concubine, Xiao Baojuan built three magnificent and majestic palaces, "Xianhua", "Shenxian" and "Yushou", which were extremely extravagant.According to the "Book of Southern Qi": "The Jade Shou Palace is carved with colorful carvings, the walls are covered with incense, brocade mantles and bead curtains, and it is extremely beautiful." Pan Yu'er often dances her jade feet here, almost killing the little emperor Xiao Baojuan.But Xiao Baojuan was not satisfied, so he built "Fangle Garden" on both sides of "Yuewu Hall". .There is also the most unseemly and inexplicable thing, which is to set up a market in the official garden.

Pan Yu'er was originally the daughter of a merchant, and she always yearned for the business on the market.In order to let her relive her old dream, Xiao Baojuan specially ordered people to build a small street in the imperial garden, which resembled a folk market, and the palace people set up shops for daily groceries, wine and meat, and all the daily necessities of the six officials were here. Buy.Pan Yuer served as the "Market Order", and Xiao Baojuan acted as the "Market Chief". If someone found in the market to be unruly or had a dispute, the "Market Chief" would send someone to restrain him and wait for the "Market Order" to issue the order. The implementation of the "City Chief" actually went well.But after all, it is a very absurd thing, the palace people are suffering, the ministers are even more outraged, and the common people are particularly dissatisfied when they hear it.

Xiao Baojuan was originally a person who was obsessed with horseback riding and archery, going out for hunting, wearing fancy clothes, and showing off in the market. After getting Pan Yu'er, he suddenly put aside other hobbies.In order to dote on Pan Yu'er, he spent all day in the palace in a state of darkness and smog, so the crisis of national ruin and family destruction rushed towards him.In the second year of Yongyuan, Cui Huijing claimed that Xiao Baojuan's throne was abolished by soldiers and changed to King Wu.Xiao Yi, the governor of Yuzhou, heard the news and led an army to help. Cui Huijing was defeated and fled to the riverside, where he was killed by fishermen.Xiao Yi became Minister of the Book because of his meritorious service, but he was jealous of his minister Ru Qingzhen, and was poisoned to death by Xiao Baojuan in a daze.Xiao Yi's younger brother, Xiao Yan, who served as governor of Yongzhou, immediately supported Xiao Baojuan's younger brother Xiao Baorong and proclaimed him Emperor Qihe in Jiangling, and then led the army to the capital Jiankang.Xiao Baojuan has [-] soldiers and sticks to Jiankang. Xiao Yan's army surrounds Jiankang. The food in the city is exhausted. Xiao Baojuan wants to kill the ministers to establish his prestige. General Wang Zhenguo is afraid that disaster will come, so he secretly sends his confidants to send Mingjing to Xiao Yan, to clarify the mind.Xiao Yan gave back with broken gold, which means "two people are of the same heart, and the profit can break the gold".So Wang Zhenguo opened the city gate, Xiao Yan's army went straight to Jiankang, and Xiao Baojuan was abolished as Marquis of Donghun.Soon Xiao Yan officially proclaimed himself emperor, and Qi was destroyed. Xiao Yan called Liang Wudi, the famous "monk emperor" in history. He became a monk three times and returned to vulgarity three times.

Xiao Baojuan had only been emperor for two years, and he ruined the great country, and he himself also ended up dead without a place to bury him.

After the death of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang bestowed Pan Yu'er on the meritorious general Tian Anqi.General Tian couldn't understand the style, and Pan Yu'er "was too difficult to find water in the sea", so she hanged herself and died, ending her absurd life.

Xia Ji: Give full play to the charm of her body

There were countless beauties in ancient China.Some of them, because their actions are related to their family, country, and world, have attracted special attention.Famous ones, such as Xishi, Diaochan, Zhaojun, and Yuhuan, the so-called four beauties have been passed down for a long time.For thousands of years, the stories about them have been laid out in novels, perfunctory in dramas, reversed in poems, or embodied in pictures, and almost no one knows them.But the historical destiny of many people is far from that.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a woman who died three husbands, and three men had affairs with her; a king lost his life because of her, and this vassal state was once destroyed because of her; her beloved son died because of her. Another country quickly became stronger because of her; she was captured by another country as a spoil of war, and the kings and ministers of the victorious country fought to marry her; as a result of the war, the three families died because of her She was brutally killed, and the two countries became feuds because of her.Because of her, there are historically famous place names such as Xiazhou, Xiashui, Xiakou, Jiangxia, etc., and because of her, the word "beauty" in our language appeared and used for the first time.In the end, there was another man who, when she was at least 42 years old, abandoned his high-ranking officials and rich salary, and took her to flee to a foreign land!

The experience of a woman's life is so complicated and bizarre, there is probably no one in the past or the present, at home or abroad, and it should not be an exaggeration to call her a peerless beauty!
This woman is Xia Ji.Liu Xiang's "Biography of Lie Nu" said that she "almost misunderstood Chu Zhuang and defeated the witch officials", which is just an old tune of disaster theory.And in the Spring and Autumn Period, although Xia Ji's reputation was not good, it was never so bad that everyone attacked her and asked her to be responsible for the hearts of the world.In the eyes of Chunqiu people, she is a passionate and indulgent beautiful woman, that's all.

Xia Ji is a beauty in the world who turns all living beings upside down. She has the beauty of Li Ji and You Gui, and also has the charm of Da Ji and Bao Si. She has also received clinical advice from a different person, and has learned a set of methods and methods of "absorbing essence and guiding qi". The technique of "harvesting yang and nourishing yin" means that until the age of 40, the delicate face and delicate skin still maintain the appearance of a young girl.

Xia Ji is the daughter of Zheng Mugong. She was born with apricot face and peach cheeks, moth eyebrows and phoenix eyes since she was a child.When she grows up, her body is like a spring willow, and her body grows like a lotus flower. She has envied countless nobles.Due to her strict discipline and no opportunities to give and receive, she weaves a lot of beautiful dreams in a whimsical way.Maybe it's a fantasy, or it's real. When she was young, she once tasted the forbidden fruit with a stalwart stranger in a trance, and thus learned the "supplementing art" of rejuvenating and eternal youth.Afterwards, she tried many ways to find people to experiment with, and all of them were invincible, so she became famous all over the world.

As a result, her reputation was notorious, and her parents had no choice but to marry her to Chen Guo, where she became the wife of Uncle Xia Yu, and Xia Ji's name came from this.

Xia Yushu is the grandson of Chen Dinggong. His father's son Shaoxi was named Zixia, so he took "Xia" as his surname, worshiped Sima as an official, and was regarded as the commander-in-chief of Chen Guo.Since he is the grandson of the monarch, he has a fief in Zhulin.

Xia Ji was born with a vixenous look and a seductive nature.When she was a girl, she became the target of her elder brother and domestic power officials.Before she got married, she had an affair with her concubine son Man, and within three years, the son Man died.Later, she married Uncle Xia Yu, and within nine months, she gave birth to a chubby son.Although Uncle Xia Yu was a little skeptical, but he was confused by Xia Ji's beauty and had no time to delve into it.The child was named Xia Nan. He liked to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child. His body was as strong as a calf. After he was ten years old, he rode a tall horse like flying. , Yi Xingfu and others rode out together.

Xia Nan is studying martial arts while studying. At the age of twelve or thirteen, he showed a compelling heroic spirit. In order to inherit his father's title, he was sent to Zheng Guo for further studies, hoping to improve himself in the future.

Zheng Guo has a gathering of literati, and the land serves as a major transportation route, known as the state of etiquette.Whether it is military, political, economic, educational and other aspects, it is much more advanced than the remote Chen country.Xia Nan, as Zheng's grandson, naturally received the best education, thus becoming an outstanding talent.

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When Xia Nan was 12 years old, his father died of illness, and Xia Ji lived in seclusion in Zhulin.Uncle Xia Yu passed away in his prime of life, and some people say that he died because of Xia Ji's "supplementing technique".Xia Ji became a widow unwilling to be lonely, her flowers blooming and falling, and she stayed alone in her empty boudoir.At this time, Xia Ji was nearly forty years old, and she was still a cloud girl with foggy temples, water-cut autumn eyes, and skin that was better than snow.Not long after, Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu, who often went in and out of Zhulin's luxury villa, became Xia Ji's guests successively.Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu have a good relationship with Uncle Yu. They once glimpsed Xia Ji's beauty, and they never forget it.Kong Ning came out from Xia Ji, wearing a brocade crotch stolen from Xia Ji, and boasted to Yi Xingfu.Father Yi Xing was envious in his heart, and also had a personal relationship with Xia Ji.Seeing that Yixing's father is tall and has a plump nose, Xia Ji also has a desire to befriend her.Yixing's father seeks help from Zhan Qiyao to flatter Xia Ji, and Xia Ji falls in love with him even more.

One day, Yi Xingfu said to Xia Ji: "You gave Dr. Kong the brocade crotch, and please give me something today as a souvenir." Xia Ji smiled and said, "He stole the brocade crotch, didn't he steal it?" A gift from my concubine." He whispered, "Although we share the same bed, there are differences in thickness." So he took off the biluoru she was wearing and gave it to Father Yi Xing.Since then, Yixing's father has been in close contact with each other, and Kong Ning feels left out.Knowing that Xia Ji and Yi Xingfu had a close past, Kong Ning was jealous, so he had a plan.

One day, Kong Ning went alone to meet Chen Linggong, the monarch of the Chen Kingdom. During the conversation, he praised Xia Ji's beauty to Chen Linggong, and told Chen Linggong that Xia Ji was unparalleled in the world.Chen Linggong is a monarch without dignity. He is frivolous and arrogant, indulges in wine and sex, chases games, and pays no attention to the government affairs of the country.Linggong said: "I have heard her name for a long time, but she is already forty years old. I am afraid that she is a peach blossom in March, so she has changed her color!" , often looks like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. And the handover is wonderful, very extraordinary, my lord will be ecstatic if I try it." When Linggong heard this, his face turned red with desire, and he wished to see Xia Ji immediately.

(End of this chapter)