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Chapter 42 Absurd, helpless and always impermanent (2)
The next day, Chen Linggong traveled to Zhulin in a micro-clothes, and Kong Ning followed him, and he reached Xia's house on this trip.Having received the news in advance, Xia Ji ordered her family to clean the inside and outside to be spotless. She even put on lanterns and festoons, prepared sumptuous wine and food, and dressed herself in fancy dress. When Chen Linggong's car arrived, she would feel at home. Feel.Xia Ji came out in a dress, and she said to Linggong, "I don't know that my lord is coming, so I'm sorry to welcome you." Her voice was like a yellow warbler, euphemistic and pleasant.When Linggong saw her appearance, he suddenly felt that the pink and dai in the sixth palace had no color at all, so he immediately ordered Xia Ji: "Change the dress, and take a tour in the widow's garden." Xia Ji took off the dress and put on a light dress, just like a pear blossom under the moon , Meirui in the snow has a different style.Xia Ji is the guide in front, and Ling Gong and Kong Ning follow each other in the garden.The garden is not big, but there are tall pines and cypresses, strange stones and famous flowers, ponds and pavilions, and Zhulan embroidered curtains.Chen Linggong watched and saw that the banquet in Xuanzhong was ready, so he sat down. Kong Ning sat on the left, Xia Ji sat on the right, and the wine was placed in the middle.Duke Ling couldn't take his eyes off, Xia Ji also looked forward to him, Chen Linggong was in chaos.If the wine is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated, and Kong Ning is beating the side drums, and Linggong is very drunk.

That night, Duke Ling hugged Xia Ji's curtain, undressed and slept together.Linggong said: "The widow has to pay Aiqing, and looks back at the six rich as dung. But I don't know if Aiqing has a heart for the widow?" Xia Ji suspected that Linggong knew about the two doctors Kong and Yi, so she replied: "The concubine Don't dare to deceive each other. If you lose your husband, you can't control yourself, and you will lose your dignity to others. Today you can serve the monarch. From now on, you should refuse diplomacy forever. If you dare to have another heart, you should be punished with a felony!" Can the friend tell the widow?" Xia Ji said: "Dr. Kong and Yi, because they took care of the orphan, they caused chaos, and there are no other people." Linggong laughed and said, "No wonder Kong Ning said that Qing handed over Wonderful, very unusual, if you don't try it yourself, how would you know?" Linggong stood up, Xia Ji put on the undershirt she was wearing next to Linggong and said: "My lord, seeing this shirt is like seeing a concubine."

The next morning when he retreated from the imperial court, all the officials left. Duke Ling summoned Kong Ning to thank him for recommending Xia Ji, and also summoned Yi Xingfu to say, "Why don't you let the widow know about it? You two took the lead. What's the reason?" Doctors Kong and Yi said: "I have nothing to do with you." Duke Ling said: "You don't have to shy away from what the beauty said." Kong Ning replied: "It's like the king has food, and the minister Taste it first, the father has food, the son tastes it first. If he tastes it and thinks it is not beautiful, he dare not enter the king." Linggong said with a smile: "No. For example, bear's paw, let the widow taste it first." The three laughed and laughed. ,nonsense.Linggong lifted up his clothes and pulled his shirt to show the second doctor. Kong Ning lifted up his clothes to reveal the brocade crotch, and Yi Xingfu untied Bi Luoru.Duke Ling laughed again, and said, "The three of us have certificates with us, and we will go to Zhulin together another day, and we can have a bed meeting!"

Mr. Chen Ling was a shameless person, coupled with Kong and Yi's obsessive flattery, and Xia Ji's good mediation skills, the three of them created a situation where one wife and three husbands were happy together.Xia Ji's son Xia Nan grew up to be the governor and couldn't bear to see what his mother did, but because of Linggong, there was nothing he could do. Every time he heard that Linggong was going to Zhulin, he excused himself to avoid it, and his eyes were quiet.

In a blink of an eye, Xia Nan grew up to be 18 years old, with a long body and strong body, and he is very powerful and good at shooting.In order to please Xia Ji, Linggong asked Xia Nan to take over his father's Sima official position and take charge of the military power.Thanks to the kindness of his heir, Xia Nan hosted a banquet in honor of Duke Ling at home.Because Xia Ji was present with her son, she did not accompany her. After the wine was drunk, the monarch and his ministers teased and ridiculed each other, showing no human appearance.Xia Nan felt disgusted, so he retreated behind the screen and eavesdropped on their conversation.Linggong said to Yi Xingfu: "Xia Nan has a big body, a bit like you, was it born by you?" Ning interjected from the side: "My lord and Dr. Yi are too young to give birth to him. He has many fathers, and he is a bastard. Even Mrs. Xia can't remember it!" The three of them clapped their hands and laughed.

When Xia Nan heard this, his shame could no longer be suppressed, he secretly locked Xia Ji in the inner room, slipped out through the side door, and ordered the accompanying soldiers to surround the mansion and not allow Duke Ling, Kong and Yi Er to leave. people.Xia Nan was dressed in military uniform, holding sharp knives in his hand, and led several capable servants to rush in through the gate, shouting: "Hurry up and get the thief!" Chen Linggong was still talking nonsense, joking and drinking, but Kongning heard There was a lot of noise, and the yelling was not good, so the three of them got up and ran away.Chen Linggong still expected to run into the inner room to ask Yu Xiaji for help, but he didn't know that the door was already locked, so he panicked and rushed to the back garden.Xia Nan pursues closely.Linggong ran to the stable on the east side, trying to climb over the low wall, but Xia Nan swished an arrow with his bow, but missed the shot. Linggong was so frightened that he got into the stable and wanted to hide, but the horses neighed continuously.He withdrew again, just as Xia Nan arrived and shot Duke Ling in the chest with an arrow, and Duke Ling died immediately under the stable.Besides, Kong and Yi, seeing Duke Ling running eastward, knew that Xia Nan must pursue him, so they changed their way and went west, got out of the dog's hole, dared not go home, and fled naked to the state of Chu.

Xia Nan was not angry and ridiculed, and took his servants to shoot Chen Linggong to death, and then lied that "Chen Linggong died of a sudden illness after drinking." He and his ministers made the prince Guiwu the new king, Chen Chenggong.But he thought that there was no impenetrable wall, so he was afraid that other princes would come to inquire about the crime of killing the king, so he asked Chen Chenggong to meet the state of Jin and find a backer.

Chen Guoren didn't care about Xia Nan's killing of the king, but Chu State listened to the fugitive Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu's words, and decided to crusade, and captured Xia Nanshi to "crack the car".At this time, Chen Chenggong went to the state of Jin and had not returned.The ministers had always been afraid of the state of Chu and did not dare to confront the enemy, so they had to blame all the crimes on Xia Nan, and opened the city gate to welcome the Chu army.The doctor Yuan Po led the Chu army to Zhulin to kill Xia Nan, captured Xia Ji, and sent them to the King of Chu Zhuang to ask him to punish him.As for Xia Ji, the King of Chu Zhuang saw her beautiful face and her gentle answer, so he couldn't help but feel moved. But the King of Chu heard that all the men beside her would be cursed to death, so he gave this woman to Lian Yinxiang. .

Even Yin Xiang died in the battle without enjoying the beauty for a few days. Xia Ji returned to Zheng State under the guise of welcoming the funeral.However, Qu Wu, a doctor of the state of Chu, admired Xia Ji's beauty for a long time. He took the opportunity of being an envoy to the state of Qi to detour to the state of Zheng, and had a tryst with Xia Ji in the post house, and formed a good relationship between Qin and Jin.After the joy, Xia Ji asked Qu Wu beside the pillow: "Have you ever reported this to the King of Chu?"

Qu Wu is also considered to be a kind of lover, and said: "Today, I have the joy of harmony and harmony, and I can fulfill my life's wish. I don't care about anything else!"

The next day, a seal was issued to inform the king of Chu: "Meng Zhengjun regards Xia Ji as his wife and family, and the minister is unworthy, so he can't refuse. Fearing that the king will see the crime, he temporarily went to Jin State to go to Qi State as an envoy. Sending good ministers is a death penalty! A death penalty!"

Then he took Xia Ji to the state of Jin.At that time, the king of Chu Zhuang sent his son Yingqi to lead his troops to confiscate Qu Wu's family.This woman was over [-] years old, and she actually made a foreign minister give up her entire family and elope with her. It can be seen that she has great energy, and she is the only one in all ages.

When Qu Wu knew that his family was dead, he came to the state of Wu and persuaded the king of Wu to attack the state of Chu.Later, Qu Wu exhausted all his tricks and nearly destroyed the state of Chu.Later, after Chu State forced Wu Zixu to Wu State, Chu State almost perished again.These two strokes completely turned Chu State into a second-rate country.

Xia Ji, the princess of Zheng State, is stunningly beautiful and alluring. She was born in the chaotic Spring and Autumn Period when there are many heroes fighting for hegemony. She is a girl in a small country who is caught between the great powers.Maybe it is her legend of wandering and wandering that has been talked about by people for thousands of years, maybe she doesn't have any healing skills, but just happened to have an ambiguous relationship with a few "celebrities".

Zhang Yan: The absurd marriage of a niece marrying an uncle
One day in October 191 BC, the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the grand and luxurious emperor's wedding ceremony was held here.At the age of 20, Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, dressed in a wedding dress, stood at the gate of the front hall of Weiyang Palace, preparing to marry his queen.However, people can't see the joy of the wedding from the young face of the groom, but instead see anxiety, helplessness, and even grief.This is because the queen Liu Ying wants to marry is none other than her own niece——Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan is the niece whom she watched as she was born and grew up. She has always called her uncle, but today she is going to be his wife.This is ridiculous!It was a deformed, incestuous marriage.Talking about this absurd marriage has to start with Zhang Yan's family background.

A trick of fate

Zhang Yan has a prominent family background. His maternal grandfather is Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. His maternal grandmother is Lv Zhi, the empress of the Han Dynasty. , the mother is Princess Lu Yuan, Liu Bang's beloved daughter of Empress Lu. This Princess Lu Yuan is the eldest lady who kicked out of the car in desperation when Liu Bang was chased to nowhere by Xiang Yu.However, her prominent family background did not bring her much happiness. In a society where relatives, eunuchs, powerful officials, and royal families compete for power and profit, she is like an unknown flower, blooming quietly and then withering quietly.The historians who are used to recording earth-shattering events have long forgotten about the unknown Zhang Yan, and even forgot to include her name in the official history.During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Huang Fumi did not know where to find out that her name was Zhang Yan, her name was Meng Ying, and her small name was Shujun. With regret, she wrote a rumor about her short life.

Zhang Yan's misfortune stemmed from her grandmother, Empress Lu.

At the age when Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying should talk about marriage, Empress Lu once married a concubine for her son, but this girl had a bad life and died within a few years.After Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, she planned to choose another aristocratic woman as the queen, in order to maintain her rule and firmly control the imperial power.Empress Lu actually picked up Zhang Yan's idea, euphemistically calling it "kissing and kissing".

Of course, Liu Ying could not accept the arrangement of her niece as a wife, and said to Empress Lu: "It's against ethics for Zhang Yan to be my niece, and besides, she is still an underage girl."

Empress Dowager Lu immediately refuted it back: "You are young now, won't you be older in the future? You might as well get married first and then talk about it; as for ethics, the relationship between a nephew and uncle is not within the five ethics, and it does not belong to incest. Besides, Zhang Yan is a noble person." , Peerless, unparalleled in the world." Liu Ying knew that Empress Lu was ruthless, that Madam Qi and Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi dared to fight hard, so under the pressure of her mother, she had no choice but to obey.

In the autumn of the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty (191 BC), Liu Ying officially conferred the title of queen to her niece Zhang Yan. This year, Zhang Yan was only 10 years old, while her biological uncle and newlywed husband was 21 years old.Empress Dowager Lu also knew that Zhang Yan was too young, so she was afraid of causing criticism, so she falsely called the queen 12 years old.However, Zhang Yan is a bit precocious, and with her plump body, she looks about twelve or thirteen years old, so she also fooled it.

The emperor's wedding ceremony was held with great grandeur, and Empress Lu was generous, using "twelve horses and [-] catties of gold" as the dowry gift to marry Zhang Yan.It is said that Zhang Yan's younger brother, Zhang Yan, was young and ignorant. When he saw a large pile of gold on the hall, he ran into his sister's boudoir excitedly, shouting wildly: "Sister, the emperor's uncle is here to buy you." hand, let her go out to see.Zhang Yan didn't want him to cause trouble, so she coaxed and tricked Zhang Yan out.

On the day of the wedding ceremony, Zhang Yan put on the queen's dress and the dragon and phoenix beaded crown. First, she paid her respects to the ancestors of the Zhang family. Then, her father Zhang Ao carried her into the car and came to the front hall of the Weiyang official. From then on, she began her 26-year deep palace life.

After Libi Rengong, the other irrelevant idlers all dispersed.Zhang Yan was sitting on the couch, Liu Ying might not have good eyesight, and she came up to admire her queen with a candlestick.Zhang Yan is very beautiful, graceful, elegant and dignified. Her father is the husband of Princess Lu Yuan, Zhang Ao, Marquis of Xuanping.Zhang Yan grew up in an elegant atmosphere and received a good education. Although she was still young, she could not conceal her demure and elegant temperament. In addition, she was naturally beautiful, like a flower god. Therefore, Emperor Hui liked this beautiful and intelligent woman very much. His little niece, he often recruited her into the palace and rewarded her with some small gifts.However, liking as a niece and liking as a wife are completely different, combining the two into one, Emperor Hui Liu Ying couldn't accept it anyway.Liu Ying did not stay overnight in the Queen's Palace, and went out after staying for a while.

Although there is no sex, Liu Ying loves this niece and queen very much, but this kind of love is different from the love for his wife: because Zhang Yan looks more like his father Zhang Ao, Liu Ying often jokingly calls Zhang Yan "Mr. Zhang".Zhang Yan is not a vase decoration, but also has real talents and practical learning.After Qin Shihuang won the government and burned books to bury Confucianism, he once ordered that the private collection of books was not allowed, and those who violated it would be punished by their families, which is known in history as "law of holding books".After Liu Bang built the Han Dynasty, he did not abolish this extremely unreasonable decree. It was not until the time of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying that the "law of carrying books" was abolished.It was Zhang Yan, the little queen, who directly led to the abolition of the "law of carrying books".

Zhang Yan likes to read, Liu Ying occasionally asked Zhang Yan with a smile: "Why do you also learn from Confucian scholars? Have you never heard of Qin Shihuang's burning of books and robbing Confucians?" I have said that the fall of the Qin Dynasty was mostly due to this, and the law of abuse is really ineffective. Your Majesty is a wise king, how can you learn from Qin Shihuang? I feel sorry for Your Majesty." Liu Ying heard that it made sense, so she issued an edict to abolish the "law of holding books Since then, there has been a boom in book collection among the people, which has promoted the prosperity of folk culture. This is really thanks to Zhang Yan's kind words.

Emperor Hui already had five children before Zhang Yan entered the government. Zhang Yan was young when she entered the palace, and the relationship between Emperor Hui and her was somewhat embarrassing, so the two lived separately.

Because Zhang Yan has never been pregnant, while other women in the harem have given birth, Empress Lu was very dissatisfied. She tried every means to make Zhang Yan have a child, but Zhang Yan never became pregnant.Later, a court lady was pregnant with a dragon seed, and Empress Dowager Lu ordered Empress Zhang to lie about her pregnancy. After the child was born, she took it away and said it was the queen's son, and killed the court lady.Later, he tried every means to persuade Emperor Hui to make this child the crown prince. Empress Zhang couldn't help but laugh at this, but she was as helpless as Emperor Hui, but everything was at her mercy.Zhang Yan knew it well, and Emperor Hui knew it too, they were still uncle and niece, they had never lived a married life, how could a prince be born?

In 188 BC, Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, died in Weiyang Palace at the age of 23.Zhang Yan became a widow at the age of 14.

When Liu Ying was buried, Zhang Yan cried to death, which made the palace miserable.The country cannot be without a king for a day, so the Empress Dowager Lu made the son of Liu Ying and the concubine the emperor, and she came to the court to proclaim herself as the emperor, becoming a real and unknown female emperor.Zhang Yan is young, but her status is still there. After Lu Zhi's dictatorship, Zhang Yan still lived in the middle palace and raised the young emperor as empress Xiaohui.

Zhang Yan has a good relationship with her mother-in-law (grandmother) Empress Dowager Lu. Empress Dowager Lu learned "thick and black learning" from Liu Bang. In order to prevent future troubles, she planned to kill heroes with different surnames. Fortunately, Zhang Yan persuaded her to give up.The Empress Dowager Lu had been the "emperor" for eight years. Before she left, she asked Zhang Yan to be called the imperial court after her death. With Qu Nihou Chen Ping and Jianghou Zhou Bo as assistants, it should be no big deal.Zhang Yan should know that at this time, the Lu family is full of princes and has military power, and the Liu family has long hated it. The two sides will turn their heads sooner or later.

In 180 BC, the empress dowager Lu Zhi, who was in charge of the court, died.Sure enough, not long after the Queen Mother Lu's death, Lu Lu, Lu Chan and others plotted to cause chaos, trying to overthrow the Liu family and replace it.The Lu family just took advantage of the Empress Dowager to climb to a high position and wanted to seize power. None of the clan and honorable ministers of the Han Dynasty would agree. If the Lu family gains power, how will they deal with themselves in the future?With the joint efforts of Liu Zhang, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others, they suppressed the Lu family's rebellion, abolished the young emperor Liu Hong under the Lu family's wings, punished the members of the Lu family, and welcomed Liu Heng, the second son of Gao Zu, who was the famous Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.

The benevolent name of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty has been passed down to this day, and the rule of Wenjing is not blown out, but Liu Heng is good in everything, except for his attitude towards the former empress Zhang Yan, which is a bit too much.As soon as Liu Heng became emperor, Zhang Yan was expelled from the Changle official and moved into the northern official, where he was confined.Zhang Yan didn't even give her time to tidy up her personal clothes.

Beigong is an extremely quiet courtyard. Both the government and the public knew that Queen Zhang had nothing to do with Empress Lu's chaos, so they didn't kill her when Zhulu was punished.In the North Palace, she lived silently, with sunrise and sunset, alone.

It is said that the death of the wife will overwhelm the street, the death of the master will not be carried, Zhang Yan has lost power, and the gang of snobbish eyes in the palace will make trouble, and often come to Beiguan to trouble Zhang Yan.Even Mrs. Shen, Liu Heng's favorite, ran to the North Palace to compete with Zhang Yan in beauty, but unfortunately lost, and was ridiculed as a peacock seeing a phoenix.Liu Heng also pretended to be deaf and dumb about this, and ignored it.

Although Zhang Yan is a prisoner, her reputation cannot be stopped by a small palace.

The Huns in the north also knew that the widow of Xiaohui was a stunning beauty. The Bank of China, known as the ancestor of Chinese traitors, said that in order to please the Hun master, the old Shan Yuji porridge, he introduced Zhang Yan's beauty to Ji porridge with embellishments.Ji Porridge was really moved, and wrote to Liu Heng, asking the Han Dynasty to send Zhang Yan to the Xiongnu to be his Yan family.

No matter how Zhang Yan loses power, her identity is still there. This matter is related to the state of the Han Dynasty. Who can afford to lose this person?Liu Heng sent envoys to the Xiongnu to fool the old Shang Shanyu.The old Shang Shanyu asked the Han envoy: "I heard that Empress Xiaohui is unparalleled in beauty, is it true?"

Of course the envoy of the Han Dynasty couldn't tell the truth, so he started to shoot empty guns: "Who did Shanyu hear? There is no such thing at all. Empress Xiaohui is ugly like Dongshi, with a big yellow face and black spots." Ji Congee laughed To: "Empress Xiaohui is your mother anyway, how can you be so slanderous, you are a pack of nonsense!" But Ji Porridge did not get Zhang Yan after all, and continued hunting outside the Great Wall.

Since Liu Ying's death, Zhang Yan has been silently existing in this indifferent world. It has been 29 years in a blink of an eye. No one knows what she is thinking, and she will not tell anyone.In the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (163 BC), Zhang Yan died silently at the age of 36.It is said that a few days before Zhang Yan died, she dreamed that her husband Liu Ying was calling her from the sky.When she was encoffined, the palace maids cleaned her body with tears in their eyes.As a result, an astonishing thing happened, and the maids were stunned: the middle-aged Empress Zhang turned out to be pure and pure, still a virgin!
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