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Chapter 44 Absurd, helpless and always impermanent (4)
Since August of this year, Huainan King Sima Yun raised his troops to attack Zhao Wang Sima Lun, and the clans of the Western Jin Dynasty also began to kill each other. This is the famous Eight Kings Rebellion in history.Jananfeng's meddling in politics caused the "clan's decline" in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the unified China fell into a situation of division and separatism for more than 300 years.Only a dozen years after Jananfeng's death, the thoroughly corrupt Western Jin Dynasty was sent to the grave of history.Since then, the chaotic situation of "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms" has formed on the land of the Central Plains.For all this, Jananfeng, who has been a queen for 11 years and ruled the world, bears an inescapable responsibility.

Empress Xiao: She survived five kings

There are countless beautiful women in history, but after many times of dynasties, there are only a handful of women in Chinese history who always let the ninety-five supreme monarchs worship under the pomegranate skirt.Empress Xiao is such a strange woman.

She was born a stunner in the world. When she was born, Yuan Tiangang, a well-known fortune teller at that time, was amazed by her appearance, carefully calculated her birth date, and finally came to the eight-character conclusion-"Mother Yi Tianxia" , life with peach blossoms".Empress Xiao's later life experience seems to just confirm these eight words.Since she became the concubine of Jin at the age of 13, she has been forced to change her identity constantly. She has experienced the empress of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, the concubine Shu of Yu Wenhuaji, the concubine of Dou Jiande, the concubine of two generations of Turkic kings, and finally became the concubine of the Turkic kings. Zhaorong in the harem of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty.All kinds of vicissitudes, all kinds of romance, all melted into her decades-old life history, making her a woman with a strange destiny, this is her predestined "Peach Blossom Tribulation".

Empress Xiao was the daughter of Emperor Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty. Tianbao was born in Jiangling, the capital of Later Liang, in February 20.This girl is naturally beautiful, charming and charming. As for how beautiful she is, it cannot be described in words. From the following her life experience, you can roughly appreciate her charming charm.

In the year when Empress Xiao was born, Yang Jian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty accepted the Zen throne of Emperor Jing and became Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Eight years later, the Sui army attacked Jiankang and unified the whole country.The second son of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, King Yang Guang of Jin, made outstanding achievements in the Ping-Chen War. In order to commend him, Emperor Wen not only gave him an official promotion, but also issued an edict to all the famous families in the world to report the birth date of their unmarried daughters to the court. In order to choose a suitable princess for Yang Guang, who is only 21 years old.Unexpectedly, girls of the same age are incompatible with one another and restrained by another.In the end, only the combination of Xiao's daughter's horoscope and Yang Guang's horoscope, who has just turned nine years old, is auspicious, so she was chosen.Because the woman was too young, she did not get married immediately after entering the palace. Queen Dugu liked this immature and lovely little daughter-in-law very much, raised her as her own daughter, and hired many masters for her to teach her to read , Composition, painting, playing the zither.The clever Xiao girl learns what she looks like, and she often understands a little bit. After four or five years, she is not only a bright and beautiful little beauty, but also knowledgeable and versatile.

Jin Wang Yang Guang was stationed in Yangzhou at this time. According to the regulations of the court, he went to Beijing once a year for pilgrimage. This time he could see his future wife Xiao's daughter. It was touching, and his heart was rippling endlessly.Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty discussed with Empress Dugu and decided that when Yang Guang entered the court in the 13th year of the first emperor, he and Xiao's daughter completed the marriage for him.Yang Guang was 25 years old this year, and the bride had just turned 13 years old. According to the current customs, a 13-year-old bride seems too young, but in ancient times, it was very common for women to marry at the age of [-] or [-].

On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, Yang Guang hugged the shy little princess into his arms with great enthusiasm, as if embracing infinite hope, because the person who married them once revealed to Yang Guang in private and mysteriously: "Xiao A girl is destined to become a middle-ranking official and be a mother to the world." Since Xiao's daughter wants to be a mother to the world, isn't he, as a husband, the son of heaven?Although Jin Wang is not the prince at this time, he still feels that hope is ahead, so he regards Concubine Xiao as his lucky star and cherishes her very much.

Because of Concubine Xiao, the star of hope, Yang Guang, who had never dreamed about the throne, began to fight for the throne with his elder brother Yang Yong in a planned way.Yang Yong was established as the prince at this time, but because he neglected the main concubine Yuanfei and favored the partial house Yun Zhaoyi, this aroused the dissatisfaction of Queen Dugu, the mother of the strict government official.Yang Guang stepped in, deliberately trying to pretend to be benevolent, filial, and upright in front of his mother, and deliberately made a gesture of alienating Xiao Concubine to concentrate on government affairs; Crying there that Yang Guang only cared about government affairs and neglected himself.The singing and harmony of their husband and wife finally touched the heart of Queen Dugu, and finally abolished Yang Yong as the crown prince, and pushed Yang Guang to the crown prince.At this time, it had been seven years since Yang Guang and Concubine Xiao got married, that is to say, this scheming couple had been acting in front of their mother Queen Dugu for seven years.

One year after Yang Guang ascended the crown prince, Empress Dugu died of illness. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty got rid of his wife's strict restraint and began to indulge in wine and sex.In fact, after the second year of Renshou, Prince Yang Guang began to hold the power of the emperor.

When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty grew up, his flower bushes could not withstand the sucking of many beauties like bees in turn. He soon exhausted his energy and fell into a paralyzed bed.Once, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty saw Mrs. Xuanhua, the favorite concubine, come in hastily from the outside, with a strange look on her face, and asked her what happened.Unknowingly, Chen cried and said: "The prince is rude!" Emperor Wen said angrily: "How can a beast (referring to Yang Guang) pay a big deal! Dugu mistaken me!" To recall the deposed prince Yang Yong.Unexpectedly, the news leaked out, Liu and Yuan were arrested, and Yang Guang sent his confidant right concubine Zhang Hengren to serve in the emperor's bedroom. Not long after, Emperor Wen of Sui died at the age of 64.

When Mrs. Xuanhua heard the news of the death of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, she shuddered and paled. She thought: her protective umbrella has fallen, and Yang Guang, who was offended by her, will definitely not let me go.At dusk that day, Yang Guang sent someone to deliver a brocade box. Mrs. Xuanhua thought it was the poison that made her commit suicide, so she dared not open it for a long time.Unable to withstand the envoy's repeated urging, she opened the brocade box with trembling hands, which contained a "concentric knot" made of multicolored silk threads. Mrs. Xuanhua understood Yang Guang's intentions, and the palace people congratulated her one after another. Her own mood was messy.

Just as he was talking, the prince Yang Guang had already quietly come to meet Mrs. Xuanhua under the guidance of the scarlet palace lantern. Resentment and shyness are mixed in the heart, but due to the current situation, how can a helpless and weak woman like Mrs. Xuanhua resist?She fell on the ground helplessly, and whispered "Long live".That night, Yang Guang, whose father had just died, spent a night of ecstasy in Mrs. Xuanhua's Palace.

The next day mourning was held, and after the funeral was over, Prince Yang Guang changed into the crown and became Emperor Sui Yang, and Concubine Xiao was naturally promoted to empress, which confirmed Yuan Tiangang's prophecy that she would "mother the world".At this time, Yang Guang was 36 years old, and Empress Xiao was only 24 years old.Emperor Sui Yang finally got the throne he coveted for a long time, and no one can restrain him anymore, so he completely revealed his true colors of lust and lust.Empress Xiao has been married to him for more than ten years, and the novelty has disappeared, and Mrs. Xuanhua, who took great pains to get her, can stimulate his appetite even more.Therefore, after he went down to court every day, he spent time in the Xuanhua Palace looking for fun, and ignored Empress Xiao who had been in the same boat for more than ten years.Of course, Empress Xiao couldn't swallow this breath, she used the empress' power to force Mrs. Xuanhua to move to a remote Xiandu official, cutting off her contact with Emperor Sui Yang.

Since Mrs. Xuanhua left, Emperor Sui Yang, who was fascinated by her, was at a loss, depressed, and his temper became more and more irritable, and he ignored Empress Xiao at all.Seeing this situation, Empress Xiao knew that adopting such a forced isolation policy would not win back Emperor Sui Yang's heart, so it is better to simply fulfill them and win Emperor Yang's favor herself, anyway, no one can occupy the throne of her own empress .Therefore, she sincerely said to Emperor Yang: "The concubine persuaded your majesty to send Mrs. Xuanhua because of the love between husband and wife. Unexpectedly, your majesty is so attached to her, but she regards the concubine as jealous and unreasonable. Also. Why don't you pass the decree and call Mrs. Xuanhua to be an official, and use Wei Shenghuai day and night, so that concubines can also share His Majesty's joy."

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was overjoyed after hearing this, and sent a flying horse to Xiandu to summon Mrs. Xuanhua.When the envoy came back, he did not summon Mrs. Xuanhua, but brought back a poem of "Long Lovesickness" written by her:
The red has faded, the green has faded, thanks to the spring breeze blowing on the ground, the remaining flowers are leaving the upper hand.Doubtful of being favored, suspicious of falling out of favor, imagine how long you can be happy, afraid of adding new things and parting.

After Emperor Sui Yang read it, he understood that Mrs. Xuanhua was jealous of Empress Xiao, and at the same time wanted to take the opportunity to sever the relationship with him in order to clarify her old ambitions.Of course he would not stop there, and immediately wrote a poem according to the rhyme:
The rain is not thin, the dew is not thin, I hope that the spring breeze will blow day and night, and it will be planted into thousands of branches.How doubtful is thinking, how doubtful is love, who can live and die at twelve hours a day.

His love for giving rain and dew and showing affection are vivid on the paper, and he sent a fast horse to Xiandu Palace.

Unable to escape Emperor Yangdi's persistent feelings, Mrs. Xuanhua had no choice but to apply makeup again, draw crescent eyebrows again, and come to the official again in the Qixiang car sent by Emperor Yangdi.Untold joys in the morning and evening, endless love between men and women, but unfortunately the beautiful scenery did not last long. After half a year, Mrs. Xuanhua fell ill, and Emperor Yang was heartbroken. He sighed all day long and could no longer cheer up. .Seeing this, Empress Xiao persuaded her: "Although Xuanhua is dead, why not choose the better one? The world is so big, isn't there no beautiful woman who is beautiful and beautiful?"

One word awakened Emperor Yang of Sui who was intoxicated in his old dreams. His nostalgia for Mrs. Xuanhua was ruthless anyway, and as long as there was another beauty to make up for it, he could forget his sadness.So he issued an edict to recruit all beauties from all over the world, and at the same time dispatched general manager Yu Wenxiao, a craftsman, to build the eastern capital of Luoyang. After the beauties are ready to be placed, he can enjoy the pleasures of the world there.

As the saying goes, "Family flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers." Even though Empress Xiao had a fairy-like beauty, Emperor Sui Yang had already seen it for a long time and didn't take it as a surprise, so he devoted himself to recruiting new beauties.And Empress Xiao knew that this flamboyant emperor's husband would not submit as easily as his father, and she herself did not have the autocratic ability of Empress Dugu.Therefore, I had no choice but to relax my mind, open_eyes and close one eye to get acquainted randomly.In fact, it cannot but be said that this was a wise move by Empress Xiao, the supreme emperor couldn't control it anyway, and instead of messing with him, she would save herself.Because of Empress Xiao's tolerance and generosity, Emperor Sui Yang, who was indulging in wine and sex, always respected her very much, and he did not forget Empress Xiao when he was enjoying himself.

The Sixteenth Courtyard of Xiyuan has been completed, but there is still a lack of beauties to preside over it, so Emperor Sui Yang and Empress Xiao, together with the beauties in the world, selected 16 people who were beautiful and beautiful, and named them fourth-rank wives. Presiding over each house, the sixteen houses are: Jingming Court, Yinghui Court, Qiluan Court, Chenguang Court, Mingxia Court, Cuihua Court, Wen'an Court, Jizhen Court, Yingwen Court, Yifeng Court, Renzhi Court Then, 320 beauties were selected to learn how to play, play, sing and dance; the next-best ones were divided into groups of 10 and assigned to various pavilions. Terraces and pavilions serve as servants.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Empress Xiao went boating on the lake in Xiyuan, enjoyed flowers in pavilions and pavilions, had banquets and enjoyed singing and dancing in the Haishan Temple, and chased horses and frolicked on the grassy lawn. .However, when the lights came on, the hostesses of the Sixteenth Courtyard were all dressed up and surrounded by court ladies and stood in front of the gate to be selected by Emperor Yangdi. So he got off the chariot to stay in the courtyard and spent a good night with the owner of the courtyard. At this time, Empress Xiao walked away in the chariot alone and went back to Haishan Hall to guard the empty curtain alone.

Tired of playing with the Sixteenth Courtyard, Emperor Chang of the Sui Dynasty ordered people to build an exquisite and unique "Milou". "; [-] virgin women were selected to take turns to stay in the cabinet at night, and Emperor Sui Yang slept at will. It can be said that he was newly married every day and bridal chamber every night.Empress Xiao really couldn't bear to see this, so she wrote a "Shu Zhi Fu", tactfully persuading the emperor's husband to exercise restraint and concentrate on state affairs, but it had no effect at all.

While Emperor Sui Yang hugged left and right and was debauched, Empress Xiao spent one long lonely night after another in a desolate way.At this time, Empress Xiao was only in her 30s, and her beautiful heart was still alive. Although she enjoyed endless glory and wealth, her passionate heart still felt empty.

Soon, Wei Yuwenhua and the young and handsome figure of the guard school of Haishan Temple caught her eyes deeply, and gradually imprinted in her lonely heart, so she sent him glances and affection from time to time; He has long been fascinated by this beautiful and lonely queen, and he wanted to rush up to hug her in his arms to comfort her many times, but due to her identity, he didn't dare to act rashly.

On a stormy midnight, the maids had already rested, and Empress Xiao, who couldn't sleep due to restlessness, got up and walked to the hall, just in time to meet Yu Wenhuaji who was on duty for the night.The four eyes collided, sparking sparks instantly, and a wave of heat hit the hearts of the two long-awaited hearts, and they hugged together desperately.Not long after, Yu Wenhuaji carried Empress Xiao into her bedroom again, and the two of them had a mandarin duck dream together on the big beautiful bed.From then on, the two took advantage of Yu Wenhua and their responsibilities to quietly spend the spring night together when Emperor Sui Yang was drunk in the labyrinth.

In order to enjoy the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Sui Yang ordered the Grand Canal to be dug through to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then led Empress Xiao and many beauties to travel around Jiangdu.When Emperor Yangdi went to the south of the Yangtze River, he saw sampans in the canal stretching for more than [-] li; It is a feast for the eyes, which is called "beautiful and delicious".The makeup and powder from the maids' dressing and washing flowed all over the canal, and the fragrance did not dissipate for several months.In the sixth year of the great cause, Yangzhou's magnificent Li Palace was completed. Emperor Yang of Sui and Empress Xiao visited Jiangdu again. Emperor Yang also wrote the famous poem "Moonlight Night on the Spring River":
In the evening, the river does not move, but the spring flowers are full and blooming; the waves carry away the moon, and the tide brings the stars.

However, this kind of gorgeous and luxurious enjoyment has consumed a lot of people's fat and anointment, which has aroused public anger.Therefore, in the autumn of the 12th year of Daye, when Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty was preparing to visit Jiangdu for the third time with Empress Xiao, all the ministers tried hard to advise:

"If you continue to indulge in fun, the world may change!" Emperor Sui Yang said absent-mindedly: "No one has died in life since ancient times, and one who is over half a hundred is not a heaven." He felt that as long as he enjoyed the prosperity, even if the country was destroyed Not a pity either.

I came to Jiangdu for the third time, but it was a pity that all the flowers in Jiangdu had already bloomed. Emperor Sui Yang wanted to travel to Kuaiji again, and ordered people to dig the Jiangnan River through Kuaiji.Unexpectedly, the world is in chaos before the canal is dug.Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan and captured Chang'an; Yu Wenhua and his elder brother Yu Wenzhi rebelled in Yangzhou and led his troops into the Li Palace. Emperor Yang, who had just turned 50, was hanged and killed in the West Pavilion of the bedroom.

At this time, Yu Wenhuaji had already been promoted to General Youtunwei, and he hadn't been alone with Empress Xiao for several years. This time, he quickly killed Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, and most of it was out of the impatient wish to reconnect with Empress Xiao.Empress Xiao never thought that the thief who led the rebellion was her former lover. She accused him of repaying his kindness and angrily asked him to hold a rich funeral for Emperor Sui Yang according to the emperor's system.Yu Wenhuaji fulfilled her request, and after everything was settled, Empress Xiao became Yu Wenhuaji's concubine helplessly.

Yu Wenhuaji was obsessed with the lingering love of the beauty Empress Xiao, and temporarily forgot about her own political expansion.At this time, Dou Jiande, who raised troops in the Central Plains, won successive victories and went straight to Jiangdu.

Soon, Wei County was attacked again, and Yu Wenhuaji retreated to Liaocheng in a hurry. Dou Jiande led his army to pursue all the way, and finally captured Liaocheng, killing Yu Wenhuaji.This time, it was less than a year since the death of Emperor Sui Yang.Dou Jiande, who won the temporary victory, was fascinated by Empress Xiao's glamorous appearance and noble temperament. He took her as a concubine and indulged in sensual entertainment in Leshou, almost forgetting his original intention of competing in the Central Plains.

Helplessly, Dou Jiande's original wife, Cao Shi, is a very jealous and powerful woman. She interfered with Dou Jiande's obsession with Empress Xiao, and often came unexpectedly when the two of them were immersed in the gentle country, and became angry with Dou Jiande. Lost in fun.At this time, the power of the Turkic people in the north developed rapidly, and they were almost approaching the Central Plains.

It turned out that Princess Yicheng, the younger sister of Emperor Sui Yang who married the Turkic Khan and his relatives, and the sister-in-law of Empress Xiao, heard that Li Yuan had proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and the whereabouts of Empress Xiao, so she sent envoys to Leshou to welcome Empress Xiao. However, Dou Jiande did not dare to confront the Turkic people head-on, so he obediently handed over Empress Xiao and the royal family to the envoys.

The frequent wars in the Central Plains have frightened Empress Xiao, and the tragic deaths of her husband and lover have broken her heart even more; Here, start your new life.

The natural beauty is hard to give up, the Turkic Khan saw the demeanor of Empress Xiao, and suddenly felt that the beauty of the world was gathered in this woman. That night, the yurt was full of spring love, and helplessly, the Xiao family changed from the queen of the Sui emperor to the king of Fan. Aifei.With the current situation at this point, her fate can no longer be controlled by herself. Anyway, Yuan Tiangang predicted at the beginning that she would have peach blossoms in her life, and she would be doomed, so she had to resign herself to fate!

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