Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 20 Concubine Party (1)
Li Yuan, who proclaimed himself emperor, was in charge of drinking and drinking, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng was also a decadent talent. However, the two concubines Zhang and Yin who trapped the father and son in incest actually had ulterior motives...

Concubines Zhang and Concubine Yin's family relied on their favor and ran amok. Because of the dispute over the beauty of the Shangdang, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Yin and Qin Wang Li Shimin forged a deep hatred...

1. Li Tangguo's Emperor's Way

Li Yuan, who proclaimed himself emperor, was not very vigilant about the lessons learned from the Sui and Yang dynasties. What he was most anxious to implement and implemented immediately was to consider the concubine ritual system of the Zhou Palace. There are four concubines: Li Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiumei, Chongyi, Chongrong, and Chongyuan. These nine people are called nine concubines.In addition, there are Jieyu, Meiren, Cairen, nine of each kind; and then there are Baolin, Yunu, and Cainu, also nine of each kind; a total of 81 people, collectively called 81 Yuwives.Shang Gong is in charge of the palace, Shang Yi is in charge of rites, Shang Fu is in charge of clothes, and Shang Yu is in charge of chariots and horses; they are collectively called the Six Shang.In addition to the six Shang, another two thousand court ladies were adopted.

Li Yuan sent people to collect more than 4000 craftsmen, and it took three years to build a Taihe Palace. Among them, singing and dancing are dancing, and the beauties in pink and black are dazzling, colorful and bright.

Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, went to visit and have fun every day after the court, and he was very happy.Zhang and Yin, whom he had privately favored in Jinyang Palace before, now Zhang's family has been conferred the title of Jieyu, and Yin's family has been conferred the title of Concubine De, and they are quite authoritative in the court by relying on their favor.In addition, there are more than 20 people among Zhaorong, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, and Cairen who can be called by Li Yuan from time to time.Although Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty was old, he didn't pay much attention to political affairs. He only lingered around jokingly hugging beauties all day long, feeling quite fulfilled in his life.

A group of ministers such as Qin Wang Li Shimin and Li Jing are very loyal.At this time, the Turkic army became stronger day by day, and gradually invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Emperor sent people to fight, but was defeated and fled back. Qin Wang Li Shimin petitioned to send troops to conquer the Turks.Qin Wang Li Shimin came back to China after winning the victory. Tang Huang celebrated his achievements and rewarded him, but at the same time left Li Shimin in the palace, loving him very much.

Since the Jinyang Uprising, Li Shimin has conquered east and west and made great achievements repeatedly.Tang Huang originally planned to make Li Shimin the crown prince, but it was unreasonable to abolish the eldest son Li Jiancheng, so he had to make the eldest son Li Jiancheng the crown prince and make Li Shimin the king of Qin.Now that Emperor Tang saw that Li Shimin had made great achievements again, he sighed and said: "My son is really a hero! It's a pity that he is not in the position. He has made great achievements every day, and I am afraid that there will be some doubts between brothers."

Li Shimin was very kind when dealing with people, so many of his subjects surrendered to him. Hearing what Tang Huang said, many ministers followed Tang Huang and advised him to abolish the prince Li Jiancheng and make Li Shimin the prince.

But on the side of the crown prince, there were also quite a few cronies around the Tang emperor listening to the news; naturally, such people had already informed Li Jiancheng of what the Tang emperor said and the situation of his subordinates plotting to abolish the crown prince.Li Jiancheng was very frightened, so he summoned his younger brother Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, into the mansion overnight to discuss.

Originally, after Li Jian became the prince, he thought that the Tang Dynasty would be the world, and he would be able to sit and enjoy it in the future, so he boldly acted wildly.There was also a group of ministers stalking the power, seeing that the prince was greedy for money, lustful and playful, they searched for gold and silver in every possible way and sent them to the prince's mansion. They also searched for many beautiful women and placed them in the bridal chamber of the East Palace.

The concubine is the daughter of Zuo Pushe Zhou Yuji. She is a lady and dignified by nature. In the early years, she followed the prince and suffered a lot in adversity. Now she sees that the prince is rich and honored, so she will do whatever she wants. So she tried her best to persuade her .Reluctantly, Li Jiancheng was obsessed with wealth and sex, not only took the words of the princess as a deaf ear, but also the relationship between husband and wife became colder day by day.

Prince Li Jiancheng, who is as bold as the sky, finds it not enough to have fun in the mansion all day long, so he wanders outside to have fun.Naturally, there will be a group of officials who are in the same boat to cater to him, choose songs and dances, take turns to hold feasts, and quietly invite the prince to have fun.When Prince Li Jiancheng came to these officials' mansions, he forced the officials to call out his wife, daughter, Ji and concubines to sit with them.Some contemptuous women were greedy for the prince's glory, so they dedicated their bodies to the lustful prince.If the prince raped his wife and daughter, he would be promoted to a higher rank; therefore, there were quite a few low-level officials who forced their wives and daughters to seduce the prince.

2. Fornication with father and concubine

Hussar General Peng Renjie married a beautiful lady. Everyone in the capital knew that Mrs. Peng was the most beautiful woman today, so Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De held a banquet to bring Mrs. Peng into the palace to play. .

Only beauties can appreciate beauties in the world. Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei got acquainted with Mrs. Peng out of sympathy.Sure enough, when the three of them met, they were very envious of each other and talked very speculatively.From then on, Mrs. Peng often went to the palace to chat with Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei for entertainment.Tang Huang went out hunting from time to time, and he was not in the palace for many days; therefore, Peng Renjie was also very relieved, seeing that his wife often went into the palace, he did not stop him.

At that time, besides the two concubines Zhang and Yin, the most favored in the Tang imperial palace were Concubine Wan Gui, Concubine Mo, Concubine Sun, Guo Jieyu, Yuwen Zhaoyi, Wang Cairen, Zhang Baolin, Zhang Meiren, Yang Meiren, Liu Jieyu , Concubine Cui, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yang, Lu Cairen, Liu Baolin and more than twenty concubines, they all came to get close to Concubine Zhang and Concubine Yin when they saw that Concubine Zhang and Concubine Yin were the most favored by the Tang Emperor. Mrs. Peng has a close relationship with each other, and these people also have a hot fight with Mrs. Peng.Naturally, Mrs. Peng is also happy to meet these concubines.So this group of beauties gathered together every day to talk, laugh and sing, Yingying Yanyan, very lively.

According to the rules of the Tang Palace, once the prince is born, he will be handed over to the nanny to take care of him and bring him up.When he is ten years old, he will be sent to the Shizi Mansion to teach and study, and he is not allowed to enter the palace unless he is summoned.Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty had 22 sons. The eldest son Li Jiancheng, the second son Li Shimin, the third son Li Xuanba and the fourth son Li Yuanji born to Empress Dou, except Li Xuanba who died when he was young, the rest were named Wang Jianfu.In addition, Concubine Wan Gui gave birth to Li Zhiyun, Concubine Mo gave birth to Li Yuanjing, Concubine Sun gave birth to Li Yuanchang, Concubine Yin gave birth to Li Yuanheng, Concubine Zhang gave birth to Li Yuanfang, Guo Jieyu gave birth to Li Yuanli, Yuwen Zhaoyi gave birth to Li Yuanjia and Li Lingkui, Wang Cai gave birth to Li Yuan Then, Zhang Baolin gave birth to Li Yuanyi, Zhang Mei gave birth to Li Yuangui, Yang Mei gave birth to Li Yuanfeng, Liu Jieyu gave birth to Li Yuanqing, Cui concubine gave birth to Li Yuanyu, Xiao Yang concubine gave birth to Li Yuanming, Yang concubine gave birth to Li Yuanxiang, Lu Cai gave birth to Li Yuanxiao, Liu Baolin gave birth to Li Yuanying Among the eighteen princes in total, the older princes married concubines and lived apart; the younger ones were also in the prince's mansion, where they were taught by their masters.A mother just misses her son and daughter, but she has no choice but to abide by the strict rules of the palace, unless there is a great etiquette, she is not allowed to be summoned into the palace, and the mother and son see each other.Only Prince Li Jiancheng relied on himself as the heir of the dynasty, and he often went in and out of the forbidden palace freely.At this time, his father, Emperor Li Yuan, was driving the Kunming Lake to watch and practice the water army, and appointed the prince to stay in the prison palace, so he went in and out of the forbidden palace, not only freely, but also showing off his might.

On this day, Prince Li Jiancheng met the stunningly beautiful Mrs. Peng under the long profile of the Taihe Palace. Jue was dumbfounded, and stood there in a daze until the beauty turned around the Qiongmen and disappeared, then she came back to her senses, and hurriedly tried to chase out of the Qiongmen, but the little yellow gate behind came up to stop her. Leaving him behind, he said in a low voice: "A thousand years old should not be reckless, this is the wife of today's hussar general Peng Renjie."

It turned out that in his father's palace, Li Jiancheng was not only free to come and go, but also had unscrupulous relationships with his family members. When he saw a beautiful concubine, he didn't ask if he was favored by his father, so he dragged him into the secret room. Whether it is forced or softly lured, he will not give up until his wish is fulfilled.Some of the concubines who were raped were afraid of the power of the prince, and some admired the status of the prince, so they could only endure the humiliation.

Now when he saw Mrs. Peng's beauty, he couldn't help but resort to the old tricks again, but when he heard Xiaohuangmen say that she was the wife of General Hussars, he could only suppress his lust for a while, but he didn't want to be reconciled to it. Expressed in a self-talk: "Such a beauty, how can the lonely king be willing to let go!"

Just at this moment, a little palace maid suddenly came up to meet her and said, "Ms. Zhang is here to invite you."

Li Jiancheng followed the little court lady into Fengzao Palace.When the maids in the palace saw Li Jiancheng coming, they were very interested and avoided them all.Zhang Jieyu and Li Jiancheng held hands, shoulder to shoulder, and went into the palace, leaving only three or five confidant palace ladies watching from the corridor.After a while, Zhang Jieyu's delicate laughter came out from the deep curtain.

The charming Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De had been in the Sui Palace as early as the Sui Palace. After receiving the rain and dew from Emperor Yang, they were deserted and thrown in Jinyang Palace, and they were never summoned again; Tang Huang and they were crazy and very satisfied.Helplessly, since Emperor Tang ascended to the throne, he was over fifty years old, and his energy was not enough, but the new favorites in the harem became more and more day by day, and there were a total of [-] to [-] concubines who took turns sleeping.Although the status of the two concubines Zhang and Yin is high, the grace of rain and dew is getting less and less day by day.

In recent years, the Tang emperor, who was growing in age, often went on tours. Every time he went on tour, he only brought a few new favorite concubines with him, and left the rest in the palace.The two concubines Zhang and Yin have long been the favorites of the old days, so they were also abandoned in the deep palace together.And the two concubines Zhang and Yin are in the prime of life, once again feel the torment of Nagato's loneliness, sighing at the moon, watching the flowers shed tears, and when they are extremely bored, the evil fate comes together like this.

That day Zhang Jieyu had just woken up in the morning, and the servant was helping her to wash and wash, when she suddenly reported to Prince Li Jiancheng to see her.At that time, Emperor Tang was visiting Longyue Palace and appointed the prince to stay in the palace.

At that time, Zhang Jieyu was urging the maid to dress up quickly, and at the same time told the maid to go out, block the prince's drive, and ask him to stay in the outer room; because she was going to meet the prince, she specially picked out a set of flamboyant clothes Put on the skirt, put more makeup on the face, and put more pearls on the temples.

Just as she was making up in a hurry, she suddenly saw the door curtain move, and the little maid announced: "The thousand-year-old is here!" Zhang Jieyu was holding a flower in her hand, and was about to insert it on her temples, when she saw Prince Li Jiancheng rushing forward, holding a flower in her pocket. He bowed his head and said in his mouth, "see empress."

Zhang Jieyu hastily pulled up her sleeves to return the salute, let go, and dropped the flower to the ground.Li Jiancheng was quick and hurried to pick up the flowers in his hands; when the maid beside him was about to go up to pick them up, the prince shook off the maid's hand, took a step forward, and handed the flowers to Zhang Jieyu.Zhang Jieyu reached out to pick it up, and the prince's hand gently clasped Zhang Jieyu's slender fingers in the cuff; Zhang Jieyu's pink face suddenly flushed, and the prince held his hand, After a while, she also squinted at the prince's face, she was so handsome and handsome, she couldn't help but smile innocently.Li Jiancheng was also half stunned at this time, his two eyes kept turning around on Zhang Jieyu's pink face, the two of them almost never turned into stone figures, they just stood there relative to each other, neither talking nor talking. let sit.

Seeing this expression, the maids on both sides retreated quietly knowingly.When Li Jiancheng saw that there was no one around, he boldly stretched out his hand to gently wrap around Zhang Jieyu's slender waist, and whispered softly: "Waiting for the lonely king to wear flowers for the empress." Zhang Jieyu also took advantage of the situation and leaned softly on the prince's shoulder , a prince is frivolous.

In fact, Prince Li Jiancheng has long been secretly in love with the flirtatious and charming concubine Zhang and Yin. Today, his father is out on a hunting tour and he is a palace supervisor, so he deliberately got up early to come to the palace to steal incense and jade.Unexpectedly, they hit it off.Within a few days, Concubine Yin De also embarked on this road.From then on, Li Jiancheng often came into the palace, hugging left and right, sending warmth and tenderness, fulfilling the responsibility of protecting his father.

3. They have ulterior motives

The two concubines Zhang and Yin had an affair with the crown prince. Apart from being greedy and unrestrained, they also had other thoughts.Concubine Yin's son Li Yuanheng was granted the title of King of Mourning, and he served as governor of Jinzhou; Li Yuanfang, son of Concubine Zhang, was granted the title of King of Zhou, with his mansion in Beijing.The two were young and weak, Concubine Zhang and Yin were deeply afraid that after the death of Emperor Tang, the two sons would be bullied by their brothers, so they got married to the prince, hoping that when the prince came to the throne in the future, he would treat the two emperor brothers differently.

Li Jiancheng's deliberate attempt to seduce Concubine Zhang and Concubine Yin, apart from the same greed and wantonness, also has another layer of deep meaning.Li Jiancheng himself knew that many people were dissatisfied with his wild behavior; besides, there was a secret report that King Qin was plotting to abolish the crown prince there; now if he wanted to preserve the crown prince's name, someone had to speak for him in front of his father.Among the ministers of the current dynasty, the most trusted by the father, such as Liu Wenjing, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenshiji, Feng Deyi, Chen Shuda, Pei Ji, Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, Hou Junji, this group is known for their loyalty and integrity. Most of the officials who are famous in the world and in front of the court are close to the King of Qin, so they are unwilling to speak for themselves.So he started from the inner palace. Fortunately, the group of concubines in the palace expected the prince to protect his son's position in the future, seven out of ten, so the prince was able to form personal relationships in the palace.Concubines Zhang and Concubine Yin are the most powerful in the harem. Now Li Jiancheng has got through all the concubines in the palace, especially Concubine Zhang and Concubine Yin, who speak for him in front of his father. He thinks that the Tang family can sit firmly in the future.As for those concubines, keeping the crown prince's position means keeping their son's position, so how could they not do their best to help him.

(End of this chapter)