Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 31 A Romance in the Early Tang Dynasty: The Eternal Empress (2) ([-])
At that time, Prince Chengqian had been deposed as a commoner for the crime of treason and died in Qianzhou. According to the regulations, Li Tai, the fourth prince of Wei Wang, was the most likely to be established as the prince.

King Wei is not only handsome but also likes to make friends with guests. Emperor Taizong issued an edict to set up a literature museum in the palace of King Wei, and King Wei wrote books and gave lectures in the library. This gathering was very beautiful, and King Wei succeeded in gaining a good reputation for himself. This good name and good reputation made King Wei successfully double the extra love that Emperor Taizong had for him.

In fact, there are many young concubines who have the same thoughts as Mei Niang. Looking at the situation at this time, most of them secretly win over the King of Wei. Otherwise, Mei Niang is the only concubine. When Meiniang saw King Wei, she avoided it.Her original intention was to choose a loyal and honest young prince who could be manipulated by her once she was favored, but when she peeped at King Wei, he was a slippery and insidious young man, and in the future he would be a ruthless and hard-to-control Mr. No matter how courteous King Wei was, Meiniang just ignored him.Mei Niang actually already has a goal, and that is the Ninth Prince Jin Wang Li Zhi.

Li Zhi, the king of Jin, was indeed loyal and honest by nature. Although he was also a direct descendant, he was often bullied by his brothers because of his cowardly nature.The concubine Wang Shi is the granddaughter of her grandmother and Princess Anchang. She is chaste and quiet by nature, and she is often ridiculed by the concubines, but she has no complaints.The internal servant bureau also deceived Jin Wang and his wife to be honest and honest, and all supplies were very simplified and harsh.Therefore, there are many attendants and luxurious appliances in the palace of Prince Wei, but there are few servants and servants in the palace of Prince Jin, and the curtains are poor.Mei Niang was unprepared, and privately used some money and silk to supplement the concubine of Jin Wang, and sent sixteen maids in her courtyard to wait for Jin Wang's order. In this way, Jin Wang and his wife were grateful It is deeply engraved in the heart.Whenever Wu Meiniang had free time, she would go to the Jin Palace to chat with the princess, which was very popular.

Coincidentally, Jin Wang Li Zhi was ill at this time, and the illness lasted for three months. The princess took care of him day and night, which was very hard.Gradually, King Jin's illness was about to recover, and during the day, Mei Niang came again and said that she would take care of King Jin for the princess, so that the princess had time to go back to her room to rest for a while.

Originally, when a person is sick, if someone takes pity on them, it is easy to touch the true feelings, not to mention the charming Mei Niang, so a beautiful woman and a handsome man, the day is long and quiet, and the pillows and mats are facing each other. When they were together, the two of them achieved good things.Jin Wang Li Zhi made an oath on the pillow at that time, saying that he would never forget today's feelings for life and life.

Since then, because Mei Niang knew Taizong's character well, she secretly taught Jin Wang Li Zhi how to please his father.On that day, Emperor Taizong ordered the princes to learn riding and archery, but the King of Jin refused to go to the suburbs together, saying that he wanted to be honored with filial piety, and he was very moved, so he told the Ministry of Industry, On the left side of Emperor Taizong's dormitory, a separate courtyard was built to allow King Jin to move in. He aroused Taizong's father-son affection through many opportunities of contact, and his eldest grandson Wuji tried his best to recommend King Jin Zhikan as the prince.Taizong said: "I also intend to establish a pheasant slave, but the pheasant slave is cowardly, and I am afraid that it will be a worry for the clan in the future." Pheasant slave is the nickname of Jin Wang Li Zhi.

Changsun Wuji strongly said that benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of great governance, and nothing else matters, so Taizong issued an edict to make Li Zhi, the ninth son of Jin Wang, the crown prince and live in the East Palace.

The east palace is close to the harem, and since then Mei Niang and the prince have been in closer contact.Princess Jin secretly pays attention to it on weekdays, and has bumped into it a few times, but thanks to Mei Niang's guidance back then, the couple was able to have today, so they just turned a blind eye.

In March 649 AD, Emperor Taizong fell ill in bed due to dysentery, so he called Prince Li Zhi to Jinyemen to act as an agent of state affairs.Two months later, Emperor Taizong passed away in the Hanfeng Palace in Chang'an Palace. Prince Li Zhi received the imperial edict, and Chu Suiliang and Changsun Wuji were ordered by Emperor Taizong to help the prince succeed him, calling him Gaozong.

Taizong had another edict, ordering all the concubines of the previous dynasty to leave the palace and become nuns if they had received kindness. Wu Meiniang was forced by the edict to leave the palace with all the concubines and shaved their hair to become nuns.Mei Niang lived in the Narcissus Nunnery, and Emperor Gaozong ordered the servants to provide rich food for all the utensils in the Narcissus Nunnery.From time to time, he sent his confidantes to bring rare treasures to Meiniang.

After Gaozong ascended the throne, according to the book of ceremonies, the concubine was appointed as the queen, and he also established the concubine, concubine Shu, concubine De, concubine Xian, Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoai, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiumei, Chongyi, Rongrong, and Chong. Ai, Jieyu, Meiren, and Cairen have a total of 27 royal wives, and there are 27 each of Baolin, Yunu, and Cainu, making a total of 81 royal wives. The coquettish posture and gorgeous scenery are still the difference between heaven and earth.But Mei Niang was already a nun who was summoned to become a monk after all, and the two of them were separated by heaven and earth at this time.

3. Concubine Xiao Shu is favored
One day in midsummer, when the weather was sweltering, Gaozong took a small yellow door and strolled to the long profile of the imperial garden to enjoy the cool air.The ancient trees under the two profiles are towering, covered with dense shade, and the cool wind blows, refreshing the heart and spleen.Gao Zong even said that the wind was good, so he sat down leaning on the railing.It was quiet, when suddenly I heard the sound of a flute, faintly coming from the thick shade, melodious and moving, leisurely and moving.When Gaozong heard the emotion, he divided the flowers and brushed the willows, and looked for Xiao Sheng.

Xiaohuangmen waited under the long profile for a long time, but Wan Sui did not come out, but the sound of the flute had already stopped. Looking at the sky in the northwest corner, a dark cloud suddenly appeared, and suddenly the wind rose, the sky was covered with black clouds, and there was a lot of rain .Little Huangmen didn't dare to be careless, so he followed the path that Lord Long Live walked, and searched deep in the flowers and trees.The winding path leads to a secluded place, under the grape trellis, there is a lot of hibiscus in front of it, the flowers are shining brightly, looking from the bottom of the leaves among the flowers, I can see two figures, shoulder to shoulder, face to face, one can tell it is by the makeup. The concubine in the palace, the other is Long Live Lord.At this moment, the palace lady was pressing her pink face softly on Long Live Lord's shoulder, holding the jade flute in her hand, whispering softly, murmuring softly, not knowing what she was talking about.

Xiao Huangmen stood far away outside the flower stand, not daring to make a sound, suddenly the big raindrops came head-on, and the dense and rapid rain instantly drenched Xiao Huangmen completely, but he still didn't dare to Make a sound and stand upright in the rain.And His Majesty Emperor Gaozong and this maid sat side by side under the grape trellis, covered with dense shade, so the rain was scarce, and the two of them were in the midst of the divine blessing, and they didn't feel it until the rain became heavier and heavier. Only then did Gao Zong feel that his shoulders were icy cold and drenched, and he called out, holding the palace woman with one hand, and ran towards the Laixi Pavilion in front of him as if flying.

Xiao Huangmen also walked towards Yi Cui Xuan, drenched in water.Seeing the little yellow gate looking like a drowned chicken, the maid couldn't help covering her lips with her hand, hid in Wansui's arms, giggling non-stop, Gaozong was also amused, and stroked the neck of this palace lady with one hand, facing the Xiao Huangmen said: "Go back to your room and change your clothes! It is said that the Imperial Food Bureau is preparing a feast, and I will drink wine and enjoy the rain in Laixi Xuan."

After a while, the Imperial Food Bureau presented delicious food, dragon liver and phoenix marrow.Emperor Gaozong drank wine slowly, enjoying the rain, and stroking the maid.This palace maid looks icy muscular, slender, articulate, and pretty.Especially the blush between her brows, combined with the sweet smile on her vermilion lips, like a blooming flower, made Gao Zong's heart drunk.

This maid's surname is Xiao, and her nickname is Yun'er. She has been in the palace for three years, and she has taken up the role of Emperor Liang in Laixixuan in the Royal Garden.After Gao Zong asked about her origin, he teased and said, "Lai Xi, Lai Xi, I am really happy tonight. Yun'er, Yun'er, how about I have a chat with you tonight?"

Xiao Liangdi was immediately overwhelmed with shyness and blushed, but she did not forget to kneel down to thank her.Gaozong stretched out his hand to help her up and sat down on his knees, and asked her to play Fengqiuhuang again.At this time, the rain is over and the sky is clear, the flowers and trees are bright and clean, the sunset turns the treetops orange red and golden yellow, and the sound of the flute comes out one by one from the green bushes, which is really refreshing like a fairyland.

In the Laixi Pavilion that night, Xiao Yun'er greeted her sincerely and tactfully recommended her to bed, which made Gaozong feel so happy and ecstasy, so much so that Gaozong issued an edict the next day to confer Xiao Yuner as Shu Concubine Xiao Shu set aside a Caixia Palace for Concubine Xiao Shu to live in.From then on, Gaozong went back to the palace every day, and went to the Caixia Palace, drinking, singing and dancing, happy and carefree, and left the Six Palaces of Fendai behind.

Empress Wang and Emperor Gaozong were a couple in distress. Now that the emperor was rich and honored, he was obsessed with women and left the empress in the palace in the cold for five or six months.Queen Wang was very resentful, but because she was the lord of the Six Palaces, she couldn't lose her status and easily compete with concubines for favor.

However, Concubine Xiao Shu didn't know how to advance or retreat, and after monopolizing a long live in the Caixia Palace, she came up with various ways of singing, dancing and delicious food to lure the emperor.Concubine Xiao Shu made good soup cakes when she was at her mother’s house. At this time, she also set up an inner kitchen in the palace. Concubine Xiao Shu went to the kitchen to cook all kinds of delicious soup cakes. Long live God praised her while eating. The interest and sex are getting stronger and stronger.

Concubine Xiao Shu was in the hall again with light veils hanging all over her body. She herself was dressed in a white dance dress and played the role of Chang'e in the gauze tent, dancing gracefully and gracefully.Behind the gauze tent, a bright moon is made with lamps, which is held by the palace servants. The bright moon moves from far to near, and the closer it gets, the bigger it illuminates the room, and Chang'e dances lightly in the light of the bright moon. She is really a fairy in the world. .Gaozong was drinking at the banquet outside the tent while watching Chang'e with long sleeves and light skirts, her dancing clothes were like snow, and her posture was like a dragon and a phoenix. The tent came and fell into Gaozong's arms. Gaozong was so passionate that he didn't care about his servants. He hugged Chang'e and fell into the tent. Straight to the outdoors.

4. Countermeasures to win love

Every day, Gao Zong and Concubine Xiao Shu were in the Caixia Palace like this, loving each other to the fullest, daring and fanatical.

Queen Wang couldn't bear it anymore, so she instructed her servant, Shangguan, to play the memorial book, asking the emperor to cherish the spirit and manage the government affairs diligently, and should not hide in the crowd and lose one's ambition by playing with things.Gaozong read the memorial, laughed it off, and still looked for his joy to make his music.

Queen Wang had nothing to do, so she summoned several concubines to discuss how to try to divorce the emperor's love for Concubine Xiao Shu.Among them, there is Concubine Liu Gui and the Queen who are the most speculative, and she is the oldest. When she was with the Queen in the palace in the early years, she personally saw the Queen operating the well mortar and sewing the bed late at night. Now the emperor is indifferent to the palace, and she is the most supportive of injustices. Intense, the reason is that she had seen the queen operate the well mortar and sew the bed late at night; but she never mentioned that because the queen had no children, Concubine Liu Gui gave birth to a son in the palace. He is the oldest one. When Li Zhengben was full moon, the palace held a grand banquet. Emperor Taizong not only rewarded a lot of treasures, but also came to congratulate the officials and said: "I have a grandson at the beginning, and I will not return today if I am not drunk with you. " Gaozong saw that his father loved his eldest grandson so much, and because Li Zhengben's mother, Liu Shi Chongyi, was of too low a family background, he made Li Zhengben, the adoptive eldest son of Queen Wang, his son, and Taizong named Li Zhengben King of Yan.Later, when Emperor Gaozong came to the throne, Liu Shi, Chu Suiliang, Han Ai, Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining and other ministers petitioned to make Li Zhengben the crown prince.Since a mother is more valuable than a son, the queen also asked the prince's biological mother to be a noble concubine. Concubine Liu Gui was very grateful and helped the queen from here.

Now the Empress Wang discussed with Concubine Zheng De and Concubine Yang Xian who had been summoned for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a good solution. When she was hesitating, Concubine Liu Gui suddenly thought about it and said: "Isn't there a military talent among the concubines of the former emperor? Back then Isn’t Wansui very obsessed with Wu Cairen? Didn’t your wife bump into him several times in person? Now you might as well quietly call this Wu Cairen into the palace. Everyone says that a long separation is worse than a new marriage. The obscene girl Xiao is thrown aside." All the concubines also said it was a good plan, only the queen shook her head and said: "The front door drives away the tiger, but the back door invites wolves. Our Long Live Lord is the most thoughtless person. If you see one and love the other, I'm afraid that Wu Meiniang is not easy to mess with."

(End of this chapter)