Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 43 A Romance in the Early Tang Dynasty: The Eternal Empress (1) ([-])
20. Er Zhanglang's prosperity and decline

Now Wu Chengsi has borrowed Shen Nanqiu's knife and successfully killed Xue Huaiyi without seeing any blood, but Shen Nanqiu was blessed by misfortune. He was as unwilling as he was to Xue Huaiyi at the beginning.

At this time, the emperor of Zetian burned down the Tiantang and Mingtang because of Xue Huaiyi, and issued another 300 million internal funds to order Shen Nan to oversee the work to renovate the Tiantang and Mingtang. Then more than [-] people were used. Heavenly Palace.Empress Wu Zetian specially issued an edict to cast copper into Kyushu tripods in Tongtian Palace, which are arranged in four corners; and cast bronze into twelve zodiac animals, each of which is one foot high, and place them outside Tongtian Palace according to their orientation.

After the completion of the project, Emperor Zetian gave Shen Nanqiu a celebration banquet in Renshou Palace.When Shen Nanqiu was drinking happily, he never imagined that Wu Chengsi had bribed the eunuch on duty to put the poison into his wine glass when he was not prepared, so Shen Nanqiu was still in high spirits when drinking this glass of poisoned wine, until He suddenly vomited blood profusely during the banquet, the inner eunuch hurriedly helped him back to the mansion, and called a doctor to treat him, but he died before dusk.

Emperor Zetian lost his favorite courtier for a while, and felt very unhappy. Although Princess Taiping found several tall and strong men to send to the palace, they were not satisfied.There are also 26 close ministers around her, all of whom are young and handsome, but they are either lacking energy or tricks, and rarely satisfy the empress.

Emperor Zetian had nothing to do, and often rode and shot poems with Princess Taiping, Princess Anle, Princess Changning, and Shangguan Zhaorong.This well-known talented girl, Shangguan Zhaorong, was nicknamed Wan'er. Because Shangguanyi offended Emperor Zetian back then, her mother Zheng was confiscated in Yeting.When Emperor Gaozong saw that Zheng was young and beautiful, he named her Jieyu, and for a while he loved her very much.Within three months of entering the palace, Mrs. Zheng gave birth to a daughter, Shangguan Wan'er.Shangguan Wan'er was smart and clever since she was a child, and as she got older, she was beautiful and light again. With every frown and smile, she had an extraordinary bearing, and she was full of literary talent and eloquence, so her demeanor was even more elegant and pleasant.She is also good at grooming and posing. She had an affair with Emperor Zhongzong when he was 16 years old. At that time, Zhongzong was still a boy. Jieyu was later granted the title of Zhaorong.

Shangguan Wan'er is very shrewd. Seeing that Empress Zetian's authority is increasing day by day, she does everything possible to please her.Sure enough, she was favored by Empress Zetian, and Zhongzong was imprisoned in Fangzhou by Abolished You. Not only was she not forced to follow hardships, but her power grew day by day.

After Zhongzong was deposed, Shangguan Wan'er lived alone in the palace.The Emperor Zetian had a group of young courtiers who accompanied her to tease and make fun all day long. Seeing Wan'er being lonely and pitiful, the Emperor Zetian worshiped Shangguan Wan'er as a bachelor of Xiuwenguan, and selected more than [-] young and talented ministers as escorts for Xiuwenguan, every year Summon the children of the official family to go to the Xiuwen Hall for the examination, and Shangguan Wan'er is the chief examiner.That group of young princes were all chic and coquettish, accompanying Shangguan Zhaorong all day long, parading and chanting in the palace.A talented man loves a beautiful woman, and a beautiful woman loves a talented man. Gradually, there are many romantic affairs.Shangguan Zhaorong's tall mansion was called the scholar's mansion, and all court and Chinese literature officials were worshiped by the scholar's mansion.In this way, in the mansion in the palace, when Shangguan Wan'er went in and out in the morning and evening, there would always be a group of young men surrounding her, making fun of her day and night without any restraint.

The Emperor Zetian also listened to Shangguan Waner's words very much. If foreign officials had something to do, they would spend tens of thousands of dollars to honor Shangguan Waner. As long as Shangguan Zhaorong said a few kind words in front of Emperor Zetian, the matter would be resolved. .Therefore, Shangguan Zhaorong was very rich, and when she saw a handsome young man she liked, she kept him in the palace, dressed in silk and jewels.

Shangguan Zhaorong is also very speculative with the two princesses Anle and Changning. The two princesses have horses, so they cannot come and go as freely as Shangguan Zhaorong. Therefore, the two princesses found a good young man outside, and they all hid in Shangguan's scholar's mansion. , Then the two princesses used the pretext of going to the Shangguan Zhaorong banquet to come to the scholar's mansion to have fun all night long.Sometimes Emperor Zetian was happy and moved to the scholar's mansion to drink and have fun.As soon as Shangguan Zhaorong saw the Emperor Zetian coming, he would immediately dress up all the beautiful boys hidden in the mansion and present them to accompany the emperor at the banquet.This flirtatious female emperor inevitably picked up a few favorites and brought them back to the palace to benefit from.

Who would have thought that these handsome gentlemen were useless, and after serving for less than ten days, each of them was as thin as a consumptive ghost, and then the Emperor of Heaven saw that they were useless, so he threw them all in the small room in the harem, and treated them one by one. When she died, she was ordered to throw the body into the Kunming Pool, and some servants of Emperor Zetian were so unsatisfactory that the female emperor was annoyed at that time, and she was immediately tied up and thrown into the pool to drown alive.It's a pity that the Kunming Pond contained the corpses of many young men. Later, when Xuanzong dredged the Kunming Pond, he saw bones piled up at the bottom of the pool like a mountain tomb.

After all, it was Princess Taiping who attracted a sweetheart. He was Zhang Changzong. His brother Zhang Yizhi was once an official in the shade.

Wu Zetian called Zhang Changzong into the palace, and the palace servants repaired him from the beginning to the end, from the inside to the outside, with the highest standards, and then sent him to the arms of Emperor Zetian.As soon as I served the bed, it was indeed indescribably wonderful and lingering. Xue Huaiyi did not have such amorous feelings, and Shen Nanqiu was also ashamed of his appearance. Zetian Emperor Wu's Mei Niang had never experienced such joy in her life, and she couldn't help shouting that she was lucky to have it. With such a wonderful person, she is smooth in every way and fast in every way.Straight for a night, it's still too short for entertainment.Zhang Changzong thought to himself, this old whore is really a natural beauty, she can stay up all night, never tired of bliss.He was afraid that he would not be able to stand up, so he recommended his elder brother Zhang Yizhi.

Emperor Zetian was very satisfied with this recommendation, and summoned Zhang Yizhi the next day.Sure enough, not only was he older than his younger brother, but he was also stronger, taller, and more remarkable than his younger brother in pillow skills, but he was a little less tender and charming, so the Emperor of Heaven took advantage of each of his strengths and had sex with the two brothers all night long.The next day when he went to court, Emperor Zetian appointed Zhang Changzong as General Yunhui. At that time, some people snickered in their hearts. Wu Zetian specially appointed his lover as a general. Isn't it because their flesh defeated others?Zhang Yizhi was the Secretary of the Wei Shaoqing, and he gave a special title, and gave the servants and servants such things as camels, cattle and horses, plus [-] pieces of beautiful brocade.

For a while, the two Zhangs were incomparably favored, and soon the Emperor Zetian granted Zhang Changzong the title of doctor Yinqing Guanglu, posthumously awarded Zhang Xishuang, the father of the two Zhangs, as the governor of Xiangzhou, and the mothers of the two Zhangs, Webster and Zang, were granted the title of Mrs. Tai.The Zang family is Zhang Changzong's biological mother, over forty years old, and her beauty has not faded. Of course, she is also the same as that Emperor Zetian in normal times. She has affairs with her constantly. Shangshu Li Jixiu has such a thing with her. Now Emperor Zetian has openly allowed the two When people come and go, they really treat themselves and others, and the benevolence is particularly great.

Because Emperor Zetian loved Erzhang very much, he called Zhang Yizhi Daerlang and Zhang Changzong Xiaoerlang.At this time, Zhang Yizhi was 24 years old and Zhang Changzong was 22 years old. They were young and powerful, handsome and powerful. Comfortable.In this way, Erzhang, relying on the power of Emperor Zetian and Shangguan Zhaorong, did not pay much attention to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but all the civil and military officials chased after their brothers, flattering them and giving generous gifts, which was very flattering .Erzhang's house has no gaps between the gates, and the Wu brothers and clan guests all compete to visit the gate wall and serve the color.When all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw the two brothers, they fell to the ground from a distance, and did not dare to stand up until the horse passed by.Everywhere they went, those princes and ministers all rushed forward to hold the whip and stirrup.Emperor Zetian often summoned Wu's clan to give banquets in the inner hall. Er Zhang got drunk and called Zhu Wu a good son and a good slave.Once, because of Wu Sansi's wonderful flattery, Zhang Yizhi rewarded him with a jade wishful gift from Emperor Zetian, and Wu Sansi hurriedly kowtowed on the ground to thank him.At that time, those who planned to sell officials and nobles to seek wealth and honor only needed to ask for two pieces of paper, and everything would be done.

One day when the two Zhang Chengyu came back to the mansion, they saw someone inscribed a line on the gate of the mansion: "A piece of silk can get you a few days." Zhang Changzong took a pen in his hand and wrote it below: "One day is enough." The Zhang brothers, who are drunk today and drunk for a day, take advantage of this scorching heat and commit adultery everywhere in the palace. The young and beautiful court ladies can only bear the humiliation when they are bullied.

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