Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 58
8. Yuhuan Dazapo
Before Yang Yuhuan met An Lushan, although she knew that Xuanzong was old, but seeing the wealth and honor of her life and thinking of a glory, she let the old emperor ruin her body, but now An Lushan made her feel, Being with Xuanzong is simply the same taste, she secretly compares Xuanzong to An Lushan in her heart, an old man, a strong man, one is a person who makes fun of herself, and the other is a person who makes fun of herself, one is so interesting and the other is so boring .The imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan gradually showed negligence and indifference between words and actions, which often made Emperor Xuanzong feel bored.

How noble the emperor is, no matter how pampered she is, she will not be proud of the emperor. Besides, the emperor's playing with the concubine is for his own pleasure, so how can he be indifferent to the concubine?Although Xuanzong was gentle by nature and generally didn't care about women, but because Yang Yuhuan became more and more arrogant, he almost climbed to the top, so Xuanzong couldn't help getting angry, so he went to live in the West Pavilion of Cuihua, and sent someone to call Concubine Mei from the East Pavilion to come. fortunate.

Back then, Concubine Mei made her own "Jinghong Song", which was mellow and moving, and Xuanzong also gave her a jade flute, which made Xuanzong feel as if she was floating in the air every time she played it under the breeze and bright moon.Concubine Mei performed another frightening dance, advancing and retreating slowly to the beat of the music, like flowers full of beauty.At that time, Xuanzong loved her so much that he couldn't love her any more. He said that Concubine Mei could do everything, and jokingly called her Mei Jing.From then on, those concubines in the harem who were jealous of Concubine Mei's favor took Mei Jing as her nickname.Later, because Concubine Mei was sick and weak and could not provide Emperor Xuanzong with all his joy, Yang Yuhuan was able to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the palace. A new lover and an old love. He couldn't leave any of them behind, so he often called Concubine Mei and Concubine Yang together, and comforted them with kind words, following the example of Ehuang and Nvying, they were as close as sisters, and as close as flesh and blood.But the two of them kept away from each other behind their backs and refused to see each other.Jiang Caiping was gentle and noble by nature, but Yang Taizhen had a clever mind. While Emperor Xuanzong was intoxicated in the lingering tenderness, Yang Taizhen spoke bad things about Concubine Mei on the pillow.So gradually Meifei's favor from the emperor became indifferent, and later, Xuanzong actually obeyed Yang Fei's words and moved Meifei to Shangyang East Palace.Now Xuanzong thought of the benefits of Concubine Mei, so he sent Xiao Huangmen to put out the lamps and candles, holding the edict of long live, and secretly groped to the East Pavilion to summon Concubine Mei.

Since Concubine Mei was abandoned by the emperor, she has been sitting quietly on the first floor all day long, reciting poems and painting, her mind is very peaceful, she never contrives ideas to invite favors, because she is very confident, she knows that the emperor will come back to beg her one day .Seeing Long live's call now, Concubine Mei knew that with Concubine Yang by her side, she would never succeed, so she resolutely resigned and refused to obey the edict.Helplessly, the more the emperor saw that Concubine Mei refused to come, the more he remembered the benefits of Concubine Mei in the past, so he sent Xiao Huangmen to go three times, and gave Concubine Mei a horse that he usually rode in the imperial garden. At dusk, when the crowd was quiet, I quietly went to bring Concubine Mei, and met at Cuihua West Pavilion.

When Concubine Mei saw Long Live, she couldn't help but shed tears and pearls with broken strings on her cheeks.A new marriage is worse than a long absence. Xuanzong embraced the crying Concubine Mei in every possible way to comfort him, and entered the Luowei together. They couldn't tell the endless old thoughts, and couldn't finish the lovesickness after the farewell. The two talked about each other all night.

The love here is strong, and Yongxin reported to Yang Yuhuan: "Your Majesty! The slave girl obeyed the order of your mother last night and went to the Cuihua West Pavilion to wait. As a result, I saw that at dusk, the little yellow gate turned off the lights and candles, and went out of the pavilion. It’s gone.” Yang Yuhuan, the noble concubine, hurriedly asked, “Where are you going?” Yongxin replied, “It’s going to Cuihua East Pavilion.”

The imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan stomped her feet repeatedly: "Ah! Xiang Cuihua East Pavilion, that must be the summoning of plum essence. I wonder if plum essence has come this time?" Yongxin said: "Enzhi called three times in a row, and the beauty will arrive on the imperial horse. West Pavilion."

When Concubine Yang Guifei heard this, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and sighed, "Ah! My God, it turns out that Mei Jing is really blessed!" Then she wiped her tears and asked, "How did Mei Jing let Long live again?" What do you remember? It really pissed me off!"

Yongxin said again: "I heard from Xiao Huangmen that Concubine Mei didn't want to come. That night, Lord Long Live sealed the pearl as a gift in Hua'e Building that night. Concubine Mei didn't accept it, so she returned the pearl intact and returned it to you." Give me a poem."

The imperial concubine Yang Taizhen hurriedly asked: "How do you write the poem?" Yongxin said: "The servant listened to Xiao Huangmen's reading, what's the matter? The laurel leaf eyebrows have not been painted for a long time, the makeup and tears are wet and red, and Nagato has no grooming. Why do you need pearls to comfort the lonely?' Seeing that her poems are pitiful, the Lord Long Live summoned Concubine Mei one after another to renew their old relationship."

After hearing this, Concubine Yang Gui couldn't help cursing: "This charming fox, dare to seduce my Lord Long Live! Let me ask the Lord Long Live, and I swear that I won't have sex with this cheap fox!" After saying this, she stood up abruptly, Yongxin and Niannu tried to persuade her not to go to Cuihua West Pavilion in the middle of the night, but the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan yelled in a rough voice, "I'm going there to see how this bitch flatters her, how she plays tricks. Make trouble!" In her rage, Yang Taizhen accidentally tore off the education cloak of being a gentle and elegant lady, and her village-natured shrew appearance was fully exposed in her rough roar.

Yongxin persuaded again and again, saying that at this time the night will be three drums, Lord Wansui must have gone to bed, and the empress will leave suddenly, it will be difficult to deal with Wansui if he turns his face.These words really hit the nail on the head, Yang Yuhuan knew very well the sorrow of a fox with the majesty of a tiger, so she had no choice but to behave like a noble concubine and let it go.

Yang Yuhuan, who was so angry that she couldn't sleep all night, finally tossed until dawn, but she didn't know that there was another person under the Cuihua West Pavilion who was also in the distance to accompany Concubine Yang, who never had a good night's sleep.It turned out that because Emperor Xuanzong summoned Concubine Mei, he specially sent Gao Lishi to watch over him, and no one was allowed to enter without permission, in order to fear that Concubine Yang Gui would break in suddenly.In this way, Gao Lishi, entrusted to His Majesty Cuihua, watched over him all night.Seeing the twilight of the sky, he breathed out, thinking that Long Live might soon summon him to send Concubine Mei back to the palace, but Xuanzong and Concubine Mei had a good night's fun, and the night was short. It's three feet high.

At this moment, Gao Lishi suddenly saw Concubine Yang walking quickly from the end of the corridor. Gao Lishi didn't know what to do for a while, and wanted to report to the pavilion, but Concubine Yang had already caught a glimpse of him, and ordered Yongxin to stop him from a distance.Gao Lishi had no choice but to turn around and go forward, kowtowing: "Slave Gao Lishi kowtows to your mother!"

Concubine Yang Guifei didn't say anything like excuses, she just asked coldly: "Where is Lord Long Live now?" Concubine Yang replied sharply, "Long live in the pavilion!" Concubine Yang asked sharply, "Who else is there?" Gao Lishi even said, "No! No!"

Concubine Yang sneered a few times, and said, "Open the door of the pavilion quickly, and let me go in and have a look." Gao Lishi became more and more flustered, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please sit down for a while, and wait for the slaves to report to Lord Long Live." He said: "Don't move! Let me ask you, why does Long Live stay in the West Pavilion for days?"

Gao Lishi hurriedly replied: "It's just because the Lord Long Live has been working hard for the government for days, his body is occasionally unhappy, and his heart is afraid of troubles, so he lives quietly in the West Pavilion to rest his spirit."

Concubine Yang yelled angrily, "Since Long Live Lord's Eucharist is not happy, why do you just stay here?" Gao Lishi, who was clever with words, replied: "It's just because Long Live Lord loves the quiet scenery of the West Pavilion, and I don't feel nostalgic for it. Concubine Yang Guifei's face changed with anger, and she shouted sharply: "Gao Lishi! You dare to lie in front of me, you have to be careful!" Panicked, Gao Lishi hurriedly kowtowed on the ground and said, "My lady, please calm down! It is under the order of Long Live God, how dare slaves and maidservants disobey the imperial decree?"

Concubine Yang Gui didn't pay attention to him, she just said to herself: "I also know that there is no one who is favored by the Lord Long Live now. If you climb this tall branch, you won't take me seriously." Said Forget it, Concubine Yang held up her skirt and rushed to the pavilion to knock on the door. Gao Lishi waved his hands in a panic and said: "Your Majesty, please sit down! Wait for the servants to come and call the door for your Majesty." Yongxin and Niannu also went up to persuade them. Only then did Gao Lishi bite the bullet and shout: "Miss Yang is here! Come and open the door of the pavilion!" He called a few times, but no one in the pavilion agreed.

It turned out that Concubine Mei, who was on Xuanzong's pillow, was so frightened that Yurong turned pale, very pitiful.At this time, Concubine Mei was only wearing a little red tube top, and Xuanzong supported her waist, but she was still limp and unable to lift her head.The maid went up and helped her put on her clothes.Because the door was opened urgently and there was no time to put on the embroidered shoes, Xuanzong picked up her delicate body and hid in the curtain.Then he turned around and came out, fell on the imperial bed, leaning against the pillow, pretending to be asleep; and ordered the maid to open the door of the pavilion quietly.

Concubine Yang Guifei stepped into the door, and instead of meeting the emperor, she just looked around the room for a while.Then Xuanzong yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Why is my beloved concubine here?" Then Yang Guifei approached the couch to see her, and said softly: "The concubine heard that the holy body of the Long Live Lord violated the harmony, and I am very special. Come and say hello!"

Xuanzong said: "I'm unhappy by accident, and I haven't entered the palace yet, why bother Concubine Ai to come here early in the morning?" Yang Guifei relied on her usual favor and ignored Xuanzong's words. The concubine guessed how much!"

Xuanzong smiled and said, "What did my concubine concubine guess?" Concubine Yang said, "The concubine guesses that the long live Lord is for the person he likes, and made lovesickness!" Xuanzong laughed again: "What else do I have besides my concubine?" Lover?"

Concubine Yang said: "My concubine thinks that Your Majesty has always loved plum essence. Now that Your Majesty is suffering from lovesickness, why don't you call her here to comfort the Holy Love?" Xuanzong pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah! This girl has lived in Loudong for a long time. Is there any reason to call back?" Concubine Yang Gui also couldn't help laughing, and said: "I'm afraid that the spring will leak out of the small plum shoots, and wait until your Majesty goes to look at the plums and quench my thirst!"

Xuanzong deliberately said with a serious face: "How can I have such an intention?!" Concubine Yang continued: "Since your Majesty has no such intention, how can you get that pearl to comfort the lonely?"

Xuanzong was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "I'm still lacking energy, too lazy to talk, my concubine, please go back to the palace, after I rest for a while, I will go to the palace of my concubine to have fun together."

At this time, Concubine Yang spotted a pair of phoenix boats under the imperial couch, and pointed to: "What is this? Isn't there a pair of phoenix boats under the imperial bed?" When a green tin was dropped, the imperial concubine rushed to grab it and scolded him loudly, "Ah! Another green tin! These are women's belongings. Since Your Majesty lives alone, how can there be these things?"

Xuanzong had no choice but to play a rogue at this time, saying: "Ah! It's strange, where did this come from?" Concubine Yang Guifei couldn't help but said with an angry face: "How could Your Majesty not know?"

Gao Lishi saw that the situation was critical, so he quietly ordered the maid to help Mei Niangniang out from the curtain at the back of the pavilion, Xiao Huangmen helped break the back wall, and sent her back to the east building.

Here Xuanzong just salivated, smiled innocently and didn't answer.Concubine Yang Guifei couldn't hold back her jealousy, she threw the phoenix boat and Cuidian in her hand to the ground, turned around and sat on the chair, pursed her red lips, and said nothing in a hurry.

There was silence in the room for a long while, and Gao Lishi went up to pick up Feng Xi and Cui Tian.Concubine Yang Gui suddenly said to Xuanzong with a solemn face: "One night's love has been turned upside down, and the sun has risen three poles, and I still haven't looked at the court. The foreign ministers don't know, not to mention that your majesty was fascinated by the Mei family goblin, and even mistakenly regarded it as a concubine." It’s Your Majesty. Hmph, it’s too worthless to miss the court due to such a vulgar appearance! It’s too early, please leave the court to watch the court, and the courtiers and concubines are waiting for your majesty to dismiss and return to the central palace.”

Xuanzong dragged his quilt, fell asleep still, and said, "I am sick today, so I cannot come to court." Concubine Yang Guifei saw that Xuanzong was lying on the bed and refused to leave the imperial bed, so she believed that Emperor Xuanzong hid Concubine Mei in the quilt. Filled with indescribable anger, but not daring to be too aggressive, he could only cover his face and cry coquettishly.

When Gao Lishi looked at Concubine Yang and covered his face, he leaned close to Emperor Xuanzong and whispered in Emperor Xuanzong's ear, "Ms. Mei has gone, please come out of court, Lord Long Live." Xuanzong nodded and said loudly to Gao Lishi on purpose: "Since My concubine begged me to watch the court, so I had no choice but to go out and sit down. Gao Lishi passed on an order to drive, and after I go, I will send you back to the palace." Gao Lishi repeatedly said, leading the order, and sent Xuanzong away from the west Court.

As soon as Xuanzong left, Concubine Yang turned around and asked Gao Lishi, "Gao Lishi! You have done a good thing without telling me! Now I only ask you who this Cuitian and Fengxi belong to?"

When Gao Lishi asked, he sighed softly on the surface, but in his words he said very firmly: "The old slave advises the empress to stop looking for troubles! Don't forget, he is the emperor! Today the Cuitian, Fenghuang Let's not pursue it any further. Don't say that Concubine Mei has a kind relationship with Long Live in the old days. It is reasonable to revisit the old love. Even if a new favorite is selected in the sixth palace, the empress can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. Don't ask, otherwise it's not a joke to get burned. Like today, regardless of the time, he rushed to make a fuss so that Long Live Lord couldn't sleep peacefully. If Long Live hadn't treated Empress with rare affection in the world, I'm afraid that Empress is now herself. It's hard to guarantee. It's not that the slaves are talking too much, but I ask the empress to think about it carefully!"

Gao Lishi's words really left Concubine Yang speechless, but she couldn't vent her anger for a while, so she smashed the Cui tin and tore the phoenix, and then went back to the palace crying.

Concubine Yang Guifei just came out of the West Pavilion, and Xuanzong hurried into the pavilion again. When he saw the broken tins on the ground that hadn't had time to clean up, he couldn't help stamping his feet in distress. It turned out that this emerald was given to Concubine Mei by Xuanzong last night. The one on the bun, because Cuitian fell into Xuanzong's arms somehow because of a night of upside-down phoenixes, she was planning to send Gao Lishi to the East Pavilion, but was torn apart by Concubine Yang, and Xuanzong Annoyed for a while, he immediately sent an order to Gao Lishi to send Yang's daughter out of the palace and return it to his brother Guangluqing Yang's mansion. On the one hand, he gave another pair of emerald tin to Concubine Mei.

9. Weeping and Writing the Ode to Concubine Mei Nagato
As soon as Concubine Mei heard that Concubine Yang was expelled, she thought about restoring her old favor, so she wrote "Loudong Fu" and presented it to Xuanzong.

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The jade mirror produces dust, and the phoenix is ​​fragrant.The skillful combing of the temples of lazy cicadas, the light practice of leisurely clothes.If you are lonely in Hui Palace, but meditate in Landian.The plum blossoms that fall in the letter are lost through Nagato!
Kuang Nai is full of hatred, willow eyes are sad, the warm wind is blowing, and the spring birds are chirping.Upstairs at dusk, listening to the phoenix blowing and looking back; the blue clouds at dusk, staring at Suyue.When the hot spring is not available, I recall the old trip of picking up emerald greens; the long gate is deeply closed, and I sigh for the faith of Qingluan!Recalling the clear waves of Taiye, the water is swaying and floating, playing and singing to enjoy the swallows, accompanying the congregation, playing the wonderful song of dancing luan, and riding on the fairy boat of the painted bird.Your love is lingering, deep narration, swearing that mountains and seas will always be there, like the sun and the moon without rest!But why are you jealous and mediocre, jealous, robbing me of my love, and scolding me for the palace?Nostalgia for the old days is nothing but dreaming!Spend the flower morning and the moon evening, shame face and fear the spring breeze!If you want to play Fu, you will not work if you are talented in the world; the unfinished sorrows have already rang almost Shuzhong!Kong sighed and covered his sleeves, hesitatingly walked to the east of the building!

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Then Concubine Mei was looking forward to it day by day at the top of the building, but there was always no news of Emperor Xuanzong's call.Look at the weather in late spring, Concubine Mei stands alone on the top of the building, looking out from a distance.At this time, the mountain was covered by the setting sun, the trees were misty, and a cloud of dust rose under the tree path. It turned out that the Lingnan Post Envoy had returned.Concubine Mei casually asked the maid next to her, "I don't know where the emissary is, but is it the Lingnan Mei envoy?"

(End of this chapter)