Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 88
The emperor wanted to seek immortality, and was anxious to destroy Concubine Guo Gui and Concubine Zheng Shu, so he visited beauties everywhere in order to let Xianzong eat the fireworks in the world again, so the Song sisters were able to enter the palace, and while they were favored, the court was in chaos...

The new king, Mu Zong, was hijacked by the eunuchs, addicted to wine and sex all day long, and finally died of lusting after sex. Mrs. Cao Guo became a sinner through the ages...

Jingzong, who succeeded him, was even more licentious and immoral, and finally caused the false eunuch Liu Keming to kill the king...

The courtiers fought for the throne for Wen Zong with their blood, but the eunuch was already deep, and the court was too weak to return. Wen Zong mistakenly accepted his niece in the midst of powerlessness...

The shrewd Emperor Wuzong succeeds the Datong, but the flowery persuading beauty Xiao Cuier finally let him die in the pomegranate skirt...

1. Dissipate sorrows and end ambitions
Ever since Emperor Xianzong believed in the art of immortals, the Quartet has often introduced strange things to win the Sacred Heart. Of course, at this time, he is really happy with it.

Dazhen Kingdom paid tribute to Chongming pillow, Shenjin quilt, green wheat and purple rice.Dazhen Kingdom is [-] miles southeast of the sea, under the star Zhen, so it is called Dazhen Kingdom.The Chongming pillow is one foot and two inches long and six inches high. It is as white as snow and glistens like crystal. Mu Danqing, as well as real people's clothes and hairpins, are all exquisite and perfect, transparent inside and out, as if seeing things through water.

The Shenjin quilt is woven with ice silkworm silk. It is two feet square and one inch thick. There are dragon patterns and phoenix colors on it. Dazhe leaves feed silkworms in the pond.When silkworms are first born, they are as thin as mosquitoes and ants, swimming in the water, and when they grow up, they are five or six inches long.There are lotuses in the pond, and the lotus leaves are lush.The stem of the lotus is straight, and it cannot be broken even in heavy storms.The leaves are three to four feet large. After fifteen days, the silkworms jump into the lotus leaves and spin their silk into cocoons, which are shaped like square buckets and form five colors by themselves.The people of Dazhen country take its silk and weave it into a divine brocade, also known as Lingquan silk.When Xianzong saw the brocade quilt for the first time, he couldn't help laughing at his concubines: "This small quilt is not enough to cover a baby, how can it be covered with my body?" It is made of silk spun out of a water cocoon, and if sprayed with water, it will double in width, and in case of fire, it will shrink." Then the four eunuchs were ordered to hold a corner of the quilt and pull it with force, and they were ordered to spray water on the surface of the quilt, Immediately it was two feet wide, and the five-color brilliance became more vivid.And with a fire, it will shrink immediately.

Green wheat is transparent inside and out, dark green in color, and has a fragrant smell like japonica rice. After people eat it, their body weight gradually decreases, and they can fly with the wind.Purple rice is like a giant vine. One liter of cooked rice can give you a hut of rice. After eating, people with graying beards and hair can turn black, and their appearance will not grow old.

Then, Wu Mingguo paid tribute to Chang Ran Ding and Luan Honey.Wu Mingguo is tens of thousands of miles away from the East China Sea, and has to pass through Yilou, Woju and other countries to get there.The land in Wu Ming Kingdom is suitable for growing five grains, and it produces the most pearls and white jade.It is said that the people in this country are the most respectful of etiquette, music, benevolence and righteousness. They have never been thieves. Everyone can live up to two hundred years old. Moreover, people in this country can understand the magic of immortals. Fairies riding on cloud chariots and white cranes are often seen To and fro in the sky.The reason why he came to pay tribute, according to what his ministers told Emperor Xianzong, was that King Wu Ming saw the yellow air in the western sky and knew that a saint was born in China, so he sent a special envoy to pay tribute.

The regular burning cauldron can hold three buckets. The body of the cauldron is as smooth as jade and the color is pure purple. Food cooked in the cauldron can be cooked by itself without charcoal, and the food is fragrant and clean, which is different from the food cooked in ordinary kettles. Eating the food cooked in this tripod for a long time can make people rejuvenate and prevent diseases.

Luan honey is produced by a bee that sings like a phoenix and has five colors. The largest bee weighs more than ten kilograms. It builds nests in high mountains and rocky valleys. The largest nest covers an area of ​​two or three acres.A lot of honey is produced every year, but each time honey is taken, only two or three times can be taken from each nest.If you take too much, there will be mutated weather such as storms and thunder.Luan's honey is green in color and is placed in a white jade bowl. It is clear inside and out, like jade glass.Long-term food also has the effect of longevity and beauty, and deaf-mute and disabled people can recover after eating it.Xianzong cherished these two things very much, and often gave honey to his concubines; he often cooked and ate food with his relatives, nobles and ministers with a burning cauldron, and the monarch and ministers were very happy.

2. The Song sisters fake high-definition and real kitsch

Emperor Xianzong often sat in an empty room after being superstitious about immortals. Later, in order to cultivate an immortal body, he even got rid of his concubines, abstained from eating rice and meat, and used medicine baits and fruits all day long to fill his food, which made his body gradually thinner.Concubine Guo Gui and Concubine Zheng Shu repeatedly persuaded and offered food, but Emperor Xianzong refused to eat it.

At this time, there was no queen in the palace, and Concubine Guo ruled the six palaces. She was called a concubine, but she exercised the power of a queen everywhere.Concubine Guo Gui, who is well-educated, virtuous and quiet, couldn't help but feel very worried about this. She said to Concubine Zheng Shu: "Long Live Lord is so confused, it will definitely hinder the holy body. For the current plan, we must first change the long live Lord's desire to seek immortality. .”

Concubine Zheng Shu also agrees with Concubine Guo Guifei's opinion, but looking around at the Fendai of the Six Palaces, there is no one with a peerless beauty that can make her feel happy.So Concubine Guo used her own money to order the middle officials to visit all over the world to find stunning women with extraordinary talents. Sure enough, in Qingyang County, Beizhou, she visited the five sisters of the Song family who were said to be very beautiful and talented, and proud of themselves.

The daughters of the Song parents are named Ruoxin, the second is named Ruozhao, the third is named Ruolun, the fourth is named Ruoxian, and the fifth is named Ruoxun. It is said that they are all talented and all of them are stunning, but Song Ruozhao is especially beautiful, and they are all in the boudoir. Among them, there is no character yet.Their father, Song Tingfen, was very talented. He taught his five daughters classics, literature and art, as well as poetry and songs. All five of them were able to write well when they were still young.Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao's articles are especially light and beautiful, and their natures are also chaste, quiet and elegant, and they don't like colorful decorations. They are famous far and wide, and there are many matchmakers seeking employment.However, the five sisters Song Ruoxin agreed not to marry, and they would like to show their relatives by learning art.Song Ruoxin wrote ten chapters of "The Analects of Confucius", all of which imitated the style of "The Analects of Confucius". Wei Cheng's mother, Xuan Wenjun Song, replaced Confucius, and Cao Da and others replaced Yan Min;Song Ruozhao also commented that at one time the township party was chanting, and the names of virtuous and virtuous people came up everywhere, and the middle officials were famous. After seeing Song Tingfen, they donated more gold and silk to ask for help. Song Tingfen said: "My daughter is determined not to marry. .”

So Zhongguan had no choice but to present the book written by Ruoxin sisters to the palace. Although Concubine Guo heard that the Song sisters were all beautiful, she was worried that Wansui was ruthless to female sex, and no matter how beautiful she was, it would be useless. I thought of a way to smoke "The Analects of Women" with orchid musk deer, and quietly put it on the imperial case in the bedroom when Emperor Xianzong was not paying attention.Sure enough, when Xianzong closed his eyes and meditated in the darker night, he suddenly felt a strange fragrance coming from his desk. Character.Xianzong opened the box casually, and after reading a few pages, he felt awe in his heart.Then the five sisters of the Song family were ordered to enter the palace in the joy of Emperor Xianzong.

Don't be surprised that Sister Song Ruoxin, who has always been aloof and self-proclaimed, of course told the envoy Xuanzhao very ambitiously that if the emperor doesn't offer courtesy, my sister will never enter the palace; palace.Emperor Xianzong was eager to win the five sisters of the Song family. After hearing the helpless rendition of the middle official, he ordered Li Baozhen, the governor of Zhaoyi, to go to the Song family with the emperor's imperial decree and pay tribute to invite the five sisters of Song Ruoxin to the palace to teach the concubines. , and worshiped Song Tingfen as Jinhua Ling.

After the five sisters of Song Zhaoxin entered the palace, Emperor Xianzong ordered the concubines and concubines in the palace to treat them as teachers.The Yanqiu Palace was also set up as a lecture room, and all concubines and concubines were ordered to recite "The Analects of Women" with sister Song Ruoxin.For a while, the concubines of the six palaces and the concubines of the kings and princesses all worshiped Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao as teachers, and there were more than a hundred female disciples, and the palace became a girls' school.Xianzong often visited the school happily, only to see pink and black hair buns in a room, each holding a volume, reciting softly.At this time, Song Ruoxin was radiant and graceful, with a graceful demeanor; Song Ruozhao was beautiful in his bones, and his gaze was moving; Song Ruolun was charming and natural, and Song Ruoxian was charming and glamorous;

After speaking to the concubines of the six palaces and the kings and princesses, the five beautiful sisters of the Song family spoke to Xianzong alone. Laughter is the main thing, the emperor just occasionally asked about the righteousness of classics and history, and tried to use poetry and prose.Soon, the six of them became close friends. Xianzong visited Song Ruozhao first, and then Song Ruoxin, and loved him deeply.

The Emperor Xianzong wanted to make Song Ruozhao and Song Ruoxin sisters concubines. Song Ruozhao, who was so scheming and beyond the reach of ordinary women, declined repeatedly. Pushing, to make children good, but the title of concubine is unacceptable to death." Xianzong couldn't do it, so he issued an edict calling Song Ruozhao a bachelor and Song Ruoxin a gentleman.

Song Ruozhao was full of love, Xianzong had the most lucky visits in Song Ruozhao's palace, and Song Ruoxin didn't care about writing.The other three sisters, Song Ruolun, Song Ruoxian, and Song Ruoxun, soon also received Emperor Xianzong's favor of rain and dew, but they were equally unwilling to accept the title of concubine.In this way, except for Song Ruozhao, who was called a bachelor, the other four sisters all called masters, and these four gentlemen and a bachelor soon became very powerful in the inner palace.

Emperor Xianzong only cared about dealing with the five beauties surnamed Song every day, and he really forgot about the practice of Taoism, but at the same time he also abandoned the affairs of the court.Moreover, since Emperor Xianzong started lust and caution, besides the five sisters of the Song family, he often chose other beauties from the harem to come. For a time, there were many concubines who were favored by the emperor Yulu. There were more than 20 concubines in total. Some of them became noble concubines, some of them were registered as Zhao Rong. In the past few years, these beautiful courtiers have given birth to 32 princes and [-] princesses.Among the most favored palace family members, apart from the five Song sisters, there are Ji Meiren and Guo Guifei.Ji Mei had the longest son, whose name was Ning. The prime minister Li Jiangzuo of the Xianzong era asked Li Ning to be the crown prince, and Xianzong made Li Ning the crown prince.

Concubine Guo Guifei is the granddaughter of Guo Ziyi, and her mother is the heroine Princess Shengping in the famous drama "Fighting the Golden Branch". The system of etiquette, at least that's what the family law of the Li and Tang royal families required their princesses.Princess Shengping's daughter, Concubine Guo Gui, and Emperor Xianzong were originally cousins, so Concubine Guo Guifei was established as a concubine as soon as she entered the palace because of her mother's wealth.Concubine Guo Gui had a son and a daughter, and her son's name was Li Heng, who was also made the crown prince later.

Concubine Guo's daughter is Princess Qiyang. The virtuous and virtuous Princess Qiyang is a completely opposite version of her grandmother, Princess Shengping.Because Emperor Xianzong doted on Princess Qiyang too much, when his daughter Princess Qiyang reached the age of choosing a son-in-law, he ordered the successive prime ministers to select the children of the princes in the court.However, Xianzong loved the princess so much that he was not satisfied after choosing for a full year. In the end, the crown prince Siyi Lang Du Ji was very satisfied with Xianzong, and he was sent to the inner palace, so that Concubine Guo and Princess Qiyang could meet.

In Princess Qiyang's smiling face, and Concubine Guo Gui was overjoyed to see it, Emperor Xianzong was willing to marry his daughter Princess Qiyang to Du Yi as his wife.On the day of the wedding, Emperor Xianzong personally sent Princess Qiyang to get married in Yulinde Palace, needless to say about the luxury of the scene.But Princess Qiyang never prided herself on being honorable in the Du family.

Princess Qiyang has never been extravagant and clamorous. In the second year after her marriage, Du Wei was promoted to the rank of young supervisor in the palace, the captain of the consort, and was released as the governor of Lizhou.Princess Qiyang went to the post with her son-in-law, and only brought more than ten servants. The slaves and maidservants all rode donkeys, and they were not allowed to eat meat.Extravagant offerings in states and counties along the road will not be accepted.Because of this, Du Ji is very clean and honest, never showing arrogance or extravagance.

Later, when Du's mother was sick in bed, Princess Qiyang served day and night and tasted the decoction; when her mother-in-law died, Princess Qiyang wept and cried.Princess Qiyang has been in the Du family for more than [-] years, and she has followed the law and etiquette in everything. Everyone in the mansion praises Concubine Guo Guifei for raising good children with etiquette.

This is the case with women, and the son Sui Wang Li Heng born to Concubine Guo not only has a good appearance, but also has a gentle and virtuous temperament, just like Princess Qiyang.Later, the prince Li Ning died of illness, and Emperor Xianzong made Li Heng, the third prince whom he usually loved, the prince.Concubine Guo has a son, Li Heng, who is the crown prince, and she is also Guo Ziyi's granddaughter, and she was born to Princess Shengping. All the concubines in the palace have no higher status than her. Emperor Xianzong also looked at Concubine Guo differently because of this, so Concubine Guo aroused the jealousy of concubines, especially the five sisters of the Song family, so they worked together to exclude Concubine Guo.

Unexpectedly, in the last years of Yuanhe, Song Ruoxin died of illness. Emperor Xianzong was very sad. From then on, he loved Song Ruozhao even more. She didn't have time to take care of it at all, so she entrusted her younger sisters, Song Ruoxian and Song Ruolun, to take charge of this task that would allow the harem to hold great power.

After Song Ruoxian got this errand, he also gained the power of the harem, and Emperor Xianzong made Song Ruozhao the wife of Liang Guo. For a while, their sisters had great authority in the palace. To worship and honor them, only Concubine Guo Gui refused to bend the rules to serve the Song sisters, which aroused the hatred of the Song sisters. At the moment of tenderness and ecstasy on the pillow, she tried her best to slander Guo Guifei to Emperor Xianzong, saying that she had a secret relationship with ministers, Conspiracy power.The three sisters Song Ruolun, Song Ruoxian, and Song Ruoxun exhausted all their lust and seduction for this, and Emperor Xianzong fell deeply into their fascination when they were in ecstasy of their bodies.

This year, because the position of the main palace had been vacant for a long time, the ministers handed in a chapter to ask Concubine Guo to be the queen, because mothers are more expensive than sons.Unexpectedly, this aroused Xianzong's suspicion, because what the Song sisters said about Concubine Guo's secret alliance with ministers had been found.Not only did Xianzong not appoint Concubine Guo as the queen, but he formally handed over all the power in the palace to Song Ruozhao, so Song Ruozhao did everything possible to make Xianzong happy. .

Although Guo Guifei was not a queen in the past, she ruled the six palaces and exercised the power of a queen everywhere. With her upbringing and virtues, she managed the harem in an orderly manner.Now Concubine Guo is worthy of her name. If she is called a concubine but is not a queen, she will not be able to exercise the power of a queen everywhere. She can only watch helplessly as the five beautiful female wolves brought into the room by her own hands ruin the harem into a miasma. There is nothing to do, regret it empty, sooner or later.

It's a pity that the beauty's blessings are poor, Song Ruozhao has been favored for several years, but also died short-lived.Emperor Xianzong was so devastated that he shed tears day and night in the palace.On the day of the funeral, despite the dissuasion of all the officials, Xianzong still used the queen's phoenix chariot to personally send Song Ruozhao off for the last journey.

(End of this chapter)