Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 92: The Death of Chao Gang (3) ([-])
Unexpectedly, it happened that the Crown Prince Li Yong used to go in and out of Jiaofang, and had a relationship with Concubine Yang Xian. At that time, he also swore to each other, but because she was a prostitute, the Crown Prince Li Yong was afraid of causing criticism, so he kept delaying it.But he didn't want a minister to please the emperor, so he told Emperor Wenzong how beautiful and ecstasy such a daughter of the Yang family was.Wenzong immediately sent the palace supervisor to take her into the palace.What made Prince Li Yong even more unexpected was that after a night of rain and dew, Wen Zong canonized Yang's daughter as a concubine, and also held a large banquet in the Xichun Hall to reward the officials to celebrate; , and respect the gift of mother.

Prince Li Yong was the eldest son, he was the first to go in to salute, but when he looked up, he saw the new concubine sitting on top, it was not someone else, but the person he liked who had bloomed flowers on the pillow with him and made a vow of eternal love.Because the emperor was in front of him, Prince Li Yong had no choice but to bow down under the pomegranate skirt of this woman.

The crown prince Li Yongbai got up, couldn't bear the fuss in his stomach, went out of the palace and returned to his own mansion, and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he smashed the antiques and treasures displayed in his study room to pieces. Everyone was dumbfounded.Just at this moment, the imperial decree came suddenly, and the prince Li Yong, who couldn't bear the cowardice in his belly, also suppressed it at this moment, and hurriedly arranged the incense table to receive the decree.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Zhongguan read the imperial decree, Li Yong was appointed as the crown prince. Before that, Li Yong was only the eldest son of the emperor, not the crown prince of the future heir to the throne.Immediately, a large number of ministers who followed suit gathered in the Prince's Mansion to congratulate Prince Li Yong. The three days and three nights of singing and feasting almost turned the mansion upside down.

After the Daqing celebration, according to the usual practice, Prince Li Yongde moved to the East Palace.The East Palace is very close to the Ninghui Palace where Concubine Yang Xian lives. Every morning, Prince Li Yong, who has always been promiscuous but only infatuated with Concubine Yang Xian, would stand on the top of the building and look out. The roof, the curtains are deep, and the courtyard is heavy, covering the beauty's figure.Prince Li Yong often sighs and feels sad for Jing Huairen and the house.

In the evening of that day, at dusk and on the moon, Prince Li Yong sneaked into Ninghui Palace quietly. Red and green lights were reflected in the corridor of the palace, and the courtyard was very dim.Prince Li Yongyin waited behind the light, for a long while, he saw Concubine Yang Xian, supporting a small servant, slowly stepping out of the corridor, leaning on the railing, looking at Yue'er, with a hint of melancholy and dejection in her expression, as if she was looking at Yue'er. The moon conceives a beloved person.

When Prince Li Yong saw him, he immediately decided that this was the person he had been thinking about day and night, thinking of him and his past love for Yue.Prince Li Yong looked at his sweetheart who seemed to be missing his sweetheart right in front of him, and he couldn't care less about avoiding the eyes and ears of the palace attendant, he shrugged and ran out hurriedly, reached out and grabbed Concubine Yang Xianfei's shoulder, and said only one sentence: "You Make me think so hard!" His tears flowed out.

Concubine Yang Xian was taken aback, her face paled immediately, panicked as if the end was approaching, but Concubine Yang Xian, who was in a panic, quickly calmed down, and her panic turned into anger on her face, Concubine Yang Xianfei tried her best to express her anger to Very, sure enough, with her acting talent, she made this scene very successful.When the maid servant saw Concubine Yang Xian, she struggled to free herself from Prince Li Yong's arms, then immediately raised her eyebrows, and said in a coquettish voice, "There is a thief". Son, I just thought it was just a spur of the moment Prince Li Yong, who had always been dissolute, admiring Concubine Yang Xian's beauty.

Prince Li Yong never dreamed that Concubine Yang Xian would be so calm and ruthless. Just now he thought that Concubine Yang Xian's sadness towards Yue was due to the fact that she was pregnant with her beloved.But he didn't dare to say anything, because he was afraid of disturbing the guards in the palace, he turned around and fled back to the East Palace.

At this time, Concubine Yang Xian climbed up to Gao Zhi'er, and she no longer put the prince in her heart and eyes.Now that the prince is acting so frivolously in front of the palace attendant, Concubine Yang Xian is angry, ashamed and afraid. If the palace attendant doesn't stop her and spread the matter to Long Live Lord, she can't keep herself from losing the emperor's favor.Concubine Yang Xian immediately made up a vicious idea, instead of sitting still and waiting for death, it is better to strike first, so Emperor Wenzong would hear Concubine Yang Xian speak bad things about the romantic prince day and night.

As soon as Wen Zong heard that Prince Li Yong dared to moles Concubine Yang Xian, whom he loved so much, he immediately sent an order to abolish Li Yong's crown prince and hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment under the strong anger caused by the strong sour gas that had surpassed Shanxi old mature vinegar.As a result, the imperial edict had not been conveyed, but Prince Li Yong had already heard about it.

Seeing that the catastrophe was inevitable, he closed the door alone, walked up and down the room, hesitated all night, and became more and more frightened when he thought about it. At dawn, Prince Li Yong was quietly in the room. Killed himself and died.

After Wenzong listened to the report by the courtiers of the Eastern Palace, the strong sourness that had surpassed the old Shanxi vinegar was immediately diluted by the family relationship between father and son. She was not moved, let alone shed a tear. At this time, it was Emperor Wenzong's younger brother An Wang Li Rong who occupied her whole heart.

Concubine Yang Xian has been tempted by the handsome appearance of Prince An Li Rong for a long time, and now the two have already hooked up in private, and now the prince slays himself, which is exactly what God wanted, so she took advantage of the time when the Long Live God was fascinated and dazed on her body, constantly On behalf of King An, please ask Long Live Lord Li An Wang Li Rong to be the crown prince.At the same time, King An Li Rong also bought the eunuchs in the palace with gold. On the second day, Qiu Shiliang led more than 20 eunuchs in charge to meet the Lord Long Live, and said that he would like to ask Li An Wang Li Rong to be the prince.It is menacing, and its voice is fierce.Wen Zong asked the eunuchs to take down the horses, and now seeing their unanimous remarks, he knew that King An Li Rong had formed an alliance with them, but he did not dare to tell the truth in person, he only reasoned that the establishment of a crown prince was a major state matter and had to be discussed with the prime minister.

The next day, Emperor Wenzong summoned Prime Minister Li Jue to the secret room to tell him about the eunuch's desire to establish King An, but Li Jue refused.Wen Zong sighed in grief and said, "Now that I am physically and mentally controlled by the eunuch, how can I still speak!?" As he spoke, he burst into tears.Li Jue also fell to the ground and shed tears, and said: "The old minister will definitely satisfy His Majesty!"

In a few days, a memorial signed by more than 500 civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty appeared, and Li Chengmei, the youngest son of Jingzong, who followed the rules, was promoted as the crown prince. It was only then that he took the courage to issue an imperial decree to appoint Li Chengmei as the crown prince.However, Wenzong was even more angry with the eunuchs in the palace. After a long time, he finally fell ill, so he summoned the prince Li Chengmei to supervise the country.Enemies and confidants densely packed in the palace had already robbed the emperor's secret decree from the palace.Then Qiu Shiliang changed the imperial edict privately, making Wenzong's younger brother Li Zhen the emperor's younger brother, and ordered the emperor's younger brother to supervise the country.

11. Eunuchs fighting for monarchy
The next day when Emperor Wenzong passed away, Prince Li Chengmei was about to go to the bedroom to cry for the Holy Spirit, and then she went outside the door of the bedroom. Suddenly, four strong warriors jumped out. Without any explanation, they captured the prince and put him in the secret room. Li Chengmei, a good boy of the royal family, was hanged to death with hemp rope by the emperor's younger brother Li Zhen.Then the emperor's younger brother Li Yu established himself as emperor on the first month of 840 AD, the day Emperor Wenzong died of illness, and sat in the court to listen to the government. He was called Emperor Wuzong.

Emperor Wuzong was shrewd and capable. He was afraid that his throne had been seized by conspiracy and force and people would not accept it, so he used coercion to rectify the imperial court.All the powers that had fallen during the time of Emperor Wenzong were restored by Emperor Wuzong.Qiu Shiliang is ignorant of current affairs, relying on his own merits in supporting the establishment, every time he attends the court meeting, he strides high and strides, and dominates all officials.Wu Zong had been angry for a long time, because the eunuchs in the palace were all the accomplices of Qiu Shiliang, and it was inconvenient to do anything, so he gave more gold and silk to the servants, so that they could defect from Qiu Shiliang and return to the emperor.

Qiu Shiliang felt that he was lonely, and this time he immediately understood the current affairs, and very wisely retired and returned to his hometown.Before the departure, many eunuchs had a farewell drink in Qiu Shiliang's mansion. At the last moment of parting, Qiu Shiliang gave all the eunuchs some good advice: "Everyone wants to establish authority in the palace, so you must not let the emperor be too shrewd and capable. You should Often guide him to extravagance, entertain his eyes and ears, make the day renew and the moon more prosperous, so that he has no time to take care of the important affairs of the government, and then we can achieve success! Be careful not to let the emperor get close to Confucian scholars. These scholars know the rise and fall of the previous generation, and worry about the country and the people They are loyal and passionate, but they still have resourcefulness and countermeasures when dealing with adversity; then we will have nowhere to use our power!"

12. The pomegranate dress in the cup died the shrewd emperor

If, as Qiu Shiliang said, Wu Zong clearly observed the inside and outside, and had no hobbies, and the eunuchs could not make the emperor insane, they would never be able to do something secretly to recruit power and accept bribes.Later they found that Wu Zong only loved the things in the cup, often drank, and got drunk when he drank, so the eunuchs searched for famous wines from all over the world.Su Yunzhong, the governor of Youzhou, heard that Emperor Wuzong loved wine, so he presented twelve altars of famous wine, and at the same time presented a beautiful woman named Xiao Yinger who persuaded him to drink.

Xiaoyinger was originally a famous prostitute in Yangzhou. She is not only beautiful, but also good at persuading people to drink.Whenever the Huayan first opened, Xiao Yinger opened her delicate throat and sang "Song of the Eight Immortals in Wine".Every time you sing a song, you will be persuaded to drink for a round.The guests in the seat are not only greedy for her beauty, but also love her delicate throat, they raised their glasses and drank without knowing it.Little Ying'er is full of new wine orders, and the ten sceneries in the house are full of jade tubes.Each tube of chips is a kind of wine order, which is elegant and fragrant.There are elegant words carved on the teeth, even if you can't drink alcohol, you can't help drinking a few glasses to make fun of it.Therefore, literati, Yashida, officials, wealthy businessmen all crowded in Xiao Yinger's dressing room, and they were reluctant to leave after staying for many days.The little Yinger, who is becoming more and more famous by the day, started to ignore these literati, refined scholars and wealthy businessmen, and let them come and go when they were happy; because she worked hard for high officials and dignitaries, now that little Yinger is able to serve the emperor, it can be regarded as Flattered to the top.

Although Emperor Wuzong was wise, how could he resist such a flowery beauty who could sing sweetly, dance wonderfully, drink elegantly, joke and joke, and excel in bed.Ever since he got Xiaoyinger, Emperor Wuzong drank with her all day long in Jiangyun Pavilion, listened to songs, guessed fists and played orders, until he was so drunk that he couldn't keep his eyes open. Then he showed his skills there, exhausting Emperor Wuzong's energy again and again, and he really didn't have any extra energy to take care of major political affairs.When the eunuchs in the palace saw that Yingjun and Mingzhu were finally teased by them, they immediately began recruiting power and accepting bribes.

Soon after, Emperor Wuzong became sick due to excessive drinking, which hurt his lungs. When he deeply regretted that he should not be lustful and greedy for alcohol, his lung disease recurred day by day, and he struggled until winter, and Wuzong died.Emperor Wuzong, who died of illness in the Daming Palace in Chang'an, was only 33 years old when he died.But at the age of 33, he was already emaciated and skinny.

At this time, the palace was dominated by eunuchs again. When Wu Zong was critically ill, a group of power eunuchs secretly proposed to make Wu Zong's younger brother Taishu Guang Wang Li Chen the crown prince.

(End of this chapter)