It is said that ancient women paid attention to "three from four virtues", what married from husband and the like, and there were many "reward mechanisms" for this purpose, such as: chastity arches.
But in the eyes of some queens, chastity is "all garbage"! For example, Empress Zhao of Emperor Hancheng, Empress Jia of Emperor Hui of Jin, Empress Feng of Emperor Wen of Wei, Empress Wei of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang...
However, if you give these debauched empresses a name, then the first place is definitely - He Jingying, the empress of The Southern Qi Emperor Xiao Zhaoye!!
In ancient times, if a woman wanted to become a rich wife, the necessary condition was to be born into a famous family, and He Jingying was like this.
Her grandfather was He Shangzhi, the Sikong of the Liu Song Dynasty, and his father was he Shu, a general of the Southern Qi Fu Army.
In the third year of Yongming, He Jingying married Xiao Zhaoye, the grandson of Emperor Xiao of Qiwu and the son of Xiao Changmao, the Prince of Wenhui, and became the Princess of Nan County.
However, Xiao Zhaoye's father, the then crown prince Xiao Changmao, was not in good health, and in the first month of the eleventh year of Yongming, Crown Prince Xiao Changmao died. Xiao Zhaoye was therefore made the Emperor's grandson, and He Jingying was promoted to the title of Imperial Princess.
In July of the same year, Xiao Zhaoye's emperor grandfather died of illness, Xiao Zhaoye took the throne, and He Jingying was made empress.
In a word: if you want to be promoted quickly, you must die two generations first...
Xiao Zhaoye happily wrote 37 happy words!
To say that Xiao Zhaoye, the emperor, is also a strange thing, his wife's concubines, he actually pulled the string to meet, one is even his subordinate...
In the "History of the South", it is recorded that the concubines are sexually promiscuous, the king of the Southern County travels with the rogues, and the concubines choose their beauty, and all have sex. The Nanjun King's attendant Ma Cheng was young and beautiful, very concubine, and often fought with the fighting wrists, and the Nanjun King thought he was laughing.
This passage translates, which means: Xiao Zhaoye has many fox friends, and He Jingying always chooses a good-looking one from his friends to be a male pet. One of them, Ma Cheng, was Xiao Zhaoye's attendant, young and beautiful, and was loved by He Jingying.
In order to cover up her own private feelings for Yue Ma Cheng, He Jingying often summoned Ma Cheng to the palace on the grounds of "fighting wrists and competing", but in fact she was waiting for the opportunity to rain and clouds...
In addition to Ma Cheng, He Jingying also has a lover named Yang Minzhi, whose mother is a witch who used witchcraft to help Xiao Zhaoye curse his father and grandfather, so the mother and son were very favored by Xiao Zhaoye.
And Yang Minzhi often slept with He Jingying, coming and going like a couple.
There is also the witch Yang Minzhi, who is also beautiful, and the concubine especially loves Yuezhi, and sleeps with her, such as the two. - "History of the South"
But Xiao Zhaoye not only did not object to this, but his feelings with He Jingying and Yang Minzhi were still close... I think it's probably called: from now on, the three people will live happily ever after...
There is a description in the "History of the North and South":
"Even uglier is the Empress He, who is also an adulteress class leader." After entering the house, he stayed alone in the middle palace and undertook the taste of lonely sleep. Since she had lost her temper before, why should she be consummated at this time? But Qiao Zhaoye left and right Yang Min, born with white lips and red lips, plump and chuchu, from He Hou peeked into the eyes, he secretly ordered the palace maid to introduce, give the feast flirtation. Yang Minyuan was a friend of the film, not only did he accept the empress's kindness, but also what not to rely on, a few glasses of wine, hand in hand, for the rain as a cloud, do not need to elaborate. ”
And He Jingying was so "open" that she learned from her stepmother and mother-in-law!
As mentioned above, He Jingying's father was the Southern Qi Fujun general He Shu, and He Jingying's wife was Liu Chuyu, the famous "Princess of Shanyin" in history.
Princess Shanyin once demanded that "Your Majesty (Liu Ziye) have tens of thousands of six palaces, and the concubines are only horses, and things are uneven", and asked for "the first thirty people to be placed" (Book of Song) for her own sexual immorality.
Coincidentally, He Jingying's mother-in-law, Wang Baoming, the wife of Xiao Zhaoye's father, also "placed thirty people left and right in the south" ("History of the South") and acted as the head of the face.
Stepmother and mother-in-law can enjoy it so much, how can He Jingying, as an empress, not be foolish?
Husband Xiao Zhaoye three palaces and six courtyards, arbitrarily pampered, everywhere targeted ~
His wife He Jingying is not willing to be lonely, "the Pavilion is open at night, the outside and the inside are confused, there is no difference" ("Zizhi Tongjian"), and the men on the path to the harem are endless, and the shadows are continuous.
When other empresses did something wrong, they at least had some scruples about secret operations, but when they came to He Jingying, they made such a big fuss!
You say she's number one in the leaderboard, is that what she deserves?!