Lady Flower Bud
Compared with the Lady Huarui mentioned by everyone today, compared with the Former Shu Emperor Wang Jian's Lady Huarui, both in appearance and talent, it can be said that she is superior, especially in terms of personality, there is a world of difference.
So who is this Lady Flower? What are the ups and downs of her life?
Here, I also list her as Lady Flower Lady No. 2.
Lady Huarui No. 2 was the favorite concubine of the Later Shu lord Meng Chang, also surnamed Xu, and was said to be the niece of the former Shu lord Wang Jian' Lady Huarui. She is a famous female poet of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and together with Zhuo Wenjun, Xue Tao, and Huang E, she is known as the "Four Talented Women of Shuzhong". She has nearly a hundred poems in circulation, one of which is "A Poem about the Death of the Kingdom", which is quite praised by people: "The flag was lowered on the king's city, and the concubines learned it in the deep palace." Fourteen thousand people were disarmed, and none of them were boys. ”
So, what kind of feelings will make Madame Huarui issue a lament that "none of them are boys"?
Lady Flower: Smell the cuckoo all the time right away
After the Former Shu Dynasty was destroyed by Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, a man named Meng Zhixiang was appointed as the envoy of Liangchuan Jiedu, and when Meng Zhixiang arrived in Shuzhong, Later Tang began civil unrest, and Emperor Zhuangzong was killed. At this time, Meng Zhixiang began to play his own wishful thinking, he trained soldiers and horses in the Shuzhong area, reserve grain and grass, and after the death of Tang Mingzong, Meng Zhixiang immediately raised the banner of Great Shu and established himself as emperor, that is, what historians call Hou Shu. But he claimed that the emperor died not long after. In this way, the throne naturally transitioned to the hands of Crown Prince Meng Chang.
Meng Chang is a rich and powerful rich second generation, literary attainments are also very high, it is said that he is also the inventor of the couplet, his literary name can even be compared with the generation of word emperor Li Yu, is a real cultural emperor, so it is quite tasteful to play, he suspects that there is no beautiful woman in the palace, he launched a nationwide audition, and there are twelve levels in addition to concubines. At this time, a beautiful woman came into his field of vision, this woman surnamed Xu, born with a graceful posture, picturesque eyebrows, proficient in musical rhythms, literary talent, known as one of the "four talented women in Shu".
According to the Northern Song Dynasty Huang Xiufu's "Maoting Guest's Sayings": In the early years of Meng Chang, there was a rainbow in the well of Xu Guangpu's (the brother of Xu Concubine of former Shu) in Qingcheng, and GuangPu's mother said: When Wang Shu was in the well, there was a rainbow into our family well, and Wang Xian lord (Wang Jian) married our family woman as a concubine; now that the rainbow has entered my house, there must be a woman as a concubine, and the man is a general, and the rainbow entering the well is a precursor. However, ten days later, the daughter of the Xu family was indeed selected into the Houshu Palace, became Meng Chang's concubine, and was given the title of Concubine Hui. Meng Chang saw that Princess Xu Huifei was born beautiful and talented, and was overjoyed, and called her "Lady Huarui".
Hibiscus flowers
Mrs. Huarui has a special hobby, that is, she loves peony flowers and red mast flowers, so Meng Chang ordered officials and people to plant peonies in large quantities, which has the trend of "Luoyang Peony Jia Tianxia, Chengdu Peony Jia Luoyang". Meng Chang and Mrs. Huarui circled the flowers day and night, and gathered the courtiers to open a feast to reward peonies. It is said that there was a Taoist monk named Shen Tianshi, who heard that Madame Huarui liked flowers, so he gave her two seeds of red fir flower, which was very special, its color was red, its petals were six, and the fragrance was striking. Because of its rarity, some people painted it on a tuan fan and called it a "hibiscus" flower. Whenever the hibiscus blooms, Chengdu is forty miles away, and the flowers are like a brocade, so Chengdu is called "Rongcheng".
In 960, Zhao Kuangyin, the former inspector of the Later Zhou Dynasty, launched the "Chen Qiao Mutiny", seized the power of Later Zhou, established the Song Dynasty, changed the Yuan Jianlong, reorganized the army through Wu, and marched south to the Northern Expedition, with the goal of Hou Shu. Lady Huarui often advised Meng Chang to try to govern when she was traveling, and Meng Chang always thought that the mountains and rivers in Shudi were dangerous and could be rejected by the dangers of the mountains and rivers.
In November of the second year of Song Taizu Qiande, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin ordered Wang Quanbin to lead an army of 60,000 Shu to the Zhongwu Festival, and within two months, he swept away the two rivers and surrounded Chengdu, and the 140,000 Shu soldiers defending Chengdu collapsed without a fight. Just after the Lantern Festival of the third year of Qiande, Meng Chang went out of the city to ask for surrender, and took his family to Bieliang to meet Song Taizu.
Zhao Kuangyin had long heard of Lady Huarui's beauty and talent, and had long planned to take advantage of her own, and in order to have a chance to see Fang Rong in the future, he first built a palace for his family in Bieliang, and sealed Meng Chang as the Duke of Qin, rewarding a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, and it was expected that they would definitely enter the palace to thank them. Sure enough, after Meng Chang entered Beijing, he took the family to see Xie En, Taizu recognized Madame Huarui at a glance from among the cadres, and when she came to the front of the seat, a kind of fragrance came to the nose, which made people shake their hearts, carefully scrutinize, and even more felt that they were charming, just opened their mouths, and the delicate sound was like a warbler spring, so that Taizu suddenly came out of his soul. When Madame Huarui found that Taizu's gaze was glued to her face, she couldn't help but blush and hurriedly bowed her head and retreated. When this was about to go, Madame Huarui did not know what to mean, but she looked back, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and as soon as the autumn wave turned, the fire in Song Taizu's heart evaporated her own soul at once.
Seven days later, Meng Chang died of a violent illness.
After Meng Chang's death, Taizu posthumously honored him as the King of Chu. His mother was well aware of her son's death, and she raised her wine and said, "You can't be martyred with one death, and you are greedy to live here, and I also live in the human world because of you, and if I can't bear it, I will die, and now that you are dead, what is the meaning of my life?" So he went on a hunger strike for several days and died.
After dealing with the family's affairs, Lady Huarui entered the palace to thank her, and Taizu saw that Lady Huarui was full of mushrooms, and it was even more touching, so he left her in the palace and ordered her to serve a banquet. Lady HuaRui did not dare to disobey the Holy Order, and in the middle of drinking, Taizu said: "I have heard that Qing Qing's poems are famous far and wide, so why not give a poem to help the wine rejoice?" Madame Huarui did not take off her resignation, and whispered a poem of "Picking Mulberries": "At the beginning of the departure from Shu Dao, the heart will be broken, the hatred will be long, the spring day will be like a year, and the cuckoo will be smelled all the time." The three thousand palace women are all flowers, fighting Chan Juan, and learning to the heavens, who knows today is a rumor. He then said, "This word was written on the wall of the caravanserai when I left the Shu Kingdom that day and passed through Ye Mengguan. Isn't it possible to know that the thousands of miles are rugged, to go to Beijing, to meet you Lord Song, and the rumors of the ten thousand miles to the heavens are the fulfillment of the Song Dynasty? ”
Song Taizu listened, did not say a word, and drank three cups in a row before saying, "You can make a new one!" ”
Lady Huarui pondered for a moment, and her mouth was absolutely occupied: "The king's city has lowered the flag on the tree, and the concubines have learned in the deep palace; 140,000 people have been disarmed, and none of them are boys." ”
At this time, Song Taizu heard Lady Huarui's thoughts about her homeland, and the pain of the subjugation of the country deepened her admiration for Lady Huarui. After a few glasses of wine, Lady Huarui's face was full of xiaxia, adding a few charms, and Taizu couldn't help but take Lady Huarui's hand and enter the palace together, and soon named Lady Huarui a noble concubine.
Although Lady Huarui came from Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, she still remembered Meng Chang, the lord of the Shu Dynasty, and offered her portrait to the palace, and from time to time she prostrated herself with incense, and one day, When Taizu asked, Lady Huarui said in order to cope with Taizu: "This is the popular statue of Zhang Xian, and it is a pious offering to get heirs." Taizu listened, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be stupid or believing it to be true, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that Madame Huarui was begging for a son for them. After that, the concubines in the palace all worshiped Zhang Xianzhao in order to seek children, and gradually spread from the palace to the people. Later, someone also gave a poem on this matter: "The offering of the spirit is said to be a god, and a little infatuation is always not lost; the only death in the eternal hardships is sad." ”
Later, Lady Huarui, because of the power struggle between the Song court, violated the interests of Taizu's younger brother Guangyi on the issue of establishing the crown prince, and was shot by Zhao Guangyi, later Song Taizong, during a hunting expedition.
Regarding the death of Lady Huarui, there were many versions later derived, the most popular of which was that Lady Huarui fell in love with Zhao Guangyi and fulfilled his statement.
After the death of Lady Huarui, she was worshipped as a child-giver by the people, and was also worshipped as the goddess of the October hibiscus flower.