During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, three Lady Huarui appeared, the most famous of which was Lady Huarui, the noble concubine of The Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang. After the fall of later Shu, Lady Huarui wrote the famous "Poems on the Death of the State" in front of Zhao Kuangyin and became Zhao Kuangyin's noble concubine. The noble concubines of the two dynasties, how glorious and favored, and then, the end of Lady Huarui was not very good, one theory is that she was shot by Zhao Guangyi, and some are said to be depressed.
And the view that most people in the world agree on is that Lady Huarui died at the hands of Zhao Guangyi, which is more interesting, before Zhao Kuangyin was alive, why did Zhao Guangyi dare to shoot Lady Huarui to death? Let's talk about it.
Lady Huarui was a native of Qingcheng, and after entering the palace to become a concubine of Meng Chang, Meng Chang was really not a good emperor, but he had a good father, who laid a good foundation for him, plus the natural dangers of Shudi, so Meng Chang's first days were very good.
He doesn't have to pay much attention to government affairs, his heart is on pleasure, all day long thinking about how to spoil the harem, what food to eat, what exquisite utensils to use, what to drink, etc., the so-called drunken dream is nothing more than death.
It was under such circumstances that Madame Huarui entered the palace, she could sing and dance, was beautiful and intelligent and good at writing poetry, and soon won the favor of Meng Chang, and was named a noble concubine and enjoyed exclusive favors. Meng Chang and Madame Hua Rui spent a long time together, and they didn't have to worry about government affairs, and all they thought about all day was how to have fun.
The relationship between the two is very good, Meng Chang is tired of eating in the palace, every time he eats, he looks at the masterpieces of the imperial chefs, there is no appetite at all, Mrs. Huarui looks at the eyes and has a heart, and when she goes back, she thinks of personally making food for Meng Chang, so there is the famous "Crimson Sheep Head" and "Moon Plate", which makes Meng Chang very moved, and Meng Chang also gave Mrs. Huarui the love and glory and wealth.
However, the enjoyment behind closed doors was doomed to not last long, just when Meng Chang and Madame Huarui did not know the geometry of the human world, the outside changed. Zhao Kuangyin Chen Qiao mutinied and the yellow robe was added, so Later Zhou died, and the Great Song Li. Zhao Kuangyin was unwilling to continue to allow the various separatist regimes to exist independently, so the war to pacify the genius unfolded step by step, and even if Hou Shu had natural dangers, it could not stop Zhao Kuangyin's army.
In the face of the Song army, Hou Shu almost fell without a fight, and in just two months, Meng Chang fell, and then moved to the Beijing Division with Lady Huarui and so on. Madame Huarui's beauty and talent deeply touched Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin could not have imagined that such a deep palace woman could write the following verses:
The flag was lowered on the king's city, and the concubines learned in the deep palace? 140,000 people were disarmed, and not a single one was a man!
If the soldiers of Later Shu heard this poem, they would inevitably bow their heads in shame, and their courage was not as good as that of a woman in a deep palace. It was lady Huarui who was attracted to Zhao Kuangyin, but Meng Chang was still alive after all, and she belonged to Meng Chang.
It is also coincidental that Meng Chang died seven days after arriving in Beijing, the cause of death is unknown, how to look at this does not look like a normal death, in fact, the world believes that Zhao Kuangyin did it. After Meng Chang's death, Lady Huarui was taken into the palace by Zhao Kuangyin and was soon promoted to a noble concubine.
However, Lady Huarui has no true feelings for Zhao Kuangyin at all, but she is just a vain snake under the fear of death, and she always loves Meng Chang. She even ordered someone to paint a portrait of Meng Chang and worship it every day, even if it was discovered by Zhao Kuangyin.
Although Lady Huarui had no true feelings for Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin liked this concubine very much, not only making her a noble concubine, but also wanting her to become an empress, but only because of other things. It is reasonable to say that such a flower lady must be in the harem like a fish, and has a good ending, but it does not.
There are roughly two versions of Madame Huarui's ending, one of which is mentioned by Cai Dongfan in the "History of Song", saying that with the passage of time, Madame Huarui has aged and declined, and gradually lost Zhao Kuangyin's favor. Zhao Kuangyin has a new favorite, while Madame Huarui stays alone in the empty room and ends up depressed.
This kind of statement is not very realistic, after all, Madame Huarui's heart really loves Meng Chang, and she has no true feelings for Zhao Kuangyin, how can she be depressed because she has lost favor?
In contrast, another version is more likely, that is, killed by Zhao Guangyi. Some notebook novels of the Northern Song Dynasty have recorded this, such as Shao Bo's record of Madame Huarui being shot to death by Zhao Guangyi in the "After-hearing Record", saying that at a hunting banquet, Zhao Guangyi was sullen and did not drink, Zhao Kuangyin raised his wine glass to persuade his brother to drink, and Zhao Guangyi said:
"If Your Majesty can make Lady Huarui fold branches and flowers for her subjects, the subjects will not be drunk and will not return."
Zhao Kuangyin looked at Madame Huarui beside her, and she stood up and went to fold the flowers, only to be shot to death by Zhao Guangyi's bow. Zhao Kuangyin was just about to get angry, and Zhao Guangyi quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty has the world, it is advisable to respect yourself for the community, and stay away from wine!" When all was said and done, and Lady Huarui was already dead, Zhao Kuangyin could only choose to forgive Zhao Guangyi, and the banquet proceeded as usual.
This version is actually not very likely, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi are brotherly relations, but also a relationship of kings and subjects. Zhao Guangyi would not be stupid enough to let Madame Huarui fold flowers for herself at such a banquet, after all, she was a noble concubine, a woman of Zhao Kuangyin, and if Zhao Guangyi did this, he would punch Zhao Kuangyin in the face, he was not stupid, he would not annoy Zhao Kuangyin like this.
Moreover, he couldn't have killed Lady Huarui in order to make Zhao Kuangyin focus on sheji and stay away from beauty, this was also a centrifugal thing, why did he want to do it? Even if it is advice, it is completely possible to advise Zhao Kuangyin to stay away from beauty when the two people are in private contact, in that case, Zhao Kuangyin can still thank him for his goodness.
Shooting Zhao Kuangyin's noble concubine in public, is this not a blatant disregard for Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor? Can Zhao Kuangyin easily let him go? So where is the imperial power? Where is the majesty of the emperor? Zhao Guangyi couldn't be stupid enough to do such a thing to make Zhao Kuangyin jealous of him.
Therefore, this version of the record is basically impossible, and Cai's record in the "Discussion on the Iron Walled Mountain" is more likely. It is said that Lady Huarui believes that Meng Chang's death was caused by Zhao Kuangyin, so she wants to avenge Meng Chang, and she often poisons Zhao Kuangyin, fortunately, they are found in time and do not hurt Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin knew that Lady Huarui had hatred for herself and did not care, but Zhao Guangyi could not look at it, and often advised Zhao Kuangyin to get rid of Lady Huarui, after all, put such a time bomb around him, maybe one day she would die, Zhao Kuangyin was not unaware of such a possibility, but he was reluctant to do so.
One day, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi were hunting in the hunting garden, and Lady Huarui was also with him, and Zhao Guangyi decided to get rid of Lady Huarui for Zhao Kuangyin. Suddenly shot back at Lady Flower, and died with an arrow. ”
Lady Huarui was shot to death by Zhao Guangyi in this way, and Zhao Guangyi shot Lady Huarui for Zhao Kuangyin's safety, and Zhao Kuangyin naturally could not blame this younger brother. But did Zhao Guangyi really shoot Lady Huarui because she threatened Zhao Kuangyin's life?
Even Zhao Kuangyin didn't care about Madame Huarui's poisoning, so why did Zhao Guangyi care? He only needed to fulfill the responsibilities of his courtiers and advise Zhao Kuangyin from time to time to get rid of this threat, as for whether Zhao Kuangyin listened or not, that was his business, and had nothing to do with Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi didn't need to shoot Lady Huarui to please Zhao Kuangyin, what if he made a fool of himself and attracted Zhao Kuangyin's hatred?
Therefore, if Zhao Guangyi did not get any benefit from it or If Madame Huarui did not threaten him, there was no need to shoot Madame Huarui to death. But he still shot Mrs. Flower Rui, why? Because Madame Flower Rui threatened him.
Lady Huarui became Zhao Kuangyin's noble concubine, very much favored by Zhao Kuangyin, and her pillow wind is sometimes very useful, for example, in the matter of Li Chu, although Lady Huarui did not give birth to a son for Zhao Kuangyin, she also had an object of support, and her object, no matter who it was, was Zhao Kuangyin's son, not Zhao Guangyi.
This made Zhao Guangyi feel resentful, afraid that Zhao Kuangyin would really set up his own son as the prince under lady Hua Rui's tutelage, and if Zhao Kuangyin's son was made crown prince, then there would be nothing for him Zhao Guangyi to do. That's why he had to get rid of Madame Flower Bud.
Some people think that Zhao Guangyi is because he likes Madame Huarui and holds the mentality of destroying it if he can't get it, this is simply impossible, in the face of power, what is a woman?