In ancient times, young and beautiful women were often called "red face disaster water", believing that all bad things were done by women, and the first woman in history to suffer such a stigma was no one else, the yuan concubine sister of the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie (read "the end"), and the Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiang compiled the "Biography of the Daughters of the Lie, The Biography of the Evil Concubines" in which there are clouds: sisters and sisters, concubines of Xia Jie. Beauty is in color, thin in morality, and there is no way.
What do you mean?
Xia Jie's Yuan Concubine Yuxi, although beautiful, but not virtuous, the Xia Dynasty's Jiangshan is what she broke, the beauty of Meixi, some people call her: looks like a hibiscus, beautiful and natural. Such a woman is naturally loved by everyone, and Xia Jie likes her, but why should she damage the Xia Dynasty's Jiangshan?
"Chinese Jin Yu I" also knows: Sister Xi has a favorite, so Hu and Yi Yinbi died in Xia.
Sister Xi with the favor of Xia Jie, and Shang Tang "first name" Yi Yin colluded with each other to destroy the Xia Kingdom together, according to this record, some people in later generations called her the first spy in history, but the question is, why did Mei Xi collude with Yi Yin, why did she destroy the Xia Kingdom, synthesize many ancient books, and remove the fog of history, we will find that Mei Xi destroyed Xia, not as simple as the legend, and there is a euphemistic and sad story in the middle.
One: Get married
Mei Xi had only one man in her life, Xia Jie, and the reason why she married Xia Jie, the "Chinese Jin Yu I" recorded: Xi Xia Jie had Shi, and there was Shi Shi who was a sister and a daughter.
There is a small country in The Mengyin region of Shandong, known as the Shi Kingdom, although it is named after the country, it is actually not a real country, but a small tribe of less than a hundred miles in circumference, such a small tribe, also dare not listen to the words of the Xia Dynasty, so that Xia Jie is very angry, very angry What to do?
Personally led the army to conquest, there was Shi Shi to resist the enemy, but helpless, sacrificed his sister's joy to calm Xia Jie's anger. Mei Xi appeared in front of Xia Jie in this way, because of her beauty, Causing Xia Jie to be full of anger and dissipate, and immediately took her to Xia Yi Xia Yi (Henan Yanshi), was crowned as a Yuan Concubine, and lived a happy and happy life ever since.
According to this experience, some people believe that Xia Jie almost died, and Mei Xi cherished the hatred of the country and the family, so from this moment on, she was willing to take revenge, however.
"Marriage" was originally made "faint", and the Tang Dynasty scribe Kong Yingda said in the "Li Ji , Faint Righteousness , Shu " : Men greet women when they are faint. This is the origin of "marriage", the implication is that men generally marry their wives at night, why should they marry wives at night?
The "Zhou Yi Tun Ancient Ballad Song" records the ancient marriage customs, that is, Tun Ru, Kui Ru. By horse, BanRu. Bandit, marriage.
The horses lingered, for what, not because of the bandits, but because someone came to rob them. It turns out that there is a custom of robbing relatives between ancient tribes, called "robbery marriage system", men marry wives at night, just to prevent robbing relatives, a custom has such a far-reaching influence, can be associated with "etiquette", it can be seen that robbing relatives was a common thing at that time, many women are married in this way, how can Meixi hate Xia Jie, moreover, There is no death.
After marriage, Xia Jie is very good to Her Sister Xi, and when she meets such a man, a stone will also be slowly baked, but Mei Xi is not a stone, and at the beginning of marrying Xia Jie, she was still very happy.
Two: Sweet love
In the "Imperial Century" of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Pu Mizhi, it is recorded that (Xia Jie) is qiong room Yaotai, three thousand golden pillars, starting with tiles as a house, looking at the clouds and rain, dajin dwarfs advocating excellence, for the joy of the rambling, the play of Qiwei, the sound of indulgence, day and night with sister Xi and palace women to drink, often put sister on the knee, sister likes to smell the sound of cracking, jie for cracking, to go with the flow.
The Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiangzhi's "Biography of the Daughters of the Column and the Biography of the Evil Concubines" also says: Drinking day and night with sisters and palace girls, there is no time for rest. The sister was delighted on her lap, listened to her words, fainted, and arrogantly and arrogantly. For the wine pool can be transported boats, a drum and cattle drinkers three thousand people, its head and drink in the wine pool, drunk and drowned, the sister laughed, thinking that it was fun.
Synthesizing the above records and some folklore, the life after the marriage of the sister Xi should be like this, shortly after arriving at the palace, he complained to the king of Xia Jie that the palace where he lived was small and old, living very uncomfortable, originally it was just casually said, but Xia Jie was on the heart, he built a lot of construction, rebuilt the palace, and gave a very good name, called the palace, the meaning of the words is estimated to be praising the sister Xi is the meaning of the world.
Mei Xi had a dream when she was young, she wanted to see people rowing boats and drinking in a large wine pool, and the King of Xia Ji realized her wish, really excavated a large wine pool, and recruited three thousand people from all over the country who could drink in the wine pool to row and drink for Mei Xi to watch;
Mei Xi liked men to dress as women, and the King of Xia Ji fulfilled her request, letting her put on men's clothes and hold her on her knees, and discuss state affairs with the ministers.
It can be seen from this that Xia Jie really loves her sister to the bone, women, have a little temper, under such love, Mei Xi is more and more dependent on Xia Jie, so that gradually can not extricate herself, so that the tragedy of her life began.
Three: Love one person, hate a lifetime
What happens when a woman places all her hopes in her life on a man?
The "Bamboo Book Chronicle" says: Three years, build a palace. According to this record, meixi entered the palace three years before Xia Jie, and only eleven years after such a happy life, Xia Xi changed, becoming more and more strange and more difficult for Mei Xi to accept.
Fourteen years... The min mountain is flattened, and the min mountain woman Yu Jie is two people, yue wan, yue yan. After loving the two, the female childless Yan, belittled her name in the jade of Amaranth. 苕 is 琬, Hua is 琰, and abandons his concubine Yu Luo, Yue Mei Xi, yu Qiangong as Yaotai Juzhi.
In the fourteenth year of Xia Jie, there was another Min Shan disobedience, Xia Jie ordered bian Shuaishi to fight, min shan clan could not support, sacrificed two beautiful women Huan and Yan, Huan and Yan are younger than sister Xi, more beautiful than Sister Xi.
As the old saying goes: Israel does something to others, and peace lasts. For more than ten years, Mei Xi's temper, Mei Xi's face, xia Jie have been used to it, tired of it, and now that there is a new beauty, she immediately empathizes with her love and "abandons her yuan concubine Yu Luo", allowing Mei Xi to live alone in the palace that carries a lot of joy.
"Only hear the new people laughing, who sees the old people crying", for Mei Xi, the husband who has always been obedient and obedient suddenly fell in love with other women, her sky collapsed, and in how much "He Yijia was a beautiful person, walking freely to worry about himself." After such a pitiful day, the fire of jealousy ignited in Meixi's heart, and it became more and more difficult to control herself: You are already sorry for me, so don't blame me for being sorry for you.
Love to the extreme has become hate, a lifetime of unforgettable hatred, at this time I think of revenge, revenge on the weak and widowed Xia Jie, but she is a weak and helpless woman who wants to take revenge on the powerful king, who hears it is a joke, so when the sister is hesitant and helpless, as if the heavens are willing, the opportunity has come, what opportunity?
The "Bamboo Book Chronicle" says: Seventeen years, the Shang envoy Yi Yin came to the dynasty.
At this time, because of Xia Jie's absurdity, it had already caused dissatisfaction among the tribes, and one of these tribes, a Shang state established by the Shang people, had become the leader second only to Bactria, his name was Shang Tang, and when Xia Jie was seventeen years old, Shang Tang sent his subordinates, Yi Yin, who was known as the "first xiang" in history, to Come to Shu Yu.
Of course, another theory about Yi Yin to Shu Yu is that Yi Yin deliberately betrayed the merchants in order to gain Xia Jie's trust, but in any case, Yi Yin went to Shu Yu with extremely sinister purposes, so after arriving at Yi Yin, he squandered money and made friends with powerful people, and when he came and went, this strange person spread to Mei Xi's ears.
The contradiction between the Shang clan and Bactria had become an open secret, and at this time, Shang Tang's important assistants were stranded and did not return, and they were still moving around, was he really aimless?
The first spy in history was the fifth emperor of the Xia Dynasty, Shao Kang, the general female Ai, when Shao Kang rebelled against Han Huan, that is, female Ai infiltrated the Cold Country and spied on military intelligence, all of which were things of the Xia Dynasty, and that trick could be understood if you thought about it carefully, so Mei Xi took the initiative to contact Yi Yin and leaked some important information.
Yi Yin was overjoyed and quickly reported it to Shang Tang. Shang Tang therefore made many targeted deployments, the two of them have been in contact, until Xia Jie thirty-one years, Sister Xi spent fourteen years, finally destroyed Xia, what is her fate after the fall of the Xia Dynasty, is she really willing to put Xia Jie to death?
Four: Let's run away together
No one knows how she thought in fourteen years, the only thing that can be known is that when Shang Tang extinguished the summer, Mei Xi deeply regretted it.
In the "Huainan Zi", it is said that Tang was defeated in Alexandria, and he and his sister Xi were in the same boat floating on the river, and they died on the mountain of the South Nest. Similar records such as the "Chronicle of History", "Bamboo Book Chronicle", "Imperial Century", "Biography of the Daughters" and other ancient books have slightly different statements, but combined, such a story can be derived.
When Shang Tang attacked Huo Huan, Xia Jie had become a lonely man, Wan and Yan did not know where to flee, Mei Xi saw that her husband was so pitiful, full of hatred immediately disappeared, walked to Xia Jie's side, and calmly said: "Jie, let's flee together." ”
Xia Ji looked at her gratefully, and then fled with her to Mingtiao in Fengqiu, Henan with the remnants of the troops, Shang Tang quickly chased after her, Xia Jie was defeated and captured, Mei Xi also followed along as a prisoner, Shang Tang also liked Mei Xi's beauty, and even prepared to marry Mei Xi, but Mei Xi firmly said that she wanted to accompany her husband who was already lonely, Yi Yin also remembered some of the benefits of Mei Xi at this time, so he helped her say a few good words, to the effect that: Mei Xi is a red face disaster, and the king will definitely have disasters if he marries her.
Shang Tang saw the fate of King Xia Jie, and his heart was indeed a little afraid, so he agreed to Mei Xi's request and imprisoned her and King Xia Ji in Mingtiao together.
Natsuki had a miserable life in Naruchi, so he planned to flee again, and when he told Heriki about this idea, Shexi agreed to her husband's request just as Natsuki had been obedient to her.
Accompanied By Xia Jie, he secretly ran to the Yingshui River, rowed a boat to Chao Lake in Anhui Province, and lived the life of a wild man in the Nest Mountain of Chao Lake, and finally both starved to death and completed a contradictory life.
Loving a person and hating a lifetime is certainly a sister's joy, but when her lover was defeated and impoverished, she chose to flee with him and starve to death together, I think, Xia Jie must be happy in the end.
References: "Bamboo Book Chronicle", "History", "Biography of Lienu", "Huainanzi", "Imperial Century", "Chinese Marriage History", etc