Xiao Guanyin can be said to be the most pitiful empress of the Liao Dynasty, although she is the mother of a country, but her death is very undignified. When Xiao Guanyin was 36 years old, she was strangled to death by a white aya after being punched and kicked by her husband Yelü Hongji. The reason why Yelü Hongji treated his wife Xiao Guanyin in this way was because of the ten Song poems.
The Liao Dynasty had a unique custom, starting from the Liao Dynasty Taizu Emperor Yelü Abaoji, the empresses of the Liao Dynasty emperors were from the Xiao clan. Therefore, for the Xiao family, the daughters in the family are more expensive than the men, because it is possible for the daughter to marry the future emperor as an empress. Xiao Guanyin is of noble blood and has grown up very beautifully since childhood. Therefore, the elders of the family attach great importance to her, and it can be said that Xiao Guanyin grew up according to the standards of the mother of a country from an early age.
Before Yelü Hongji ascended the throne, Xiao Guanyin married him and became his wife. The two had a very good relationship at that time, and after Yelü Hongji ascended the throne, she naturally became the empress. Xiao Guanyin was proficient in poetry and song, and was especially good at writing lyrics. Yelü Hongji was also very fond of poetry, and when the couple first got married, they often sat together and wrote lyrics together. Even if Yelü Hongjina had many concubines later, Xiao Guanyin's position in the palace could not be shaken. The reason why the husband and wife later became estranged was mainly due to the son of the two, Yelü Jun.
When Yelü Jun was 8 years old, Yelü Hongji crowned him crown prince and made up his mind to pass the throne to him. However, later, Yelü Hongji was indulged in pleasure, and the major affairs of the dynasty were entrusted to the Zhao king Yelü Yixin to deal with. When Yelü Jun grew up, Yelü Hongji ordered Yelü Jun to oversee the country as crown prince, so that Yelü Jun naturally had to divide the power in Yelü Yixin's hands. Yerushalayim was young and vigorous, and had a very bad relationship with Yerushalayim. Yerushalayim was worried that once Yerushalayim really ascended the throne, he would certainly not have good fruit to eat, so he had a crooked heart.
Yelü Yixin's first thought was to stir up discord between Yelü Hongji and Xiao Guanyin, and once the empress dowager was not in harmony, Yelü Jun naturally could not sit in the position of prince. Yelü Yixin soon found the opportunity, and Xiao Guanyin had just written ten song poems at that time. She wrote these words to please her husband Yelü Hongji, and after writing them she ordered a musician who was well versed in music theory to compose music for the ten songs.
In order to complete the song, Xiao Guanyin often summoned this musician. Yelü Yixin took the opportunity to order people to spread rumors everywhere in the palace, saying that Xiao Guanyin had an affair with the musician, and that she was secretly crossing Chen Cang with the musician Ming Xiu zhan dao under the pretext of composing music. These rumors reached Yelü Hongji's ears, and he did not take them seriously at first, but the rumors were repeatedly suppressed, and Yelü Hongji could not help but start to have some doubts.
At this time, Yelü Yixin found someone to write ten forgeries, and found Yelü Hongji with these words, falsely claiming that these words were the promises of Empress Xiao Guanyin and the musician. Yerushalayim spent many years immersed in the officialdom and was accustomed to forming gangs. He brought many officials into the palace and asked Yelü Hongji to investigate the matter thoroughly. Yelü Hongji was therefore convinced that Xiao Guanyin had put a green hat on herself, and immediately ran to Xiao Guanyin's palace to punch and kick her, and then directly executed Xiao Guanyin. After Xiao Guanyin's death, the status of the crown prince Yelüjun was also much worse than before. A few years later, Yelü Yixin repeated the same trick, slandered the prince for rebellion, and pulled Yelü Jun down from power.