In China, there is an old saying called "since ancient times, red face and thin life", this sentence is not empty, among the four beauties of ancient China, except for Wang Zhaojun, the other three have their own different tortuous fates, for example, Yang Yuhuan is obviously the imperial concubine of the world but forced to hang herself in Ma Songyi, Xi Shi has the reputation of "sinking fish" but as a pawn to wander to the Wu kingdom, after the destruction of Wu does not know the end, the mink cicada does not know the end after Lü Bu's death. In history, Chen Yuanyuan's beauty is enough to match the "four beauties", but where did she go after Wu Sangui died?
Chen Yuanyuan was born in the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1623) and was a member of the Wujin clan in Jiangsu. The original surname is Xing, because the poor mother of the family died early, so Chen Yuanyuan changed from a very young age to be raised by his aunt and uncle, so he also followed his uncle's surname Chen, Chen Yuanyuan was ice and snow smart from an early age, learning everything is a learning, especially in the music of the achievement is very high.
Coupled with the fact that Chen Yuanyuan is very beautiful, it can be said that "color art is unique" for a while. However, for his excellent "adopted daughter" uncle, he thought about how to sell a good price, and finally Suzhou Pear Garden bid the highest, and Chen Yuanyuan was sold to Suzhou Pear Garden to become a song and dance prostitute.
Every time Chen Yuanyuan takes the stage, she can cause a sensation offstage, she is not only beautiful as a flower, the dance is also a must, dancing long sleeves like clouds out of the clouds, and the song is like a warbler. Chen Yuanyuan soon became the pillar of Suzhou Pear Garden, but "people are red is not much" in ancient times.
In the mid-spring of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), Chen Yuanyuan, who originally intended to marry Xu to a rich man's son, was robbed by a foreign relative, Tian Hong, and entered Beijing, becoming Tian Hong's yu jiale actor.
The "Reading of the World" records: "In the spring of the sixteenth year, Qi Tianhong met Wu Zhao on a southern tour, and heard the singers and prostitutes Chen Yuan and Gu Shou. For a while, Hongyu made people buy Gu Shou, and Yuanyou was beautiful and unique, and the guests had selfish people who met Hongyu, and entered it with eight hundred gold, and Hongyu was loaded to return to Beijing. ”
After Chen Yuanyuan entered Beijing, he met Wu Sangui, who was already very prestigious and had heavy troops at that time. As soon as Wu Sangui saw Chen Yuanyuan, he was fascinated by this light makeup and beautiful Ge Ji, Tian Hongyu had already had the heart to seduce Wu Sangui, naturally with both hands, and since then Chen Yuanyuan has become Wu Sangui's favorite concubine.
In 1627, Li Zicheng led a peasant uprising, and then captured Kyoto, and Chen Yuanyuan was captured by Liu Zongmin. Originally wanted to surrender to the peasant army, but because Chen Yuanyuan was robbed, he surrendered to the Qing army in a rage, And Li Zicheng collapsed under the attack of Wu Sangui and the Qing army, and Wu Sangui found Chen Yuanyuan again.
Although Chen Yuanyuan followed Wu Sangui into the Pingxi Palace, after Wu Sangui occupied Yunnan, he began to be poor and extravagant, and the "Jiashen Dynasty Chronicle" records: "Fifteen people who bought Wu Ling," a total of forty people were a team", chen Yuanyuan left the palace sadly after gradually falling out of favor, and some people said that she only left the palace after Wu Sangui's death. As for where Chen Yuanyuan went to see, history does not record it, but instead experts found a mysterious tombstone in detail.
In Majiazhai, there is a tombstone that reads: "The tomb seat of the Nie clan of the former concubine Wumen", many people may say, "Nie Yuanyuan" and Chen Yuanyuan what relationship, the original Chen Yuanyuan used to be surnamed "Xing" and "Chen" have the same ear characters, "Yuanyuan" is a double tone, so use the word "Nie" instead of Chen, and since then truly "hide the name" for the rest of his life.