Whether in ancient times or now, people are most afraid of not whether they have the ability to have a rich life, but whether they can protect their country and not make themselves a slave to the country.
In ancient times, dynasties were accompanied by changes in the mentality of the people living in that dynasty and changes in the ruling class's measures, mainly for ordinary people of the previous dynasty and officials left behind by the current rulers.
As members of the royal family of the previous dynasty, they did not have the same right of choice as the people and officials, and most of them ended up with death or exile.
So what will happen to the young female member, that is, the princess? Princesses were not exiled, but most of them were included in the harem by the new emperor or reduced to slaves and prostitutes.
Princesses after the fall of the Sui Dynasty had different fates.
The last emperor of the Sui Dynasty was the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, the son of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui and Empress Dowager Dugu Jialuo.
During his reign, although he dredged and repaired the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty and moved the capital to Luoyang, which was considered to have contributed to the development of the country, he frequently launched wars, abused the people's power, and was arrogant and extravagant, and eventually broke out a peasant uprising, resulting in great chaos in the world.
In the fourteenth year of Daye, after the Jiangdu Mutiny, he was killed by Yu Wenhua and rebels, and then the Sui Dynasty collapsed, and was considered a tyrant by later generations because of his excessive strength and merits.
So after the Sui Emperor was killed and the Sui Dynasty fell, the princes left behind by the Sui Emperor were also killed, and what was the fate of the two young and beautiful princesses?
"Bodhisattva of Mercy" – Princess Nanyang
Princess Nanyang was the eldest daughter of Yang Guang, and her birth mother was the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Western Liang, Empress Xiao, who was buried with Yang Guang, princess of Nanyang was delicate in appearance, generous in manners, knowledgeable in books, proficient in music, and deeply loved by Yang Guang because she was the eldest daughter.
When Princess Nanyang reached the age of marriage, the Sui Emperor, as a father, would surely choose the son of zhong Mingding's family for his eldest daughter, whom he loved very much, as the princess's husband.
In the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Kai, the Sui Emperor chose Yuwen Shishi, the son of Yuwen Shu, who was trusted by Emperor Jue at the time and was given the title of Duke of Xu, and later they had a son named Yuwen Zenshi.
Although Princess Nanyang was a princess, she did not consider herself a princess after marriage, and she knew that although she was a princess, she was also a daughter-in-law, and she was praised for her filial piety and virtuousness.
When Yuwen Shu was seriously ill, he personally took charge of and took care of Yuwen Shu's diet as his father-in-law, and in the fourteenth year of Daye, Yu Wenhua, as an older brother, launched a rebellion that shocked the government and the opposition, and killed Princess Nanyang's biological father, The Sui Emperor, in the rebellion.
Princess Nanyang was also taken to Liaocheng by the rebels, and after Yu Wenhua and dou Jiande were killed, her husband Yuwen Shi and abandoned his wife and son to defect to the Tang Dynasty.
In ancient times, after replacing the previous dynasty, the old courtiers of the former dynasty went to see the new prince of the dynasty to decide whether to be left behind or exiled or killed.
When they went to see Dou Jiande, Princess Nanyang showed the dignity she should have as a royal princess, her face was calm and self-assured, and she told Dou Jiande about all the tragic experiences she experienced as a princess of the fallen country.
She changed from a beautiful and beautiful princess to a miserable woman full of tears, and Dou Jiande was also shocked by the tragic experience she told and the fact that she could have such a strong mentality and extraordinary courage as a princess living in a pampered environment when she experienced it, and had great respect for her.
When Dou Jiande was dealing with Yu Wenhua and the rebels, according to the law, the Yuwen family should be condemned to the Nine Tribes, because his son Yuwen Zen Master was also among them, and he sent someone to ask Princess Nanyang for advice, and finally put Yuwen Zen Master to death.
After her son was executed, Princess Nanyang decided to become a monk, often accompanied by the Qinglan Ancient Buddha, and on the way back to Chang'an, she met her husband Yuwen Shihe and refused to marry him, and later the Guangxu Emperor named him "Ciyou Bodhisattva".
Er Ronghua half his life - Concubine Yang
Compared with Princess Nanyang, the eldest daughter of the Sui Emperor, Princess Yang was another princess of the Sui Dynasty, but her fate seemed to be better than that of Princess Nanyang in the first half of her life, but her ending was very tragic.
Princess Yang was known as one of the "Four Concubines of the Harem" of Emperor Taizong of Tang.
With Yu Wenhua and the killing of the Sui Emperor and the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan, as the new ruler, needed to decide on the fate of the imperial family members of the previous dynasty.
As a princess, Princess Yang came to Chang'an to accept the arrangement, and because she was very good-looking, it was more important that Li Shimin's birth mother and Yang Fei's birth mother were sisters.
She and Li Shimin were cousins, which was more conducive to consolidating her rule for the newly established Tang Dynasty, and she was assigned by Li Yuan to Li Shimin, who was crowned king of Qin, and became his daughter.
In the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin launched the famous "Xuanwumen Revolution" in history, and he successfully ascended the throne as emperor, so Concubine Yang was officially named a concubine, one of the "Four Ladies" second only to the empress.
Li Shimin was very fond of this former imperial princess Yang Concubine, and gave birth to two princes with her, named Li Ke and Li Yan.
At that time, it was said that "the mother depends on the son, and the son depends on the mother", and these two princes did not disgrace their mother, Li Kewen and Wuquan, and the teenager Taizong was very similar, so that Li Shimin loved this son.
However, the emperor's excessive favor would most likely lead to the disaster of killing, coupled with Li Ke's lack of understanding of restraining the edge, the eldest grandson Wuji, who held the heavy power of the imperial court at that time, as the elder brother of the eldest grandson empress, in order to help the crown prince get the throne, designed to let Li Ke fall into the political struggle he planned, and eventually Li Ke and his brother Li Yan lost their lives.
Princess Yang was not implicated because her two sons were involved in political struggles, which shows Li Shimin's love for her.
After losing two sons who were not only adult but also crowned kings, Princess Yang was depressed, but there is no detailed record of where she was buried, and it is unknown whether Li Shimin's favorite concubine can be buried in Zhaoling.
Historically, it is extremely rare, so to say, that the remnants of the former imperial family can live as easily as these two princesses.
Princess Nanyang chose to accompany the Qinglan Ancient Buddha and accompany the Buddhist scriptures all day long after the death of her family, but this was a good way of life, and she could live freely and freely.
Although Princess Yang did not have the so-called free body of Princess Nanyang, she was extremely favored by an emperor and lived the life of pampering and pampering enjoyed by a concubine, which was not only enviable, but also an unprecedented treatment of the former imperial family.
But as women and as mothers, the biggest blow to them is that their sons died young, resulting in their white-haired people sending black-haired people, lacking faith and hope to live.