In 581 AD, the people of the Central Plains experienced two era names- Dading and Kaihuang. Because in February of that year, Yang Jian, the chancellor, usurped the northern Zhou dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty. Although this dynasty was scolded for being useless at the hands of the Sui Emperor, it was founded with vigor and vitality, ending China's long-standing division.
For most people, the change of dynasties is not much different, but for the former royal family, it is a huge twist of fate. In retaliation, Emperor Wen of Sui raised his butcher's knife and killed 25 descendants of Yuwen Tai of the Xianbei clan, 6 descendants of Yuwen Jue and Yuwen Yu, and 12 descendants of Yuwen Yong, and thousands of Xianbei royal nobles were killed. Later, even yuwen xian, the young emperor who gave the throne to Yang Jian, did not escape the poisonous hands.
At this time, in the palace, there was another woman who was forced to leave the family, and she was Zhu Manyue, the mother of Yuwen Xian, the Emperor of Jing of Northern Zhou. This was not the first time she had been forced to become a nun, the last time she had escaped this fate by chance, this time, she could not but accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha. Moreover, what is even more tragic is that a year later, she found that her son was also innocently killed in the chaotic world.
Zhu Manyue was originally a Wudi native, and came to the Central Plains with his family in that chaotic world. Because her family broke the law, she was punished as a slave in the palace, and was initially assigned to the Eastern Palace as a maid, and her duty was originally to manage the clothes for the crown prince Yuwen Yun. Later, after a long time of love, Yuwen Yun actually had a private affair with this palace girl who was 12 years older than himself.
In the end, the two also gave birth to a child, this child is Yuwen Xian, who is also the eldest son of Yuwen Yun. Yuwen Yun was a man of affair and did not value Zhu Manyue too much, and he also married Yang Jian's daughter Yang Lihua. After succeeding to the throne, Yuwen Yun was even more psychologically political and indulged in beauty. In order not to delay his time with the beauty, he passed the throne to his son Yuwen Xian at the age of 20 and proclaimed himself Emperor Tianyuan.
He, the Emperor of Tianyuan, did not have to take care of the government, but he could choose beautiful women to enter the palace. There were many harem beauties, and in order to balance the relationship, he simply crowned five empresses. They were Yang Lihua, the Great Empress of Tianyuan, Zhu Manyue, the Great Empress of Tianzhong, Chen Yueyi, the Grand Empress of Tianzuo, Chi Chifan, and the Grand Empress of Tianyou, Yuan Leshang.
Among these five empresses, Yang Lihua was the right wife and had the highest status, but because Yuwen Yun was always wary of Yang Jian, the relationship was very bad. Zhu Manyue came from a humble background and ranked second because he had an eldest son. The most favored is Chen Yueyi, the daughter of the great general Chen Shanti, and Yuan Leshang, the daughter of Yi Tongyuan sheng.
Yuwen Yun thought that he had great power, and he threw trivial matters to the trusted courtiers, so that he could enjoy the happiness of the people. The sky was not calculated, and the life of spending time and wine quickly corrupted his body, leaving him in the anointing, and he died at the age of twenty-two.
Before his death, he reconciled with the dignified and virtuous Yang Lihua. At the last moment before her death, the empress finally froze her former suspicions. Yuwen Yun took Yang Lihua's hand and asked him to help his son govern the country, and proposed that in order to establish Yang Lihua's supreme power, all concubines, including four other empresses, including the emperor's biological mother Zhu Manyue, be sent to the nunnery to become a monk.
Although this decision is ruthless, it is much better than the ancient tradition of setting up a son and killing a mother. But in reality, it was resisted by Zhu Manyue. The empress was reluctant to become a monk, and she took advantage of her son's status as emperor to boldly blackmail her subjects, proposing that she continue to take care of the emperor and sit in the harem.
Although Zhu Manyue's request violated Yuwen Yun's will, who among the courtiers dared to offend the emperor's birth mother? They were all silent for fear of bloody reprisals in the future. Zhu Manyue seized this opportunity and successfully escaped the fate of becoming a nun and was honored as the empress dowager. Yang Lihua did not raise objections because of her soft temperament.
If this trend continues, perhaps this is the story of the empress dowager Cixi and Ci'an in advance. However, Yang Jian's birth upset this balance, and he launched a coup d'état to force the Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen to expound the throne and establish the Sui Dynasty.
When Yang Jian slaughtered the Yuwen royal family of Northern Zhou, he naturally could not do anything to his daughter Yang Lihua. Yang Lihua served as empress of Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou and empress dowager of Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou, and was given the title of Princess Leping in the Sui Dynasty. However, for Zhu Manyue, the Sui Emperor Yang Guangke was not so polite, and a paper order directly made her a nun.
Although extremely reluctant, Zhu Manyue could no longer escape this reality, and in order to save his life, he could only become a monk in Chang'an. Regarding the legal name of her renunciation, there are differences between the Book of Zhou and the Northern History, which are also the main history, the former is called Fajing, and the latter is called Fajing.
Whether it was Fa Jing or Fa Jing, a year later, they all received a tragic news that her son, Yuwen Yan, the Duke of Jieguo, who had already given way, had been killed by Yang Jian at the age of eight. The blow to Zhu Full Moon can be imagined, and five years later, she also died under the green lantern ancient Buddha, when she was 40 years old.