Chen Yuanyuan's parents died when he was a child, and his original surname was Punishment. His adoptive parents' surname is Chen, and his adoptive parents are called Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan's color and art are both excellent, and he is famous in Jiangnan. Since childhood, she was sold to Liyuan Hang by her relatives. It is rumored that when Chen Yuanyuan came on the stage, the spectators in the audience held their breath and were shocked.
Jiangyin Gongruofu spent a lot of money to redeem Chen Yuanyuan as a concubine, which was not tolerated by his wife. Gong Ruofu's father would look at the face, point at Chen Yuanyuan and say: "This nobleman, indulge in it, and choose no ransom" so he let Chen Yuanyuan go directly.
Li Jieli's "Essay on Tianxiang Pavilion" said that in the spring of Chongzhen's 14th year, a talented man braved Xinjiang to pass through Suzhou and met Chen Yuanyuan through the recommendation of a friend. The two set a date for the next meeting.
In August of that year, he ventured to Suzhou and met Chen Yuanyuan. At that time, Chen Yuanyuan was robbed, but fortunately, he got out of the tiger's mouth and wanted to marry Mao Pijiang. Braving the danger of war and turmoil to meet his mother, the two were affectionate, and the mountains and the sea vowed. Later, because of family affairs, Chen Yuanyuan was robbed and seized into Beijing by his foreign Qi Tian Hong.
Tian Hong adopted him as a righteous daughter, and after some adjustment, she was introduced to the palace by Concubine Tian. At this time, the Ming Empire was crumbling, and the physically and mentally exhausted Chongzhen Emperor had no intention of enjoying beauty. Three months after Chen Yuanyuan entered the palace, he still failed to win the emperor's favor, so he had to return to the Tian Mansion.
At that time, in the midst of chaos, Seda Hiroshi intended to befriend Wu Sangui, who was holding a heavy army, so he invited Wu Sangui to eat at home. During the banquet, Chen Yuanyuan was called to sing and dance to help the fun. As soon as Wu Sangui saw it, the deer collided, and Tian Hong bought Chen Yuanyuan a rich dowry and gave it to Wu Sangui.
After that, Wu Sangui led his troops to outside Shanhaiguan, at which time Li Zicheng's rebel army reached Beijing, and Chongzhen died in Sheji. History of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Kou said that Wu Sangui was ready to be summoned for assistance and walked to Shanhaiguan, and was hesitating. Li Zicheng asked Wu Xiang to write a letter to Wu Sangui asking him to surrender. Wu Sangui was already ready to surrender. When walking to this place in Luanzhou. I heard that Chen Yuanyuan was robbed by Liu Zongmin. Rushed back to the mountains and seas in anger.
Under the joint attack of Wu Sangui and the Qing army, Li Zicheng defeated and went to the city of Beijing, and Wu Sangui found Chen Yuanyuan in the chaos. After that, Chen Yuanyuan followed Wu Sangui to fight in the north and south, until Wu Sangui pacified Yunnan, and Chen Yuanyuan once favored the harem in the Pingxi Royal Mansion.
Not long after Wu Sangui arrived in Yunnan, he harbored strange ambitions and often transgressed. At this time, Chen Yuanyuan was old and weak, and he was at odds with Wu Sangui's wife. Wu Sangui also had several other favorite concubines, so he gradually fell out of favor. Chen Yuanyuan spent this life as a green lantern ancient Buddha. A generation of red faces has returned to prosperity.
Later, Wu Sangui rebelled and died in Changsha.
The first version is that after Chen Yuanyuan heard the news, he committed suicide by throwing water into a lotus pond. The second version is that she remained a monk in the Three Sacred Nunnery in Kunming until her death. The third version is that after Wu Sangui's defeat, Chen Yuanyuan was escorted by Ma Bao and first went to live in the Longao River to build a thatch cave, where there were cliffs in front and deep mountains and old forests in the back. Later, because there were many wild animals in the mountains, grain could not be harvested. Chen Yuanyuan and his family have lived in several places such as Qianwu Field and Old House Farm. Chen Yuanyuan often missed Wu Sangui to the point that he was exhausted, and he often worried about the safety of his family, resulting in a headache disease, and when the pain was severe, he would faint. One day in August of the 28th year of Kangxi, Chen Yuanyuan fell to the ground while chanting Buddhist sutras and never woke up again.
Legend has it that Chen Yuanyuan is actually not particularly good-looking, mainly talented. The editor also can't say enough about the events of the year, but it's just a conversation after tea and dinner.