Preface
Is she the unluckiest princess of the Sui Dynasty?
Princess Yicheng, the daughter of an ordinary official, was born at an untimely time and was forced to act as a tool of peace and marry into the distant Turkic steppe. 20 years of turmoil, 4 remarriages, accompanied by the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty. She gave her life, but in the end she died a tragic death in a foreign land. So, is Princess Yicheng the most unlucky princess of the Sui Dynasty? Is her life really only sorrow and sacrifice? Today, let us interpret the fate of this legendary woman in an all-round way.
was canonized as a princess by Emperor Yang of Sui and embarked on the road of harmony
Yicheng was originally an ordinary second-generation official, living comfortably in Chang'an City. She has a father with a good career and lives the life of a well-off family. Suddenly, one day, her father hurriedly returned home, and told him with a solemn face that Yicheng was going to replace the princess of the Sui Dynasty and go to the Turks in person! It turned out that the relations between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks had deteriorated, and in order to avoid border troubles, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty decided to choose one of his many princesses to be close to the Turkic leader Na Luo Yi Khan, which not only stabilized the border, but also avoided the real princess from suffering.
Yoshisei's father was an official, and his daughter was assigned to take on this important role, which was a lot of pressure. After hearing this bad news, Yicheng's whole person fell into collapse and despair - she was a commoner woman who was going to marry a Turkic leader who was older than her father?
However, forced by the situation, Yicheng was canonized as a princess by Emperor Yang of Sui himself, officially opening his own path of harmony. Before leaving, Yoshisei's parents were grief-stricken, and Yoshinari himself could not hide his sadness. She said goodbye to her family in tears and set out on the road north. Along the way, Yicheng's heart is like ashes, and he has no hope for an unknown future.
First husband: Struggles to adapt to Turkic life
After more than a month of turbulence, Yicheng finally arrived in the Turkic steppe, where her first husband, 67-year-old Naroyi Khan, officially greeted her. Yoshisei barely bothered to brace himself and participated in the grand wedding ceremony with a smile on his face. That night, Yicheng officially checked into Na Luo Yi Khan's bedroom. Na Luo Yi Khan, who is past the age of old, has long since lost his life, and he has no superfluous desire for Yicheng, but only occasionally lets Yicheng serve him.
This somewhat relieved Yoshinari of the pressure, and she began to adapt to life here. However, the language barrier caused her great difficulties, and it was difficult to swallow food and drink, which made her emotional collapse many times. In desperation, Yoshisei would secretly hide in a tent and weep and pour out his pain. Fortunately, Na Luo Yi Khan is old, and his temperament also has a pity and tenderness, he takes care of Princess Yicheng quite well, leaving her with sufficient personal space, and does not embarrass her too much.
Within a few years, Na Luo Yi Khan's health deteriorated, and he finally died. According to Turkic tradition, Yicheng was naturally passed on to the eldest son of Naroyi Khan. This is the second husband of Yoshinari who remarried.
Second husband: Feel the warmth of love
Tong Onion is only a few years older than Yicheng, and the two are the same age. In this new marital relationship, Yoshisei is treated with unprecedented tenderness. Tong Shallot loves Yicheng very much, gives her great freedom, and often takes her out to hunt and enjoy flowers. Yicheng gradually cheered up, and she even felt the warmth of love in Tong Onion, which was the first time she was truly happy since she came to Turkic. Unlike the cold political marriage of the first term, this time Yoshinari was really cared for like a woman.
However, the good times didn't last long, just when Yicheng just realized that he was loved, Tong Cong suddenly fell seriously ill and died in just a few months, ending this short and warm marriage. Yoshisei fell back into grief, she lost her love and the feeling of being understood. For a while, she once again faced the fate of remarrying.
After the death of Tong Cong, there was a change of power in the Turks. This time, Yoshisei's third husband is someone she doesn't look so like. This time, Yoshinari is determined to fight fate to the end.
Third husband: Actively fighting against fate
Yoshinarita's third husband was named Ulib, a young Turkic leader who was brave and warlike. He fought his way out of the struggle for power and ascended to the throne of Khan. However, unlike the two suave and elegant husbands of the previous two, Ulib is an out-and-out battlefield man with a rough personality and is not gentle with Yicheng. Coming back drunk every day, Yoshisei had to endure his unreasonable beating and scolding. She couldn't take it anymore, this must not be the end of her life!
So Yoshinari began to actively plan for his future. Realizing that she could use her influence in the Turks to her advantage, she secretly befriended some powerful people and gained a certain prestige due to her two previous marriages. In order to get rid of this unfortunate husband, Yoshisei went through many hardships and finally chose an extremely cruel method - she poisoned her husband's food many times! This poison she got from a medicine witch, and after a month of repeated drugging, Ulib finally died of poisoning.
The fourth husband: the power leans towards one side and cares about the homeland
After the death of her third husband, Yoshinai relied on the influence and prestige she had accumulated over the years to support a Turkic young man she liked to compete for the throne, and finally he succeeded in seizing power, and this person became Yoshinari's titular fourth husband. However, in reality, he is completely a puppet of Yoshisei. At this moment, Yicheng can be said to be on the side of power in the Turks.
It's just that after many years of wandering, Yicheng has never let go of his homeland, the Sui Dynasty. When she learned that the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil and Li Shimin had just occupied Chang'an, Yicheng was determined to make one last game with fate, she wanted to take Concubine Xiao Shu of the Sui Dynasty to Turkic, support the descendants of the Sui Dynasty, and rebuild the Sui Dynasty. Yicheng sent an envoy to try to persuade Concubine Xiao, but in the end Li Shimin's request was refused. This time, the success or failure of righteousness is the general trend of history.
Not long after, Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks and surrendered the Turkic Khanate under Princess Yicheng. At this time, Yicheng was already the real power of the Turks, she would rather die than surrender, and finally was hit by random arrows in the war, and died in this foreign land where she had experienced 20 years of ups and downs, at the age of only 40.
Her homeland was unable to redeem the fate of this bizarre woman, and she failed to finally support the Sui family. But the brave and persistent spirit of a moth to a fire is worth remembering by people of every era.
epilogue
Princess Yicheng, who had a fateful life, remarried four times, and finally died in a foreign land. She is like a small boat, bumpy in the vicissitudes of history; She was like a moth again, bravely pounced on the flame in her heart. She sacrificed and dedicated herself to the motherland, but in the end she fell short. So, is such a tragic woman the most unlucky princess of the Sui Dynasty? The answer is no.
Because this bizarre princess was not born at the wrong time, but she refused to give in, and she chose to fight fate to the end. It is precisely this spirit of adhering to ideals and indomitable loyalty to the motherland that has made her legendary life. Simply labeling "the most unlucky" is unfair to Princess Yoshisei. Each person has their own unique destiny and circumstances.