Diao Chan is one of the most famous beauties in ancient China, and her beauty is not only recorded in historical books, but also became a source of inspiration for later literary and dramatic works.
As the saying goes, "heroes are born in troubled times, and heroes are matched with beautiful women", the fate of Diao Chan in the troubled times in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was closely linked with the three men, leaving a legendary story.
Diao Chan's first man was Dong Zhuo, when he was in control of Luoyang's tyranny, Wang Yun planned a series of schemes to get rid of Dong Zhuo, the scourge of the Han Dynasty, using his righteous daughter Diao Chan as bait to lure the lustful Dong Zhuo to take the bait, and at the same time introduced Diao Chan to his righteous son Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was also moved by Diao Chan's beauty, so the two who were originally as close as father and son eventually became enemies, and Diao Chan became the catalyst for the conflict between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, and the righteous son killed his father-in-law before the palace gate.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Diao Chan became Lu Bu's wife and accompanied him to fight everywhere, but his fate was unfortunate. At that time, the relationship between Lü Bu and Liu Bei and Cao Cao was tense, and the conflict between the two sides escalated over time, and finally Liu Bei and Cao Cao joined forces to defeat Lü Bu.
After Lu Bu's death, Diao Chan's whereabouts became suspicious, one said that she was included in the harem by Cao Cao, after all, Cao Thief has always had a preference for collecting beautiful women, and the other theory is that it was given to Guan Yu together with the red rabbit horse to win people's hearts.
No matter which ending it is, Diao Chan's fate is unfortunate, beauty has become the capital of her fame, but it has also become a shackle in the troubled times, and she can't control her own destiny in that era of male supremacy, so she has to rely on the protection of men.
In fact, he is not the only woman like Diao Chan who is "a maid and a husband", and the same is true of Chen Yuanyuan, who was the world's champion in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, everyone knows that she is Wu Sangui's concubine, but he doesn't know that he has experienced 6 men before him.
The six armies wept and became angry. The red face is not my love, and the rebel thief dies from the feast.
Chen Yuanyuan's early life
Chen Yuanyuan was born in Jiangnan in 1623, when it was already the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty should fall in more than 20 years. Since ancient times, "people in troubled times are not as good as dogs in prosperous times", Chen Yuanyuan suffered the misfortune of the death of his parents when he was young, and it can be said that he really responded to this sentence.
With no father, no mother and no one to rely on, he had no choice but to take refuge in his aunt and change his surname to Chen, whose original name was Xing Yuanyuan, but now it has been changed to Chen Yuanyuan.
My aunt's family is not wealthy, and my uncle is a person who values profit over righteousness, so Chen Yuanyuan was sold to the pear orchard when he was ten years old, and since then he has become a celebrity in a fireworks venue.
Chen Yuanyuan is beautiful and intelligent, and he is also very talented in singing and dancing, and soon made a name for himself in Liyuan, attracting cheers from everyone when he first appeared on the stage, although it was only a small role, he still showed extraordinary stage charm.
With the passage of time, she gradually became a star in the pear orchard, and the audience did not hesitate to travel long distances to see the style, and every appearance would break the soul of many people.
Elegant and elegant, the forehead is beautiful and abundant...... The viewer is devastated.
The surface scenery can't hide Chen Yuanyuan's inner complexity, she is eager to change her fate, and even more eager for a man to take her away from the land of fireworks, and soon a man appeared, the other party is a businessman, named Zou Shu.
The two got acquainted with singing and dancing performances, but that's all, Chen Yuanyuan also knew that the two had no future. There was never a shortage of admirers around the beauty, and soon a person named Gong Ruofu fell in love with her, and her status was half an official of the second generation at that time.
Gong Ruofu's father's name is Gong Xiuling, a Jinshi in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, who has been up and down in officialdom for many years, and has never seen any kind of people and things, and when he saw Chen Yuanyuan at first sight, he refused his son to accept her as a concubine.
The reason is also very simple, Chen Yuanyuan is very beautiful, what kind of goods is his son and how can he be worthy of her, if he doesn't do it well, he may get angry. In addition, Gong Ruofu's wife did not agree with Chen Yuanyuan's entry.
Under the resolute opposition of his father and wife, Gong Ruofu could only send him back to the pear orchard, and the relationship finally came to an end, and he didn't even ask for the money he had ransomed for her.
This nobleman, even if he goes, will not be held accountable for ransom
The emotional road has not been smooth
Where can Chen Yuanyuan go in the chaotic society, she can only return to the pear orchard and wait for the favor of fate, beauty has become her double-edged sword, which not only brings endless praise and pursuit, but also attracts countless saliva and loss.
At the age of seventeen, the god of fate smiled at her again, and this year she met one of the four geniuses of the late Ming Dynasty and died. The two met through a friend's introduction, and fell in love with each other at first sight.
The two soon fell in love, and Mao Xiang even made a promise to ransom her out of the pear orchard to build a love nest together, but the dream was beautiful but failed to come true.
During the Ming Dynasty, the concept of identity was very heavy, and Mao Xiang once took Chen Yuanyuan home, but her mother didn't look down on this woman who was born in fireworks.
A person who can't even be a concubine, how can he talk about becoming a wife, even so, Mao Xiang still hasn't given up, and has been maintaining a relationship with Chen Yuanyuan in Liyuan.
It's a pity that the war in the last years of the Ming Dynasty became more serious, and Mao Xiang repeatedly missed the appointment, so that the relationship between the two ended without a problem.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Master Li's life was very different because he met Song Huizong, even if he did not become a concubine in the Great Song Palace, this life was worth it. Once upon a time, Chen Yuanyuan also had the opportunity to soar into the sky, but unfortunately he couldn't seize it.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen's favorite concubine Tian died, and the father-in-law Tian Hongyu wanted to find him another woman in order to continue the glory of the family. After some investigation, I learned about Chen Yuanyuan's name among the people, and I was shocked the moment I saw her.
Smell its beauty, get it, and bring it back to Beijing.
Later, Tian Hongyu recognized Chen Yuanyuan as his goddaughter, and sent her to the palace in order to obtain Chongzhen's renewal, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty was in crisis at home and abroad, and the "workaholic" Chongzhen had the heart to study the love of children.
Therefore, the days in the palace were not as good as expected, Chen Yuanyuan didn't even see the face of Emperor Chongzhen, and in desperation, Tian Hongyu had to take her home, such a woman naturally can't be wasted.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, in addition to the emperor, the important ministers who held military power were the best backers, and the general soldiers of Shanhaiguan were the backers of the Ming Dynasty, so Tian Hongyu sent the righteous daughter to Wu Sangui's hands.
This scene is exactly the same as when Wang Yun led Lu Bu to take the bait, first invited Wu Sangui to his mansion for dinner, and then let Chen Yuanyuan appear inadvertently, and Wu Sangui was at a loss for what to do.
A person with light makeup, all the beauty and the first voice, the love is glamorous, and Sangui does not feel that his heart is moving.
Seeing that the big fish had been hooked, Tian Hongyu was not too hypocritical, and prepared a dowry for Chen Yuanyuan and sent it directly to the Wu family. Since then, Chen Yuanyuan has lived the life of the general's wife, and Wu Sangui has also returned with a beauty.
In that turbulent era, Chen Yuanyuan always revolved around the curse of beauty, thinking that she had found a home, but the fall of the Ming Dynasty also changed her fate.
Chong Guan was angry and red-faced
In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant army grew stronger and stronger, and the peasant army led by Li Zicheng constantly challenged the rule of the imperial court, and the city of Beijing was already in turmoil. Soon the situation took a turn for the worse, Li Zicheng led an army into the capital, and Wu Sangui's home was sacked by the peasant army.
Wu Xiang was tortured and interrogated by Liu Zongmin, but he was not too embarrassed because his purpose was otherwise. At that time, Wu Sangui held the most elite military force of the Ming Dynasty, and the troops were stationed at the strategic Chongshan Pass, which was exactly the force that Li Zicheng urgently needed to win over.
Originally, Wu Sangui was open to returning to Li Zicheng, and the bad was bad for a woman. In the Wu family, Liu Zongmin's attention was unexpectedly attracted by a beautiful woman, and this person was Chen Yuanyuan, who was stunning Qin Huai.
Sangui wanted to surrender, to Luanzhou, Wen Aiji Chen Yuan was plundered by Liu Zongmin, very angry, returned to the mountains and seas, and attacked the thief.
That night, Liu Zongmin took her for himself, and also planted hidden dangers for Li Zicheng's peasant army. Knowing that his lover had been taken away and his home had been violated, Wu Sangui was furious and hurriedly returned to Shanhaiguan to strengthen defensive preparations and fight against Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army.
Although Li Zicheng realized the seriousness of the situation, the incident had already happened, and if he punished his subordinates again, he could only personally lead the army north to solve Wu Sangui's threat.
In order to increase his bargaining chips for victory, Wu Sangui even surrendered to the Qing army to lead the Qing soldiers into the pass, as the opera said, "rushing to the crown and being angry for the red face", and this move changed the course of mainland history.
After the war between the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng ended, Wu Sangui learned that Chen Yuanyuan was still alive, so he quickly sent someone to take her back to his side and seal her as a side room, and his love for her did not diminish at all.
Pet crown harem
Wu Sangui was not a single-minded person, after becoming independent in Yunnan, he lived in extreme luxury, indulged in the sound of dogs and horses, and even built a special garden, carefully selected forty singers who were only fifteen years old to fill it.
As he grew older, Chen Yuanyuan's beauty no longer gradually fell out of favor, and he was too lost and helpless for this emotional change, and finally found a secluded corner to eat fast and chant Buddha, live a pure and comfortable life, and draw an end to his once brilliant life......
"Cloth clothes and vegetable food, worship the Buddha for the rest of his life. ”
Judging from this matter, Wu Sangui's so-called "rushing to the crown and being angry for a red face" is just an excuse, Chen Yuanyuan is just a passerby in his eyes, and when the beauty is not there, it will be replaced by other younger people.
In general, Chen Yuanyuan's life is full of legends, from an unhappy childhood to a bargaining chip for the powerful, in that era of change, his beautiful looks and talents did not bring happiness and freedom, but became a burden of fate, and personal wishes were often ignored.
With such twists and turns in her life, people can't help but sigh, even peerless beauties can't escape the tricks of fate, enduring endless pain and struggle, the four beauties are like this, and Chen Yuanyuan is even more so.
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