In 964, Emperor Zhou E, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu, was seriously ill, and Li Yu played the image of an affectionate and good husband in front of Emperor Zhou E.
Zhou Ehuang felt lucky that she had such a husband, and she said to Li Yu many times:
"The servant is very lucky, relying on the quality of the monarch, and pampering Hua Fan for ten years, the glory of a woman is nothing more than this. Those who are not enough, the son dies, and there is no way to repay it. ”
However, at that time, Emperor Zhou E didn't know that Li Yu, who was so affectionate in front of her, had already given his love to another person, who was still Emperor Zhou E's own sister, that is, the later little Zhou Hou.
Xiao Zhou frequently entered the palace when Emperor Zhou E was seriously ill, at first to visit Emperor Zhou E, but later changed. Seeing that Emperor Zhou E was no longer good, the Zhou family moved the idea of letting Xiao Zhou replace Zhou E as Li Yu's queen, and Li Yu and Xiao Zhou were also interested in each other, so they avoided Zhou E and started dating.
Li Yu once wrote a poem describing the scene of the two dating, that is, "Bodhisattva Barbarian, Flower Bright Moon Dark Shroud Light Mist", the full poem is as follows:
The moon is dark and the fog is light, and it is good to go to Lang's side tonight. Socks step incense steps, hand gold shoes.
See you on the south side of the painting hall, and you have always been trembling. It is difficult for the slave to come out, and the king is merciful.
Zhou Ehuang would never have imagined that her skinny husband would write such a poem for her sister, but she soon learned about Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou.
The reason is that Xiao Zhou Hou entered the palace again without Zhou Ehuang knowing, and suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Ehuang, at that moment, Zhou Ehuang had a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and then asked: "When did you come?" ”
Xiao Zhou said innocently: "It's been a few days." One sentence made Zhou Ehuang fall into an ice cave, and she instantly understood that she was betrayed by her family, relatives and lovers at the same time.
Such things happen from time to time in the royal family, and Emperor Zhou E is not unacceptable, what she can't accept is that everyone is carrying her back.
So after Emperor Zhou E knew about this, he turned around and refused to turn his head to look at Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou until he died, this was her last dignity, but it couldn't stop anything, Xiao Zhouhou still became Li Yu's concubine.
Originally, Emperor Zhou E died, the middle palace was empty, and Xiao Zhouhou could be the queen in a very short time, but the next year, Li Yu's mother died, and Li Yu had to serve his mother's funeral, so he waited until 968, when Xiao Zhouhou was officially established as the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu could finally favor Xiao Zhouhou in a bright and bright way.
After Xiao Zhou, she was "beautiful", and "alert, talented, and calm." "Very favored by Li Yu, this kind of favor even exceeds Zhou Ehuang, although Xiao Zhouhou is not as dignified and talented as Zhou Ehuang, but Xiao Zhouhou is young and energetic, and has a lot of novel ideas, how can Li Yu not love such a woman?
In order to please Xiao Zhouhou, Li Yu did a lot of things, such as building a small pavilion between the flowers, which only allowed two people, and the two of them enjoyed the flowers and drank each other during the idle time, so happy, but this happiness did not last long, and soon Zhao Kuangyin issued "How can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch?" The famous quote of the sword guide Don.
In December 975, the city of Jinling was broken, Li Yu surrendered, the Southern Tang Dynasty perished, and in the first month of the new year, Li Yu and dozens of people such as the harem and the ministers were captured to the Beijing Division, and then Li Yu was named a disobedient marquis, and Xiao Zhou was named a lady of Zheng Guo, and since then he has been under house arrest in Bianjing.
The pain of losing the country and the hatred of the country tormented Li Yu, and it was naturally impossible for him to continue the romantic and luxurious life of "I don't know what time it was" with Xiao Zhouhou, he was immersed in the pain of belonging to the king of the dead country and couldn't extricate himself, so he had no time to take care of Xiao Zhouhou.
Originally, Xiao Zhou didn't encounter any major incidents, but he couldn't live the luxurious and luxurious life he used to live under the fence, but such a peaceful life didn't last long.
On the evening of October 19, 976, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, suddenly summoned Zhao Guangyi, I don't know what happened between the two, and early the next morning, Zhao Kuangyin was found to have died in the Hall of Long Live, and this sudden death caught everyone off guard.
On the 21st, Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne and became the second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
No matter what, Xiao Zhouhou is a beauty of the Southern Tang Dynasty, nearly thirty years old, and the charm still exists, which makes Zhao Guangyi very excited, so he took the opportunity to let his wife enter the palace, Zhao Guangyi let Xiao Zhouhou also enter the palace, but it was difficult to leave the palace after entering the palace, and every time Zhao Guangyi stayed in the palace for several days.
As for what to do in the past few days, only Zhao Guangyi and Xiao Zhouhou know, after all, it is Xiao Zhouhou who is personally received by Zhao Guangyi, and Xiao Zhouhou will scold Li Yu every time he goes home from the palace, and the voice is far away, Li Yu is silent every time, he can't stand it anymore, so he hides, and stops when Xiao Zhouhou scolds enough.
Then the next time Xiao Zhou is called into the palace again, he will experience the same thing, after a long time, Xiao Zhou Hou and Li Yu will be numb, and the descendants will also draw a picture of "Xiling Xing Xiao Zhou Hou" according to this incident.
However, Zhao Guangyi was fortunate that this incident did not appear in the official history, and only appeared in some wild histories and notebook novels, such as Wang Gong's "Silent Notes" and Long Gon's "Jiangnan Lu".
Although this incident is not seen in the official history, it is very popular, and it is unclear what the truth is and what the truth is, perhaps only a few parties know, but even if Zhao Guangyi is really lucky to be Xiao Zhouhou, the time is not long, and Xiao Zhouhou did not really become Zhao Guangyi's concubine.
In 978, the 42-year-old Li Yu died in Bianjing, as for the cause of death, there is also a similar story in the "Silent Notes", saying that Xu Xuan, an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was ordered to visit Li Yu, and the two cried bitterly, Li Yu said that he regretted killing Pan You and Li Ping, and was faintly still remembering the old country of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Guangyi was very angry when he found out, and then Li Yu asked the old prostitute of the Southern Tang Dynasty to sing his "When is the Spring Flower and Autumn Moon" he created on Qixi birthday, Zhao Guangyi was even more angry, so he directly gave Li Yu the drug, and then Li Yu died.
As soon as Li Yu died, Xiao Zhouhou, who was only 29 years old, was overwhelmed with grief and soon passed away.
Speaking of which, the two sisters Zhou Ehuang and Xiao Zhouhou only lived to be 29 years old, and we look at the big Zhou Hou and Xiao Zhou Hou, representing the first half and the second half of Li Yu's life.
In the first half of his life, Li Yu married 19-year-old Zhou Ehuang at the age of 18, the two were harmonious, and gave birth to two sons successively.
But the marriage between the two only lasted ten years, and after the death of the 29-year-old Zhou Ehuang, the second half of Li Yu's life also came.
In the second half of her life, she was accompanied by Li Yu after Xiao Zhou, who was not proficient in anything else, but she could eat, drink, and enjoy everything, and she was very proficient, and her life was also luxurious.
At that time, the Southern Tang Dynasty had already been targeted by Zhao Kuangyin, and the two were still in the Southern Tang Palace, and they didn't know what time it was, and finally failed to escape the fate of the country, and then Xiao Zhou later accompanied Li Yu to live under house arrest until they both died.