In 960 AD, it was in the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the struggle for hegemony among the princes. At that time, in later Zhou, due to the death of the emperor, the young prince who was only 7 years old took the throne. The entire Later Zhou court was left unattended and extremely corrupt.
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin, who was the leader of the Janissaries, stood up, and he mutinied in Chen Qiaoyi, adding his own yellow robe to become the new emperor, and then established a new regime, the Northern Song Dynasty. After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin had great ambitions and was not satisfied with the current situation, so he was determined to pacify the Central Plains and unify the situation in which the princes competed for hegemony.
The fall of the Later Tang
Because the Northern Song Dynasty had just been established, it was the time when the soldiers were boiling with blood, so they quickly attacked many cities under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin.
In 963, after Zhao Kuangyin destroyed Jing and Hu one after another, followed by Hou Tang, the Later Shu lord Meng Chang deeply realized that after the fall of Jing and Hu, it would definitely be their turn, so he decided to claim subjection to the Song Dynasty and pay tribute to the Song Dynasty in order to protect himself.
However, the rest of the people were reluctant to submit to the Song Dynasty in this way, so Meng Chang consulted with them and decided to resist the Song Dynasty. However, the results can be imagined, under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, the Later Tang was soon attacked by the Song Dynasty.
However, in the process of the Song Dynasty's fall of the Later Tang, a woman shined at this time, she was Lady Huarui, the concubine of the Later Tang lord Meng Chang.
Lady Huarui's love with Meng Chang
Lady Huarui, born in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, was very intelligent when she was young, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was later appreciated by the Later Tang lord Meng Chang and was named Hui Concubine. The nickname Mrs. Flower Rui.
Madame Hua Rui and Meng Chang are very affectionate. Meng Chang is an emperor who will enjoy it very much, and he has no intention of working with military and war things, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the grain is abundant, and the six animals are prosperous, which is his dream. He has no heart and politics, but he enjoys life very much.
Meng Chang was very fond of Madame Huarui, and every time the political affairs were busy, the first thing was to go to see Madame Huarui. Once, the two were preparing to fall asleep, and suddenly, Madame Huarui, on a whim, said to Meng Chang: Such a good night, the scenery is still good, and Your Majesty loves poetry and song, why not sing a poem to reflect this beautiful scenery?
Meng Chang listened, but also came to be interested, took a pen and paper, waved it, and handed the words to Mrs. Huarui after writing, only to see Mrs. Huarui, who looked at it carefully for a long time, and sat down and recited in a soft voice:
"Ice muscle jade bone clear without sweat." The water temple wind comes dark incense. Embroidered curtains a little moon peeping people, pillows across the clouds sideburns. When Qiong Huqi was silent, he saw the stars crossing the river. When the west wind came, only feared that the flow of years would change secretly. ”
The two of them were unhappy, but the happy time was short after all. Soon after, the news came that Zhao Kuangyin was proclaimed emperor, successively attacked Jing and Hu prefectures, and prepared to prepare for a large-scale attack on Hou Tang.
Zhao Kuangyin possessed Lady Huarui
Later Tang was then captured, and Lady Huarui was captured. As for Meng Chang, she was naturally killed by Zhao Kuangyin and his men, and Lady Huarui naturally belonged to Zhao Kuangyin.
Ancient China was an era of male power, women were dependent on men to survive, and then Tang was attacked by the Song, and naturally Lady Huarui was also occupied by Zhao Kuangyin.
Lady Huarui and Meng Chang were true love, and when the country was destroyed and Meng Chang was killed, Lady Huarui sighed: The flag was lowered on the king's city, and the concubine learned about it in the deep palace. Fourteen thousand people were disarmed, and none of them were boys.
In Lady Huarui's heart, Meng Chang was a good monarch, and it was only because the selected generals were not good and the army was not good that it led to the final rout, but in Zhao Kuangyin's view, it was due to Meng Chang's extravagance and lascivious pleasures.
Although the two had different opinions, they still could not erase Zhao Kuangyin's love for Lady Huarui, and when he first saw Lady Huarui, he was deeply infatuated by her. And Madame Huarui, as a person who has destroyed the country, naturally has no right to resist, in order to save her own life, she can only do so.
After Song attacked Hou Tang, she captured Lady Huarui, but she was not considered a captive, and zhao Kuangyin immediately named Lady Huarui as his noble concubine, which showed that she looked good, naturally useful, and could save her life at a critical moment!
After sealing her as a noble concubine, Zhao Kuangyin was also very fond of Lady Huarui, and every time he finished his business, he also went to her to rest. Once, when Zhao Kuangyin was busy with his affairs and went to Madame Huarui, he mistakenly hit and bumped into what portrait Madame Huarui was worshipping.
When asked what kind of portrait it was, Madame HuaRui was startled by his sudden words, and quickly replied that this was Zhang Xian's portrait, offering him to have heirs. Zhao Kuangyin thought that she wanted to ask for a son so that she could occupy a place in the palace as soon as possible, so she didn't think much about it.
But in fact, this portrait is not Zhang Xian, but Lady Huarui's previous favorite person, Meng Chang. It turned out that when Meng Chang was killed by Zhao Kuangyin, Lady Huarui was forced to be a noble concubine on the side of the Song Dynasty, but she still loved Meng Chang.
Because he missed him too much, he painted an image to miss him. This shows Madame Huarui's obsession. Of course, this was obviously unknown to Zhao Kuangyin.
At that time, the crown prince of the Song Dynasty was not yet determined, but anyone with a clear eye could see who Zhao Kuangyin wanted to give up the throne to. In Zhao Kuangyin's view, the next emperor must be a man with a rich political history and deep calculations, because the Song Dynasty has just been founded, and he cannot let the Song Dynasty be destroyed in the hands of the second generation.
Generally speaking, the crown prince is the eldest son of the emperor, but Zhao Kuangyin's son, although he is old enough, does not have rich experience and knowledge, which makes Zhao Kuangyin very dissatisfied. Therefore, he did not want his son to be the next emperor, but felt that his brother, Zhao Guangyi, was very good.
Therefore, at that time, the whole dynasty knew that Zhao Kuangyin was determined to make Zhao Guangyi the crown prince, so they all went to seduce Zhao Guangyi. But Madame Flower Bud did not do this. In fact, when they had just attacked Tang Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi also took a fancy to Lady Huarui, but under the pressure of Zhao Kuangyin, he did not dare to say anything.
But Lady Huarui knew that if she could obey Zhao Guangyi, she could have a good result, but she was not partial, she did not want to give up her dignity for this right. That's where we should admire.
The ending of Lady Flower Bud
Madame Hua Rui's approach was always to usher in Zhao Guangyi's hatred. Zhao Guangyi saw that she refused to give in to herself, so he shot Lady Huarui with an arrow during a hunt. Zhao Kuangyin must have known about this matter, but he still acted as if he did not know it, and left this matter behind, but it was a pity that Lady Huarui was a pity.
In ancient times, it was the story of one man and many women, but Madame Huarui was different, she had a relationship with three men, and in ancient times this kind of thing was of course spurned by people, but Madame Huarui was different.
When she faced Zhao Kuangyin, she still did not forget Meng Chang's kindness to her. When she faced Zhao Guangyi again, she still did not betray Zhao Kuangyin. It can be seen that her loyalty is an ancient woman worthy of respect.