Empress Eldest Sun was the representative of the "virtuous" in history, but the lone empress was labeled a "jealous woman".
In fact, the two of them have many similarities, both are tiger women, their husbands are the founding kings; both of them are outstanding, and they have firmly followed and accompanied their husbands to the throne; they are both original couples, from adolescence to old age, they have been appreciated, respected and loved by their husbands for life; both are experts in giving birth to babies, the eldest grandson queen gave birth to three men and four women, and the lone queen gave birth to five men and five women.
However, there are many differences in the personalities and ways of doing things between the two, so they have deduced different wonderful lives.
I. Birth
(Empress Eldest Grandson)
Empress Changsun was a descendant of Xianbei, born in 601, the family is a royal family, from the Northern Wei to the Sui Dynasty has been able to produce people, can be described as "door to zhongding, family lineage of mountains and rivers".
According to legend, her name was Changsun Wujie, her father Changsun Sheng was a general of the Right Xiao Wei, and her mother Gao Shi was the daughter of Gao Jie, the King of Northern Qi Le'an, and she was the daughter of such a famous general from an aristocratic family.
She is also the pearl in the palm of her parents, and the father of the general gives her daughter deep love, cultivating her independent, strong, generous character and never afraid, unswerving blood.
(Lone Queen)
The Dugu Empress was also a member of the Xianbei clan, and was the seventh daughter of the Qin Prefecture Assassin History and the Duke of Hanoi County, Du Lonely Xinxi. At that time, the society generally worshipped Buddha, and Dugu Xin was no exception, so he gave his daughter a very Buddhist name: Garo, named Dugu Galo.
Her mother, Lady Cui, was from the Zhengzhou Cui clan, one of the six houses of the Cui clan of Qinghe, and was the daughter of Cui Yanzhen, the eldest son of The Northern Wei Yongchang Taishou Cui Zhi at that time. The Qinghe Cui clan is a deeply learned cultural lineage.
She is also the cherished little daughter of her parents, who have given her all their good wishes and blessings and brought her with them personally.
Therefore, the Dugu Empress has both the bravery and perseverance of her father's nomadic people and the modesty and elegance of her mother's Han culture.
2. Marriage
Empress Eldest Sun was the younger daughter of Changsun Sheng, and the entire Eldest Sun family was very concerned about the marriage of this young daughter.
Empress Changsun's uncle greatly admired The wise and atmospheric wife of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang at that time. Believing that such an excellent woman as Dou Shi would inevitably teach outstanding children, he persuaded his younger brother to give his young eldest grandson WuShi to Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin.
Empress Eldest Sun's father felt that her brother was right and readily agreed.
However, shortly after the marriage was agreed, the father of the eldest grandson empress died. The half-brothers began to squeeze out the eldest grandson and her mother, and the three could not live, so they had to come to their uncle's house. Fortunately, Empress Eldest Sun's uncle Gao Shilian was a kind and generous person who treated his sister and her children very kindly.
Empress Eldest Sun's elder brother Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin were good friends when they were young, and his uncle Gao Shilian also felt that he was not an ordinary person after seeing Li Shimin, so he began to promote this matter after the funeral period of Empress Changsun's father expired.
In 613, the 13-year-old Changsun Clan and the sixteen-year-old Li Shimin consummated marriage, and the two were a young couple, Lang Cai and a woman, and their love was just beginning to open, and their affection was long.
In 617, Emperor Yang Guangfeng made Li Yuan the retainer of Taiyuan. Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wushi also came to live in Taiyuan with their father's inauguration.
The eldest grandson, Who was only about seventeen years old, began to assume the position of housewife of the Tang Dynasty Government, using his ingenuity to keep the family in order.
At this time, state affairs were still relatively stable, and the couple practiced martial arts and accompanied each other. Empress Eldest Sun often had no scrolls in her hands, Li Shimin was more knowledgeable and wise, the Eldest Sun clan admired her husband's talent and ambition, and Li Shimin admired his wife's modesty and studiousness. The two were in love and had a very happy time.
Dugu Xin, the father of the Dugu Empress, was also particularly attentive to the marriage of his beloved daughter, and after observing it, he took a fancy to Yang Jian, the eldest son of his old friend Yang Zhong.
At that time, Yang Jian was seventeen years old, born with a noble appearance and extraordinary temperament, so Dugu Xin married his precious daughter, the fourteen-year-old Dugu Jialuo, to him.
Yang Jian's personality is deep and calm, looking wooden on the outside and bold in his heart. Because he grew up in a monastery, he developed a distinctive and majestic style.
The two are also a young couple, Lang Cai female appearance, love sinus at the beginning, long affection. Yang Jian, who has just entered the workplace, is even more spirited.
However, the good times did not last long, Yue Zhang du xin committed suicide in the political struggle because of the failure of the political struggle, his wife and children were exiled to Shudi, and only DuGu Jia Luo was spared the crime of exile because of his marriage with Yang Jian, and retained his aristocratic status.
Yang Jian was also implicated because of this, and his career was dark, and he could not be promoted for eight consecutive years, and even worried about his life from time to time.
The cruel shadow of the political struggle did not affect the feelings of the young couple. Seeing that his wife had suffered great changes in the family, Yang Jian loved her even more.
The young couple is happy with each other and has the common ideal of making contributions. It is during this period of intense affection that the couple swears to be monogamous, not to have children of the opposite sex, to be white to old, and never to change their hearts.
They are very lucky, born in a rich and loving family, the family parents are visionary people, in life they are delicate little daughters, in the character they are comparable to the knowledgeable and capable boys.
It is said that the love of parents for their children is a far-reaching plan. Their parents prepared early for their lives and chose a lifelong lover.
Two excellent couples started with a beautiful and bright, and the fathers put the future in their hands, and they all had strong wings to fight in the sky.
Young people's life is always full of love and infinite possibilities, at this time, although they have also experienced some shallow pain, but life is more warmth, is the sunshine, is the ambition and yearning for the future.
In the next section, we will see how they have persevered in the hardships of life and the wrestling of fate, and stepped out of their own scenery of life.
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