Many people are curious, what kind of woman is Empress Xiao, the wife of the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang? How overwhelming is she?
In the long river of history, there are countless beautiful women, and there are many empresses who have left their names in history, but they often disappear after the demise of the country. But there was such a strange woman, xiangui as an empress, after the fall of the country, she became a concubine of other dynasties many times, and even when she was 60 years old, she was also crowned as Zhaorong by Li Shimin, who was only 31 years old.
She is Empress Xiao, the wife of the tyrant Sui Emperor of the ages, so how beautiful is Empress Xiao and how beautiful can she be to get the love of so many kings? How did she become the wife of the Sui Emperor?
Empress Xiao experienced a thousand vicissitudes and helplessness in her life. It may be that since Gu Tian's jealous face, her fate has been very bumpy.
Empress Xiao's father was Emperor Xiao of Liang, who was a great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty and a grandson of Prince Zhaoming of Liang. At the end of the 6th century, Xiao Liang's regime was defeated, and later Xiao Yue surrendered to Northern Zhou and was made the King of Liang, and from Northern Zhou to the Sui Dynasty, he was in a vassal position.
In February 570, in the Palace of Houliang in Jiangling City, Xiao Jiao's favorite concubine Zhang Ji gave birth to a baby girl, which was the future Empress Xiao. At that time, according to a local custom, the birth of her daughter in February was a disaster star, and the superstitious Xiao Yue decided to send the newly born Empress Xiao to her distant relative Xiao Qian to raise.
Xiao Qian had no children and loved her very much, but the good times were not long, and when Empress Xiao was 8 years old, Xiao Qian and his wife died of illness one after another, and Empress Xiao was sent to the family of her uncle Zhang Ke to raise her. Her uncle's family was poor, although she had to personally participate in labor, but Empress Xiao did not forget to study, and by the age of 14, she had gradually grown into a well-read, beautiful and dignified, gentle and virtuous lady, and there was nothing that people who saw her did not dislike.
In 583, Emperor Wen of Sui's second son Yang Guang had reached the age of 14 and had reached the age of choosing a princess, and Empress Dugu proposed that it was best to choose a princess for Yang Guang from a famous and prestigious family in the south. At that time, the most influential and respected of the famous and prestigious families in the south was Xiao Yue, the king of Liang, so the ministers of the dprk and the Central China agreed that a princess should be elected from their family. Coupled with the deep friendship between Emperor Yang Jian of Sui and the Xiao family, Emperor Wen of Sui immediately sent his minister Chen Zhong to the Xiao family. Xiao Yue was overjoyed when he learned of chen zhong, the minister of Chincha, and he called out all three daughters in the family, but they were either not good-looking or unlucky, and they saw that the position of princess of the hand was about to fly, and just at this time, someone mentioned to Xiao Yue that Empress Xiao was fostered in Zhang Ke's family.
Xiao Yue immediately sent someone to pick her up, and when Empress Xiao stood in front of Chen Zhong, Chen Zhong was extremely satisfied, and the Empress Xiao in front of her was noble and elegant, dignified and generous, with a slight hint of charm in her shyness. Chen Zhong could not wait to take a position for Empress Xiao, and the gua elephant was very auspicious, and Chen Zhong congratulated Xiao Yue and went to report to Emperor Wen to decide. Xiao Yue was shocked, not expecting that the daughter who was abandoned by him 14 years ago because he thought it was a disaster star had now become a lucky star for the family.
Soon, Xiao shi was summoned to Chang'an to marry Yang Guang, and Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Dugu personally summoned Xiao Shi, and Emperor Wen of Sui asked about some southern customs and the situation of the Xiao family. Xiao Shi replied decently, and Emperor Wen and Empress Dugu were very satisfied with her, and soon after the canonization ceremony was held, Xiao Shi became the Princess of Jin.
After Yang Guang ascended the throne, Xiao was also promoted from princess to empress. After Yang Guang became emperor, he built the Grand Canal, built the eastern capital, moved the capital to Luoyang, and frequently launched wars, such as pro-conquest of Tuguhun and three conquests of Goguryeo, coupled with the abuse of people's strength, resulting in frequent civil unrest. It caused great chaos in the world and led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty.
In March 618, Yu Wenhua and launched a mutiny, the Sui Emperor Yang Guang was hanged, Yu Wenhua and ordered the killing of Yang Guang's descendants, and then established Yang Hao, the son of Yang Jun, the third son of Emperor Wen of Sui, as emperor, and made himself a chancellor, taking charge of the imperial government, and holding Empress Xiao hostage to Luoyang, and Empress Xiao became Yu Wenhua's side of the house in desperation.
At this time, Dou Jiande, who had raised an army in the Central Plains, directly approached Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and could not resist, defeated and defeated again, and finally took Empress Xiao to retreat to Wei County, and established herself as Emperor Xu, renaming Empress Xiao as a concubine. Soon, Wei County was breached, and Yuwen and Daibu fled to Liaocheng. Dou Jiande led his army in pursuit, and finally captured Liaocheng and killed Yuwen and yu wenhua. When Dou Jiande saw Empress Xiao, he fell for her and immediately accepted her as a concubine.
But not long after, the Northern Turks sent emissaries to find Dou Jiande, planning to welcome Empress Xiao to the Turks, it turned out that Princess Yicheng, the sister of the Sui Emperor who was far away from marrying the Turkic Khan and the relatives of the Sui Dynasty, sent emissaries to find out the whereabouts of Empress Xiao, at that time the power of the Turks in the north was developing rapidly, and Dou Jiande did not dare to confront the Turks head-on, so he had to hand over Empress Xiao and the people of the imperial family to the envoys. After Empress Xiao arrived in Turkistan, she became the concubine of the Turkic Khan twice.
In 630, when the Tang dynasty general Li Jing led an army to defeat the Turks, Emperor Taizong of Tang learned that Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty was still outside Saiwai, so he sent envoys to welcome her back to Chang'an.
After many years, Empress Xiao, who had returned to Chang'an again, was already 60 years old, and when she entered the Pilgrimage to meet Li Shimin, Empress Xiao had tall sideburns, a waist like a willow, a face like a peony, beautiful eyes, and a thousand manners, completely without the old age she should have at this age. Tang Taizong Li Shimin was only 31 years old at the time, and he was completely stunned, and in this way, Empress Xiao was again crowned zhaorong by Tang Taizong Li Shimin.
Empress Xiao spent a turbulent life and a difficult fate, but finally spent 17 years of peace in the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty, and died at the age of 77.
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