In 735 AD, Tang Xuanzong heard that there was a talented woman in Jiangnan, not only very beautiful, but also unmatched in talent, so he asked people to take her into the palace, Xuanzong saw Long Yan Da Yue, and immediately gave her the name "Mei Concubine", however, what he did not expect was that soon after, he thought that Mei Fei could only sneak a glimpse, why was this?
During the kaiyuan period, there was a talent in Xinghua (present-day Putian City, Fujian), who was born with a lofty spirit, and the jade tree was windy, but he was still childless under his knees when he was over thirty years old, and his wife was worried about this, so she went to the water shrine to pray, and she did not expect to give birth to a girl, who was not only extremely beautiful, but also talented.
Because the family especially cherished this hard-won child, they named her Ah Zhen, she was clever and clever from an early age, and when she was nine years old, she could read through the Book of Poetry, and said to her father: "Although I am only a woman, I want to be as great as the ancients." ”
The father listened to her words, and was surprised and happy, he did not expect that the young child actually had lofty ambitions, so transparent, and named Cai Ping, according to historical records, Cai Ping's face was like a hibiscus, sideburns like willow silk, can attract Flying Swallow to palm, even if the heavenly Chang'e is also a few points inferior to her.
She is not only exquisite in appearance, but more rare is that she has a wide range of literary talents, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her biggest daily hobby is to write poems and articles at home, including "Xiao Lan", "Pear Garden", "Mei Ting" and other eight words that were famous at that time.
In 735, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered his ministers to go to the people to find women of the right age for him, but wherever they went, they would compare those women with Concubine Wu Huifei, and it turned out that none of them could compare with her, so they gave up, and just when the ministers had a headache because they could not make a difference, the appearance of a woman saved them.
When the ministers (Gao Lishi and others) came to Xinghua County, they heard that there was a local woman with superior intelligence and appearance, so they immediately explained their intentions to her family, and also issued a dowry, and then took her to the palace, Tang Xuanzong took a look, beautiful as a heavenly immortal, ice and snow smart, this year, Cai Ping was sixteen years old!
After Cai Ping arrived at the palace, she was deeply favored by Xuanzong, and after retiring from the dynasty every day, she would definitely come to her residence, and the two of them drank and gave gifts, so it was not comfortable, on this day, Xuanzong saw Cai Ping's "Mei Ting Fu", marveled at her literary talent and learned that she loved plum blossoms the most, so she gave her the name "Mei Concubine", and told Cai Ping: "Recently, I have been troubled by the affairs of the government, but as long as I see the plum blossoms in your garden, I am very happy, not to mention that you are so beautiful and beautiful, even if you are a fairy, you will be jealous."
What woman is not moved by such praise from the Son of Heaven? However, Cai Ping said: Beauty is only temporary, it will soon disappear, even if it is a plum blossom, it will wither one day, even if it is the moon, there are times when it is broken.
The meaning of Cai Ping is very clear, emperor, all you like is me now, and when I am old and fading, you will definitely not like it.
Hearing his beloved concubine say this, Emperor Ming smiled and said, "The heart of Yuan's heart will never change, and all the flowers here can testify." ”
Although the reason was understood, how could she resist such a sincere confession from the Son of Heaven?
Since then, in order to please Concubine Mei, the Ming Emperor has all kinds of precious plum blossoms all over the palace, she sat in her own courtyard, facing the plum blossoms in the garden, gently stroking the jade flute, the beautiful music drifted throughout the palace, the courtiers said to the Ming Emperor: "The courtiers have never heard such a beautiful flute sound, this is floating from the sky, right?" ”
Emperor Ming laughed when he heard this: "This is the music played by Concubine Mei of Yuan, today you are blessed, and go to Princess Mei and listen quietly!" ”
Therefore, Emperor Ming took the courtiers together to the courtyard where Concubine Mei was located, listening to the beautiful flute sound, Emperor Ming let Princess Mei lead the dance, and the ministers jumped up, and as a result, one accidentally, Princess Mei was stepped on by a minister, so this step was angry and left in front of everyone!
Seeing that the protagonists had all left the scene, emperor Ming was also sad and took everyone home, however, the next day, the minister who stepped on Concubine Mei suddenly knelt on the main hall and asked Emperor Ming to give himself death, and Emperor Ming was in the clouds, so the minister said: "Your Majesty, the minister accidentally stepped on Princess Mei, knowing that he deserved to die, please give it." ”
When Emperor Ming heard this, he laughed: "Ai Qing's words are serious, is he such a calculating person?" Hurry up! ”
When the minister got up, he suddenly said, "Your Majesty, there are 30,000 beautiful ladies in your harem, so why are you still looking for these folk women?" ”
Emperor Ming said, "Although there are 30,000 people in the harem, none of them have fallen into the city, can you help me find a beautiful person?" ”
The minister also said: "The minister heard that there was a woman in the Shouwang Mansion named Yang Yuhuan, whose beauty and gentleness were unmatched, and the Shou King praised her: three inches of horizontal waves back to the water, a pair of thin sign language incense strings." ”
Emperor Ming was very happy to hear this, and immediately let Gao Lishi go to the Palace of king Shou and ordered yang Yuhuan to be summoned, but this jade ring was originally the concubine of king Shou, and now that a letter of edict was leaving, he gave birth to infinite sorrow, and when he left, he said to king Shou: "Wang Ye, let the stone bridge be penetrated by rain, the ram is pregnant because of seduction, and the concubines do not change their hearts, but this must be farewell forever!" ”
After saying goodbye to King Shou, he followed Gao Lishi into the palace, and that night, the Ming Emperor felt confused at a glance, and only that night, he named her a noble concubine, and he spoiled her alone at night, and personally dressed up for the noble concubine the next day.
At this time, Princess Mei also heard about this, and she was immediately sad and said to herself: "When he said those words on the night I first entered the palace, I knew that such happiness would not last long, but I did not know that it came so quickly!" ”
After saying that, she sighed, and then walked toward the Nangong, and when she saw Empress Ming, she said bitterly: "I heard that Your Majesty has another beautiful person, if Your Majesty does not dislike it, why don't you let us meet and recognize a sister?" ”
Emperor Ming smiled and said, "Shuo is just making a scene, occasionally picking flowers and stirring up grass, why bother with your teeth?" ”
At this time, Yang Guifei had just walked outside the wall, and when she heard Emperor Ming say this, she felt angry, and in a moment she walked to the two of them, endured the jealousy and worshipped Concubine Mei as sisters, and then Emperor Ming proposed: "You are all famous talented women, such a beautiful moment, why don't you write a poem?" ”
Before the words were finished, Princess Mei first made a poem: "Sprinkle down the Wushan Chuyun, nangong one night Jade Lou Chun, ice muscle moon appearance who is similar, splendid river sky half for the king"
Yang Guifei read Princess Mei's poem and was greatly displeased, thinking: I didn't expect her to actually ridicule me, such as "This sprinkles the Chu Yun under the Wu Mountain", isn't it laughing at me from King Shou? Isn't this "Splendid River Half a King" laughing at my fat posture? Good you Princess Mei, wait!
Then Yang Guifei also paid tribute to Concubine Mei: "Mei Yan He once reduced the spring, and the plum blossom snow was also naïve." The arch-teacher borrowed the spring breeze early, and did not fight with all the flowers to be new."
When Princess Mei heard this, she was also very unhappy, and thought to herself: Isn't it true that Plum Blossom Snow is also laughing at my being too thin? Don't fight with all the flowers, this is completely dismissive of me! These two pet concubines fought vigorously, and their faces were very ugly, but emperor Ming thought that the two talents were gorgeous, and pretended to be completely unaware of the careful thinking of the two people.
The first time they met, the two were very unhappy, and as a result, within a few days, Yang Guifei said all kinds of bad things about Princess Mei to Emperor Ming, and moved to Shangyang Palace!
One day, Emperor Ming was idle, and actually walked to the plum garden, so he saw things and thought of people, and immediately ordered someone to take Concubine Mei to his side, and when the two of them saw each other, they complained to each other, and Princess Mei bowed to Emperor Ming and said: "Concubines think day and night, thinking that they will never see Your Majesty, and they did not expect to see each other one day!" ”
Emperor Ming also touched the scene and said affectionately: "There is not a day when I don't want you!" Look at your face has lost a lot of weight! ”
Princess Mei said with emotion: "Floating clouds obscure the bright moon, and the torrential rain angers the spring flowers, in the face of such a scene, how can you not be emaciated!" ”
Emperor Ming said, "I like you to be so thin!" ”
Hearing Emperor Ming say this, Princess Mei immediately raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said with disgust: "What about compared to that fat woman?" Who do you prefer? ”
Emperor Ming smiled and said, "Each has its own strengths!" After the two men finished speaking, they blew out the candles, lowered the curtains, and felt that it was dawn.
The next day, the sky was already bright, Yang Guifei waited left and right, just did not wait for the Ming Emperor, and then learned that the Ming Emperor spent the night at Princess Mei last night, angrily rushed straight to go, Emperor Ming learned that Yang Guifei was coming, and quickly hid Princess Mei and pretended to be still sleeping.
Yang Guifei saw the sleeping Emperor Ming and scolded: "The cups and plates are in disarray, there are women's shoes under the imperial bed, and there are women's cleaning at the head of the bed, what kind of person can make Your Majesty not go to the court?" Your Majesty hurry up, the concubines are waiting for you here! ”
Emperor Ming listened and did not want to pay attention, so he said to Yang Guifei: "My stomach is uncomfortable today, and I don't want to go to the court!" ”
When Yang Guifei heard this, her jealousy burned, and she pulled off the gold and silver jewelry on her head, scattered it all over the ground, turned around and slammed the door!
When Emperor Ming saw that Yang Guifei was gone, he whispered to Concubine Mei to come out, and as a result, the eunuch on duty saw that Yang Guifei was angry, so he sent Princess Mei back to the Shangyang Palace in advance, so he provoked Emperor Ming to be furious, after all, he also had a place for Concubine Mei in his heart, and he sent people away before he had enough warmth, and this eunuch really should be beaten.
However, after seeing Yang Guifei's jealousy, Emperor Ming never looked for Concubine Mei again, and Princess Mei spent the rest of her life in the Cold Palace, until later there was the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Ming was originally going to take her away, but Yang Guifei obstructed her, and Emperor Ming, who loved and feared Concubine Guifei, had to give up!
However, when the Anshi rebellion subsided, when Emperor Ming thought of Concubine Mei, he was separated by yin and yang, and at this time, Emperor Ming was in pain, but it was too late!