In ancient times, women's appearance was too beautiful, easy to provoke trouble, such as the peach blossom lady, because of the appearance of disaster, became the victim of the competition of the strong. But sometimes, men who are too handsome will also get into trouble.
Yelü Zongyun, the king of Changsha in the Khitan Liao Kingdom, was forced by the empress dowager's aunt to marry her widow sister because she was too tall and handsome, and Zong Yun's original wife became a pond fish that was affected.
Yelü Zongyun (1005-1064), courtesy name Baoxin, khitan name Xie Jianu, or Sejianu, was the royal nobleman of the Liao State.
Zong Yun was the precious golden grandson of Emperor Jingzong of Liaojing and Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan of Chengtian, the nephew of Emperor Yelü Longxu of Liao, the third son of Emperor Yelü Longqing, and the mother of Princess Xiao of Qi.
By the way, Princess Xiao of Qi was both the mother of her son Zong Yun and the cousin of Zong Yun, because she was Xiao Yanyan's granddaughter and the daughter of her husband Longqing's sister Princess Yelü Chang of Wei, that is, her niece Xiao Shi married her uncle Long Qing, which belonged to the uncle-nephew marriage.
Therefore, Zong Yun's grandparents were Yelüxian and Xiao Yanyan, his maternal grandparents were Xiao Pai and a long-lived daughter, his maternal grandmother was both a maternal grandmother and a pro-aunt, and the frequent marriages of close relatives and uncles and nephews of the Liao royal family and nobles made the relationship between the characters complicated to the point of burning brains.
Zong Yun was not only born well, but also good-looking, the Khitan Chronicle praised him for his tall, burly and beautiful appearance, he also studied well, had a good personality, was willing to be kind, had the weight of an adult, was very loved by his uncle Shengzong Longxu, and treated him like his own son, "deeply affectionate".
In the sixth year of Kaitai (1017), Zong Yun, who was only 12 years old, was appointed by his uncle Shengzong as an observer envoy of Bei Prefecture, Jie Yu Zhaoyijun, and the king of Changsha County, and then entered the tong zhongshu menxia Sanpin.
Under the escort of his uncle, the young Zongyun had a very smooth career, but after his uncle's death, Zongyun encountered the biggest crisis in his life.
On the third day of the first month of June in the eleventh year of Taiping (1031), Emperor Shengzong of Liao died, and The Crown Prince Zongzhen succeeded to the throne for Emperor Xingzong of Liao, and his old concubine Xiao Yunjin, who was not willing to be subordinated to the people, quickly took control of the power, and on June 25, he launched a coup d'état to defeat the faction of Emperor Shengzong Qitian and defeated Xiao Bodhisattva's faction, and gave Xiao Bodhisattva's right-hand men Xiao Shaoye and Xiao Pi to kill them, and moved Xiao Bodhisattva to Shangjing.
Xingzong, who could not get the old woman, was forced to retreat to the second line, and the court became The world of Xiao Yunjin, and her family also took advantage of this to go further, and the brothers and sisters became the top magnates who were hot and powerful.
Xiao Yunjin's eldest sister Lady Qin Guo, originally married to Yelü Ning, the king of Qishui County, who was the great-grandson of Liao Taizu Abaoji's younger brother Lage, died early after marriage, and the widowed Xiao Dajie was not willing to be lonely, and naturally there was no shortage of guests who entered the curtain, so Xiao Dajie was famous in the circle of power.
Of course, the empress dowager Xiao Yunjin knew about the affair of the eldest sister, and was also ready to find a more handsome one for the eldest sister, which was not, the unfortunate King of Changsha, Yelü Zongyun, was caught by the little aunt Xiao Yunjin because he was handsome.
Yes, although Yelü Zongyun was the cousin of Xiao Yunjin's son, the arrogant empress dowager was still ready to let this handsome nephew be his new brother-in-law, and the marriage of the Liaoguo noble circle was even more ageless.
Zong Yun was born in the twenty-third year of Tonghe (1005), his young aunt Xiao Yunjin was born around the middle of Qianheng (980-983), and Xiao's eldest sister's birth year was also as low as 980.
That is to say, Sister Xiao was at least 25 years older than Zong Yun, and in the first year of Gyeongbok (1031), Zong Yun was only 26 years old, and Sister Xiao had to be over 51 years old, so zong Yun married Sister Xiao, but it was really a tree of begonias pressing pear blossoms.
As a royal nobleman, Yelü Zongyun was naturally unwilling, refusing the unreasonable request of the empress dowager's little aunt on the grounds that he had a wife and a son, and Xiao Yunjin could even repair it with his own son, let alone her husband's own nephew? He sent someone to kill Zong Yun's original wife, Princess Changsha, No! Now you don't have a wife, right? What a good couple to marry a widow! Poor princess Changsha, who was red-faced and short-lived, was killed because her husband was too handsome, and it was really unlucky.
Emperor Yelü Zongyun was helpless, even if he was also a royal nobleman, the precious Golden Grandson of Emperor Jingzong and Empress Chengtian, the beloved nephew of Emperor Shengzong, and the cousin of Emperor Xingzong, in front of the arrogant and bullying Emperor Fa Tian empress Xiao Yunjin, he could only marry Sister Xiao, an old widow of fifty or sixty years old.
To tell the truth, old men and young women are common, old women and young husbands are really uncommon, in the face of power, Princess Guangning, who is the daughter of the emperor, was beaten down by Yang Guo's uncle's house slaves and had no way to sue, in the same way, as the emperor's grandson, Yelü Zongyun could only be forced to marry the old woman, and could not always die, right?
Perhaps there is a sense of compensation for Zong Yun, or perhaps Zong Yun is the emperor's grandson, in short, Zong Yun was very smooth in his subsequent career, successively serving as an envoy of the Tianxiong Army, Jiedu Wei Prefecture, and so on, through the Chongyi Army, the Xingguo Army, and then the Addition of Servants, and the Jin Dynasty King of Han and the King of Wang.
During the reign of his nephew Emperor Daozong Hongji, Zong Yun also gave Baoshun Meritorious Servant, Jin Feng Chen Wang, Bai Nan Zai Chancellor, xiezan meritorious servant, and Zhongshu Ling, Jin Fenglu King, and Jia Shou Situ.
In the tenth year of QingNing (1064), the 60-year-old Zong Yun changed the sentence of Kuang Yijun to be an envoy, and on the way to his post, he died on December 7. When Emperor Daozong learned of this, he resigned from the dynasty for five days, and issued an edict posthumously sealing King Zheng with the posthumous title of "Gong Su".
At the time of Zong Yun's death, the widow Xiao Dajie, whom he was forced to marry, had already died and was praised on Zong Yun's epitaph: "Chunlan is radiant, and she is gentle in Heryi, And she is shocked by Xun Zhao. ”
In fact, Xiao Yunjin's sisters and sisters are very affectionate, not only her eldest sister loves beauty, but also her sister Lady Jinguo, not to mention more, Xiao Xiaomei was originally married to the son of the Song King Yelü Hugo, the son of the Right God Wuwei General Yelü Yuan, Feng Jinguo Lady, after Yelü Yuan's death, remarried the military department Shangshu Yelü Yanning.
After Yan Ning's death, Xiao Xiaomei was widowed again, and was once again made by the Household Department geng Yuanji Shuai with a bloody face and begged his sister Xiao Yunjin for help. Xiao Yunjin repeated the old trick, killing Geng Yuanji's wife and letting Xiao Xiaomei marry Geng Yuanji.
From the deeds of the Xiao family sisters, it can also be seen that the Khitan Liao State is relatively open in marriage relations, and it is common for second marriages and even third and fourth marriages. Of course, Xiao Yunjin would say with a smile that she had learned from her mother-in-law Xiao Yanyan, and Zong Yun showed helplessness.
That's it.
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