"The little pity jade body is lying in the night, and it is suddenly reported that Zhou Shi has entered Jinyang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "The story of the former dynasty's demise, Queen Dugu still remembers it vividly, Zhang Lihua's hair in the Southern Dynasty was lightly brushed, stirring up the Chen dynasty upside down, since ancient times, Queen Dugu in order to keep the long-term peace and stability of the Yang family's court, the first thing she thought of was to help her husband put an end to the internal strife in the harem.

The power she asked for from her husband rectified the system in the palace, abolished the practice of three concubines and six concubines, advocated simplicity, forbade women in the palace to wear heavy makeup and fancy clothes, and had strict rules on their words and deeds, and did not allow concubines to approach the emperor at will.

The entire harem is under the control of Queen Dugu, forming a quiet and solemn atmosphere, because of Queen Dugu's supreme status and strong wrists, although the concubines in the harem are dissatisfied in their hearts, they have to obey on the surface.

In addition to managing her concubines well, Empress Dugu also paid great attention to maintaining her relationship with the emperor, and she knew that she had to envelop her husband with her tenderness and thoughtfulness so that he would not be deceived by other women. Whenever the bell rings at dawn, Queen Dugu carefully waits for her husband to freshen up and dress, and then sits in the same car with him, sending him all the way to the court, the emperor goes to the court, and he waits quietly in His Royal Highness, waiting until the dispersal of the court, and then returns to the inner palace in the same car.

This kind of action, she insisted tirelessly day after day, so that Yang Jian never dared to slack off on the early dynasty. In the inner palace, she took care of her husband's daily life, and she personally inquired about the emperor's recipes for each meal, daily attire and other matters, and made proper arrangements, so that Emperor Wen could concentrate on the government without distraction. Every time she sleeps together late at night, she often recalls the friendship of the past in Emperor Wen's ear, details the love of husband and wife, and uses tenderness and sweetness to tie Emperor Wen's heart.

Fortunately, Emperor Wen of Sui was committed to national affairs, and he simply did not have the extra energy to make fun of the fat powder in the harem, and the various measures implemented by his virtuous and capable wife could be closely coordinated with his imperial reform, and he naturally supported it vigorously.

Once Empress Dugu agreed with Emperor Wen of Sui: "In this life, I will love each other forever, the sea is dry and rotten, my chastity will not waver, and I vow not to have a son born of my mother." ”

Thinking that his wife had been in trouble with him for decades, and always assisted him wholeheartedly, Emperor Wen's heart was hot, and he immediately agreed to the oath with the queen. Afterwards, Emperor Wen proudly boasted to the minister, "There is no concubine beside me, and the five sons are all the same mother, so they can be said to be true brothers." If in the previous dynasty, the brothers were mostly from different mothers. ”

In fact, the reason why Queen Dugu restricted Emperor Wen from having a half-son was also out of consideration for beware of a half-son seizing the throne and competing for power.

Queen Dugu not only controlled her husband's inconsistency, but also strongly interfered in the emotional life of her son and ministers for the sake of national interests. Empress Dugu selected the daughter of the Yuan family as the crown princess for the crown prince Yang Yong, and established the daughter of the Yun family as Zhaoxun according to the etiquette.

Concubine Yuan is gentle and virtuous by nature, dignified and polite, and Queen Dugu thinks that she is very suitable for the future mother's world, so she is quite important to her. Yun Zhaoxun is a lively and well-behaved woman, beautiful and moving, in contrast, Queen Dugu thinks she is not dignified, and it is a little reluctant to make her Zhaoxun, according to her meaning, let the prince get as little as close to the Yun family as possible.

However, the prince's emotions are different from his mother's intentions, he has more respect for Concubine Yuan, but he is very fond of Yun Zhaoxun, so he is usually entangled with the Yun family. In this regard, Queen Dugu was very unhappy when she heard the news.

At this time, Yang Yong's younger brother Yang Guang, the king of Jin, happened to take advantage of the situation, he deliberately pretended to be thrifty, benevolent and filial, and had a bad look, made extensive friends with ministers, and curried favor with his mother everywhere. Queen Dugu saw that Yang Guang was trying to act according to her own requirements, and she naturally liked it very much.

She said to Emperor Wen of Sui: "Guang'er is very filial, every time he hears that we have sent an envoy to his garrison, he will definitely go out of the city to greet him; every time he talks about being away from the court and his parents, he weeps and is sad; his newlywed princess is also very pitiful, Guang'er is too busy with government affairs to take care of her, I will send an envoy to visit." Princess Xiao can often only sleep and eat with them, where is like Yong'er and Yun'er, who set up feasts all day long for fun, Yong'er is really close to the villain. ”

Due to Yang Guang's intentions and Queen Dugu's evaluation, Yang Yong's status as the crown prince became precarious. Things are not coincidental, because the prince is in an embarrassing situation, the ambitious concubine Yuan is worried and anxious for him, but the prince himself does not take this matter to heart, which finally causes the Yuan family to become depressed and sick, and he passed away with regret.

Zhaoxun Yun is a woman who doesn't worry much about political affairs, she is intoxicated with the love of children, this kind of character is very pleasing to Yang Yong, the two are inseparable, not long after the death of Concubine Yuan, Yun Zhaoxun gave birth to the crystallized little prince of their love.

Originally, the death of Concubine Yuan made Queen Dugu angry, but now the prince has violated the rules she set, and the birth of a child by the partial concubine has become the sin of the prince Yang Yong, which makes the queen very dissatisfied with him.

At this time, after Yang Guang, the king of Jin, entered Beijing and Jin to see his mother from his guard Yangzhou, he secretly provoked in front of Queen Dugu and said: "The prince has different intentions for his son, and he has repeatedly sent people to assassinate him, which makes him very frightened. ”

Queen Dugu was originally a very shrewd person, and it was impossible to believe Yang Guang's nonsense if she was a little more sensible, but because she had a deep prejudice against Yang Yong, she listened to Yang Guang's words without thinking, and feelings of pity and anger surged into her heart together.

So she confessed to Yang Guang her intentions: "Yong'er is no longer a weapon, put aside the main room, and favor the Yun family, with me in him, I still dare to bully your brothers, if he becomes the Son of Heaven, the prince is a concubine, your brothers have to bow down to the Yun family and ask for a way out." ”

When things came to this kind of field, there was no doubt about the abolition of the crown prince, so Emperor Wen of Sui, under the advice of Queen Dugu, deposed him as a concubine on the charge that the prince was doting on, unreasonable, benevolent and filial, and close to the villain. A month later, at the behest of Queen Dugu, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, was made the crown prince.

After managing her son, Queen Dugu also has to manage the minister. Gao Ju is the founding father of the Sui State, and has a deep friendship with Queen Dugu's mother's family, he was originally highly respected, and the queen's system still has to take effect on him. After the death of Gao Ju's original wife, Gao Ju, who was Xiangguo, was heartbroken, and once said to Queen Dugu sadly: "The strings are broken suddenly, and the only way to recite scriptures is to live in Zhai." ”

This remark was deeply admired by the queen, who knew that not long after, the gongs and drums in Xiangguo's mansion were noisy, and the news of Xiangguo's celebration of the birth of a concubine was spread. Emperor Wen of Sui congratulated Xiangguo on having a son in his later years, but Queen Dugu was furious, thinking that she was inconsistent with her appearance, and she missed her deceased wife on the surface, but secretly she doted on her concubine, and even caused her concubine to have a child.

So Queen Dugu chatted to Emperor Wen every day on the pillow, and Emperor Wen finally couldn't resist the queen's request for both soft and hard, and the Xiangguo, who had been in power for 20 years, had outstanding achievements in the name of being inconsistent and untrustworthy, and dismissed him from the post of prime minister and let him return to his hometown to retire.

Too severe repression is easy to cause rebellious psychology, although Emperor Wen out of the needs of the country, to the Dugu Queen strict rule of the inner palace of the various systems to express recognition and obedience, but from his inner feelings, for these rules and precepts he has long been distressed and tired.

In the autumn of a certain year, Queen Dugu occasionally contracted a cold and was sick in the palace, and Emperor Wen of Sui took a little eunuch for a walk to the back garden of the palace to enjoy the coolness. Bypass the magpie building, pass through the Linfang Palace, walk to the Renshou Palace, suddenly hear the end of the corridor sounded a crisp singing, the song sang: "The golden well falls the sycamore, the dogwood burns the hall red; the king loves the autumn color, wanders in the Renshou Palace." ”

The lyrics are clearly improvised, there are scenes and events, which not only conform to the situation in front of him, but also imply that Emperor Wen is dedicated to Queen Dugu, who is close to the age of autumn, and has no intention of caring about him. Emperor Wen was very interested when he heard it, and followed the song to find it, only to see a seventeen or eighteen-year-old beautiful girl, dressed in a bright autumn dress, leaning on the edge of the corridor while singing and rolling the bead curtain at will, a good picture of leisurely and interesting autumn beauty.

This girl is the granddaughter of the old rebel officer Wei Chihui, after the Wei Chihui rebellion was suppressed, his family's female dependents were accepted in the harem as palace maids. Emperor Wen was attracted by her beauty and liveliness at once, buried in the boring and heavy state affairs for many years, and always guarded a strict wife by his side, Emperor Wen was somewhat boring, here suddenly saw the lively and lovely Yu Chi, his long-lost spring heart could not help but begin to recover, that night stayed in Renshou Palace, and Yu Chi's upside down phoenix, spent an intoxicating night.

In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Wen of Sui woke up suddenly and found that the sky had already dawned, exceeding the usual time for the court, and he did not forget his responsibility, so he hurriedly got up and rushed to the court.

Yu Chi was still immersed in the happiness of last night, leaning on the head of the bed to savor it, and did not get up to make up. Queen Dugu in the palace over there saw that her husband had not returned all night, so she was suspicious, and sent her henchmen to find out, and she flocked to Renshou Palace with a group of palace maids early in the morning. No one dared to stop the palace maids of Renshou Palace, and let the queen and the palace maids rush into the inner room in a hurry, and the queen ordered her palace maids to drag up the disheveled Yu Chi and throw it at her feet, shouting loudly.

"The little goblin performs a lonely trick, dares to bewitch the king's heart, and messes with the elegance of my palace, and you must not be allowed to steal your life. So at the sound of an order, the delicate Wei Chi died in an instant.

Emperor Wen of Sui on the Wude Hall was reminiscing about the joy of last night, and suddenly came the bad news in Renshou Palace, he suddenly felt extremely sad and frustrated, and thought: "This queen is too strict, I can't protect a beloved woman once I am a son of heaven, it is really too much." ”

So he got up, mounted a horse, and ran away in a rage, and hid in a temple deep in the mountains. When the ministers heard the news, they hurriedly found the temple and begged Emperor Wen to return to the palace. "The country can't be without a king for a day, and Emperor Wen reluctantly returned to the palace with the minister.

Emperor Wen of Sui was furious, and originally wanted to issue an edict to abolish Queen Dugu, but thinking of the suffering of his husband and wife, and thinking that his wife's actions were also to assist him in governing the country, he didn't do it. And the high-spirited Queen Dugu, because of her illness and fright, coupled with the emperor's departure, caused a minor illness and died a few months later.

As soon as Queen Dugu died, although Emperor Wen of Sui felt that he had lost a powerful arm, he also felt that he was freed from a kind of bondage. At this time, he named two favorite concubines, named Chen as Mrs. Xuanhua and Cai as Mrs. Ronghua.

Mrs. Xuanhua is a beautiful woman left by the Chen Palace of the Southern Dynasty, with a rich and gorgeous appearance, moist skin, gentle and lovely; Mrs. Ronghua is from the north, charming and understanding. The two ladies have their own charms, fascinated Emperor Wen, feasted day and day, night and night, and happily boasted to people: "I am old, I am at a loss, and today I have two beauties, which is enough for the entertainment of the evening scene." ”

Wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, and the color hurts the body with a sharp axe, after all, Emperor Wen of Sui is already a person sixty years away, where can he withstand the torment of this kind of extreme indulgence, and soon he fell seriously ill, his body was weak, and it was difficult to heal. Lying on the bed, he said to the left and right with emotion: "If Queen Dugu is still here, I can't do this." ”

There are feelings, regrets, and bitterness, and only then did he truly understand the painstaking heart of the virtuous Queen Dugu.

Queen Dugu's iron-fisted strict rule of the harem was widely praised by later generations, and Queen Dugu became a famous wife in history. Although some people commented that her system and methods were too harsh and hurt the feelings of others, she was simply a cold-blooded woman. However, in her kind of position, how could she manage an orderly harem without using some means, so that Emperor Wen could concentrate on court politics?

Queen Dugu also has her mistakes, like the crown prince Yang Guang she chose, after the death of Emperor Wen, he became Emperor Yang of Sui, and he is a famous mediocre and beautiful woman in history. But Queen Dugu's intentions when she recommended him were not bad, it was purely out of consideration for the interests of the imperial court, but Yang Guang's confusing methods deceived her.