Yang Yuhuan's lively and good at vocal poetry can be regarded as a very close relationship with Tang Xuanzong. Because this emperor himself is the "Patriarch of Liyuan", and he has outstanding achievements in this area, and his attainments are so high, even the famous musicians Kui and Shi Kuang in ancient times may not be able to compare with him. It's definitely not a fool's ass just because he's an emperor. Xuanzong's musical talent is not only talented, but also hard work. The famous musician Li Guinian is famous for playing the drums, and he himself is happy to say, "I have discounted 50 drum sticks for practice." Who knew that Xuanzong only smiled lightly when he heard this: "Where are you using kung fu?" My drum cane was discounted three times. ”

In short, Yang Yuhuan, with her talented character, not only has a common language with Xuanzong, but also makes Xuanzong fascinated, and soon reached the Cheng dù that makes "Liugong Fandai have no color". Xuanzong became more and more inseparable from her, and finally made up his mind to give her an official title despite Yiqiē.

Yang Yuhuan was twenty-two years old when he officially entered the palace, and Xuanzong was fifty-six years old. Time quickly passed in the music and dance, and four years passed.

On July 26, the fourth year of Tianbao (745 AD), Tang Xuanzong issued an edict to make Wei Zhaoxun's second daughter the princess of Shou.

Ten days later, on the sixth day of the eighth month, another edict was issued: Yang Yang, the concubine of Taizhen, was the noble concubine.

Since Empress Wang was deposed, Xuanzong has never been crowned a queen. And by this time, the "noble concubine" was already the highest position in the harem. Yang Yuhuan actually became the master of the harem of the Tang Dynasty.

Is there love between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei? This is always a matter of speculation.

From the perspective of the Tang people, there should be love between this old husband and young wife, who have messed up ethics from the beginning.

There are many kinds of love in the world, not to mention the love that grows in power and wealth, even between you and me ordinary people, love as pure as water can only happen when the youth is ignorant. All the love after the end of the first love more or less happens after "comparison" and "choice".

The love between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei is obviously the result of intensification after comparison and choice.

If you were a man, would you fall in love with Yang Guifei just from a man's point of view? The answer is obvious – unless you simply accept only skinny beauties.

If you are a woman, between Li Longji and Li Mao, who will you choose after the comparison? In most cases, of course, the answer is obvious.

The only problem is that Yang Yuhuan has been married, and he has married two fathers and sons. But this point, in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty people with an open and luxurious atmosphere, is really not a problem. The literati of that time wrote countless poems to sing, and the people of that time used countless legends to linger. They all envied this pair in their hearts.

When Yang Yuhuan met Li Longji, he was fifty-six years old and held the authority of the Tang Dynasty, the world's most powerful country. In addition to this dazzling aura, this man has many more advantages: decisive personality and versatile. Li Longji has had an "extraordinary appearance" of "grace and beauty" since he was young, and even if he is old, he should still be very impressive when properly maintained. He is indeed a romantic person, but both men and women have an advantage: they have a lot of experience, and they know the needs and hearts of the opposite sex well, so as long as he (she) is willing, he can make the other party like a spring breeze.

And Shouwang Li Mao, except for his youth, has almost nothing.

What's more: although the emperor is amorous, the young King Shou has never been devoted to his princess. Princess Shou still had to face many concubines competing with her for her husband, and when the emperor issued the order to take his wife, the young husband also tried to protect himself, and did not show any bloody nature worth mentioning, so he gave his wife away.

In that case, why should a woman who is not at fault bother herself?

Li Longji's infatuation with Yang Yuhuan is also the result of choice. And the sacrifice of this choice is the once favored Mei Concubine Jiang Caiping.

Whether Concubine Mei really loves Li Longji or not should not be a question at all: Xuanzong is the emperor after all, and for that era when "the monarch and the minister have to die", those who are willing to sacrifice a qiē for the emperor for free account for the vast majority of men and women in the world. What's more, Jiang Caiping has been cared for and pampered by the supreme monarch in her mind. - Most people blamed Yang Yuhuan for being calm and uncaring for such extravagant treatment and not cherishing the people's power because of the poem "When the concubine laughs on the red dust, no one knows that it is a lychee", they blame Yang Yuhuan for being calm and not caring for the people, and instead sympathize with Concubine Mei in every way. However, in fact, Concubine Mei has never refused Xuanzong's extravagant favor: the fast horse envoy first sent plum blossoms to Jiang Caiping for several years before changing careers to send lychees to Yang Yuhuan.

After Yang Yuhuan entered the palace, there was a situation between him and Jiang Caiping, Yang Yuhuan called Jiang Caiping "Mei Jing" and ridiculed her for being thin, while Jiang Caiping called Yang Yuhuan "fat maid" and ridiculed her for being fat. This made Li Longji, who was in a dilemma, have to give up one of them: Concubine Mei was moved to Shangyang East Palace, and since then she has been away from Li Longji's life.

Jiang Caiping, who once regarded pampering as a habit, never thought that she would be the one who was sent to the cold palace, and the contrast between heaven and earth made her very embarrassed and sad. Of course, although Xuanzong, an amorous seed, was afraid of Yang Guifei's jealousy, he never forgot her.

It is said that Xuanzong once secretly sent someone to take Concubine Mei in Shangyang Palace to his side to renew the old relationship, but the incident was not secret, and was soon discovered by Yang Guifei, and she immediately rushed to Xingshi to ask for the guilt. Xuanzong panicked, immediately hid Concubine Mei in the curtain, and coaxed the concubine in every way, claiming that he had already broken off his love for Concubine Mei and had no selfish meeting.

After the incident, Xuanzong also felt that he had gone too far, so he sent someone to comfort Concubine Mei. Concubine Mei thought of her situation and sighed to the messenger: "The emperor is going to abandon me forever." Of course, the envoy had to cover for his boss: "How could the emperor abandon you, he just doesn't want to make the concubine angry." Concubine Mei laughed angrily: "I'm afraid that I will provoke the anger of the fat maid because of pity for me, isn't it abandoning me?" ”

Since then, Concubine Mei, who is lonely in the cold palace, can no longer see the figure of Xuanzong, hoping to regain her favor, she gave Gao Lishi a golden gift, hoping that he will receive money and wealth to eliminate disasters on behalf of others, and find famous people for himself, such as Sima Xiangru wrote "Changmen Fu" for Chen Jiao, and wrote a famous fu for himself to save Xuanzong's feelings. However, at this time, where did Gao Lishi dare to provoke Yang Guifei, lying that no one could write it, and prevaricating.

Jiang Caiping, who had no choice but to write "Lou Dongfu" by herself, to vent her resentment. This endowment is found in the "All Tang Wen":

"Jade Jianchen is born, Feng Xi is fragrant. The skillful combing of the lazy cicada's sideburns, and the light practice of idle clothes. Bitterly lonely in the Hui Palace, but contemplating the Lan Palace. The plum blossom of the beacon falls, and it is not seen through the long door. Is it a flower heart? Hate, willow eyes are worried. The warm breeze is blowing, and the spring birds are chirping. Upstairs at dusk, listening to the wind blowing and looking back; The blue clouds are twilight, and they gaze at Su Yue. The hot springs are not there, and the old tour of the green is recalled; The long door is closed, and the faith of Qingluan is cultivated. Remembering the clear waves of the Taiye liquid, the water is floating, the sheng song is appreciating the feast, and accompanying Chenhan. Play the wonderful song of dancing Luan, and take the fairy boat of painting. The gentleman is affectionate and profound. The mountains and seas are always there, like the sun and the moon and die. However, he is jealous and mediocre, and he is jealous. Take away my love and reprimanded me for the palace. It's hard to think about the old love, and I want to dream about it. Spend the flowers and the moon, and be lazy about the spring breeze. If you want to play the same thing, you don't work in the world. It is an unfinished groan, and it has sounded the bell. The empty sighed and hidden, and hesitated in the east of the building. ”

"Lou Dongfu" soon spread throughout the palace, and Yang Guifei was angry after reading it, and immediately attacked Xuanzong: "Concubine Jiang is mediocre, and she declares her grievances with her words, and she is willing to die." Xuanzong was silent.

Hearing about the emperor's reaction, Concubine Mei was full of expectations for the return of favor. However, the truth struck her down. One day, she happened to see the envoy enter the palace, and the appearance of the envoy was exactly what she was very familiar with, so she asked the left and right attendants: "Is the envoy Mei coming?" Left and right replied: "That's not the Mei envoy anymore, but the messenger who sent lychees to Yang Guifei." Concubine Mei burst into tears, and finally gave up on her husband who had changed her mind.

At this time, Xuanzong's response to "Lou Dongfu" finally came: he selected the best pearls that Waiyi paid tribute to, and secretly sent them to Shangyang Palace to give Concubine Mei. - Xuanzong's decision is really strange, Concubine Mei is not a professional writer, and she doesn't need him to pay for the manuscript. What does this pearl mean? Breakup gifts? Alimony?

Concubine Mei refused to accept the pearl and asked the messenger to bring back a poem. This is also the only poem she left in the world: "The willow leaves have not been drawn for a long time, and the residual makeup and tears are wet and red." Nagato has no grooming, so why bother with pearls to comfort loneliness. ”

After Xuanzong read the poem, he was unhappy, but he knew that it was impossible for the two concubines of Mei Yang to get along, and he really didn't want to give up Concubine Yang, so he could only let Concubine Mei's poems compose new songs, sing them from time to time, and talk about self-understanding. This is the origin of "A Pearl".

Jealousy is human nature. No matter how much etiquette requires women to be "free from jealousy", it can only be wishful thinking on the part of men. The "no jealousy" of the vast majority of women is just because she is timid and unwilling to anger her in-laws and husbands, and the second is also killed by sauce and wants to keep a good reputation (men are not much worse off by sticking to etiquette), or simply she has no interest in her husband at all, and she wants to get a few concubines to send men away from her.

And these three are not in line with Yang Yuhuan, and Tang Xuanzong has been in love for most of his life, this problem has become a habit of nature, and no matter how much it can be changed, it is limited. Therefore, Yang Yuhuan's jealousy will inevitably be staged again and again.

The most talked-about jealousy incident occurred in the seventh month of the fifth year of Tianbao (746 AD), and is said to have been caused by Yang Yuhuan's cousin, Mrs. Qiu Guo. - Then again, it doesn't matter if it's Mrs. Qiuguo, anyway, it happened.

Yang Yuhuan has three elder sisters, the most outstanding of which is Mrs. Qiuguo, who calls herself "the little aunt of the Tang Dynasty". Mrs. Qiu Guo was born beautiful, and she was conceited by this, so Du Fu wrote a poem: "Mrs. Qiu Guo inherited the grace of the lord, and entered the palace gate in Pingming." But he is disgusted with the color of fat powder, and he lightly sweeps the moth eyebrows towards the supreme. Such a beauty, of course Xuanzong wanted to fight her idea, and the jealous Yang Yuhuan had a dispute with Xuanzong because of this. The embarrassed and angry Xuanzong immediately ordered Gao Lishi to send Yang Yuhuan back to his cousin Yang Quan's mansion in the name of "jealousy and resentment".

If it is an ordinary family, it is just that the wife returns to her parents' house after the husband and wife quarrel, but Yang Yuhuan's husband is the emperor, which has become a great event. The entire Yang family was in chaos, and all the people gathered together to cry bitterly, waiting for the disaster to come.

While the Yang family was crying and wiping away tears, Tang Xuanzong was also restless in the palace. After the concubine left the palace, the emperor actually didn't think about eating and drinking because he couldn't see her, and he was angry at every turn. The small mistakes of the servants who are usually innocuous have all become unforgivable at this time, and they have been sent to the board one by one, and some have even been scared to death. Gao Lishi knew the reason for the emperor's abnormal expression, and carefully asked Xuanzong to take back Concubine Yang, and at the same time loaded hundreds of carts of maids' utensils, food, wine and food in the concubine's palace to Yang's mansion. After some tossing, Yang Guifei finally returned to the palace at dawn the next day. Xuanzong was already angry at this time, and when he saw that the concubine was like a living baby, not only did he not hold her accountable for "offending Tianwei", but he made amends in a low voice. It is said that from then on, Xuanzong never dared to cause trouble in the affairs of men and women, "the harem has no luck"!

Since then, Yang Yuhuan has been favored by three thousand, although she is a noble concubine in name, and she only has the system of "half queen", but in fact she enjoys the scale treatment equivalent to that of the queen; In terms of name, Xuanzong also made up for it in another way - calling her a "lady" in the way of a folk couple.

Yang Guifei's most famous allusion is related to the "poet immortal" Li Bai.

It is said that Xuanzong once admired the peony in the Agarwood Pavilion, and called Li Guinian to hit the sandalwood board as a song, and he thought that the music in the pear garden had been familiar, and said: "Appreciate the famous flowers, and use the old music words for the concubines." So he gave a golden note to Li Bai, a scholar of Hanlin, and ordered him to make a new word immediately. When Li Bai woke up from a hangover, he immediately wrote three poems, the first one: "The clouds want to dress and the flowers want to look, and the spring breeze blows Revlon." If it weren't for the jade mountain, it would meet Yaotai under the moon. The second song: "A branch of red dew condenses incense, **Wushan is in vain." By asking who in the Han Palace is like? Poor Feiyan leans on new makeup. The third song: "Famous flowers love the country, and the king looks at it with a smile." Explain that the spring breeze is infinitely hateful, and the agarwood pavilion is leaning on the north of the gan. These three poems were very popular with Xuanzong and the concubine, and Li Bai was very favored for a while. However, he offended Gao Lishi, and Gao Lishi made a statement to Yang Guifei, saying that Li Bai "refers to the concubine with Feiyan in the second poem, which is very cheap." Yang Guifei was convinced, and since then she has turned from joy to hatred for Li Bai, and Xuanzong wanted to give Li Bai an official position three times, but she blocked it, and finally made Li Bai frustrated and wandered the world. (To be continued.) )