Wang Chang, the word Zhaojun, a native of Zigui (now Yichang, Hubei), still has Zhaojun Village in Xingshan County, Yichang, Hubei Province today, and Xingshan County also has the reputation of Zhaojun County.

Wang Zhaojun was born in 52 BC, in order to avoid Sima Zhao's secrecy in the Jin Dynasty, he was called "Ming Concubine", so Zhaojun also had the title of Ming Concubine.

In the long history, countless literati and writers did not hesitate to leave ink treasures for Zhaojun, and articles, poems, bridges, etc. about Wang Zhaojun abound, and you will find that among the four beauties, Wang Zhaojun is the only woman who has been respected.

What is her magic to be so favored? If you just rely on that unrivaled beauty, it is nothing more than to leave a soul for future generations to recite the good stories of the past.

She is definitely not just a woman with a good name.

Wang Zhaojun's reputation has spread all over Nanjun when she was young. His father Wang Sui regarded it as the pearl of his palm, and handed her to read and write since he was a child, Wang Zhaojun was young, he was a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and knew everything, especially the good pipa, which was refreshing and pleasant.

Over time, Wang Zhaojun's reputation as a peerless beauty floated across Nanjun and drifted to Chang'an.

In the third year of Jianzhao (36 years ago), when Wang Zhaojun was 16 years old, Liu Zheng issued an edict to select show girls in various counties for the harem. The officials of Nanjun were selected and elected, and it was agreed that Wang Zhaojun would be the first and reported to the imperial court.

Seeing that his daughter was about to be sent to the harem, Wang Sui was quite reluctant, and hurriedly said to the local officials: "The little girl is still young and difficult to obey. ”

Such an excuse went unanswered. For the officials of Nanjun, this is a golden opportunity to please the emperor, how can they let it go? If Wang Zhaojun can get the holy favor, the faces of their Nanjun officials will also shine.

No matter how Wang Sui begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, there was no way to change Wang Zhaojun's fate of becoming a show girl.

This year, just after the end of the New Year, the official ship transporting the show girl was already waiting in the Xiangxi River in the county, Wang Zhaojun dressed up, boarded the official ship in tears, said goodbye to his parents and brothers, and embarked on an unknown road.

The beautiful scenery along the way washed away the sadness of her first time going out.

Three months later, Wang Zhaojun arrived in Chang'an.

She did not meet the long-awaited emperor, but was arranged to live in the court, becoming one of the women waiting for the edict in the court.

Although Wang Zhaojun is beautiful, there are not a few women like her in the huge court, and if she has no opportunity to show her talent, it will be in vain.

Wang Zhaojun is also very confident in her beauty, she is confident that she will be able to see the emperor soon, and may even become a concubine overnight.

But when the light flew away like flowing water, she realized that in this deep palace, no matter how talented you are, it is even more difficult to meet the emperor. What's more, today, he is not the kind of womanizer, and he lives in a simple place, and it is difficult for even the minister to meet him a few times, not to mention that she is such a small lady who treats the edict.

Spring goes to autumn, three years have passed, Wang Zhaojun is still Wang Zhaojun, but she is more beautiful and plump. From a little girl, she has really grown into a beautiful woman with a smile and a smile.

At this time, Wang Zhaojun was less lively when he first entered the palace, but he had a little more sadness cultivated in the deep palace.

No one knows how many years this graceful beauty will have to spend in this deep palace compound before she has the opportunity to fly on the branches. Three years is not too long or short, but for Wang Zhaojun, it is so long.

She has never regarded herself as a weak woman, and she also hopes that one day the crow will become a phoenix and return to her hometown, so that the parents and villagers in the family will be proud and glorious for her.

However, it is said that Shaohua is fleeting, and the shortest thing in the world is only a woman's youth.

The women of the court, except for youth, really have nothing.

Wang Zhaojun's heart became more and more bitter, she never thought that her life would be like this.

In the first year of Jingning (33 years ago), a shocking news circulated in the harem that the emperor wanted to select all the women in the palace, and selected one of them as the daughter of the clan to marry Hu Han Evil Shan Yu.

There are many beauties in the harem, and it would be too difficult for Liu Zheng to see them one by one, so he ordered the palace painter to draw these women to be selected, and he could choose them.

None of the beauties wanted to be chosen, so they each came up with strange tricks and took the opportunity to bribe and curry favor with the painters, so that the painters could paint themselves beautifully. In this way, Liu Zheng could not bear to give them to the Huns.

When all the portraits were presented to Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng quickly picked out one of the ugliest among them, and unfortunately this person was Wang Zhaojun.

When Wang Zhaojun learned the news that she had been selected, she was calm.

Although there is a trace of helplessness and bitterness, it is better to get out of this deep palace and go to another world to spend your life than wasting your youth year after year.

On the day of the wedding, Wang Zhaojun dressed up as a bride to be married, and she usually asked the emperor to resign.

Although Wang Zhaojun said that he had been prepared in his heart for a long time, he still had mixed tastes, it was really a creation to make people, who would have thought that he would not see you every day, and now he will say goodbye to him. Wang Zhaojun has imagined thousands of face-facing situations, but he never thought that it would be today's situation.

When Wang Zhaojun walked carefully in front of Liu Zheng under the guidance of the maid, Liu Zheng was completely stunned.

"It's beautiful, it's just beautiful, is this the woman I chose the day before yesterday?" Liu Zheng swallowed his saliva and muttered to himself.

Wang Zhaojun saluted Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng walked over quickly, grabbed Wang Zhaojun, and said: "No courtesy, no courtesy." His eyes were staring straight at Wang Zhaojun.

Liu Zheng gasped and sighed in his heart: "There are no words in this world to describe the beauty of this woman." It's a pity..."

Wang Zhaojun felt Liu Zheng's gaze, his cheeks turned crimson, Liu Zheng felt his gaffe, and hurriedly asked, "How many years have you been in the palace?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, it will be about three years."

"Oh." Liu Zheng groaned for a while, and scolded in his heart: "Damn, these damned minions, there are such beautiful women in my palace, and they don't even come to report it." ”

Liu Zheng grabbed Wang Zhaojun's little hand and immediately asked, "Are you willing to marry that Hulu?" ”

Liu Zheng asked this because he wanted Wang Zhaojun to say that he was unwilling, and then he could have a prevarication and change a woman to Hu Han Xie.

Wang Zhaojun glanced up at Liu Zheng, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and then there was a determined look: "Back to the emperor, the concubine is willing." ”

Liu Zheng was surprised for a while, and then said: "The Hu people live with the water and grass, live a miserable life, the people are fierce, and they don't know etiquette, are you willing?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, since the little girl has promised, she will not break her word. Otherwise, the Hu people will say that I am a big man and have no faith. Wang Zhaojun once again gave a firm answer.

Liu Zheng let go of Wang Zhaojun's little hand, walked onto his throne, and looked Wang Zhaojun up and down carefully, and after a long time, he said, "I know, you can go." ”

Looking at Wang Zhaojun's delicate back, Liu Zheng sighed softly, his heart ached, and he roared to his attendants to call them over to the beauties in the paintings, and he wanted to see them one by one.

After seeing those beauties, he was extremely disappointed, these so-called beauties were not as good as those painted by the painters, and only Wang Zhaojun was many times more beautiful than her portraits.

Liu Zheng was annoyed for a while, and angrily ordered those painters to be arrested and interrogated, who was doing the obstruction.

After review, it was found that it was a painter named Mao Yanshou who was doing a ghost in it, and he painted more beautiful with all the benefits he gave him, and Wang Zhaojun, who didn't give him benefits, was ugly by him.

As a result, Mao Yanshou was convicted of death.

And Wang Zhaojun's marriage is a fact that cannot be changed, it can only be like this.

When Wang Zhaojun appeared in front of Hu Han Xie and the ministers, everyone's eyes lit up, and they were reluctant to take their eyes off. Hu Han Xie was even more excited, and he couldn't help shouting in his heart: "The emperor of the Han Dynasty treats me well, and he actually sent Ben Khan such a peerless beauty." ”