The love story of Yang Yuhuan and Tang Xuanzong

There is a saying called "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and three thousand people love each other." It refers to the unethical but sincere love story between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. Their mutual attachment , The persistent and dedicated love is unique among emperors and empresses in Chinese history. According to historical records, Yang Yuhuan was originally the wife of Emperor Xuanzong's son, Shou Wangmao, and was also Xuanzong's daughter-in-law. Originally, there was no big intersection between them, until Xuanzong's favorite Concubine Wu Hui died of illness, and he was very sad. At this time, someone took the idea of ??Yang Yuhuan, because she was "the most beautiful in the world", and the most important thing was that she She also looks very much like Concubine Wu Hui.

Li Longji was very angry when he first heard about it and thought it was unreasonable. Under the advice of his close ministers, Li Longji decided to take a look at Yang Yuhuan, and it was this visit that became the beginning of their story. Because Yang Yuhuan lived up to her reputation, she was not only beautiful, but also considerate. She was Li Longji's favorite type, and he was greatly impressed by her. However, due to the name of daughter-in-law, I cannot take possession immediately. So Li Longji issued an imperial edict to allow Yang Yuhuan to become a naturalized citizen and practice spiritual practice, and also gave her a Taoist title called Taizhen. It didn't take long for Li Longji to invite the female official Yang Taizhen to the palace. In this way, Yang Yuhuan changed from Li Longji's daughter-in-law to Li Longji's beloved concubine.

From then on, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty abandoned all the other concubines in the harem and guarded Yang Yuhuan every day. Whether it was a banquet of officials or a court ceremony, he had to take the concubine with him. In order to please Concubine Yang, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had as many as 700 craftsmen making brocades for the concubine. He also opened a hot spring bath for her in the Huaqing Pool in Lishan Mountain. Even in order to please Yang Yuhuan who loved to eat lychees, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty did not hesitate to mobilize troops every summer to send people from Fuzhou, Sichuan, thousands of miles away, to deliver them day and night on stage horses. When they were transported to Chang'an, the color and taste remained unchanged. In short, since he got the jade ring, all the love in Xuanzong's heart has been occupied by the imperial concubine. Just as the "Song of Everlasting Regret" says: "There is no leisure time for the banquet, and the spring outing is all night long; the golden house is made up to be a charming one, and the jade house is so drunk after the banquet. "Spring."

According to legend, one year in the Changsheng Hall of Huaqing Palace, it was the Qi Qiao Festival on July 7th. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang avoided the crowd and looked up at the two stars of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. They both knelt down and made an oath. : "Life is hard to come by, but I hope we will live as husband and wife forever! After this life, there will be another life!" The poet Bai Juyi wrote an eternal and immortal poem for the appointment between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei in the Palace of Eternal Life: "In Heaven I wish to be like a winged bird, and wish to be a twig on earth." Indeed, this kind of relationship between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang was rare among emperors and empresses of the past dynasties.

Any marriage between a feudal emperor and a feudal emperor must bear the mark of feudalism. The Tang Dynasty became the paradise of the Yang family, which caused another disaster for the country by a foreign relative in Chinese history. At the same time, it also caused the tragedy of Yang Yuhuan. Due to the "Anshi Rebellion", the Imperial Army first killed Yang Guozhong, and later asked Tang Xuanzong to kill him. Concubine Yang, otherwise she would kill him. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had no choice but to give Concubine Yang three feet of white silk. Concubine Yang could not bear the decrepit king to be like this, so she was willing to sacrifice her own life in exchange for the safety of her lover, and finally hanged herself on a pear tree. On the tree. Tang Xuanzong's political inaction made people criticize, but the love story between them made people sigh and even became a legend through the ages.