As we all know, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had countless beauties in his life, but there were only three extremely beautiful women around him: one was Empress Xiao, the other was Mrs. Xuanhua, and the third was Rong. Mrs. Hua. Although Yang Guang's three concubines were all beautiful and beautiful, they had different backgrounds and living environments, so they had their own unique temperament and various styles. Empress Xiao was born to be a beauty in the world. When she was born, Yuan Tiangang, a famous divination expert at the time, was amazed by her appearance. He carefully calculated her birth date and finally came to the eight-character conclusion: "Mother is destined to the world. Life is blessed with peach blossoms." Queen Xiao's subsequent life experiences seem to confirm these eight words. Since she became the Princess of Jin at the age of thirteen, she has been forced to change her identity continuously. All kinds of vicissitudes and affairs have been integrated into her life course of several decades, making her a woman with a strange destiny. This is probably the "peach blossom disaster" that she is destined to have.
Empress Xiao was the daughter of Emperor Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty. She was born in Jiangling, the capital of Later Liang, on February 19, the 20th year of Tianbao. This girl is naturally beautiful, charming and breathtaking. As for how beautiful she is, it cannot be described in words. From her life experience, people may be able to roughly understand her charm that captivated the country and the city. In the year when Empress Xiao was born, Yang Jian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty accepted the Zen throne of Emperor Jing and ascended to the throne of emperor as Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. Eight years later, the Sui army invaded Jiankang, the capital of Nanchen, and unified the country. The second son of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, King Yang Guang of Jin, made outstanding achievements in the Pingchen War. In order to commend his achievements, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty not only promoted him to an official position, but also ordered all famous families in the world to report the birth dates of their unmarried daughters to the court in order to choose a suitable princess for the 21-year-old Yang Guang. Who would have thought that girls of the same age would not agree with each other after selecting them. That one was incompatible with each other. In the end, only the combination of the horoscope of Xiao's daughter who had just turned 9 years old and Yang Guang's horoscope was a good luck, so the girl who was not yet 10 years old was chosen.
Because Xiao's daughter was too young and did not get married immediately after entering the palace. Empress Dugu was very fond of this young and lovely daughter-in-law and raised her as her own daughter. She hired many masters to teach her reading, composition, painting, and playing the zither. Xiao's daughter, who is extremely smart, can learn everything with just a few clicks. After four or five years, she has not only become a bright and beautiful little beauty, but she is also knowledgeable, courteous and versatile.
Jin Wang Yang Guang was stationed in Yangzhou at this time. According to court regulations, he went to Beijing once a year for pilgrimage. This time he could see his future wife Xiao's daughter. Seeing Xiao's daughter grow up year by year and become so beautiful and charming, his heart was filled with excitement. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty discussed with Empress Dugu and decided to consummate the marriage between Yang Guang and Xiao's daughter when he entered the court in the 13th year of the founding of the Emperor. Yang Guang is 25 years old this year, and the bride has just turned 13. According to current habits, a 13-year-old bride seems too young, but in ancient China, it was still very common for girls to get married at this age.
On the bridal night, Yang Guang happily embraced the shy little princess into his arms, as if embracing endless hope, because the person who married them had secretly and mysteriously asked her to marry him. Yang Guang revealed: "Daughter Xiao is destined to enter the middle palace, and her mother will honor the world." Since Xiao's daughter wants her mother to honor the world, isn't her husband the emperor of one dynasty? Although King Jin was not the prince at this time, he still felt that hope was ahead, so he regarded Concubine Xiao as his lucky star and cherished her very much.
Because of Concubine Xiao as a star of hope, Yang Guang, who had never had any delusions about the throne, began to start a planned battle for the throne with his eldest brother Yang Yong. Yang Yong had been established as the crown prince at this time, but because he neglected the main princess Yuan Fei and favored the side concubine Yun Zhaoyi, this aroused the dissatisfaction of his mother, Queen Dugu, who strictly controlled the harem. Yang Guang took advantage of the situation and deliberately tried his best to pretend to be benevolent, filial and upright in front of his mother, and also deliberately acted to alienate Concubine Xiao and concentrate on government affairs; Concubine Xiao, who was smart and sensible, also cooperated with him seriously, and even visited Queen Dugu from time to time. There he cried and complained that Yang Guang only cared about government affairs and neglected him. The couple's singing and singing finally touched the heart of Queen Dugu, and finally deposed Yang Yong as crown prince and promoted Yang Guang to the throne of crown prince. At this time, it had been 7 years since Yang Guang and Concubine Xiao got married. In other words, this scheming young couple had been performing a bitter love drama in front of their mother, Queen Dugu, for 7 years.
One year after Yang Guang ascended the throne as the crown prince, Empress Dugu died of illness. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty got rid of his wife's strict restraint and began to indulge in wine and sex. He had no intention of managing the government and entrusted the administrative power to the prince Yang Guang. In fact, Above, from the second year of Renshou, Prince Yang Guang began to hold the power of the emperor.
When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty walked into the flowers in his later years, he could not withstand the sucking of many beauties like bees. He soon ran out of energy and collapsed on the bed. One morning, Yang Guang entered the palace to pay his respects to his father. He happened to meet his father's favorite concubine, the peerless Lady Xuanhua, unexpectedly in the corridor. What a Mrs. Xuanhua, her skin is as smooth as cream, her face is as pink as peach blossoms, she can speak like a yellow peng, and walk like a weak willow. Yang Guang can't help but be moved by her.