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Chapter 25 Feng Xiaoling of "Jade Body Hengchen"

Gao Wei's Empress Mu was originally the maid of Empress Hulu, but she did not expect God's will to trick others, and she ended up falling on her own maid, and this maid was Feng Xiaoling. Back then, Gao Wei was obsessed with Mu Huanghua, and it took a lot of effort to make her the queen.But once he got his wish, the freshness passed, and he soon fell in love with Cao Zhaoyi, who played the pipa well.Empress Mu was lonely in the deep palace, and she was full of complaints.Her maid Feng Xiaoling was born with outstanding appearance and well-behaved personality. She couldn't bear to see the queen like this, so she offered a plan to the queen, willing to use herself as a bait to drive a wedge between Gao Wei and the other concubines, so that The emperor regained the queen's side.

This line of thinking is quite strange, but it has been approved by Empress Mu.So she dressed up Feng Xiaoling and recommended it to Gao Wei.Gao Wei was originally a lustful person, when he saw such a beauty, he was immediately fascinated, and had spring dinners with her every night, and from then on he regarded the concubines in the harem as dung, and he even forgot about Empress Mu.And Feng Xiaoling has probably forgotten her promise to the queen, and is immersed in the joy of having fun with the emperor.Gao Wei granted Feng Xiaoling the concubine Shu and let her live in Longji Hall, which was originally a beautiful building with carved beams and paintings.Feng Xiaoling thought it was Cao Zhaoyi's former residence, which was too unlucky, so she ordered the beams to be demolished and rebuilt, and all the floors were replaced, squandering a lot of gold and silver.Gao Wei had no objection and let her do whatever she wanted.Feng Xiaoling has been living in the harem all the time, and has been obsessed with those concubines competing for favor, so she has long practiced a set of seductive skills.Moreover, she is not only born with icy muscles and fine bones, but also intelligent and clever. She is also proficient in rhythm, can sing and dance, and is especially good at playing the pipa.She also learned the skill of one-hand massage without a teacher. She was praised by the hostess when she was with Empress Mu, and now she uses it to serve the emperor.The beauty's jade hands kneaded Gao Wei's body, which already made his bones half crisp. In addition, Feng Xiaoling's massage technique was quite exquisite, which made Gao Wei's whole body comfortable and ecstatic, making it even more so. I can't live without her.Two people sit at the same table, and go out together, and often pray that life and death will be together, and they will be forever husband and wife.Even when discussing matters in the court, Gao Wei and Feng Xiaoling got tired of being together, and the ministers who came to play were flushed with shame when they saw this, and had no choice but to retreat.

Feng Xiaoling However, although Gao Wei favors Feng Xiaoling exclusively, it is not too much compared to those emperors who were incestuous, adulterous, and filthy boudoirs of the Gao family.If there is nothing else, it is estimated that he can continue to sing and sing all night like this.However, Northern Qi's enemy, Northern Zhou, had become stronger and stronger at this time.On the border river between the two countries, the people of Northern Zhou used to dig ice in winter to prevent the Northern Qi from invading, but gradually this sport was performed by the people of Northern Qi.Later, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, came to the throne. He was the lord of great talent and strategy. During his reign, he rectified the internal affairs, banned Buddhism and Taoism, and developed the economy, which soon brought the Northern Zhou Dynasty to its peak.For a long time, he took it as his mission to unify the world, and he had long noticed that Gao Wei's lewdness and negligence caused the subjects to renounce.Thus, in the sixth year of Wuping (575), Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty led his army to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty.

There was going to be a war, but Gao Wei was still dazed and didn't care.He was busy hunting with his concubine Feng Xiaoling at this time.The alarm came three times from morning to noon, but Gao Wei also ignored it, his favorite minister still chimed in and reprimanded the soldiers: "The emperor is hunting, and it is common for there to be wars at the border, so why rush to hear about it. Later, there were more and more alarms, and Gao Wei became a little uneasy.But Feng Xiaoling's interest was not exhausted, and he would not give up until he was in Lieyiwei.Gao Wei was never willing to disobey the beauty's wishes, so he agreed to her, hunted for a long time, got a few wild animals, and only then returned after enjoying himself.At this time, the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had already broken through Pingyang City (now Linfen, Shanxi).

Therefore, the emperor personally marched, and the army came straight to Pingyang.However, he couldn't bear to part with his beloved beauty, so he took Feng Xiaoling with him, and they were inseparable along the way.Moreover, Gao Wei, who was personally conquered by Yujia, was not concerned about how to repel the Northern Zhou army and regain the lost ground, but to make Feng Xiaoling happy, and he even had the leisure to accompany her to visit nearby places of interest.According to the traditional point of view, it is not allowed to take women with you when marching and fighting, because "women are in the army, and the spirit of the soldiers will not be raised."Although there is no basis for this, it will have a great psychological impact on people after all.Therefore, when the Northern Qi soldiers saw that their emperor was carrying his favorite concubines everywhere, they felt that the battle was about to be defeated in terms of momentum, and their morale was very low.What's more, this Feng Xiaoling is still restless, arrogance from pampering, doesn't understand anything but just likes to come up with random ideas.Gao Wei is also very obedient, she keeps saying what she says.Therefore, when the Northern Qi army besieging Pingyang dug tunnels and collapsed several feet of the city wall, and Pingyang City was in sight, Gao Wei ordered the whole army to wait for Feng Xiaoling, who was dressing up, to come out to watch the spectacular siege scene. The soldiers waited, so that the Northern Zhou army had enough time to repair the city wall and regain control of this important military town.When the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou armies met, Gao Wei and Feng Xiaoling watched the battle together.Suddenly, the Eastern Wing retreated slightly, Feng Xiaoling turned pale with fright, and shouted, "We are defeated!" The generals under Lord Qi advised Gao Wei not to act rashly, so as not to confuse the army, but Gao Wei would not listen, so he immediately took Feng Xiaoling run away.As a result, the Northern Qi army was defeated like a mountain, and more than ten thousand people were killed. In a hundred miles, countless military equipment was discarded.While fleeing all the way, Gao Wei suddenly had a whim, and ordered people to go back to Jinyang to get the queen's court dress ribbon, planning to make Feng Xiaoling the left queen.Feng Xiaoling put on the queen's gown, and he looked left and right, admiring it endlessly.At this time, Zhou Jun was reported to pursue him, so he continued to flee.In this way, there were many turning points on the battlefield, but under Feng Xiaoling's irresponsible and random intervention, Gao Wei finally led a 100,000 Northern Qi army, and suddenly turned a victory into a big defeat.Gao Wei didn't care about this, and said: "As long as Xiao Lian is safe, it doesn't matter if you lose the battle."

Yes, it’s okay to be defeated, and by the way, you can also appreciate the unique style of your beloved beauty in military uniform. Perhaps in Gao Wei’s opinion, this is more charming than her charming in dance clothes.What displeased Gao Wei was that both he and his son were arrested by Emperor Wu of Zhou. However, the subjugation of the country was not too much pain for him. What he really cared about was that his group of concubines became prisoners of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Among them was Feng Xiaoling who made him miss him so much.So, as soon as he saw Emperor Wu of Zhou, he knelt down and kowtowed, hoping that he would give Feng Xiaoling back to him.

Emperor Wu of Zhou couldn't help but find it funny to see that the emperor didn't care about family and country at all.He said: "I don't even care about the world, how could I begrudge a woman." So she returned Feng Xiaoling to Gao Wei.Gao Wei was overjoyed, and after a while he took advantage of the alcohol and started dancing. Soon, someone falsely accused Gao Wei of treason, and Emperor Wu of Zhou ordered him to die together with the royal clan kings of the Northern Qi Dynasty.This Feng Xiaoling was bestowed by him on behalf of Wang Yuwenda.Dai Wang Yu Wenda was originally a rather serious person, frugal and honest, and not stern.Emperor Wu of Zhou probably thought that he was a gentleman who could sit still, so he was willing to bestow Feng Xiaoling on him.But it never occurred to him that when the prince saw such a beauty as Feng Xiaoling, he would immediately lose his mind and lose his mind.Even her own concubine, Li Shi, was almost squeezed by Feng Xiaoling to the point where she couldn't survive.Although Feng Xiaoling was favored by Yu Wenda in every possible way, she could not forget Gao Wei's kindness to her. Once, she broke a string while playing a pipa, so she wrote a poem:

It can be seen that she still loves Gao Wei deeply in her heart. Originally, Feng Xiaoling enjoyed the favor of a special room in Yuwenda, so she had a good home.Unexpectedly, a few years later, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty usurped Zhou Zili and killed Yuwen's clan.Therefore, Feng Xiaoling once again faced the fate of being changed hands.What a twist of fate, this time she fell into the hands of Li Xun, brother of Yu Wenda's concubine Li Shi.So Li Xun's mother just had to avenge her daughter's neglect.She demoted Feng Xiaoling to a servant, made her wear coarse clothes, and pounded rice every day, made her suffer a lot, and abused her in every way.So Feng Xiaoling couldn't bear it, and finally committed suicide.

This is "Two Poems of the Northern Qi Dynasty" written by Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The incomparably glamorous scene of "Jade body lying horizontally" has become Feng Xiaoling's symbol.But for Feng Xiaoling, such a major event as the subjugation of the country is beyond her comprehension. In the end, the ending of "the subjugation of the country and disasters" is recorded in the annals of history, which is really a trick of fate for her.
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