Chapter 6 Don't boast that this place divides the world, so Concubine Xu has half makeup

Reading Yuefu, when I read the sentence "The mountains are as beautiful as lotus flowers, and the flow is like bright moonlight" written by Liang Yuandi Xiao Yi, I couldn't help being distracted. From his beautiful and flowing sentences, I thought of his beautiful and dissolute wife, the famous Ms. Xu Zhaopei. . The widely circulated allusions such as "half-faced makeup" and "milfs" come from her. This is a very strange woman, the strange thing is not that she dared to cuckold the emperor as an imperial concubine, but the way she attracted the emperor's attention (if this is also a way of inviting favor), dared to provoke the emperor unscrupulously.See the "Southern History Biography of Concubine Xu of Emperor Liang Yuan": "Concubine Xu takes the emperor's eyes, and every time she knows that the emperor is coming, she must make up half of her face, and the emperor will be furious when she sees it.".

Some people say that Xu Zhaopei is ugly, but at best she is just mediocre, lacks the charm of a lady, and is jealous, so Xiao Yi doesn't like to get close to her. If she doesn't want to see her, she doesn't want to see him. Every time the emperor comes to entertain her, she will greet her with half makeup, serve him with half makeup, ask him, and say to him: "You only have one eye. Then I will only draw I'll show you half of my face." Scribbled to scrawled, perfunctory and perfunctory. Concubine Xu's beauty is the perception of normal people.In the Tang Notes novel, there is a story of a scholar meeting an immortal and a ghost.Sincerity is that scholars make excuses for irony and express their feelings. They often use famous and beautiful women in the past as props. In these novels, Xu Zhaopei appears among the beauties with half makeup, which is amazingly beautiful.People can't accept an unbeautiful woman doing weird half-makeup.It is an official document, and the study of history can be relied upon, but the study of the complex relationship between people is not credible. The purpose of writing a book is to serve the ruling class and let them learn from history.Therefore, maintaining the face of the royal family is inevitable for the ruler.If the concubine is not good, it is normal to make the emperor's husband angry. You can't turn it around and say that the emperor is not good enough to make the concubine angry.

If Xu Zhaopei is not beautiful, no matter how characterful she is, she will be guilty.Where is the imperial palace? It is a distribution center for beauties from all over the world. It is like the Grand Canal, where new water and goods come in continuously.The diligent emperor was picky, while the lazy emperor simply didn't pick it. Painters and even animals did it for him.Mao Yanshou is just a scapegoat.Emperor Song of the Southern Dynasty had too many concubines, so he used sheep carts instead of traveling, and he would visit which concubine the sheep stopped in the palace.In the words of old Mr. Bo Yang, the beauty of any old lady in the palace is enough to make the shit out of a stinky man.The words are not common.

If Xu Zhaopei has no charm, Ji Jiang will not talk to outsiders: "Baizhi is a dog that can hunt even though it is old, Xiao Liyang's horse is still handsome even though it is old, and Xu Niang is still affectionate even though she is old." The dogs in Liyang can hunt when they are old, and the horses in Liyang still have charm when they are old; Concubine Xu is still very affectionate even though she is old.) He would pinch his nose and keep silent, just stepping on the stool when he went out, Go home and wipe it off secretly.Ji Jiang mentions Concubine Xu as an animal, so it can be seen that he has no real relationship with her, they just need each other's bodies.In fact, he himself is no more than a duck. When he takes off his clothes and puts on his clothes, a duck remains a duck.

Thinking about it, Xu Zhaopei must not be ugly, so she can hold her head up in front of the emperor, and because of her wealth, her waist is also straight.A maid advised her not to anger the emperor with half-faced makeup, but she said indifferently: "The Xiao family and his sons are benevolent and moral, and they will not burn the piano and cook the crane for such a trivial matter. At most, they will expel me from the palace. This is exactly what I want." .Out of sight out of mind.This matter is really risky, if it is placed in other dynasties, it is not certain for other people. If a disrespectful hat is buckled, my life will be ruined immediately, and the whole family may be implicated.However, the facts proved that her judgment was correct. The emperor of the Liang Dynasty was strict with the people and lenient with his relatives. Although Xiao Yi was furious, he did not do anything to her. Don't worry.

In the past, I would be amazed by Xiao Yi's self-cultivation, and I would like to praise him, he is worthy of being a scholar, with a magnificent bearing.Reading it again now, I actually read the sour taste in it.Concubine Xu is the granddaughter of the former Taiwei of the State of Qi, and the daughter of Xu Kun, General Xinwu, who served in the Liang Dynasty. She married Xiao Yi when Xiao Yi was still the king of Eastern Hunan.Several years of husband and wife, the understanding is not deep.If it is not deep, she is not sure that Xiao Yi will not do anything to her.But what about deep understanding?Being alienated involuntarily after getting to know each other is more helpless and depressing than being alienated without knowing each other.

There is also a detail in the history books, which says, "The concubine is addicted to alcohol, and she is so drunk. When the emperor returns to the house, she will vomit in her clothes." This trivial matter makes me believe that Xiao Yi also has feelings for her, but this feeling is not just love, but It may not be all hatred, he knows that this is a normal little conflict in their lives.Even later, when she had an affair with someone, he also adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye. The person who was supposed to hold hands and look at each other tirelessly, suddenly lost his mind and let go of his hands.His dawn light is looming, but on her side, the twilight has merged, making it difficult to distinguish.

Mr. Cao's one-quee "difficult to appease" tells the minds of half of the children of the world, even if they raise their eyebrows, they will never be appeased.What's more, some people can't raise their eyebrows together? I want to say that there is really resentment in this world, I don’t hate you, I just tried my best and couldn’t make myself like you, between us, we just respect each other like ice. Xiao Yi was blind in one eye since he was a child, although "Southern History·Benji of Liang" tried his best to beautify the myth, saying that before he was born, Emperor Wu dreamed of a blind monk holding an incense burner in front of the golden palace, claiming that he would be reborn in the palace , go straight to the palace, and go to reincarnation!Xiao Yi was blind from birth.Emperor Wu believed in Buddhism, remembered his dream, and loved Xiao Yi very much.Xiao Yi has been studious and tireless since he was a child, and has read a lot of books.When he grew up, Emperor Wu asked him: "How old was Sun Ce when he made contributions in Jiangdong?" Jingzhou is the governor.

However, Xiao Yi never got rid of his inferiority complex about his physical defects, as evidenced by two historical materials: "The King of Eastern Hunan, Xie Yimu, toured the riverside with Liu Liang, admiring the beauty of autumn. Liang said to him: Today can be said that the emperor descended to the north. Zhu. "Li Sao": The emperor's son descended to Beizhu, his eyes dim and worried! Wang Jueqi stabbed himself and gave him a big title. With the defeat of the Wujiang River, the eastern part of Hunan is as far as the eye can see, and would rather be the home of Chi County? Later, he was punished for this."

Although Xiao Yi quelled Hou Jing's rebellion, it was just a coincidence that he employed the right person. It was just luck. In fact, this man was not a kind man. Can't be naive. Maybe when Xu Zhaopei was called into the palace, she looked down on her one-eyed husband.So what if you are a prince, I am still the daughter of a general, your Xiao family is just lucky enough to become the emperor, it is okay to fool the common people with that little old man, I may not be inferior to you in terms of family background.What's more, I have a beautiful face, but you are only one-eyed.But later, when she wanted to curry favor with Xiao Yi, she found that she couldn't cater to her no matter what, no matter whether she was wearing heavy makeup or wearing a plain face, he always looked down on her.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, self-esteem is the most important clothing for everyone. Denying self-esteem is like stripping people of their clothes and forcing them to walk in the market.With Xiao Yi's sensitivity, he must feel his wife's disdain for him.Xu Zhaopei hurt him, so when Hou Jing's rebellion was pacified, Xiao Yi ascended the throne as Emperor Liang Yuan, but he did not want to make Xu the empress. ——Even if it's a false name, he doesn't bother to give it to her. She is getting desperate!This stubborn and proud woman suddenly found that she did not have the ability to attract her husband.He was indifferent to her and ignored her the same way she had treated him back then.She waits with half makeup on, as vigilant as a dagger in her hand, knowing where his wound is and stabbing it; she must be drunk when she drinks, but she is sober when she is drunk, otherwise why would she spit on his dragon robe accurately every time? superior?She was deliberately vomiting him, so why not herself?And he, who obviously hates her and has no feelings for her, still doesn't let her go, apart from political considerations, there is also the scheming and revenge between the two of them.Don't you want to provoke me, don't you want me to drive you away?I just failed to fulfill your wish and trampled your self-esteem under my feet.Let you also suffer from inescapable torture. In the end, it was no longer a question of which face to look at with one eye, but a complete—turning against each other.Using all means is more ruthless than trampling on someone's self-esteem. Xu Zhaopei, who is unwilling to be lonely and even unwilling to be insulted, begins the process of colluding with others to avenge her husband. From the monk Zhitong of Yaoguang Temple, the handsome boy Ji Jiang who is Xiao Yi's entourage, and the beautiful boy He Hui, they all kill and never let go.In fact, her lascivious and extreme behavior is understandable, Xiao Yigui is the emperor, she can't do anything to him, can't beat him, scold him, or punish him, she can only transform her resentment towards Xiao Yi into another behavior pattern - cheating with others. First, Ji Jiang's hot comment "Although Xu Niang is old, she is still passionate" and then to He Hui's "White Horn Pillow Love Poetry Sings Harmony" with green hats flying all over the sky. Deep in the palace, the excuse that the death of another favorite concubine was that Concubine Xu secretly murdered her because of jealousy forced her to commit suicide, so she had no choice but to throw herself into the well.Xiao Yi's lingering resentment persisted, and he picked up her body and returned it to her natal family, claiming that she was "a wife". "Southern History" records like this: Since Zhenhui's son, Fang Zhumu, Wang's favorite, died soon, the Yuan Emperor blamed it on the concubine; and Fang died, the more sick he became.In the third year of Taiqing, he was forced to commit suicide.The concubine knew it was unavoidable, but died through the well.The emperor returned Xu's body with his body, which was called giving away his wife.Buried in Waguan Temple, Jiangling.Emperor Jinlouzi described his prostitution. Through these cold and straightforward words, we can vaguely imagine the hustle and bustle of that year, the imperial palace Jinluan, his dragon face was furious, and the deep palace was quiet, her face was desolate.Like flowing water and falling flowers, the wind blows and the waves roll, twists and turns.They have been entangled in pain and entanglement with each other for half their lives, and now they have finally gone their own way and have nothing to do with each other. I haven't read Xiao Yi's Jinlouzi about Concubine Xu's prostitution.As far as I know, it seems that Jinlouzi was not written by Emperor Yuan specifically for Concubine Xu, but more like his academic treatise.I have only read the "Slut Qiusi Fu" which is said to be written by him to satirize Concubine Xu.Fu is not short, but not difficult to understand. After ten years of separation from you, I advocate self-pity for women.Ascending the tower, the only thing you can see is the smoke in the distant trees.The plain is like this, how many thousands of roads are there?The sky and the water are pressing against each other, and the mountains and clouds are in the same color.The mountains are green into the Han Dynasty, and the water is trickling.Who can see the birds fly and cry with only wings?The autumn and the moon are not clear, and the moon and autumn are not clear.Kuang Nai advocates a slut in a building, and feels hurt about it.At that time, Ting Hui was wilted, and the steps were covered with frost. Sit down and watch the belt grow, and turn around to see the waist is thin.Emphasis is placed on the waves of autumn water, and autumn clouds are like Luo.The sun is dark and it is going to be dusk, and the coquettish crosses the river.The brocade of Jiang Yuan's palindrome, the song of Jun's sorrow.Lovesickness looks at each other, how is Lu Yuan?The temples are fluttering and becoming chaotic, and I sigh with sorrow.Sorrowful and emerald eyebrows are drawn, and the crows are full of pink.It's over!When the autumn wind rises, the autumn leaves fly, and when the spring flowers fall, the spring sun shines.The spring day is still late, and Rong Zi will never return after traveling. This prodigal is not a prodigal, but a wanderer.This provocative woman is not a prostitute who uses flesh next to the word female.What Emperor Yuan wrote was about the unrequited love that was common in that era. Two people who loved each other without marriage in that era were similar to men and women living together in the present world.Instead of a close-up of him and Concubine Xu.Here you can see his heart, he didn't make excuses, just sarcasm.Originally, it is good for oneself to know about the grievances and entanglements between husband and wife, there is no need to make it known to the world.It is even more unwise to fall into poetry and prose for a while and pass it on to future generations. So I don't really think that Xiao Yi wrote this prose specifically to ridicule Xu Zhaopei, Xu may be just a small hint of this prose.The artistic conception of this fu seems to have jumped out of the resentment and contradiction between the husband and wife, and has become a kind of wandering, which is not inferior to the poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.People who don't know the historical facts of this period can't see that this is a "venting work" by a man who was angry with his wife and wore a cuckold, let alone believe that there is no love between these two people in reality. It's already been broken.There are few great works of poetry and prose in later generations because they are too self-colored, and they only know themselves and do not know others.In fact, the better the poetry, the more it can make people forget the differences between people.Of course Xiao Yi couldn't be indistinguishable from other men in bed, but in his poems, he did. Concubine Xu's affairs are often chanted by later generations, and Li Yishan's chanting is the best. Fortunately, he does not stick to the relationship between his children. The poem "Southern Dynasties" says: The land is long and the sky is long, and the King of Jinling's spirit should be Yaoguang.Don't boast that this place is divided into the world, so Concubine Xu has half makeup. Yishan poems are absorbed, brought into the world by one stroke from the emperor's palace, and thousands of years of wind and moon are carried into the fingertips, without a single word, full of romance.Those princes, generals, and emperors who once thought they were invincible are actually blind and arrogant. Even Emperor Liang Yuan was only treated by Concubine Xu with a half-faced makeup. But the poet is self-centered, calm and objective in chanting history, and it is difficult to hide his loss of real fame. There is no difference between emperors and ministers. It seems that it is not as good as Li Shangyin. Home.But Emperor Yuan only had women who mocked him. ——Thinking in this way, the loss of reality may be slightly alleviated. Xiao Yi was wronged, even being an emperor could not protect his trampled self-esteem, no matter whether Concubine Xu was alive or dead, he would inevitably be worried about this woman, and the world made fun of her even to this day.Xu Zhaopei was even more aggrieved, not complaining about Xiao Lang's glance, but laughing at Concubine Xu's half-faced makeup.Things are so unfair.People often regard her as a prostitute and a slut, but they don't know that it is the disharmony of her married life that leads to serious depression, which leads to psychological distortion and derailed behavior. From the beginning of half-face makeup, she was no longer afraid of death, no longer afraid of his imperial authority, but fought as a conscious woman. Compared with years of loneliness, he was willing to admit her existence and give her away in anger. It might be a relief to kill her.But it is still humble after all. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the divorce of the imperial concubine Wenxiu and Puyi caused a lot of uproar. Some praised her, and some cried and scolded her for being unfeminine. Regardless of the meaning given by social history, Wenxiu finally divorced. I respect Yes, she was able to stick to her choice under tremendous social pressure.From now on, as a woman, she can have her own choices, whether it is marriage or life. Now we can be free.You are like a green tree in the wilderness, and I am a sand gull from heaven and earth. Although sometimes my eyes may fall on the wrong branches, but it is not voluntary, and others cannot force you to hang on a tree. It is more difficult for two people who are not suitable to live together than to find another one. Bibliography and content: "Southern History Liang Benji"