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Story 59: Shameful Folktales
Shameful
Author: Anonymous
“Shameful Flower” refers to Concubine Yang. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty was arrogant and extravagant, and sent troops to search for beauties everywhere. At that time, Hongnong Yang Yuanyan of Shoudi County had a beautiful daughter named Yang Yuhuan, who was elected to the palace. After Yang Yuhuan entered the palace, he missed his hometown.
One day, she went to the garden to enjoy the flowers and relax. She saw the peonies and roses in full bloom… She thought that she was locked up in the palace and wasted her youth. She sighed and said to the blooming flowers: “Flowers, flowers! You are here year after year.” And when it’s in full bloom, when will I be able to flourish?” She burst into tears as she touched the flower. The petals immediately shrank and the green leaves rolled down.
Who would have thought that what she touched was a mimosa. At this time, he was seen by Yi Gong’e. Gong’e said everywhere that Yang Yuhuan was more beautiful than Hua’er, and Hua’er lowered her head shyly. When Emperor Ming heard about this, he was overjoyed. He immediately chose Yuhuan to meet him. Yang Yuhuan was dressed in rich clothes. After dressing up, he went in.
When Emperor Ming saw it, he was indeed extremely beautiful, so he kept Yang Yuhuan by his side. serve. Because Yang was good at flattering and favoring, he won the favor of Emperor Ming and was soon promoted to a noble concubine. After Yang Guifei gained power, she conspired with her brother Yang Guozhong to play power and frame Zhongliang. After the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Ming fled westward with his concubines and ministers of civil and military affairs.
An Lushan led his troops to pursue him, not only wanting the country of the Tang Dynasty. And the beauty Yang Guifei. On the way to the West, the ministers questioned Emperor Ming. If the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, the country will be destroyed and the country will be difficult to survive.
Do you want the country or the imperial concubine? If the imperial concubine does not die, we will go our separate ways. In desperation, Emperor Ming gave the imperial concubine a death sentence and hanged herself under the pear tree in the pear garden.
Later, the great poet Bai Juyi wrote a song “Song of Everlasting Sorrow”, which narrates this period of history.
