In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, Yang Yuhuan, who was about 10 years old, was fostered in his uncle Hsuan Yang's home.
Yang Yuhuan's natural beauty and superior educational environment make her have a certain cultural accomplishment, graceful personality, proficient in temperament, good at singing and dancing, and good at playing the pipa.
In July of the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, Princess Xianyi, the daughter of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, held a wedding in Luoyang, and Yang Yuhuan was also invited to attend. Li Mao, the younger brother of Princess Xianyi, fell in love with Yang Yuhuan at first sight. At the request of Wu Huifei, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wrote a letter asking her to be the shroud princess of that year. After the marriage, the two were very loving.
Wu Huifei died in the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737). Li Mao's mother, Wu Huifei, was the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and she was treated as a queen in the palace. Xuanzong was unhappy for this. At that time, the harem Qian Qian was absolutely meaningless. Some people suggested that "the courtyards should be full of manners", and Xuanzong called Yang into the harem.
In the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740), in the name of Dou Taihou, the mother of Xuanzong, she wrote a letter to Yang, asking her to become a female Taoist, and signed it "too true".
In the fourth year of Tianbao (745), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty made Wei's daughter longevity a princess, and then became a noble lady. Since Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty abolished the king and queen, Yang Guifei is equivalent to the queen.
In July of the fifth year of Tianbao, Yang Guifei offended Xuanzong and was sent back to her family by Xuanzong. After the imperial concubine left the palace, Xuanzong couldn't eat, so Gao Lishi had to recall it again.
In the ninth year of Tianbao, Yang Guifei was sent back to her family again.
In the 14th year of Tianbao (AD 755), Fan Yang, Pinglu and Hedong engaged in an Anshi Rebellion in the name of Jun Qing and Anti-Yang Guo Zhong, and the soldiers directed at Chang 'an.
The following year, when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled with Yang Guifei and Yang to (now Chengdu, Sichuan) and passed through Mayi Post (now the west of Xingping City, Shaanxi Province), the imperial sergeant led by Chen unanimously demanded the execution of Yang and Yang Guifei, then defected and killed Yang with a knife.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty said that the imperial concubine was innocent and should be pardoned, but the imperial soldiers all thought that the imperial concubine was the beauty of the country. The Anshi Rebellion was caused by the imperial concubine. Without punishing her, it would be difficult to comfort the morale of the army, boost morale and continue to surround the emperor. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty accepted Gao Lishi's suggestion and had to give Yang a gift to protect himself.
In the end, Yang Guifei was given a white silk and hanged under a pear tree in a Buddhist temple at the age of 38.
After the Anshi Rebellion was put down, Xuanzong returned to the palace and sent someone to look for Yang Guifei's body, but he didn't find it.
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Yang Yuhuan, a court musician and dancer in the Tang Dynasty, was praised by later generations as one of the four beauties in ancient China.
Although her figure is plump, the history books also record that she is a master dancer, and she is also proficient in Hu Xuan's dance. Her figure is swaying and jumping like the wind, which is dazzling.
After entering the palace, Yang Yuhuan followed the feudal imperial court system, but did not ask about state affairs or intervene in power struggles. With his charming, docile and extraordinary musical talent, he was favored by Xuanzong in all aspects. Although he angered Xuanzong because of jealousy and was sent out of the palace twice, it was still difficult for Xuanzong to give up in the end.
If Yang Yuhuan was born in other times, he may not be Yang Guifei. In the Tang Dynasty, people regarded fullness as beauty, but Yang Yuhuan "coagulated fat and colored", and even "fat" began to coagulate, emitting a "gorgeous" color like "rouge", which required certain skills.