Li Yu, Queen of Southern Tang Dynasty, was married at the age of eighteen, and his wife was the eldest daughter of Zhou Zong, the founding father of Southern Tang Dynasty, and E Huang, aged 19. Li Yu is not a good emperor, but he is good at poetry, fine calligraphy and painting, and knows rhythm, so he is very artistic. E Huang has beautiful eyes, bright lips and teeth, delicate skin and clear bones, and has the same interest and persistent pursuit as Li Yu. He is familiar with history, can sing and dance, and can play the pipa. Their love after marriage is unparalleled, and their feelings are as close as knees, and they also gave birth to two lively and lovely sons. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, and the joy was extremely sad. One day after ten years of marriage, E Huang suddenly fell ill and could not be cured for a long time. E Huang was tortured by the disease, his body was shriveled, his expression was callous, and he slept all day. Worried Li Yu's mood deteriorated with E Huang's illness, from hope to disappointment, and from disappointment to despair.
At this time, a charming and enchanting girl suddenly rushed to Li Yu's side. This girl is the sister of E Huang, Li Yu's beloved wife. Because of her name, and Li Yu's second wife after E Huang's death, she became a country, and she was called Zhou Xiao to distinguish it from her sister Zhou Zhou. Zhou Xiao is younger than her sister 14 years old. When she heard that her sister was seriously ill, she made a special trip from her hometown Yangzhou to Jinling. Unexpectedly, Li Yu was fascinated as soon as she saw this sister-in-law, and then he took the initiative to write lyrics to her, saying that he was "indifferent" when he saw her. In addition, the relevant departments were specially invited to hold a song banquet in the Qinghuidian, so that she could watch the song and dance performances and enjoy the famous flowers in the palace. One to two, a few weeks later I fell into Li Yu's arms. After E Huang's death, Zhou Xiao didn't live with his sister Li Yu.
In 968, one year after E Huang's death, Li Yu married Zhou Xiao again with the highest standard of royal etiquette, and then held a celebration ceremony for several days. At that time, Li Yu, who was trapped in southern Tang diplomacy and tortured by state affairs for a long time, felt that his life was still interesting only under the tenderness and charm of Zhou Xiao, but it made him more indifferent to state affairs and wandered around with Zhou Xiao and other female pets all day.
In 975, the Northern Song Dynasty launched an all-out attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the troops led by Cao Bin were led by Xuanhui Southern Academy to conquer Jinling without any tenacious resistance. In order to prevent Jinling from becoming a battlefield, Li Yu, at the request of Song Bing, led his ministers, empresses and officials to gather at the riverside pier and boarded the Song ship in the north. A few months later, Li Yu came to Kaifengfu and made a pilgrimage to Zhao Kuangyin, and received a highly insulting title of "disobeying orders". He even kowtowed against his will and thanked him, shouting long live.
After the unexplained death of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi proclaimed himself emperor. In November of that year, he abolished Li Yu's title of "disobedient Hou" and changed it to "Longxi County Public". On the surface, it seems to mean the promotion of Li Yu's status, but this is not the case. He often insults Li Yu with words, which makes Li Yu feel very embarrassed. Although I had to smile in the face of the humiliation of Emperor Taizong, I felt infinite pain in my heart.
The most painful thing for Li Yu is that "Li Huakai was forced by the king to stay in Jiangnan". Although Zhou Xiao was named Madame Zheng after her surrender to the Song Dynasty, Li Yu was unable to protect her queen. Song Taizong often asked Zhou Xiao and other famous women from the Southern Tang Dynasty to accompany him to the banquet and sleep in the palace. When he left, it would be many days, which made it difficult for the loving couple to get together. Every time Zhou Xiao came back from the palace, she would throw herself in Li Yu's arms and cry to him about Song Taizong's shameless bullying and barbaric destruction. For Li Yu's safety, Zhou Xiao can only meet any requirements of Song Taizong. Li Yu looked at Zhou Xiao's tearful eyes full of humiliation and pain, sighing and sighing, and accompanied her to tears quietly with shame and regret. What else can we do? He felt guilty for his inability to protect his beloved wife's body and mind, and hated Song Taizong's cruelty. But at this time, the fate of the monarch and his subjects in the Southern Tang Dynasty was in his hands, and Li Yu could do nothing about the unspeakable humiliation suffered by his loved ones. In addition to fighting back the pain of inner trauma, he held his head and stayed with Zhou Xiao for a long time with tears in his eyes, just suppressing his anger and avoiding it. Every small week later, Li Yu was called into the palace, and she was swept off her feet, fidgeting, sleepless all night and eager to put it on. The cute image of Zhou Xiao's clever smile always haunts him like a dream. Especially in the late spring night, he looked at the palace on his pillow. Gone, it seems that he heard familiar footsteps outside the window. He got up quickly and looked around the deep courtyard by the window, but he didn't see the beautiful image of Zhou Xiao. Only the ground was red. Pick a pen at random, and it becomes a song "Xi Qian Ying": "Xiao Yuelu, Su, silent and sleepy. Dream back to the grass and think of Yi Yi, the sky is far away and the geese are rare. The warblers are whispering, the flowers are scattered, and the solitary painting hall is deep in the courtyard. The red Hugh was taken away from Iraq and left to the dancers to return. "
From the happy life in Jinling to the bleak life in Kaifeng, Li Yu and Zhou Xiao are full of grief and resentment. 1978, which happened to be Li Yu's 42nd birthday. Empresses celebrate Li Yu's birthday. They decorated the yard, prepared several boxes and placed wine, food, fruits and vegetables. On this day, the moonlight is dim, and everyone's heart suddenly feels very empty and desolate. After three rounds of drinking, Li Yu, who was humiliated and almost numb in a foreign land, evoked the bitter thoughts of her relatives on many past events. He thought that his hometown and country had been unrecognizable, and his great sense of loss made him exhausted. Endless sorrow and hatred, like a river full of spring tides, rolled and stirred in his chest: "How much sorrow can you have?" Like a river flowing eastward. "
Li Yu's side was full of complaints and the lyrics were passionate, and the news reached Zhao Guangyi's ears. He flew into a rage. How can the emperor of the Song Dynasty tolerate that the monarch who perished missed his motherland in the capital of song dynasty? So I decided to get rid of Li Yu. Knowing that his younger brother Zhao Tingmei was closely related to Li Yu, he asked Zhao Tingmei, who had no knowledge of it, to celebrate his birthday on his behalf, and gave him a dose of "medicine for holding the machine", so that Li Yu and Li Yu could enjoy weaving with the machine after drinking, so as to relieve their depression. Li Yu died of poisoning immediately after taking it.
After Li Yu's death, he was driven out of his mind a few weeks later and was heartbroken. She ignores the clouds and temples all day long, and she doesn't think about tea and rice. Lacrimosa finally died that year, because she couldn't stand the torment of sadness and fear. Although Zhou Xiao died tragically, she left a beautiful image for later generations of scholars who chanted the theme of love. Until the Qing Dynasty, there were still poems praising her romantic past with Li Yu.