In the summer of 740 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji once again led the royal family to the Huaqing Palace to soak in the hot springs.
Here, he met his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan again. Yang Yuhuan's plump figure, white skin and beautiful appearance made Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's heart beat again.
The first time Li Longji met Yang Yuhuan was when he was choosing a concubine for his son Li Mao. At that time, he fell in love with this lively, smart and caring little girl.
Five years later, when he saw Yang Yuhuan again, he found that Yang Yuhuan had become more and more beautiful.
Yang Yuhuan also seemed to see something in her father-in-law Li Longji's eyes, which ignited hope in her heart, and a plan quietly emerged in her heart.
Yang Yuhuan and Shou Wang Li Hao have been married for five years, but for unknown reasons, they did not have a son. Yang Yuhuan has admired Wu Zetian since she was a child, admires her talent and magnanimity, and is especially envious of her ability to become emperor in the end.
When Li Longji's three sons were killed, and his beloved concubine Wu Huifei died soon after, Yang Yuhuan felt deeply that Li Mao's hope of becoming a prince was slim, and there was no hope of becoming a prince himself.
Since she can't become a princess, she will naturally have no chance to be a queen. Yang Yuhuan was not willing to fail. She wanted to become queen through other means.
When she seemed to find something in her father-in-law's eyes, although she was not sure yet, she thought, life sometimes depends on gambling. How can you know whether you win or lose without gambling?
After returning home, she told Li Hao that they had been married for five years and had no children yet, and she did not want to affect the Li family's prosperity. So she asked Li Mao to agree to become a monk, let Li Mao marry another wife, and give him children, especially sons.
Under Yang Yuhuan's repeated insistence, Li Hao agreed to let him become a monk. So, Yang Yuhuan went to Taizhen temple to become a monk. Here, she anxiously awaits news about Li Longji.
As expected, not long after, Li Longji sent someone to take her to the palace, and then favored her. Yang Yuhuan took the first step into the palace.
However, entering the palace and becoming the emperor's beloved concubine is not what Yang Yuhuan wants most. What Yang Yuhuan wants is to become a queen, in charge of the Sixth Palace, and to be the mother of the world.
At the same time, Li Longji chose another concubine for the longevity king Li Hao. This concubine is Wei's. Although she is not as beautiful as Yang Yuhuan, she comes from a famous family and has a matching status. The longevity king Li Hao later gave birth to five sons by her.
In order to sit on the throne of the queen, Yang Yuhuan was very charming in front of Li Longji. Li Longji has been fond of music since he was a child and is proficient in music. It just so happens that Yang Yuhuan is also proficient in music and is good at dancing. This makes Li Longji very happy and feels that he has found another soulmate in his life.
In order to prevent Li Longji from pampering other concubines and replacing her position in Li Longji's heart, Yang Yuhuan took strict precautions against other concubines.
There is a concubine named Mei Fei , who Li Longji also likes very much, but Yang Yuhuan feels that a man who is thirty-three years older than himself can capture his heart firmly as long as he does a little trick in front of him.
Once, because Li Longji summoned Concubine Mei, the next day, Yang Yuhuan was very angry in front of Li Longji, acted like a baby in every possible way, and said that Li Longji didn't love her enough.
Li Longji was also very angry at the time. He thought that the emperor himself had three palaces and six courtyards, and he could pamper any concubine he wanted. Do you still need to take care of it, Yang Yuhuan? So Yang Yuhuan was driven back to her parents' home.
But before nightfall, Li Longji regretted it. He sent Gao Lishi to take people to Yang Yuhuan's natal home and took Yang Yuhuan back to the palace. The two hugged each other and cried, infinitely in love.
A few months later, Li Longji still liked Concubine Mei's gentleness and talent, so he summoned Concubine Mei again.
After Yang Yuhuan heard about it, he didn't sleep all night. The next day, she cried and made a fuss in front of Li Longji. In anger, Li Longji drove her back to her parents' home.
This time, Yang Yuhuan cried at her parents' house for three days in a row. Li Longji did not send someone to pick her up that night like last time.
Just when Yang Yuhuan felt very desperate and felt that he would never be able to return to the palace in this life, Gao Lishi brought people here again. He brought people the favorite food that Li Longji had given to Yang Guifei.
This gave Yang Guifei hope. Seven days later, Li Longji once again sent Gao Lishi to lead people to take Yang Guifei back to the palace.
This time, both Li Longji and Yang Guifei felt as if they had been separated from each other for tens of thousands of years. The two hugged each other and cried again, feeling that they loved each other the most.
On July 7th of this year, the two people swore to the heavenly alliance: "I would like to be a winged bird in heaven, and I would like to be a twig on earth." They will never be separated in this life.
In 745 AD, Yang Yuhuan was canonized as a noble concubine by Li Longji. The title of imperial concubine was canceled by the Tang royal family as early as Wu Zetian's period. In order to please Yang Yuhuan, Li Longji took it out again and gave it to Yang Yuhuan. This not only represented his favor for Yang Yuhuan, but also represented Yang Yuhuan's absolute status.
Although she is not the queen at this moment, there is no queen in the palace at this time. The concubine is the queen in the palace. Yang Yuhuan's life ideal has finally been realized.
After that, Li Longji's love for her continued until she hanged herself.
There are three reasons for Yang Yuhuan's success:
First, Yang Yuhuan has a beautiful country and a beautiful country. She is indeed a peerless beauty, which is in line with the aesthetic preferences of a lustful emperor.
Second, Yang Yuhuan was proficient in music and could sing and dance. He happened to have the same hobbies as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The two of them had a common language.
Third, if Yang Yuhuan was still an ignorant girl when she married Li Hao and did not know how to fight for opportunities in her life, when she met Li Longji at the Huaqing Palace Hot Spring, she began to invest in her own life.
In order to become the queen, she took the initiative and worked hard, and she finally succeeded.
There are many opportunities in a person's life, and life is also full of infinite possibilities. When opportunities come, it depends on whether you can grasp them and whether you dare to invest.
Yang Yuhuan did it.