Yao Niang threw herself into a well due to injustice
When Wu Zetian became emperor in the Tang Dynasty, there was a woman named Yao Niang. She was very beautiful, good at singing and dancing, and was the most beautiful at that time. . Qiao Zhizhi, a doctor in the Zuosi family, spent a lot of money to buy his daughter-in-law as a family concubine. Qiao doted on her very much and refused to get married for her sake. After Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi (or Zuo Wu Sansi) found out about it, he asked to see him, and Qiao had to agree. After Wu met Yao Niang, he relied on his power to detain her and never allowed her to return to Qiao's house. Qiao Zhizhi became angry and sad and fell ill. He wrote a poem "Green Pearl Chapter" and sent it to My Lady secretly. She jumped into a well and died after reading it.
The news that Yao Niang had thrown herself into the well was like a thunder, and it spread throughout the whole family in an instant. Wu Chengsi hurried to the back garden with a livid face. It is March in spring, and the garden is full of beautiful spring scenery with all kinds of grasses and flowers blooming. Looking at Yao Niang who was soaked and lying on the green grass and had stopped breathing, Wu Chengsi was startled and felt a sense of regret in his heart. I remembered that I had seen Yao Niang walking in this garden this morning, graceful and colorful, like a dewy magnolia in bud. I just wanted her to show off by singing, dancing and drinking at tonight's banquet, but I didn't want her to become a ghost under the spring in an instant. The difference between life and death is so different. It's so unpredictable! Then he became suspicious: It has been many days since Yao Niang arrived at the house. Although she was taciturn, she didn't show any intention of seeking death. Why did she leave so decisively today? Is there a dead end? There must be a reason. So a word came out fiercely through the gap between his teeth: "Search!"
Only those brave maids and slaves took action, and in a moment they searched out a piece of poetry with a poem on it from the skirt of the girl. Silk. Wu Chengsi took it and took a look. It turned out to be a poem written by Qiao Zhizhi, titled "Green Pearl Chapter". The poem said: The Jingu of the Shi family once again declared, and ten dendrobiums of pearls were bought for Pingting. In the past, I was pitiful for you, but now I am singing and dancing to win favor. There is no difficulty in the boudoir of the Jun family, so that others can watch the songs and dances; wealth, honor and power are not arrogant and extravagant. Don't leave me, you can't bear it anymore, I'm trying in vain to cover the scars on my sleeves. After a hundred years of separation in a high-rise building, once the beauty is gone to the king.
After reading it, Wu Chengsi understood: this poem is the talisman for my beloved. Unexpectedly, he was furious. He immediately found out the eunuch who passed the poem scarf for Qiao Zhizhi and whipped him to death on the spot. He also ordered his subordinates to make Luo Zhi and frame Qiao Zhizhi. Joe was imprisoned in April and his family was murdered in August.
Yao Niang did not die of righteousness, nor did she die of love. She was actually an innocent soul who died under the feudal trapping system.