There are many tragic and virtuous queens in history. The most tragic may be Xiao Guanyin, the queen of Yelu Hongji, the Daozong of Liao Dynasty.
Xiao Guanyin was the first queen of Yelu Hongji, Emperor Daozong of the Liao Kingdom. She was also a talented and suspicious woman, especially good at poetry and music. His ability to play the pipa in one hand can be said to have reached the highest artistic level he wanted to achieve, and he was known as the number one pipa player at that time. She was also able to make her own lyrics, so she won the favor of Yelu Hongji in the early days and was regarded as a female talent by Yelu Hongji. It was such a female talent who was favored by Yelu Hongji, went from concubine to queen, and was eventually ignored, and was eventually framed and killed by treacherous ministers. Xiao Guanyin was versatile and was loved by Yelu Hongji. She was called a talented woman and eventually became the queen
Xiao Guanyin was able to recite poetry when she was young, and she also dabbled in classics and history. Therefore, when she grew up, Xiao Guanyin not only looked charming and introverted, but she was also proficient in rhythmic poetry and eloquent. Not only can he compose his own lyrics and poems, but he can also make his own lyrics and play the zither well. But Xiao Guanyin is most famous for her accomplishments on the lute, and she was recognized as the number one person in the Liao Kingdom at the time.
Because Xiao Guanyin's father, Xiao Hui, was the younger brother of Liao Xingzong's mother, Xiao Kunjin, and was very close to the Liao royal family. Xiao Guanyin, who was versatile and handsome, was therefore favored by the then King of Yan and Zhao Yeluhong. Ji fancy. After seeing Xiao Guanyin's talent, he praised Xiao Guanyin as a talented girl among girls. Therefore, she became the concubine of Yelu Hongji.
Once, Xiao Guanyin and Yelu Hongji went hunting in autumn together and arrived at a place called Fuhu Forest. Yelu Hongji asked Xiao Guanyin to write a poem based on the name of Fuhu Forest. Xiao Guanyin composed a song called "Fu Hu Lin Ying Zhi" on the spot: The majestic force overwhelms Nanbang for thousands of miles, and it can cross the Yalu River when going east. All the spirits and monsters are afraid, but the tiger will not surrender.
It can be seen that Xiao Guanyin is also full of talent in poetry. Although Xiao Guanyin only had fifteen poems handed down in her lifetime, she still occupies a certain position among female poets in history. Especially in the history of Liao Kingdom, he can be said to be the first poet.
Xiao Guanyin was loved by Yelu Hongji because of her talent. After Yelu Hongji became emperor, Xiao Guanyin, who gave birth to the prince Yelu Jun for Yelu Hongji, was appointed Queen Yide. Alienated by the emperor, she wrote poems to express her resentment. Because she asked the palace musicians to compose the poems and music, she was framed and killed
After Xiao Guanyin became the empress, it can be said that she had no interest in government affairs and focused on everything. It’s all about music and poetry. However, because Xiao Guanyin advised Yelu Hongji not to indulge in excessive behavior, he lost Yelu Hongji's favor and was gradually alienated.
Xiao Guanyin, who was alienated by the emperor, composed ten songs "Back to the Heart" in order to express his resentment and melancholy. I wrote these ten poems firstly to express my own resentment, and secondly to express my depression and resentment and my hope to regain the favor of the king. After writing these ten poems, Xiao Guanyin, who loved music, asked the court musician Zhao Weiyi to compose music based on these ten poems.
After returning home, Zhao Weiyi worked hard based on the artistic conception of the poem, and finally composed a piece of music that could fully express the meaning of the poem. After writing it, Xiao Guanyin and Zhao Wei played the pipa and the jade flute to the fullest extent of the piece. It was these two people's performance that people in the palace thought they were in love with each other, so it was inadvertently spread, and was used by someone with intentions to maliciously slander the queen's affair. Finally, he was sentenced to death.
It can be said that the reason why Xiao Guanyin called for death was related to the power struggle in the court at that time. The powerful minister Yelu Yixin at that time had a great relationship. Yelu Yixin deeply trusted Yelu Hongji at that time, and was named King of Wei and Grand Master, which can be said to have overwhelming power in the government and the public. However, as the prince had grown up, he began to participate in government affairs and began to regulate according to the law. This was a great threat to Yelu Yixin, who was extremely powerful, extremely greedy for money, and widely bribed.
In order to ensure his own power, Yelu Yixin plotted to get rid of the prince and the queen Xiao Guanyin. At this time, Yelu Yixin's mistress Qingzi learned about the rumors about Guan Yu, Xiao Guanyin and Zhao Weiyi from her sister Shan Deng. He told Yelu Yixin about Xiao Guanyin and Zhao Weiyi. Shan Deng turned out to be the maid of Yelu Zhongyuan's family. Shan Deng was also good at playing the zither, so she was often invited to play by Yelu Hongji. Perhaps out of jealousy, Xiao Guanyin told Yelu Hongji that she was once a maidservant from a traitorous family, and there was no guarantee that she would not take the opportunity to avenge her master. . In this way, Yelu Hongji stopped getting close to her. Later, Shan Deng competed with Zhao Weiyi many times and lost to Zhao Weiyi. However, Shan Deng did not think that he was inferior in skills, but thought that Xiao Guanyin favored Zhao Weiyi, so he was very angry and told his sister about this while complaining.