"This story I also heard from the elders in my family," Lu Zheng said, "It should be a matter of the previous dynasty, thousands of years ago..."
So Lu Zheng started telling the story of Emperor Ming of Tang and Yang Guifei, naturally with a fair amount of artistic embellishment, highlighting Emperor Ming of Tang's affection for Yang Guifei and emphasizing Yang Yuhuan's beauty and talent.
After all, for an emperor, the hardest thing to achieve is genuine sincerity, and for a consort, her most widely spread trait is often her influence on history.
Have you not seen, in the history of Hua Country, the famous beauties are all set against the backdrop of the great tide of the world, Xi Shi causing havoc in Wu, Zhaojun going beyond the frontier, Diao Chan destroying Dong, Yuhuan dying for Tang, not to mention the female emperor Empress Wu Zetian.
Among these many women, Yang Yuhuan was able to become one of the four great beauties, largely due to Li Bai's "Qingping Tune."
