In ancient China, there is an allusion to the saying "Xu Niang is half-aged, and her charm is still intact", and in the records of the Southern History, Xu Zhaopei was the granddaughter of the former lieutenant of the state of Qi, and the daughter of the general of the Liang Dynasty, Xu Kun. When Xiao Ze was still the king of Xiang, she married Xiao Yi. She was so proud of her prestigious background and dissatisfied with her married life and sex life that she dared to vent her sexual bitterness by mocking the emperor. Xiao Yi has only one eye, is a "one-eyed dragon", so she in front of the emperor only half dressed up, called "half face makeup", her reason is that one eye can only see half. She was addicted to alcohol and often got drunk and vomited on the emperor's robe.
The story begins with the seventh son of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, Xiao Dai, who held the heavy military forces to guard the Jiangling Xiangdong King Xiao Dai, since his childhood hobby of literature, no interest in politics, and even more so by his father's influence, dressed in cloth, diet but the beans and lambs coarse grains only. Just when Emperor Wu of Liang set up in Jiankang city west of the Shilin Hall, extended collection of scholars lecturing thesis, Xiao deduction is also in the beautiful scenery of the riverside, every day with the literati and elegant talk about the Tao. Beautiful Xu Zhao Pei is very smart, she is good at poetry, but also at the time of flowering, coupled with the passion of the nature of the fire, it is the need for love and compassion, although she dresses up every day, however, has never been able to provoke Xiao Yi's sexual interest, which is depressed.
In order to develop and ease her emotional field and emotional life, Xu Zhaopei accepted the lifestyle of Xiaoyi, and tried to enter her husband's circle of interest. Xiao Yi likes to talk about poetry and paintings with the literati, in order to win the appreciation, Xu Zhao Pei changed the norm, remove the heavy makeup, light painting eyebrow light sweeping face, put on elegant dresses, transformed into a poetic and picturesque talent, holding a cup of tea, appearing in the party of the literati of Xiao Yi. However, although Xu Zhaopei's beauty and talent has been objectively recognized, Xiao Yi is not at all impressed, he not only did not appreciate, and always frowned when she talked about it.
After a million years of frustration, Xu Zhaopei only half of the face in makeup, leaving the beautiful name of "half makeup". And Xu Zhaopei is to use this to vent her heart's anger and injustice. Because she knows that this man in the heart is in any case difficult to undo, then no longer try, in order to dispel the sorrow, she drinks to buy drunkenness to solve a thousand sorrows.
Since then, after each banquet, Xu Zhaopei is drunk out of shape, back to the palace, drunk Xu Zhaopei several times drunk unconscious vomiting on Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi can not eat her, anger has reached the extreme, so began to alienate her, moved to other three houses.
Wait until the child grows up, Xu Zhaopei although already Xu Niang half old, but she is also a living person, also has seven feelings and six desires, she can not withstand the loneliness of the palace cool. Because of emotional frustration, and fame and fortune also seems to become empty, Xu Zhao Pei began to look for ***, she began to play with the palace ambiguous, and became one of the history of the famous obscene *** people.
Xu Zhao Pei in the case of solitary confinement, it is looking for a lover. First, with the Jingzhou Yaoguang Temple monk Zhiyuan monk secretly, often cheating and fornication, and soon looked at the minister of the dynasty and Ji Jiang.
It was at a banquet, Xu Zhaopei met the courtier Ji Jiang, which Ji Jiang style, jade tree, Princess Xu obsessed with its beauty. So she took the opportunity to enjoy the banquet song and dance, take the initiative in the corridor corners and other Ji Jiang passed by, Ji Jiang stayed in the harem, secret sex. In this way, Xu Zhaopei accompanied Ji Jiang day and night, serving him. Look at the high and mighty, usually serious princess, now in front of Ji Jiang like a small daughter-in-law, words from Xu Zhao Pei (Xu Niang) Profile, let Ji Jiang is flattered. A few days down, three meals a day are Xu Zhao Pei personally fed to Ji Jiang eat, so maintain a month, Ji Jiang feel half the old Xu Maiden like a young girl's enthusiasm and warmth, the heart sighed: "Xu Maiden, although old, but still sentimental." Later generations will be "Xu Niang half old", as the age, but still have the charm of the women's allusion.
Xu Zhaopei so wind *** swing, sometimes in order to find the crazy feeling, she even far away from thousands of miles, and Yaoguang Temple Zhiyuan monk fornication. Became the Liang Yuan Emperor Xiao Chieh knew, the heart of the anger, he thought: the hall of a country's king Xu Zhao Pei (Xu Niang) Profile, is really even worse than the monk? So he sent people to Zhiyuan monk fire and go. And Xu Zhao Pei, witnessed the man who gives pleasure in front of their eyes was burned alive, she went completely crazy, the psychological began to pervert, saw the palace was abandoned by Xiao deduction of the consort, feel happy, because she saw those all day long around the emperor revolves around the women are finally also the same as she is no longer favored by men. To these out-of-favor women, Princess Xu showed great generosity, treating them as confidants and often exchanging cups and drinks with them. And once she found a woman in the palace is favored pregnant, she can not help but hate in her heart, to kill with a knife.
Poor this beauty, only because of the frustration with the feelings of Liang Yuan Emperor Xiao Yi, will lead to the destruction of her life. I really do not know, this famous half make-up beauty of a lifetime of love finally ended up with a "Xu Niang half old" allusion, is sad or helpless? As a woman, she is lonely, life has not met a real understanding of her love her love her man. As a princess, she is poor, although the body in the prosperous place, but the heart is bleak. As her husband, Liang Yuan Emperor Xiao Yi is also a person to be sympathized with, although he owns this world-class beauty, he has spent his whole life but still does not own her heart, and can only watch her fall. As the man she liked in her later years, Ji Jiang is also helpless, although Ji Jiang does not love this woman who is more than a dozen years older than him, but do not want to lose this backer.
In short, the reason why Xu Niang half old will be old still charm still with people adultery, everything, is love caused trouble!