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Imperial Honoured Consort Wan
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Imperial Honoured Consort Wan – How an Emperor fell in love with his nursemaid

Monday, 16 May 2022, 5:55 Lauralee Swann 0
Imperial Honoured Consort Wan’s love story with Emperor Xianzong is a strange one because she was originally his nursemaid and seventeen years older than him. Because of Emperor Xianzong’s love for her, Imperial Honoured Consort Wan would reign as his Empress in all but name. For centuries chroniclers have been puzzled over this relationship and [read more]
Queen Wang Zhaojun
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Queen Wang Zhaojun – The precious jewel that the Emperor deeply regretted losing

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Queen Wang Zhaojun was known as one of the four most beautiful women in ancient China. She was originally the concubine of Emperor Yuan. However, she remained unfavored and was never summoned to the Emperor. She was chosen to marry the Khan of Xiongnu as part of a marital alliance. When Emperor Yuan finally saw [read more]
Yang Rong as portrayed by Huo Chengjun from Love Yunge from the Desert
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Empress Huo Chengjun – The murderer’s daughter

Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Huo Chengjun has often been portrayed in Chinese television as an ambitious and scheming empress who was finally given her just deserts by coming to an unfortunate end.[1] In the Chinese drama Love Yunge From the Desert, Empress Huo Chengjun was the main villain. However, audiences were moved when the actress, Yang Rong, who played Empress [read more]
Xu Pingjun
China

Xu Pingjun – The poisoned Empress

Monday, 9 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Empress Xu Pingjun has always been portrayed as a tragic figure in Chinese television. She has been portrayed by Su Qing in the Chinese television series Love Yunge from the Desert, where viewers watched her heart-breaking end. Despite being tragically murdered at the early age of eighteen, she seemed to be a woman of devotion and [read more]
empress wang
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Empress Wang – The usurper’s daughter

Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Empress Wang happened to be the daughter of one of China’s most notorious usurpers. Her tragic life showed that she was a pawn in her father’s ambitions. Due to her father’s will, she married Emperor Ping. Yet, when her father usurped the throne for himself, she very rarely defied him except on minor occasions. In [read more]
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Empress Feng Run – The Empress who cheated on the Emperor with a eunuch monk

Saturday, 30 April 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Empress Feng Run was the second empress of Emperor Xiaowen. She has often been portrayed in a negative light. She has been depicted as a ruthless schemer who rid herself of her rivals, including her own sister. She even cheated on her husband with a eunuch monk and practised witchcraft to kill her husband. Yet, [read more]

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