Gao Wei was the 5th emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty in Chinese history. During his reign, the Northern Qi court was ruined when the government was already corrupt, but after ascending the throne, Gao Wei did not care about the government.
The emperor only ascended the throne once a month. There were even times when he let the ministers wait until noon before sending the eunuch to announce that he was not coming to court.
The emperor only reigns once a month. (Pictured).
As the king of a country, he didn’t care about politics, but Cao Vy day and night thought of new games to play and enjoy with his concubines and palace maids in the harem. He was only interested in getting so many beautiful women in his palace.
Anyone who dared to stand up and dissuade Cao Vy from taking national affairs seriously was dismissed or worse, beheaded. And the mandarins who have merited to nominate many beauties to the palace, think of ways to help him play and enjoy, are all respected, bestowed rewards, and promoted.
At that time, the people lived in misery when Northern Qi was close to extinction. But in the palace, Cao Vy constantly built new palaces everywhere to please the beauties.
Right in Cao Vy’s harem, there are more than 500 palace maids serving. He called himself the “emperor who knows no sadness” when he could enjoy himself all day long.
Among the beauties loved by Cao Vy, it is impossible not to mention Phung Thuc, whose real name is Phung Tieu Lien.
Phung Tieu Lien was originally a maid in the palace to serve Empress Mu Hoang Hoa, the third official chamber of Emperor Gao Wei. Not only possessing a charming beauty, Phung Tieu Lien is also good at playing and singing and is especially cunning and cunning.
Phung Tieu Lien was loved by Cao Vy beyond expectations, crazy infatuation. (Pictured).
At that time, Muc Hoang Hoa was being disgraced by the emperor when Cao Vy day and night only paid attention to the beauty of another concubine. Worried that she might be deposed like the previous two empresses, Mu Hoang Hoa foolishly obeyed the plan of Phung Tieu Lien: to give her to the Emperor.
Phung Tieu Lien then said that he would make eyes and ears for Empress Mu and try to isolate the Emperor cockroach from other beauties. But Empress Mu could not have thought that all were plans and schemes of Phung Tieu Lien.
According to the records left behind, Phung Tieu Lien has pure pearl white skin that is rare to have. In winter, her body is like a warm blanket, and in summer, it is cool like a stream, always fragrant like a flower.
Her beauty, plus her ability to flatter and win her heart, helped Phung Tieu Lien to be favored by Cao Vy beyond expectations, madly infatuated. This Emperor even allowed her to “sit in the same chair, go out in the same car” – acts that are considered a crime in the army, which can be punished with expulsion.
Even this Emperor allowed her to “sit in the same chair, go out in the same car”. (Pictured).
Not long after, Phung Tieu Lien was given the title of concubine Shu, a title second only to the Empress. He loved this beauty so much that, even at the time of court, he refused to leave Phung Tieu Lien.
The ministers at that time had to witness many times when the king discussed national affairs while embracing and letting Phung Tieu Lien sit on his lap to chat and joke.
The Empress Mu now knew about Phung Tieu Lien’s scheme, but it was too late. But you reap what you sow. Phung Tieu Lien had to bear the humiliation and humiliation of Emperor Cao Vy’s monstrous lewdness.
Cao Vy at that time said that Phung Tieu Lien’s stunning beauty and fragrant skin could hardly be admired. It is a waste of time to embrace the masterpiece of beauty for yourself. That’s why he made a sick decision with his own favourite.
The next day at the court meeting, Cao Vy ordered Phung Tieu Lien to set up the court with him. He placed a large table in the middle of the court, ordered Phung Tieu Lien to take off all his clothes and lie there naked so that the military mandarins would step forward to admire them one by one.
Cao Vy has made a sick decision with his own pet concubine. (Pictured).
This incident is too humiliating for the status of Thuc consort, which is second only to the Empress like Phung Tieu Lien. But perhaps that is the price to pay for a woman who is too cunning, taking advantage of the Queen’s trust to achieve her own goals.
Cao Vy sat on the throne to enjoy only 10 years, then Northern Qi fell. He ceded the throne to his son Gao Hang, then only 8 years old, to run away with Phung Tieu Lien. But unfortunately, both were detained in Truong An. Cao Vy was then forced to drink poison to die, Phung Tieu Lien due to her rare beauty should be spared, becoming a trophy bestowed from one person to another.
Finally, in 581, after the humiliation had to go through and the cruel life in the harem, Phung Tieu Lien committed suicide, ending the life of a beautiful but cunning beauty.