Wang Zhaojun: The peerless beauty that made the king regret his life

Because her appearance was distorted in paintings, she was underestimated and then made the Han king shocked and regretful when he saw her real face.

Emperor Yuan of Han was the 11th emperor of the Western Han Dynasty in Chinese history. He is also remembered as the emperor who married the great beauty Wang Zhaojun to the Xiongnu Chanyu. This marriage was intended to establish peace between the Han and Xiongnu for half a century.

According to some records, Emperor Yuan of Han regretted and even repented for marrying Wang Zhaojun to the Xiongnu Chanyu just because he trusted the painter in the royal palace.

Specifically, Emperor Han Yuan had a harem of thousands of concubines and maids. This emperor ordered the palace painters to draw pictures of the concubines and maids to use as a basis to choose who would sleep with him.

Knowing this, many concubines bribed the painter with gold, silver, and jewels to make them look more beautiful. Thanks to this, they had the opportunity to be visited by Emperor Han Yuan. Thanks to this job, the painter earned large sums of money.

Wang Zhaojun did not bribe painter Mao Yanshou to draw her portrait. Accordingly, Wang Zhaojun was drawn by Mao Yanshou to be extremely ugly, in contrast to her "sinking fish and falling geese" beauty. Therefore, Han Yuandi did not pay any attention to Wang Zhaojun.

One year, the leader of the Xiongnu tribe, Huhanye, came to Chang'an to establish diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty. At this time, Huhanye wanted to marry a Han princess to establish peace between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu.

Emperor Yuan of Han wanted to establish diplomatic relations with the Xiongnu but did not want to marry his princess to the barbarian tribe. Therefore, this emperor thought of a way to choose a palace maid and make her a princess to marry Huhanye.

After looking at all the portraits of the palace maids, Emperor Yuan of Han chose the "ugly" palace maid Wang Zhaojun to marry the leader of the Huns.

When Wang Zhaojun met Emperor Yuan of Han before marrying the Xiongnu, the emperor discovered a shocking truth. The palace painter had painted Wang Zhaojun with a very ugly appearance while in reality she was a great beauty.

Because he had to keep his word, Emperor Yuan of Han was forced to let Wang Zhaojun leave the palace. Hu Hanye was extremely happy to marry the stunning beauty. In this marriage, Wang Zhaojun gave birth to two sons and one daughter for her husband.

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