In the TV series "The Legend of Lu Zhen", Lou Guifei and Xiao Guifei have both experienced the transformation from wives to concubines. However, despite their similar fates, the trajectories of the two are very different. After Lou Zhaojun demoted his wife to a concubine, he not only established authority in the court, but also became a woman who leaned towards the government and the opposition for a time. In contrast, Xiao Zhaoyun, as a Yongshi princess with a higher background, was overshadowed by the torrent of history and almost no one cared about it.
Lou Zhaojun was originally the wife of the old emperor, but after the old emperor married Rouran for political interests, she was demoted to a concubine. Faced with the ruthlessness of fate, Lou Zhaojun chose to accept it generously, and took the initiative to propose that the princess become his wife to show the sincerity of the marriage. This move made the old emperor feel deeply guilty about her, and also laid the groundwork for her future rise.
Lou Zhaojun skillfully took advantage of the emperor's guilt and vigorously promoted her cronies, whether it was a member of the Lou family or a relative, as long as she was talented, she actively recommended it. In that era of the rule of the Shi clan, her actions naturally caused some criticism, but she still firmly walked on her own path.
In order to realize her ambitions, Lou Zhaojun killed Empress Yu with chronic poison, and no woman can stop her from moving forward. She re-ascended to the throne of the queen and the queen mother from the position of concubine, and completed a gorgeous turn.
Xiao Zhaoyun's background is much more noble than Lou Zhaojun, she is the eternal princess of Liang Kingdom, and she has been destined to be a mother since she was born. However, the person she wants to marry is Lou Zhaojun, who killed her adoptive mother.
Shortly before she got married, her homeland of Liang perished. After marrying Gao Yan, she became arrogant and domineering because of her princess background and childhood sweetheart with Gao Yan, so that the women of the harem could not survive the next day after being favored. But under the high pressure of Empress Dowager Lou, she had to change her strategy and began to attack the stomachs of the concubines, resulting in none of the women who were favored by Gao Yan and Gao Zhan to have children.
Although Xiao Zhaoyun was also in the limelight, her influence was far from being comparable to Lou Zhaojun. After ascending the throne with a brilliant performance, Xiao Zhaoyun, the once noble princess, has undergone earth-shaking changes.
She was demoted to a concubine and lost her former glory. Except for Gao Yan and Gao Zhan brothers, she has nothing to rely on. As a princess, she is good at exerting her majesty, but in the face of reality, she seems helpless and vulnerable.
In the previous dynasty, there were few supporters of the Gao Yan and Gao Zhan brothers, and most of them were loyal fans of Lou Zhaojun and Empress Dowager Lou. In this context, Xiao Zhaoyun is almost unattended. In the harem, Empress Dowager Lou's power occupies half of the country, and many concubines and their families are quite powerful, and they are dissatisfied with the arrogant Xiao Zhaoyun. Therefore, whether in the former dynasty or the harem, Xiao Zhaoyun was in an isolated and helpless situation.
Although Xiao Zhaoyun Gui is a noble concubine, there is only a noble existence of Empress Dowager Lou before her, and there is no queen. As the queen who held the phoenix seal on her behalf, she failed to get the care of the old emperor and the ministers like Lou Zhaojun gave up the queen's position to Princess Rouran. Her situation is bleak, and no one cares about her after being demoted to a concubine.