Empress Xiao, the queen of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, was born in the royal family of the Southern Dynasties. She was fostered since childhood. She was gentle and polite, proficient in medical skills and divination. After marrying the King of Jin Yang Guang, they had a deep love for each other and made great contributions to Yang Guang's victory. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he was canonized as the queen. And always gained the respect of her husband. Later, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was extravagant and immoral, and the world was in chaos. Empress Xiao once advised him to remonstrate, but Emperor Yang did not listen, and Empress Xiao was unable to recover. During the Jiangdu Incident, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was killed. Empress Xiao was 52 years old at the time, and she took the orphan of the Sui family with her. Later, she was kidnapped by the rebel Yu Wenhua and the rebel Dou Jiande, and later fled to the Turks to protect the legacy of the Sui Dynasty in a foreign country. She returned to the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and Empress Xiao was able to return to Chang'an, where she was treated politely by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. She died at the age of eighty-one, and finally She was buried with Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in Leitang, Yangzhou with the ceremony of a queen. She lived through the Liang, Sui and Tang Dynasties, suffered many hardships, and always kept her integrity. She could not help herself in troubled times but still maintained her character. She left a small but determined figure in the thick gallery of thousands of years of history.
