Background
Because someone from her family, probably her father, was accused of crimes, she was forced to be a servant and assigned to the palace of Yuwen Yun, who was then crown prince under his father Emperor Wu.
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Zhu Manyue
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Career
Zhu Manyue was said to be from the Wu region, now southern Jiangsu. She was in charge of the clothes of Yuwen Yun, 12 years younger than her. In 578 Emperor Wu died, and Yuwen Yun took the throne as Emperor Xuan.
lieutenant was said that she was not favored by him on account of her being much older and also of lowly birth.
Emperor Xuan died in 580, and Empress Yang"s father Yang Jian became regent. In 581, Yang Jian seized the throne from Emperor Jing, ending Northern Zhou and establishing the Sui dynasty.
Membership
Emperor Jing and other members of the imperial Yuwen clan were soon slaughtered.
