Background

Lady Helan was the daughter of Wu Shun and Helan Yueshi. Wu Shun was the first daughter of Wu Shiyue and Lady Yang, and the older sister of Empress Wu. Helan Yueshi was the son of the Duke of Yingshan (应山公) and died early.

Lady of Wei

Lady Helan and her mother, Wu Shun, were favored by Emperor Gaozong who gave her the title Lady of Wei and her mother that of Lady of Han.

Emperor Gaozong wanted to keep Lady Helan as a concubine, but Empress Wu found out and had the Lady of Wei killed by poisoning. She then blamed Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun for the murder and they were executed. Lady Helan's brother, Helan Minzhi, suspected Empress Wu of murdering his sister and was exiled.

Modern Depictions

Lady Helan is well known in television series as Helan Minyue (贺兰敏月). She is often portrayed as an antagonist.

• Portrayed by He Lin in the Palace of Desire

• Portrayed by Kathy Yuen in Secret History of Empress Wu

• Portrayed by Sandra Ma in The Empress of China

生平

唐高宗時代，武順可以自由出入宮廷，而女兒賀蘭氏繼承了母親出眾的美貌和輕佻，唐高宗對母女二人皆寵幸之。

武順逝世（逝世時間存疑）後，賀蘭氏被封為魏國夫人，憑著絕美姿色與武則天爭寵。唐高宗準備正式封賀蘭氏為妃嬪，但因武則天妒忌的關係，不敢。

乾封元年（666年）9月，唐高宗封禪泰山。武則天的堂兄弟、她的堂舅——武惟良、武懷運跟隨回京師。期間，唐高宗抵達武則天母楊氏處，武惟良等人進獻食物。武則天藉此在食物中下毒，賀蘭氏吃後身亡，武則天嫁禍給武惟良、武懷運。賀蘭氏的葬禮上，唐高宗大為悲痛。兄弟賀蘭敏之對賀蘭氏的死亡有所懷疑，被武則天貶斥。外祖母楊氏則徙封酂、衛二國夫人，以示安慰。賀蘭氏在去世後陪葬順陵。

名字

史書中沒有記載賀蘭氏的名字。許多古裝劇中都稱賀蘭氏為賀蘭敏月，名字來源亦無根據，或許是古裝劇自行杜撰。

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