Emperor Wu is known for his extravagance…

Emperor Wu is known for his extravagance and sensuality, especially after the unification of China; legends boast of his incredible potency among ten thousand concubines.

In 281, the emperor takes five thousand women from Sun Hao's palace into his own, and hereafter becomes even more concentrated on feasting and enjoying the women, rather than on important matters of state.

It is said that there are so many beautiful women in the palace that he does not know whom he should have sexual relations with; he therefore rides on a small cart drawn by goats, and wherever the goats stop, he stops there as well.

Because of this, many of the women plant bamboo leaves and salt outside their bedrooms—both items said to be favored by goats.

Empress Yang Zhi's father Yang Jun and uncles Yang Yao and Yang Ji have become the de facto powers.