In everyone's impression, the queen mother's mother is the world, which can be described as an infinite scenery. In real history, the queen mother is one of the most dangerous professions, and perhaps one of them can be absent. Take the five empresses in the life of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji as an example, all of them died of death. If I have time today, I will tell you about the allusions of the five Tang empresses.
Tang Xuanzong's biological mother was from the Fufeng Dou clan of the Gaomen Ling clan. The Dou family was Li Yuan's wife and the mother of Empress Dowager MuShunsheng of the Tang Dynasty (posthumously honored by Li Yuan). The marriage between the Dou family and the Li Tang royal family for generations can be described as an imperial relative. Dou married Li Dan as a concubine and gave birth to a son-in-law, Li Longji.
Dou's fate was very tragic, and she offended her mother-in-law Wu Zetian. Dou Shi entered the palace to pay homage to Wu Zetian, and since then the human world has evaporated, and there are no people alive or dead corpses. After Li Dan became emperor for the second time, he made Li Longji crown prince. According to the ceremonial system, the prince is the future emperor, and the emperor must be the concubine of the emperor. Dou's mother, Zi Gui, was posthumously honored by Li Dan as Empress Zhaocheng of the Tang Dynasty.
Empress Dowager Dou gave Life to Li Longji, and Empress Wang risked extinction to help Li Longji ascend to the emperor's throne. The Wang clan was from the Taiyuan Wang clan of the Gaomen Ling clan, and was a five-surnamed woman who was very popular at that time. When Li Longji was still the King of Linzi, the Wang clan married Li Longji.
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When Li Longji married Wang, it was the lowest period in his life. Li Longji's mother Dou Shi was a sinful woman, and his father Li Dan was an deposed emperor. Although Li Longji was a prince, as the son of a criminal woman and an emperor, everyone was afraid to avoid it. Li Longji was not willing to be a foolish prince who ate and waited for death, and decided to engage in a mutiny that changed his fate.
The mutiny carried out by Li Longji is known in history as the "Tang Long Coup." In this coup d'état, the Wang clan risked annihilation of the clan, advised her husband, and made great contributions. After Li Longji became emperor, the Wang clan naturally became empress wang. (The emperor was the King of Linzi and hired as a concubine.) Will clear the internal difficulties, pre-plan. In the first year of his life, he was made empress. ）
Li Longji's imperial throne was not stable, and Princess Taiping still posed a great threat to Li Longji. Li Longji took the lead in making a strong move and launched a "congenital coup" to kill Princess Taiping. In this mutiny, Empress Wang and her brother Wang Shouyi made great contributions. The position of empress dowager was obtained by hard work. Unfortunately, after the King of Linzi became the Emperor of Tang Ming, he changed his mind.
Li Longji empathized and wanted to make Concubine Wu huizheng empress. Empress Wang struggled to keep it, but she could not change her husband back. Empress Wang's ending was tragic, she was deposed by Li Longji, imprisoned in the Cold Palace, depressed and died. Really dead. Empress Wang's eldest brother, Wang Shouyi, was also killed by Li Longji.
Princess Taiping stills
Concubine Wu was Wu Zetian's niece, and she was deeply favored by Li Longji. In order to compete for the throne of empress, Wu Huifei colluded with the chancellor Li Linfu and finally defeated Empress Wang. After Empress Wang's death, Concubine Wu was not crowned empress, but enjoyed the treatment of empress. This matter, according to the new Book of Tang, is recorded: "Empress Shiwang was abolished, so she entered the book huifei, and her rank was higher than that of the empress." “
The key reason why Concubine Wu did not become empress was because The crown prince Li Ying was not born to her. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was afraid that after Wu Huifei became empress, he would harm the crown prince Li Ying, so he did not give Empress Wu Huifei the title of empress. Concubine Wu designed to kill the crown prince Li Ying and two other princes, and the history says that "Emperor Xuanzong killed three sons in one day".
After Concubine Wu killed the three princes, she was afraid that the prince's ghost would seek revenge on her and was frightened out of her mental illness. Li Longji went everywhere to ask for medical treatment, but he still couldn't cure Wu Huifei. Wu Huifei was scared to death, really dead. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had a deep affection for Concubine Wu and gave her the posthumous title of Empress Zhenshun of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had three wives who were given the title of empress, one was the crowned Empress Wang, one was the posthumous Empress Wu, and the last was the posthumous Empress Yang. Empress Yang was born into the Yang clan of Hongnong and was a descendant of Yang Shida, the former King of Sui. Empress Yang was only Li Longji's concubine, and when Li Longji was crown prince, she was crowned Liangyuan. The crown prince's wife was the crown princess Wang Shi, and Liangyuan was the second-rank concubine of the crown prince.
Wu Huifei stills
Yang Liangyuan was pregnant with a child, and Li Longji was afraid that Princess Taiping would make a moth, so he decided to kill the child. The New Book of Tang records that Li Longji personally boiled medicine and prepared to kill Yang Liangyuan's child, but the result was unsuccessful. The Yang clan endured hardships and gave birth to Tang Suzong. After Emperor Suzong of Tang was born, Li Longji had Empress Wang adopt Emperor Suzong.
Yang Liangyuan's status was inferior, and she could not compete with Empress Wang, so she had to give her son to Empress Wang to raise. Yang Liangyuan later gave birth to a daughter, Princess Ningqin, and then died inexplicably. After Emperor Suzong ascended the throne, Yang Liangyuan's mother relied on her son Gui. Emperor Taishang Li Longji issued an edict posthumously honoring Yang Liangyuan as Empress Dowager Yuan of the Tang Dynasty.
After Emperor Suzong of Tang became emperor, he also crowned Empress Zhang. Empress Zhang had an extraordinary relationship with Li Longji, and her father was Li Longji's cousin. After the death of Li Longji's biological mother Dou Shi, the little aunt Dou Shi was very kind to Li Longji and gave the little nephew the motherly care. After Li Longji developed, he was very good to his sister-in-law. Dou married into the Zhang family and had five sons, all of whom were made high officials by Li Longji. The fourth son of the Dou clan was named Zhang Goyi, and Zhang Goyi's daughter Zhang Shi, married to the crown prince Li Heng, was crowned by Li Longji as Liangdi.
Wu Zetian stills
Li Heng's crown princess died at the hands of An Lushan, and Zhang Liangdi did not let Su Mei and led troops to escort Li Heng to replace Li Longji and ascend to the emperor's throne. After Li Heng became Emperor Suzong of Tang, Zhang Liangdi was crowned empress. Empress Zhang was the empress of the fight, and her strength was very strong, stronger than the strength of Tang Suzong. Empress Zhang wanted to become the second Wu Zetian and did something very out of the ordinary.
The New Book of Tang records that Empress Zhang placed Emperor Suzong of Tang and Emperor Taishang Li Longji under house arrest. When Li Longji wanted to see Tang Suzong's side, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven. As soon as Emperor Suzong of Tang died, Empress Zhang wanted to make King Yue a puppet emperor. At the critical moment, Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen sent troops to support the crown prince and fought with Empress Zhang's supporters. Empress Zhang was defeated and placed under house arrest in the palace. The crown prince succeeded to the throne smoothly and was emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Daizong issued an edict deposing Empress Zhang as a shuren and then killing her.
Empress Dou, Emperor Xuanzong's biological mother, was killed, and even the body was not found. His wife, Empress Wang, was put under house arrest to death, Empress Wu was scared to death, and Empress Yang fell ill and died. None of Tang Xuanzong's three wives survived. Empress Zhang, the daughter-in-law of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, was arrogant at first and eventually died. None of the five empresses in Tang Xuanzong's life was able to die well, and the empress was really Alexander, not good.
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