Princess Li of Taiping was the youngest daughter of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu. Her father was Li Zhi of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, her two older brothers were Li Xian of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Li Dan of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, her mother was the famous "Zetian Emperor" in Chinese history, and even her nephew Li Longji was Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong who created the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era".
Princess Taiping was favored by her parents and brothers since childhood, so she developed an arrogant personality. At the same time, because she was deeply influenced by her mother Wu Zetian, she acted and styled similarly to Wu Zetian, and was also an ambitious politician.
"Taiping" is the name she took when she became a monk, because she had escaped the marriage between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, so she was known as "Princess Taiping". Having said that, her life was not very peaceful. In 681, princess Taiping, who was only 16 years old, married Xue Shao.
After marriage, the two were originally happy and happy, envious of others. However, in 688, Xue Shao was imprisoned by Wu Zetian and starved to death because he was implicated in the rebellion of his brother Xue Yan. Although princess Taiping was pregnant at that time, she still could not stop her mother.
Soon after, Wu Zetian married the widowed her to her nephew Wu Youji. Wu Youji's personality is relatively cowardly and is not liked by Princess Taiping. Perhaps hit by her first marriage, Princess Taiping openly mingled with many men during the marriage, and her private life became unruly. Wu Youji did not dare to offend Wu Zetian, and simply pretended to ignore these things.
When Wu Zetian was proclaimed emperor, Princess Taiping once discussed politics with her mother as a clan and even participated in political decisions. Although Wu Zetian admired his daughter's ability and ability, he also saw her ambition. In the year of Wu Zhou, the conflict between the power of the Li Tang clan and the martial family, headed by Princess Taiping, broke out, and a coup d'état was inevitable.
In 705, Princess Taiping joined forces with Li Tang's former ministers Zhang Kamzhi, Huan Yanfan, and others to launch a mutiny, and established Li Xian, the king of Luling, as emperor, for Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, known in history as the "Shenlong Coup". Through this incident, Princess Taiping was awarded the title of Princess Taiping of zhenguo for her merits, and the imperial court gave her as many as 5,000 households.
Just a few years later, the faint and cowardly Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, was poisoned by Empress Wei and Princess Anle in conjunction. Princess Taiping conspired with li longji, the son of her brother Li Dan, to raise an army and immediately killed Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and others. Afterwards, Li Dan was proclaimed emperor by Princess Taiping for Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
After that, the title of Princess Taiping increased to as many as 10,000 households, and all three sons were crowned kings, which was prominent for a while. However, the ambitious Princess Taiping was not satisfied with this, and she actively cultivated party henchmen in the DPRK in an attempt to misbehave. At that time, five of the seven chancellors were confidants of Princess Taiping. Except for Yao Chong, Song Jing, and others, most of the courtiers were attached to Princess Taiping.
In the first year of Yanhe, the cowardly Tang Ruizong, unwilling to be involved in the political struggle between the crown prince Li Longji and the Princess Taiping, took the initiative to give way to Li Longji, which was Tang Xuanzong. Tang Xuanzong believed that his aunt Princess Taiping wanted to emulate his grandmother Wu Zetian's claim to the throne, so he and his close associates Guo Yuanzhen, Wang Maozhong, and Gao Lishi preemptively took control of the left and right Yulin generals in the palace, killing all the courtiers who colluded with Princess Taiping, and the blood flowed like a river.
After all, Princess Taiping was still a female stream, and her courage was far inferior to that of her mother Wu Zetian, and because she was frightened by this incident, she fled into the Nanshan Buddhist Temple.
It was not until three days later that she returned to the palace haggardly, and was immediately rewarded by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang for committing suicide, and her titles and fiefs were abolished.