Tang Xuanzong Li Chen, the sixteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, reigned for eleven years from the zhiruliu, advocating frugality, so that the imperial court appeared relatively prosperous and stable situation, known in history as "the rule of the great middle", known as "Little Taizong".
Tang Xuanzong was affectionate with his brothers and filial to his mother, but he was extremely strict in educating his children, especially the discipline of his daughters, which almost reached the level of inhumanity.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had eleven daughters, and his eldest daughter, Princess Wanshou, married Zheng Hao, a scholar of Hanlin and a living man.
According to the custom of the Tang Dynasty, when a princess married, the vehicle should be decorated with silver foil, starting with Li Chen of Tang Xuanzong, and changed to a bronze decoration.
The New Book of Tang records that Tang Xuanzong warned his eldest daughter that when she arrived at her husband's house, she should observe the way of women, not talk about government affairs, and should not despise the people of her husband's family as a nobleman, and if she did not heed the admonition, "there will be the disaster of peace and happiness."
One day, Zheng Hao's younger brother Zheng Qi became seriously ill, and Tang Xuanzong sent emissaries to visit him.
When the emissary returned, Tang Xuanzong asked him if the princess was at home, and the emissary replied truthfully, saying that the princess had gone to ci'en temple to see a play.
Tang Xuanzong said very angrily, "In the past, Shuo still blamed the Shi Dafu family for not wanting to marry the princess, but now Shuo knows what is going on." ”
So he ordered someone to summon the princess into the palace, and the princess visited her, but Tang Xuanzong did not look at the princess's face, and the princess was frightened and "wept and apologized."
Tang Xuanzong reprimanded Princess Wanshou and said, "Your little uncle is sick, why don't you visit?" On the contrary, I am in the mood to go to the theater, which is too bad! ”
Princess Wanshou was very frightened when she saw her father's anger and said that she would definitely change her past.
Since then, "all noble relatives have conscientiously observed the law of etiquette."
Tang Xuanzong also issued an edict: "Husband and wife, the end of indoctrination." His princess and county lord have children and are widowed and may not be remarried. ”
It is stipulated that when a princess or county lord has a son, her husband may not remarry after her death.
Princess Yongfu, the second daughter of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, was originally promised to be a jinshi Yu Chun, who came from a family of depraved people and relied on Menyin to serve as a minor official, and later became very important to Zheng Hao, and under the encouragement of Zheng Hao, Yu Chun decided to apply for a horse.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very satisfied with Chun, so he promoted him to the position of secretary of the provincial school secretary, right shiyi and other official positions.
One day, Princess Yongfu and her father had dinner together, and for some reason they played a little role with their father, "angry folding dagger", and folded the chopsticks for eating in one breath.
Tang Xuanzong shook his head and sighed, "How can this be the wife of a scholar?" ”
So he tore up the marriage contract and married Yu Chun instead of his sister, Princess Guangde, the fourth daughter of the emperor.
Princess Guangde did not live up to her father's high hopes, in her husband's family to abide by the way of women, "there is a law of etiquette in governing the family", Yu Chun was once demoted to Shaozhou, there were only a few people in his entourage, along the way the prefecture and county officials pitied Yu Chun's family, and they all came to help, and the princess refused the gifts of the prefecture and county officials.
Princess Guangde will personally handle the marriage and funeral affairs in the family, and even very distant relatives will be taken care of by the princess, which has won the praise of the people of the time.
In December of the first year of the Guangming Dynasty (881), Huang Chao attacked Chang'an and established the Daqi regime, intending to appoint Yu Chun as chancellor, but Yu Chun swore to die and was brutally killed.
When her husband was killed, Princess Guangde said with tears: "I don't want to live, but the thief will kill me!" ”
Huang Chao did not order the execution of the princess, and Princess Guangde chose to hang herself indoors, ending her life and following her husband.
His feats are no less than those of the virtuous martyrs recorded in the history books.