There is an old Chinese saying, "Between husband and wife, it is easy to be rich and rich." This means that when the two are poor and dangerous, the relationship will be very stable, everyone has nothing else to ask for, they can only rely on each other, no one can do without anyone, and no one wants to leave anyone. And once the rich are rich, people's selfish intentions will come out, but they are more likely to have emotional problems.
All the ancient teachings have cases to follow, just like this sentence, Li Xian, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and his empress Wei Shi during the Tang Dynasty are a living case.
Shortly after the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian succeeded to the throne, and his wife Wei Shi was made empress and in charge of the harem. Because he was in the palace and could not go home to save his relatives, Webster has always missed his family. When Li Xian knew about it, he promoted Wei's father to become a high official, and because Wei's father was in a high position without any merit, it attracted criticism from the chancellor. Li Xian even said bluntly, "What is the point of sealing him as an official, even if I give up the throne to my father-in-law, I am willing!" ”。
The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart. At that time, the power of the government was actually in the hands of Empress Wu Zetian, and seeing that Li Xian was in such a chaotic way, he was also afraid that the rise of the Wei family would affect his own power, so Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. After that, Li Xian and Wei Shi left the palace for Luling, and suffered a lot on the road, and Wei Shi has always been inseparable from Li Xian.
In the more than ten years of being abolished, Li Xian once thought about committing suicide, and thanks to webster's support and encouragement on the side, Li Xian came out of the trough of his life. Seeing that his wife took such good care of himself, Li Xian vowed that he would repay Webster well.
Unexpectedly, in 705 AD, with the efforts of Di Renjie and several imperial court officials, Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate and let Li Xian, the king of Luling, return to the throne. Li Xian, who ascended the throne again, naturally did not forget the promise at that time, basically as long as it was Webster's request, he would do his best to meet it.
As the saying goes, power corrupts the human heart. As Webster's power grew, her ambitions began to show. Coupled with the example of Wu Zetian in front of him, Wei Shi even had the idea of becoming an empress. Especially after Li Xian's posthumous crown prince, Webster's idea of seizing power became more and more intense.
It turned out that Li Xianli's crown prince was not Wei Shi's son, so Wei Shi was very unhappy. She calculated the prince many times without success, and finally provoked the prince. Therefore, the crown prince led his troops to the palace and asked his father to hand over Wei Shi, but Li Xian was still obsessed with Wei Shi. Later, Jinyi Wei arrived, and the prince's soldiers were defeated and killed.
In the past, Li Xian always thought that it was his fault that Made Wei Shi unable to get off the stage, so he was better for Wei Shi and her daughter Princess Anle. Completely reduced to a puppet of the Webster family, without his own ideas.
However, Wei Shi's love for Li Xian has long ceased to be the past, and she also found Xiao San and raised a male pet in the harem until she was broken by Li Xian. In order not to let the matter be revealed, Wei Shi joined hands with his daughter Princess Anle to poison Li Xian, and Li Xian did not understand until his death that his piece of infatuation was exchanged for a bottle of poison.
However, Wei Shi did not eventually become a female emperor like Wu Zetian. Not long after Li Xian's death, Li Longji joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch a coup d'état, killing the Wei clique and becoming the new Tang Xuanzong, known in history as the "Tang Long Coup".
Power is something that has been contested by human beings since ancient times. How to deal with the balance of power and thought is very important, and we must not let power manipulate thoughts. Otherwise, like Wei Hou, he would lose his love and power.