Wu Meiniang was snubbed by Li Shimin for 12 years, which is basically certain, but Xu Xianfei's favor is still worth deliberating, of course, compared to Wu Zetian, Xu Hui is favored.
Xu Hui was the only one of Li Shimin's concubines except Empress Changsun to be passed on, but we have to notice that the reason why Xu Hui left her name in the Qing history was not because of Li Shimin's favor for her, but because of Xu Hui's appropriate concern for court politics, that is to say, what she did was in line with what a qualified concubine should do.
Speaking of which, Li Shimin's favor seems to have all been given to Empress Changsun, and even with Aiwu and Wu, he also loved the children born to Empress Changsun, and was a qualified father. But for other concubines and children, it is difficult to see Li Shimin's tenderness.
All along, Xu Hui's image has been relatively close to that of Empress Changsun, in a sense, Xu Hui seems to have the shadow of Empress Changsun, the same general knowledge, the same modesty and courtesy, the same frugality, the same political sense of smell, the same advice and not interference in the affairs of the dynasty. But on the other hand, Xu Hui is only a later person, only enjoying the glory and wealth given by Li Shimin, but there is no and can not share happiness and suffering with Li Shimin, such a woman is destined to stay in Li Shimin's heart for a while, but it will not last long.
As intelligent as Xu Hui naturally understands this truth, but how much she can grasp is how much, so she did not compete with other concubines for favors, but constantly enriched herself in the noisy harem, constantly improved herself, read, wrote, cared about major state affairs and the well-being of the people, and properly showed it in front of Li Shimin, so that Li Shimin could look at it differently.
Xu Huichu entered the palace and Wu Zetian were all talented people, but they were different, Wu Zetian was a talented person who had been doing it for 12 years, and Xu Hui, who entered the palace later than Wu Zetian, quickly achieved the concubine of Zheng Sanpin, and then the full appearance of Zheng Erpin. From this point of view, Xu Hui is indeed more favored than Wu Zetian.
What deeds Wu Zetian had in Li Shimin's period has not been examined, only one thing has been recorded, or she said it herself, that is, the Lion Horse Incident, through this incident, we can see that Wu Zetian wants to get Li Shimin's favor, but the force is too strong, so that Li Shimin can see the ambition of this girl at a glance, and The obvious shaking makes Li Shimin extremely uncomfortable. Women should be born as appendages of men, to be low-key, to be gentle, to be dignified, to know how to advance and retreat, and so on.
And the female image that Li Shimin hoped to see was reflected in the eldest grandson empress and one in Xu Hui. Make him look comfortable. Therefore, Xu Hui was able to be promoted quickly.
In 648, Xu Hui, who was already full of capacity, advised Li Shimin and wrote the famous "Shu Taizong's Dismissal of Soldiers", which was played against the background of Li Shimin's later years when he began to build a large number of civil engineering and exhaust military force. Cuiwei Palace and Yuhua Palace were built one after another, luxurious and magnificent, is Li Shimin's palace and summer resort, at the same time there is a continuous conquest of troops, which began to attack Goguryeo in 644, successive years of conquest to the people of nature brought disasters, conscription and taxes make the people miserable, so Xu Hui wrote such a song.
Advised Li Shimin to strike down and stop the construction of civil engineering. The rhetoric was gorgeous, to the point, Li Shimin rewarded Xu Hui heavily after reading it, but what to do or what to do. By the time he first wrote it, the civil works were basically completed, and the conquest of Goguryeo would not stop. Therefore, Xu Hui's shangshu only made Li Shimin feel that the song itself was very good, not that the meaning it conveyed was very good, in fact, this song did not achieve any effect here in Li Shimin.
Compared with empress dowager's exhortations, Xu Hui's exhortations after the fact were much more utilitarian.
The following year, Li Shimin died, and according to the custom, Xu Hui and Wu Zetian's fate was the same, and they wanted to become a nun. However, Xu Hui was ill, and the illness was menacing, Xu Hui simply stopped taking medicine, saying that he did not want to live, and wanted to follow Li Shimin, and sure enough, he soon left with Li Shimin. Her deep affection was very touching, so she was posthumously honored as a concubine. But the truth is still false, and only she knows it in her own heart.
Looking at the fact that she wants to write a song for Li Shimin, I know that she does not often see Li Shimin, and she is nearly 40 years younger than Li Shimin.