Emperor Gaozong of Tang and his daughter-in-law Wu Zetian liked to blindly assign marriages to others all day long, and the results often caused various tragedies.
For example, Wu Zetian remarried his daughter Princess Taiping, which directly led to Princess Taiping's life of "spending days and drinking land".
Emperor Gaozong of Tang did the same, why did he bury his sister Princess Xincheng with the etiquette of an empress? It's not because he feels that he owes his sister a debt in the marriage arrangement!
Princess Xincheng had a total of 3 marriages approved by the emperor in her lifetime:
The first time, he almost married Wei Zheng's son Wei Shuyu (designated by Emperor Taizong of Tang).
The second time, he married his cousin Changsun Yi (also designated by Emperor Taizong of Tang).
The third time, he remarried Wei Zhengju of Jingzhao Weishi (designated by Emperor Gaozong of Tang).
Of these three marriages, the first one was canceled by Li Shimin before marriage, the second was considered a peaceful and happy marriage, but it was unfortunately destroyed by Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian of Tang, and the third marriage directly led to the death of Princess Xincheng.
First, Li Shimin is also a person who messes with the Mandarin Duck spectrum.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin created the rule of Zhenguan, and the martial arts of Wenzhi were first-class, almost perfect. But Li Shimin was notoriously low-level in handling household chores.
In order to seize the throne, Li Shimin slaughtered his own brother and overshadowed his old father in the Xuanwumen Rebellion.
Li Shimin's sons Li Chengqian and Li Tai fought endlessly for the throne, and Li Shimin, who was the father, could only stare at the side. In the end, it directly led to Li Chengqian's rebellion.
It is difficult for Qing officials to break off household chores, and Li Shimin is no exception. Therefore, in the treatment of his daughter's marriage, Li Shimin is also disorderly.
Li Shimin's favorite is his youngest daughter, Princess Hengshan (Princess Xincheng's title during the Zhenguan years), so when choosing a husband for his daughter, Old Li should be very cautious.
However, at that time, Wei Zheng was seriously ill, and Li Shimin pulled Li Chengqian and Princess Hengshan to visit Wei Zheng in person. Touched by Wei Zheng's attitude of worrying about major state affairs before his death, he actually specified on the spot that he would marry his most beloved youngest daughter, Princess Hengshan, to Wei Zheng's son Wei Shuyu.
This matter was inevitably a bit sloppy, wei Zheng had not heard anything from it before. So he got a little excited and left excitedly the next day.
After Wei Zheng left, the energy that Old Li was touched also passed. Looking at his little daughter again, he was actually a little reluctant to marry her to Wei Shuyu. What a messy duck!
Soon after, Hou Junji, Du Zhenglun and others all participated in Li Chengqian's rebellion, and these two people had a common feature, they were all talents recommended by Wei Zheng! At this point, Li Shimin directly suspected that Wei Zheng also participated in the plot of Li Chengqian's counter-plot.
Why? Because Wei Zheng was Li Jiancheng's former subordinate, he even planned to kill Li Shimin. Li Shimin was magnanimous on the surface and appointed Wei Zheng, but behind his back he still had to guard against this old man. What if Wei Zheng was loyal to his former master and spent more than twenty years laying out the layout, wanting to design a plan to make Li Shimin suffer the consequences?
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more wrong he became, and later he checked the historical materials written by the historian Chu Suiliang without authorization, and found that Wei Zheng had instructed Chu Suiliang to write his own advice into the history books. This is clearly a posthumous approach.
Traitor! What a traitor! Li Shimin identified Wei Zheng, who had died, as a traitor, and naturally could no longer marry his daughter to Wei Shuyu. So the marriage fell short!
Second, remarrying the eldest grandson, Li Shimin was unable to attend his daughter's wedding.
Since he is not married to Wei Shuyu, then Li Shimin should always arrange a good marriage for his daughter, right? Li Shimin looked at the DPRK and felt that no one was worthy of his daughter, and finally set his sights on the eldest grandson's family.
Why? Because Li Shimin loved empress eldest grandson too much. In addition, Li Shimin also particularly reused his brother-in-law's eldest grandson Wujie. There are these two layers of relationship in it, and the status of the eldest grandson family in the Zhenguan period is second only to that of the royal family.
Therefore, after Thinking About it, Li Shimin felt that the fat water did not flow into the fields of outsiders, and it was his daughter-in-law's family, or he would marry the most beloved daughter-in-law to his daughter-in-law's mother-in-law's family!
In this way, Princess Xincheng was once again designated by Li Shimin to marry the eldest grandson. The eldest grandson was the cousin of empress dowager, who was also the cousin of Princess Xincheng. However, the eldest grandson was two years younger than the Princess of Xincheng.
The eldest grandson family is full of princesses, counting the eldest grandson interpretation, their family has already married 4 Tang Dynasty princesses to get started. In order to let his daughter have a face in her husband's house, Li Shimin immediately promoted Changsun Cao, the father of the eldest grandson, to the position of Qizhou Assassin.
In order to let his daughter marry out decently, Li Shimin carefully prepared and planned to hold a grand wedding. As a result, I was not careful, and I put my own old life into it.
Li Shimin had not yet arranged the wedding, and he was killed. Therefore, Li Shimin never saw his most beloved daughter get married.
Third, remarry Wei Zhengji, the princess of Xincheng Xiang yu died.
Due to the sudden death of Li Shimin, the wedding of the Princess of Xincheng could not be completed! The newly ascended Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Princess Xincheng were brothers and sisters of a mother, and he was also very distressed about his sister.
In order to allow his sister to marry earlier, Emperor Gaozong of Tang planned to hold a wedding for his sister after she had completed her filial piety for 1 year. As a result, ministers have moved out various clauses to refute them.
In desperation, the wedding had to be postponed, until after his sister Shou Xiao had completed 3 years, Tang Gaozong revived the old matter, changed his sister to the princess of Xincheng, increased the number of 5,000 households, and let his sister get married, which was also the wish of his old father Li Shimin.
After marrying the eldest grandson, Princess Xincheng lived a very happy life. There is no way, the mother's family has face, the money in the salary card can not be spent, and the status of the in-laws is naturally high, and the eldest grandson interprets a large son, and they all have to go around the princess of the new city.
The eldest grandson and the princess of Xincheng lived a happy little life for 7 years, but in 659 AD, because the eldest son wu jie offended Wu Zetian, the entire eldest grandson family was implicated.
Between his wife and sister, Tang Gaozong finally chose his wife, so Princess Xincheng's husband, Changsun Yi, was exiled to Weizhou, and was soon killed by local officials.
ZiYi, Princess Shang Xincheng. The female brother is Han Yu's wife. Unscrupulous offense, slanderous state, there is a Si Xi will to kill. --- New Book of Tang
This incident directly led to the rupture of the relationship between Princess Xincheng and Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong. Princess Xincheng, who lost her husband, never dressed up again, and lived a groggy life all day, which was obviously a silent protest.
Li Zhi felt that this was not a solution, he was ashamed of the princess of Xincheng, so he thought about arranging another marriage for his sister and marrying her to Wei Zhengjie, who was born in Jingzhao Weishi.
Tang Gaozong was very interesting, in order to appease the princess of Xincheng, her new husband was promoted to the eighth rank in a row, all the way to the high-ranking official of Zheng Sanpin. However, Princess Xincheng could not forget her ex-husband, Princess Sun Yi, so that the relationship between Wei Zhengju and Princess Xincheng after marriage was very bad, and it was even rumored that Wei Zhengju had beaten Princess Xincheng.
Eventually, princess Xincheng, who was only 30 years old, died soon after due to the unhappy marriage that caused her depression.
Summary: The princess was buried with queen's ceremony, unprecedented.
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang learned of this, he was furious, believing that Wei Zhengju had neglected Princess Xincheng, so he captured him for all kinds of torture and interrogation, so that he finally slaughtered Wei Zhengju.
Unfortunately, no matter how much can not save the life of the Princess of Xincheng, the relatives go one less, Tang Gaozong is very sad, so he simply ordered that the Princess of Xincheng be buried with empress etiquette.
Apparently, Emperor Gaozong of Tang felt sorry for his sister Princess Xincheng, and first killed her beloved husband, and then arranged an unhappy marriage for her.
References: Old Book of Tang, New Book of Tang