When it comes to Tang Xuanzong's emotional life, everyone will definitely think of his love story with Yang Guifei. In ancient times, polygamous concubines were practiced, and a man could only have one wife, but could have several concubines. No matter how favored Yang Guifei was, she was only Li Longji's concubine. Li Longji has three wives in the right history, and the author's article today will tell you their stories.
Li Longji's blood was very noble, and his father was Li Dan of Tang Ruizong. Li Longji is of maternal ancestry and comes from the Fufeng Dou clan. Li Longji's mother, Dou Shi, and Li Shimin's mother, Empress Dowager Taimu Shunsheng, came from the same family. Li Longji was an unlucky little prince, and his childhood life was very tragic. The reason for all this is because he has a fierce grandmother Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian deposed Li Dan and killed Li Longji's birth mother, Concubine Dou. Since then, poor Li Longji has been imprisoned in the palace. After Li Longji grew up, he was a fallen prince who did not hurt his grandmother and did not love his grandmother. Li Longji fell down again, and he was also a skinny camel bigger than Ma, and his hair-tied wife was still one of the five surnames and seven wangs of the Taiyuan Wang clan.
Wu Zetian stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Although the Wang clan was born noble, like Li Longji, belonged to the fallen nobility. The New Book of Tang records an allusion to how poor the Wang family was. Once, Li Longji went to his father-in-law's house for his birthday. Wang's father, Wang Azhong, could only take his clothes as a pawn, exchanged money to buy flour, and made a bowl of longevity noodles for his son-in-law.
One is an unlucky prince, and the other is a down-and-out nobleman. The marriage between Li Longji and the Wang family is also a door-to-door pair. The two husbands and wives fought together, risked extermination, launched the Tanglong coup and the congenital coup, killed Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, and finally laid a rich family business.
After Li Longji ascended the throne and became emperor, his wife Wang Shi naturally became the empress of the Tang Dynasty. Empress Wang's life was not strong, and she could not give birth to a prince. Empress Wang adopted two sons in order to have a successor. One was the crown prince Li Ying, and the other was the future Emperor Suzong of Tang. After the two concubines were adopted by Empress Wang, they became the eldest son and the second son.
Princess Taiping stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Li Heng's birth mother was also very noble. She was from the Yang clan of Hongnong, and was still a cousin of Yang Guifei. As Li Longji's concubine, Yang gave birth to a son and a daughter. Empress Wang wanted to adopt Li Heng as a concubine, and the Yang clan also hoped that her son would have a better future, and naturally he was optimistic.
After Li Longji ascended the throne, he included Wu Zetian's niece and granddaughter Wu Shi in the palace. Wu was adopted by his aunt Wu Zetian from a young age, and he also learned Wu Zetian's skills. Li Longji often entered the palace to play with the Wu clan, and he was also obsessed with his little cousin Wu Shi. After Li Longji became emperor, he took Wu Shi as a concubine.
Wu Zetian was very fertile and had 6 children. Wu Shi was able to give birth to more than his aunt and grandmother, and actually gave birth to four sons and three daughters. Li Longji liked the Wu clan very much, and the Wu clan tried to replace Empress Wang. Empress Wang was dissatisfied with Li Longji's favor for the Wu clan and did many things to fight for the wind and jealousy.
Li Longji stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Empress Wang did not give birth to a prince and liked to be jealous. The more Li Longji looked at Empress Wang, the more unpleasant he became, and Wu seized the opportunity to attack Empress Wang. Li Longji, under the influence of the Wu clan, deposed his wife Empress Wang. After Empress Wang was deposed, she was depressed and died, really dead. After Empress Wang's death, Li Longji felt sorry for his wife, and did not crown Wu as empress, but only crowned her as Concubine Wu.
Concubine Wu wanted her son Li Mao (李瑁), the Prince of Shou, to be crown prince, so she tried to get rid of Li Ying, the crown prince. Wu Huifei designed and sent someone to send false news, saying that someone in the palace was plotting rebellion. Li Ying did not know what the plan was, and took two brothers of the prince and led the soldiers and horses into the palace to serve the king. Concubine Wu took a bite back and framed the prince and the two princes for rebellion. Li Longji was furious and ordered the death of the crown prince and two princes, known in history as "killing three sons in one day."
Wu Huifei stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Concubine Wu Killed Empress Wang and the three princes, only to dream that they had come to ask for their lives. Concubine Wu was frightened, really crazy. Li Longji searched all over the world for doctors to treat Wu Huifei. Wu Huifei was terminally ill, and the power of the medicinal stone was useless, and she was finally scared to death.
After Wu Huifei's death, Li Longji gave her the title of a proper wife. Li Longji issued an edict and posthumously honored Concubine Wu hui as Empress Zhenshun. In a patriarchal sense, Concubine Wu was Li Longji's second wife.
Before Concubine Wu went crazy, Li Longji wanted to make Li Mao the crown prince. After Wu Huifei's death, Li Mao fell out of favor. Instead of becoming crown prince, Li Mao lost his wife Yang Shi. Li Longji summoned Yang into the palace, and as a result, he became One of the four beauties, Yang Guifei.
Yang Guifei stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
After the crown prince Li Ying was killed, the position of the Eastern Palace was unresolved. The princes with some strength are eager to try and want to compete for the position of prince. Li Heng's concubine Empress Wang died, as did her birth mother, Yang Shi. In particular, the empress dowager is the body of a sinful woman. Li Heng knew that his strength was not good, and did not participate in the competition for the position of crown prince.
Tang Xuanzong made a mistake in choosing the problem of making a prince. Li Longji hesitated and went to ask Colliers for his opinion. Colliers replied with four words: "Push long and stand."
Li Longji's eldest son, Li Chun, was the son of a concubine, and since Empress Wang did not adopt him, he was the eldest son of Shu. Although Li Heng was the third in line, he was adopted by Empress Wang, so he was the second son. In the absence of the eldest son Li Ying, the second son Li Heng was the natural candidate for the crown prince.
In accordance with the principle of establishing a concubine and taking the lead, Li Longji crowned Li Heng as crown prince. After Li Heng ascended the throne and became emperor, he posthumously honored his birth mother Yang Shi as Empress Yuanxian. Patriarchally speaking, Empress Yang of the Yuan Dynasty was Li Longji's third wife.
Although Empress Yuan Xian had the title of empress, her sense of existence in history was extremely low. When she died, there is no historical record. Empress Yang's popularity was far less than that of her cousin Yang Guifei, who was a concubine. Among the three empresses of Tang Xuanzong, Empress Wang and Empress Wu were far more famous than Empress Yang. If it were not for those who were particularly interested in history, they would not have known about the existence of Empress Yang.
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