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Every time tang xuanzong Li Longji and Yang Guifei talked about the little gossip, there would always be an inexplicable idea that popped up: If that Wu Huifei hadn't died early, would Li Longji still covet his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan? Will Datang still encounter the Anshi Rebellion? Will Li Tang's Guozuo last for a few more years?
This is a hypothesis that makes no sense, because history has no ifs. However, this assumption does not seem to be without some truth, after all, before meeting Yang Yuhuan, Li Longji's heart was with Wu Huifei. Concubine Wu was also spoiled for many years as always, until her death, and Li Longji was still infatuated with her. It was precisely because of The death of Concubine Wu that li Longji's old man's heart was suddenly empty, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, so he stretched out his obscene claws to his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan without choosing to eat.
Wu Huifei and Yang Yuhuan, in fact, these two women belong to the same type, they are both the kind of women who are feminine, and they are good at observing colors and greeting each other. Li Longji was most willing to eat this set, so he fell into the gentle and rich village of two women and could not help himself.
In the harems of successive dynasties, in fact, these two poems of Zhao Yi in the early Qing Dynasty can be changed to: "There are beautiful people in the harem generations, and the kings of each beautiful king are promised years.".
Wu Huifei died, she couldn't imagine anything, the bones were not cold, Yang Yuhuan, who was originally her daughter-in-law, couldn't wait to take over her baton and walked towards her former man.
Ha, what a boring piece of gossip!
The story of Yang Yuhuan has been written in the previous issue, let's get to know Wu Huifei again today.
Concubine Wu Huifei was born as Wu Zetian's niece and granddaughter, and her father, Wu Youzhi. Wu Youzhi died early, and Wu Zetian thought about the relationship between relatives, so he led the young Xiao Wu classmate into the palace for people to raise, and he also cared for her extraordinarily.
Because he grew up in the deep palace and occupied good resources, he was accustomed to listening to various gossip stories of his aunt Wu Zetian from an early age, and Xiao Wu's classmates also learned a little bit of Wu Zetian's personality. That is, well-behaved and clever, good at observing words and colors, and good at greeting. In addition, Xiao Wu was born beautiful and had a superior temperament, so the longer he grew, the more he was concerned and loved.
When Wu Meiren came together with Li Longji, there is no exact record in the history books, but it should have been good when Li Longji had not yet taken the throne, so in 712, as soon as Li Longji took the throne, he named Wu Meiren a concubine.
The women of the martial family are very capable of giving birth to babies, and Concubine Wu Huifei has given birth to four sons and three daughters to Li Longji, which is even more powerful than Wu Zetian in those years. Knowing how to please the emperor and be able to have a baby, if Concubine Wu Huifei is not favored, it is really unscientific and unreasonable. As the baby became more and more born, Li Longji also became more and more fond of her, gradually spoiling the harem, leaving the harem boss and empress, as well as Zhao Lifei, who was also favored before, far behind.
At that time, Empress Wang's fate was exactly the opposite, she had been married to Li Longji for one or two decades, and her stomach had never moved. The fates of the two women are changing subtly.
In the twelfth year of the New Century (724), Empress Wang was demoted to a shuren by Li Longji for engaging in the art of victory in the palace with her brother Wang Shouyi, and the fate of the Wu clan was further advanced, and she was given the title of Concubine Hui.
Although it was only the name of a concubine, in fact, she exercised and enjoyed the power and treatment of the empress, and Concubine Wu Huifei had the possibility of ascending to the position of empress. If it were not for the bad surname, Wu Huifei was likely to be made empress, in fact, before Empress Wang was deposed, Li Longji had already had this plan, but was blocked by the courtiers, reminding her not to forget the origin of Wu Huifei, the bitter lesson brought by the Wu clan to Li Tang, although Li Longji loved beauty, but at this time he was still sober, or put the family country first, and listened to the advice of the courtiers.
In addition, Princess Wu Huifei gave birth to several children for Li Longji, and she had four sons and three daughters in the same time, as well as Li Yi the Prince of Xia Mourning, Li Min the King of Huaiwei, Li Mao the King of Shou, Li Qi the Prince of Sheng, as well as Princess Shangxian, Princess Xianyi, and Princess Taihua. Only from the achievements of Wu Huifei's birth baby can also see the depth of her favor.
However, although Concubine Wu Huifei gave birth to many children, the survival rate was not high. Before giving birth to Li Mao, three of her children died while they were still in their infancy. This made Wu Huifei and Li Longji very sad, so after giving birth to Li Mao, they did not dare to put the child in the palace again, but sent it out of the palace to be raised by Li Xian, the king of Ning (Li Longji's eldest brother), which was a practice that the ancients had. This trick was really smart, and Li Mao really grew up healthy in the Ning King's Mansion.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, had made crown prince as early as the third year of the new century (715), and was Li Ying, the son of Zhao Lifei, who was also very favored at that time. However, Zhao Lifei was born as an advocate and had a lowly status, although she was favored, but when Concubine Wu Huifei gradually gained favor, she was gradually alienated by Li Longji. After falling out of favor, Qi Lifei died in 726, which opened the door to Concubine Wu.
With the death of his birth mother, the position of the crown prince Li Ying gradually became shaky, because some people were coveting his place. Needless to say, this person was naturally Concubine Wu.
Although Princess Wu Did not have the ambition of Becoming an Empress like Wu Zetian, the idea of being an empress has always existed. Her pillow wind blew countless times, but Li Longji could still hold steady, and every time he played tai chi with her. The clever Concubine Wu Huifei also gradually understood that she could not climb the throne of the empress in this life.
If you can't be an empress, you can be an empress dowager in the future, and you won't be able to push your son to the position of prince. After some planning, Wu Huifei decided to take the way of saving the country by curve.
In view of the poor effect of blowing pillow wind, Concubine Wu decided to change her strategy, and she no longer talked much directly in front of Li Longji, but began to pay attention to the ministers of the court, and also paid close attention to the behavior of the crown prince Li Ying and several other favored princes, ready to give them a big gift at any time.
"Kung Fu pays off", Wu Huifei's mind was clearly seen by a person, and he was striding towards Wu Huifei with his head held high, indicating that he wanted to insert a knife into her ribs.
This person was none other than Li Linfu, a famous traitor of the Tang Dynasty.
Wu Huifei and Li Linfu immediately hit it off, and the whole plan began to be staged immediately, and under their planning, in 737, the crown prince Li Ying, the prince Li Yao (mother of Emperor Fu Deyi), and the king of Guang (mother of Liu Cairen) were successfully eradicated by them, and they were all given death.
Concubine Wu smiled satisfactorily, but unfortunately, she laughed too early and too short. After all, Wu Huifei was not Wu Zetian, and after doing something wrong, she could proceed to the next goal without doing anything. Although those small fights and small troubles have also damaged the rights and interests of many people before, such as the fact that Empress Wang was deposed, it is also somewhat related to her, but it is not directly related to good villains. But this time is different, after all, it is the life of three princes, one of whom is still a prince.
After the death of the Three Kings, Concubine Wu Huifei, who was a thief with a weak heart, often saw the ghosts of the Three Kings at night to ask for their lives, just as Wu Zetian saw the ghosts of Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei. Once people reach the point of this fear, it is very easy for emotions to collapse. Sure enough, Wu Huifei quickly paid for her actions, although she secretly invited a lot of high masters to do it, but no matter what, the fear in her heart was always there, and it grew day by day. In the end, Wu Huifei was finally scared to death by the ghosts of the Three Kings, or rather by Wu Huifei's own heart disease. Her death was only a few months after the death of the Three Kings, and she was only 39 years old.
After Wu Huifei's death, Li Longji was very sad, thinking of the love that the two had once had, he felt that he owed Wu Huifei one thing, that is, the title of empress, so he decisively posthumously gave her empress Dowager Zhenshun and buried her in Jingling. However, although the crown of this empress was not worn by Concubine Wu Huifei until her death, she did not wear it for long. Around 758, Emperor Suzong of Tang abolished her again, and reinstated Empress Wang, who had taken good care of herself, to the title of empress.
It is worth mentioning that just two years before Wu Huifei's death, her son Li Mao had already married the charming Yang Yuhuan. Imagine the day when Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan became intimate, when the two of them performed a prayer, how happy Princess Wu Huifei should have been when she saw her daughter-in-law. It's just that she couldn't imagine that such a satisfied and beautiful daughter-in-law would soon take over her own baton, climb into her man's bed, and do so many things. If she had known these results, she would probably rather die than covet the position of empress and prince, and she would definitely stick to Li Longji's report to the King of Yan first.
Well, today's sharing ends here, and we'll see you next time