I believe that many netizens know Princess Yongtai, Princess Yongtai is the granddaughter of Wu Zetian, the father is the son of Wu Zetian, that is, Li Xian, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, but this Yongtai Princess died very tragically, and it is rumored in history that Princess Yongtai was probably poisoned by Wu Zetian, and there is also a saying that it is difficult to give birth and die, so what is the cause of the specific Yongtai Princess's death, it is indeed worth discussing and studying scholars.
The tomb of Princess Yongtai began excavation in August 1960, and a few months later the archaeological team found the epitaph in the tomb, thus confirming the identity of the owner of the tomb, it turned out to be Princess Yongtai, the granddaughter of Wu Zetian, which made many historians very excited at the time, because it was possible to roughly determine whether Princess Yongtai was poisoned by Wu Zetian or died of other reasons.
The archaeological operation is still very smooth, it did not take long to find the remains of Princess Yongtai and her husband Wu Yanji in the coffin, from the scene of the situation, the tomb robbers have long been destroying the coffin, because the skeleton is very messy, it is obvious that it was turned over, no doubt very infuriating, but fortunately the corpse is still there, so it is also of some historical value, this time a total of more than 30 human bones were found.
Then these more than 30 bones were sent to Xi'an Medical College, and then let the forensic doctors inside conduct chemical tests and identification of these bones, at that time Xi'an Medical College can be said to be the most powerful research institution in the country, so it is undoubtedly the wisest choice to get here for corpse identification.
Not long after the results of the bone identification came out, first confirmed that Princess Yongtai did die when she was 17 years old, and then tested the pelvis of Princess Yongtai, confirming that Princess Yongtai had not actually given birth to children, in combination with the epitaph unearthed in the tomb of Princess Yongtai, experts came to a conclusion, that is, Princess Yongtai was not poisoned by Wu Zetian, but fell ill and died.
Of course, this is still just a family statement, many experts still insist that it was poisoned by Wu Zetian, but unfortunately, because the medical technology at that time was not advanced and perfect, it was still impossible to give a conclusive conclusion on what the truth of the cause of death of Princess Yongtai was, so the body of Princess Yongtai was placed in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Management Committee, and then reviewed later.
After some years, when the Qianling Museum began to decide to re-examine the remains of Princess Yongtai, this time in addition to trying to determine the true cause of Princess Yongtai's death, there was also a way to restore her true appearance through the bones of Princess Yongtai.
However, it is regrettable that the corpse of Princess Yongtai is actually missing, and after careful investigation, it is known that it was originally thrown away as garbage in the historical period, which has also become the biggest regret of the Qianling Museum. And the cause of Princess Yongtai's death has indeed become a permanent mystery!