In ancient China, there was a saying called "the doctor who can't be punished", which of course means that the nobility has privileges. However, this phenomenon was very common in ancient times, the emperor's daughters were all the emperor's palm pearls, and whoever bullied her was afraid that the emperor would not be spared. However, Nurhaci had a daughter, and her fate was very tragic - she was the only princess in Chinese history to be executed by Ling Chi, and it was no one else who executed her, it was really Nurhaci's son and her brother Huang Taiji. How did this princess provoke Emperor Taiji to make Emperor Taiji use such a severe punishment to execute her in spite of her brotherhood?
Ancient Chinese punishments are very cruel, the most sensational of which is Ling Chi, this kind of punishment to use a knife to cut hundreds of knives on the prisoner to more than a thousand knives, in the time of not cutting the last knife can not make the prisoner out of breath, very cruel, so it is also called a thousand knives. Let's talk about the first and only princess in Chinese history to be executed by Ling Chi, Mang Guji.
Mangguzi is Nurhaci's third daughter and is also a woman that Nurhaci loves very much. However, although Nurhaci loved her very much, as a princess, she naturally became a political pawn. In order to unify the Jurchens, Emperor Taiji married his most beloved princess, Mang Guji, to one of the Jurchen tribes called Hada.
After Nurhaci's death, his successor was Huang Taiji, who ranked eighth among Nurhaci's sons, much to the displeasure of many other brothers. Among them, Nurhaci's eldest son and Huang Taiji's eldest brother Mang Gutaier was one of them, he had always been very dissatisfied with Huang Taiji, and even at a meeting, because he disagreed with Huang Taiji, he actually pulled out his sword and pointed at Huang Taiji. Although Huang Taiji did not blame Mang Gutaier for this later, Mang Gutaier always resented this matter.
Mang Gutaier thought about it all day and night after this incident, and he decided to strike first and take the lead in getting rid of Huang Taiji. However, Manggutaier himself was weak, so he found Mangguji and hoped that she could help him. Mang Guji is actually a very simple person, she listened to Mang Gutaier add oil and vinegar to say something, but also for Mang Gutaier to fight uneven, so she decided to set up a Hongmen banquet. Throw the cup for the number to get rid of the Emperor Taiji.
However, it was not without reason that Emperor Taiji could become the boss, and Emperor Taiji was keenly aware that this matter must be deceitful, and had already led a large army to surround Mongolian Tyre and Mangguji. The two of them did not expect that their plan had failed, and they themselves became prisoners of the Emperor Taiji. For such a rebellious person, Huang Taiji naturally would not be soft-hearted, so he ordered the execution of Mang Guji, and it was still Ling Chi, and Huang Taiji set a 360 knife for his sister, that is, to cut 360 on Mang Guji's body before letting her die. These emperors in ancient times really dared to poison their hands for their own power!
In the late Qing Dynasty, foreigners who came to China were shocked by the torture of Ling Chi in China, and Empress Dowager Cixi felt that this was not very "civilized" and cancelled Ling Chi. But Cixi was uncivilized in her mouth, but her body was honest—2 months after Cixi announced the abolition of Lingchi, she announced that Kang Xiaoba Lingchi would be executed.