On the second day of June in the fourth year of Jinglong, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was reading the recital, and his daughter Princess Anle sent a snack, and Emperor Zhongzong was very touched and picked up the cake and ate it. Suddenly, he had a colic in his abdomen and fell on the ground. Not long after, Emperor Zhongzong died violently in the Divine Dragon Hall at the age of 55.
Princess Anle, the daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. Why poison your own father?
This has to start with Tang Zhongzong as a person.
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, was the fourth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the seventh son of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and the third son of Wu Zetian.
He was twice enthroned and twice ascended the throne, but reigned for less than six years.
A person with a strong mother is fortunate or unfortunate. It can be said that everything Li Xian got was given by Wu Zetian, a powerful mother. However, because of his mother's strength, Li Xian, who grew up in his mother's harsh environment, will become timid and cowardly in terms of personality.
So, he was both afraid of this mother and dependent on her.
After the death of the emperor's father, Li Xian became the next emperor with the support of his strong mother; but the emperor's dragon chair was not hot enough to sit down, and he was swept down by his mother.
Scrap it, but every day he is still sent by his mother to monitor, afraid that one day his mother will attack him, li Xian, who originally had a cowardly personality, under this torture, is bent on death.
At this time, Wei Shi, as Li Xian's wife, became his new dependency. Webster, a woman with the same ambitions as Wu Zetian. When Li Xian was crown prince, Wei Shi was made a princess because of her beautiful appearance.
When Li Xian was degraded to Fangzhou, Webster has always been with Li Xian, she always encourages Li Xian to have the courage to live, Webster also in order to prevent Wu Zetian from poisoning, personally cook, cook for Li Xian and the children, so Li Xian is quite grateful to Webster, under the persuasion and encouragement of Webster, Li Xian finally gave up the idea of suicide, which made Li Xian full of gratitude and dependence on Webster invisibly.
Li Xian even said to his wife: "If one day I become emperor again, then I will definitely let you do whatever you want and will not impose any restrictions", and because of this sentence, it led to the rebellion of the later Empress Wei.
698 AD. Under the mediation of the chancellor Di Renjie, Li Xian was recalled to Beijing and re-established as crown prince. It was not until 705 AD, when the five ministers led by Zhang Kamzhi launched the Shenlong Coup, that the 50-year-old Li Xiancai finally ascended the throne of the Tang Dynasty for the second time after a gap of 21 years.
In order to fulfill the promise of that year, when Li Xian asked what he asked in front of Wei's eager eyes, Wei Hou finally said his long-cherished wish that had been buried for many years. On February 14 of the same year, a transparent curtain appeared on the main hall of the Hundred Officials Dynasty.
Wei Shi not only learned to bow the curtain to listen to the government, but even Wu Zetian's behavior of raising male pets was also accepted as ordered. Under the mediation of Shangguan Wan'er, a pivotal political figure had an affair with Wei Hou. This person was Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi.
The history books record that Wu Sansi was arrogant and arrogant, and he was good at flattery. During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, he even competed with Li Tangzong for the position of crown prince, which was quite politically ambitious.
And Li Xian, who loved his wife deeply, was still kept in the dark, and at the instigation of Wei Hou, wu sansi was quickly promoted to Sikong. He also regarded Wu Sansi as an important ally in his own re-enactment of his father's glory from the game of foreign regency and multi-faction checks and balances.
Since then, Wei Hou and Wu Sansi have formed a party, seized the power of the DPRK and The Central Committee, and begun a new round of political struggle.
With such an ambitious mother, there is the same daughter.
Princess Li Xian of Anle and daughter of Webster, born on the way to Li Xian's exile in Fangzhou. Due to the embarrassing situation at that time, Li Xian hurriedly undressed and made swaddling, so they named the little princess Shu'er. In Li Xian's memory, in the 14 years of Fang Ling's degraded office, this daughter did not enjoy a life of fine clothes and food for a day.
For this reason, Li Xian has always spoiled this little daughter. This Princess Anle's private life was also chaotic, dictatorial, and always humiliated the then crown prince Li Chongjun. According to historical records, after Li Xian's restoration of the throne, Princess Anle repeatedly covered the contents of the previous edict and asked Emperor Zhongzong to sign it. He even demanded that Li Xian depose the crown prince and make himself the crown princess instead.
One day, Li Xian received a letter from a minor official named Yan Qinrong, which read: "The empress is fornicating, interfering in state affairs, and the clan is strong; Princess Anle, Wu Yanxiu, and Zong Chuke tuwei Zongshe." ”
Although Li Xian was suspicious, he was indecisive in temperament, and he had deep feelings for Empress Wei and her daughter, who had suffered with him, so although he was unhappy in his heart, he still could not bear to punish.
But his kindness did not touch his wife and daughter. At this time, the two men, who had already been eyeing the throne, had the intention of murdering Li Xian.
Wei Hou had the poison dispensed, and she mixed the poison in the cake and sent it to the Dragon Hall by Princess Anle. Li Xian, who was hungry in the abdomen, was sent by his daughter, and his heart was very moved, so he picked it up and ate it, and it didn't take long for him to have colic in his abdomen, and he fell on the bed in pain, and finally died violently.
Li Xian's life ended like this. Ironically, he did not die at the hands of his mother, but at the hands of his own wife and daughter.
He was cowardly, but he had the heart of an emperor, which led to his life being manipulated by women, and although he was not a good emperor, he cherished and trusted his wife and daughter. But it was this blind trust and doting on him that ultimately harmed himself.
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