There is such a thing in the TV series "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", the eldest princess in the play is obviously a female streamer, why should she compete with the prince for the throne. After all, during the reign of the feudal dynasty, the status of women was very low, and there was basically no possibility of becoming an emperor. But there will always be some accidents, the most typical representative of which is Wu Zetian. As for the prototype of this eldest princess, Princess Taiping, the youngest daughter of Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, naturally had the opportunity to compete for the throne.
The eldest princess in the play once had a failed relationship, and in order to prevent others from discovering the royal scandal, she fostered her child in the temple, which was later Lu Lingfeng, the later Chang'an Jinwu Wei Zhonglang. As for the historical Princess Taiping, she was married to Xue Shao, the nephew of Tang Gaozong, at the age of about 16. It is said that when she got married in the Wannian County Hall, the wedding was very luxurious. At that time, in order to allow the wide wedding car to pass, the local county hall wall was directly demolished. Unfortunately, Xue Shao was later implicated because Xue Wei participated in Li Chong's rebellion, which made Wu Zetian feel that his daughter had married the wrong person. In a fit of rage, she directly ordered Xue Wei to be executed, and Xue Shao starved to death in prison after a hundred years of caneing.
Later, in order to comfort his daughter, Wu Zetian directly added her food seal of 350 households to 1,200 households, thus breaking the convention of Princess Tang's food seal. Feeling guilty, Wu Zetian later married Princess Taiping to Wu Youji, until Wu Zetian himself officially ascended the throne as emperor two months after Princess Taiping's marriage. At that time, the martial artist also escaped the danger of being liquidated because Princess Taiping became a daughter-in-law.
After Princess Taiping got married, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter to Wu Youji. Perhaps because of Wu Zetian's becoming emperor and Wu Youji's cautious and honest personality, Princess Taiping gradually disliked such a life, not only had an ambiguous relationship with some ministers in the DPRK, but also wantonly bagged male pets, and even sacrificed her favorite male pets to her mother. Since Princess Taiping has always been obsessed with power, in Wu Zetian's opinion, she resembles herself in terms of appearance and personality. Many times he would discuss political affairs with her, but this matter could not be known to the ministers of the central court, so during her reign as emperor, Princess Taiping was not allowed to leak out her participation in political affairs.
In Wu Zetian's later years, Prime Minister Zhang Khan Zhi launched a mutiny to force Wu Zetian to abdicate the throne to the then crown prince Li Xian. As for Princess Taiping herself, she was named "Princess Taiping of Zhenguo" because of her merits. After Li Xian was restored to the throne, Princess Taiping began to gradually come to the front of the scene and actively participate in politics. After the death of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, she and Li Longji launched the Tanglong coup d'état and successfully supported Emperor Ruizong of Tang to restore the throne. At this time, Princess Taiping was already a figure in power and opposition, and her ambitions were getting bigger and bigger, and she wanted to ascend the throne as emperor like her mother. Unfortunately, he was later captured on suspicion of launching a rebellion, and was finally given to die at home.