One night in 698 AD, Princess Taiping spoiled four men, and the next morning, the maids entered the house to clean up, only to find that the four men had already died in the house, and the maids were trembling to clean up, but nothing had happened.
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Princess Taiping was born in the prosperous era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the youngest daughter of this wise and martial emperor and the first empress, Taiping showed undoubted talent from an early age, absorbing her mother's thirst for power, and she longed for her mother's powerful political skills and thunderous power, dreaming that such heights could one day be reached.
At the age of 5, Princess Taiping's clever mind amazed the court ministers, and by the age of 10, she was able to memorize simple texts and learn her parents' methods of handling imperial politics, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looked at the brilliant Taiping, pampered and thought that she would do great things in the future.
When Princess Taiping was 16 years old, the envoy from the Western Regions took a fancy to her talent and posture and wanted to give her to the son of a chief, and Princess Taiping was very frightened when she heard about it, she already had her own ambitions, how could she go to a remote border land to eat and sleep.
She had a clever move and said that she would cut her hair and go to the nearby Guanyin Temple to practice, but Wu Zetian understood her daughter's thoughts and agreed to her request.
Princess Taiping did not really become a monk in the temple, but mixed with young nuns and lived a life of pure heart, and the life of day and night exercised her will, and Princess Taiping learned to endure and observe.
Once, a handsome painter came to the temple, and Princess Taiping secretly observed his every move and quietly admired his paintings, from which she learned how to understand a man's personality.
Three years later, Li Zhi chose a son-in-law for Taiping, and finally took a fancy to a young man who was both civilized and martial - Xue Shao, Princess Taiping fell in love with him as soon as she saw Xue Shao, Xue Shao was also impressed by Princess Taiping's posture and talent, the two quickly tied the knot, deep feelings, after marriage, Princess Taiping gave birth to a son and a daughter for Xue Shao, and the family of four was happy.
The good times did not last long, the political situation of the Tang Dynasty was turbulent, Xue Shao's brothers rebelled, and Xue Shao was imprisoned, Princess Taiping was in great pain and begged Wu Zetian to rescue, but due to the dispute between the dynasty and China, Wu Zetian could not help, and could only watch Xue Shao die in prison.
Taiping was overwhelmed with grief, she suddenly realized how weak and powerless she was without power, and she was even more determined to seek a position in the court and fight for power, and in order to appease the grieving Taiping, Wu Zetian made an exception to promote her as a concubine and remarried Wu Chenghei.
Princess Taiping began to actively seek power, she offered her favorite dancer Lotus to please Wu Zetian, she also made friends with powerful people everywhere, obtained information and support, and the officials of the DPRK and China also intended to curry favor when they saw Princess Taiping's beautiful and moving appearance, and Princess Taiping began to use her posture to trade power to achieve the purpose of gaining power.
Once, Princess Taiping found four beautiful men to use this to entertain loneliness and vent their emotions, but the next morning, the maids entered the house to clean up, but found that the four men had already died in the house, and Princess Taiping was notorious.
Later, Wu Zetian died, Zhongzong was restored, and Princess Taiping immediately sided with Zhongzong to help him return to power, and she was able to further improve her power and become the princess of Zhenguo who influenced the imperial government, and she also secretly paid attention to her nephew Li Longji, this intelligent and promising prince.
Princess Taiping is increasingly ambitious, she wants to compete for the throne, there is a lot of discussion, at a banquet, she ordered people to poison Li Longji's wine, wanting to kill him, who knew that Li Longji was already on guard, he sent someone to replace the poisoned wine in advance, Princess Taiping's conspiracy was revealed, Li Longji launched a coup d'état, forcing Princess Taiping to commit suicide in despair.
Princess Taiping ended her legendary life with the flow of power, she was very political and skilled, but in the end she was unable to resist the changes of power, and her ups and downs in life trajectory made her a legend of this era.
