"Princess Taiping, Gaozong girl. He was born in heaven and inherited grace. The princess is fruitful, the square is broad, and the power is strategic, then the sky thinks that it is like herself, and every premeditated discussion, the palace ban is severe, and the matter is not leaked. - "Old Tang Book: The Biography of Princess Taiping"
Princess Taiping is the young daughter of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, and has lived in the royal doting since she was a child.
According to the aesthetic view of "women are fat as beautiful" during the Tang Dynasty, Princess Taiping was not only noble, but also beautiful and moving.
Wu Zetian once gave birth to his first daughter, Princess Anding, in 654 AD, but Princess Anding died shortly after her birth. Therefore, when Princess Taiping came to this world in 665 AD, Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong regarded her as a treasure.
In the first year of Tang Gaozong's dew (679 AD), Princess Taiping was fifteen years old at this time, and she was at the age of a girl in the flower season, and her beauty spread throughout Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and everyone hoped to see her beauty.
Princess Taiping in "The Secret History of Princess Taiping" (played by Jia Jingwen)
At the age of fifteen, for that time, it was already the age to talk about marriage.
At a banquet, Princess Taiping wore the purple robe of a military attache and personally danced for Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian. The wide purple robe was worn on her body, which looked very inappropriate, and Tang Gaozong couldn't help laughing.
Tang Gaozong said with a smile: "You can't be a military attaché, why do you want to dress like this?"
Princess Taiping shrewdly replied, "Can't you give it to my future colt?"
After a burst of laughter, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian suddenly realized that their daughter had grown up, and it was time to choose a colt for her.
Princess Taiping
About marriage during the Tang Dynasty,
"If a child has entered into a marriage without the consent of his parents, the law shall recognize it, and it is only when a minor does not respect his elder that it is considered a violation of the law." ”
It can be seen that the marriage law of the Tang Dynasty was relatively humane, the social atmosphere was open, and the freedom of marriage and love was advocated. However, Princess Taiping, as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, naturally could not enjoy this legal freedom.
Throughout all the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, their marriages carried a kind of mission, and the emperor married the princess to which family, not only the marriage of the two families, but also out of political considerations, whether it was conducive to the consolidation of imperial power.
Picking and choosing, Tang Gaozong chose Xue Shao for Princess Taiping.
Xue Shao is two years older than Princess Taiping, he is the third son of Princess Chengyang, and the grandson of Tang Taizong and Empress Changsun. In this way, Princess Chengyang is still the aunt of Princess Taiping, and now she has become a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which is simply a kiss and a kiss.
Xue Shao
Why is Tang Gaozong in a hurry to let Princess Taiping marry?
At that time, the five most honorable surnames in the Tang Dynasty were Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui, Fanyang Lu, Zhaojun Li and Longxi Li, Xingyang Zheng, and Taiyuan Wang.
Tang Gaozong and Princess Chengyang are both children of Empress Changsun, Xue Shao is still Tang Gaozong's nephew, Princess Taiping is the niece daughter of Princess Chengyang, once Princess Taiping and Xue Shao marry, it will undoubtedly be beneficial and harmless to consolidate the power of the Li Tang royal family.
However, just when the dust was about to settle on this family business, it was strongly opposed by Wu Zetian.
"Wu Zetian said, how can my daughter make the daughter of the field a concubine. ”
Wu Zetian believes that the other two sons of Princess Chengyang, Xiao Shi, the wife of the eldest son Xue Yi (Yi), and the wife of the second son Xue Xu, Cheng, are not famous nobles, and Princess Taiping naturally cannot marry into such a family.
Wu Zetian
The reason why Wu Zetian is so sensitive to Princess Taiping's marriage, and uses Xue Shao's two brothers and sisters-in-law as an excuse, is mainly closely related to her own family experience.
Seeing this situation, an official in the imperial court said: "Xue Shao's sister-in-law Xiao was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, not a peasant woman, and she is the niece and granddaughter of Xiao Yu, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and once had in-law blood. ”
After hearing these words, Wu Zetian gave up and finally agreed to the marriage between Xue Shao and Princess Taiping.
For a teenage girl, Princess Taiping is full of beautiful imagination about love, and she will gladly agree to the horse carefully selected for her by Tang Gaozong.
Although Wu Zetian was dissatisfied with this marriage, he couldn't find a more suitable colt at the moment, so he had to reluctantly accept it, in order to marry Princess Taiping as soon as possible.
Because, if she doesn't marry Princess Taiping again, she may have to act as a princess of the Tang Dynasty and marry to distant Tibet, which Wu Zetian doesn't want to see!
Since Princess Wencheng married Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo in 641 AD, Tubo has become increasingly strong economically and militarily, and in several wars between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, they have ended in the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.
Especially after the Battle of Dafeichuan, the Tang Dynasty army led by Xue Rengui was almost completely annihilated, and Tang Gaozong began to reconsider his strategy towards Tibet, trying to maintain peace on the border with Tibet through peace.
In the first year of Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (679 AD), the Tubo Zanpu at this time was only ten years old Chidu Songtsan (the "New Tang Book" records the name of the crossbow Si Lang), and the power of the court was controlled by Lu Dongzan's two sons, Zan Xi Ruo and on Qinling.
Because Princess Taiping's fame is so great, it even spread to distant Tibet.
Princess Wencheng
So, Zanxiruo released cruel words in the name of Chidu Songzan: "If you want the Tubo army to keep to yourself, send the Taiping princess of the Tang Dynasty over to make peace!"
As parents, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian are of course unwilling to marry their biological daughter to Tubo, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again in their lives.
However, if Tang Gaozong directly rejected Zan Xiruo's proposal, it would definitely affect the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, and maybe even lead to a war.
In desperation, Wu Zetian was in a hurry, and she said to the messenger sent by Tubo: "The ancestor of Taoism is Laozi Li Er, and the first king tried his best to advocate Taoism. ”
In fact, as early as the first year of Tang Gaozong Xianheng (670 AD), Wu Zetian's mother, Rongguo's wife, Yang, died. According to the Xi of the Tang Dynasty, if you go to a Taoist temple to pray for the blessing of your deceased relatives, then the deceased relatives will be better.
At that time, because Tang Gaozong was suffering from "wind disease" and was in poor health, the major political affairs of the Tang Dynasty fell on Wu Zetian, and he had no time and energy to go to Taoism to practice.
So, Wu Zetian thought of his daughter Princess Taiping, and Princess Taiping replaced her as a monk to pray for the deceased Mrs. Rongguo, Yang.
Princess Taiping's title came from this, and the Taoist name was "Taiping", but she never left the palace and continued to live a leisurely and happy life in the palace.
In this way, Wu Zetian took advantage of the fact that "Princess Taiping has become a monk and entered the Tao" to skillfully resolve Tubo's urgent need to marry Princess Taiping.
However, according to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the princess who has become a monk can return to the world at any time, if Tubo does not forgive and insists on marrying Princess Taiping, even if Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian are unwilling, I am afraid they can only compromise.
Tang Gaozong
Therefore, the top priority at present is to help Princess Taiping find a colt as soon as possible.
It is recorded in "Tang Hui Yao Marry" that during the period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the legal age of marriage was 20 years old for men and 15 years old for women. During the reign of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, this provision was revised, and the legal age of marriage was 15 years old for men and 13 years old for women.
It can be seen that Princess Taiping has reached the legal age of marriage, and as a royal princess, she should set an example for the people.
Because of Li Chong's rebellion, Xue Shao was implicated and starved to death
On the issue of Tubo Daxiang Praise Xiruo's request for peace, Princess Taiping did not become a victim of politics, which is already very lucky, which is inseparable from Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian's favor for her.
However, although Princess Taiping avoided the fate of becoming a princess of Heqin, because she was from the royal family, her marriage was already destined to be a political marriage.
The political marriage arranged by Tang Gaozong for Princess Taiping seems to be a good match.
Before Xue Shao was about to hold a wedding with Princess Taiping, Xue Shao's eldest brother Xue Yi was worried that Princess Taiping was spoiled by Tang Gaozong, and was deeply worried about this, so he found Xue Kegou, the clan uncle of the then Hubu Langzhong, for consultation.
Xue Kegou's answer,
"The emperor's nephew is still the master, the origin of the story. If you do it with prudence, you will not be afraid! But there are proud women in the room, and good men are evil. Therefore, the contemptuous proverb says: 'Marry a woman and get a princess, and buy an official mansion on flat land'. Far away, Pingyang, cover the lord, the demon will be defeated, and near will be Xincheng and Jin'an, which will be commanded by the time. I heard that Xincheng died of illness, and the master was humiliated by him. The scandal of Jin'an has been heard, and there is a case of pushing it, Bianzhou judicial Li Sizhen, Yousi Yu Dugu Yuankang, etc., who are filthy at the same time, and there are ten people who are executed with rods. If there is such a person, the husband is not gifted and virtuous, and he is a gentleman, and it is difficult to ask for no patients!"
After listening to Xue Kegou's words, Xue Yi's heart became even more scared, but he didn't dare to say anything!
At this time, no one would have thought what the fate would be in the future, Princess Taiping entered the wedding hall with Xue Shao with a vision of a beautiful marriage.
In the second year of Yonglong of Tang Gaozong (681 AD), Princess Taiping and Xue Shao officially held a wedding, which happened to be the wedding day of her brother Li Xian, and Li Xian's wife was the later famous Empress Wei.
His son Li Xian and daughter Princess Taiping got married at the same time, which was for Tang Gaozong, but he was busy, and he had to issue a holy decree to announce it to the world.
Princess Taiping and Xue Shao's wedding venue was chosen in the Wannian County Pavilion near Chang'an, and the scene was very luxuriously arranged. For several nights in a row, the lights were bright, and the torches scorched the trees on both sides of the road. In order to widen the road and make it easier for the wide wedding car to pass, many walls of the Wannian County Pavilion were even demolished.
It is said that on the day of the wedding, wherever the wedding car passed, the wedding car also scattered wedding money on the way, attracting many people to pick it up.
Although this marriage was decided by Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping lived happily after marriage, and Xue Shao, who was personable, young and handsome, was also the type that Princess Taiping liked.
In the following time, Princess Taiping kept to herself, and she and Xue Shao played a perfect role as a wife.
Not only that, Princess Taiping also gave birth to two sons and two daughters, namely Xue Chongxun, Xue Chongjian, Xue and Wanquan County Lord.
However, Princess Taiping and Xue Shao's happy marriage lasted only seven years, and a huge political crisis befell them.
Tang Ruizong hung the arch for four years (688 AD), and the emperor at this time was Tang Ruizong Li Dan, but the power of the court was in the hands of Wu Zetian.
At this time, Huang Guogong Li Zhen (Zhuan) falsely passed on Tang Ruizong's holy decree, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Chong's father and son believed it, and Li Chong then drafted a holy decree in the name of Tang Ruizong, claiming that Wu Zetian wanted to seek power and usurp the throne, trying to establish the Wu regime, and called on the Li clan to jointly raise troops against Wu Zetian.
However, due to the early leakage of the plan to raise troops, only Li Zhen and Li Chong, father and son, sent troops to attack Bozhou (now Liaocheng, Shandong) that day, which eventually led to the defeat and death.
Xue Shao's eldest brother Xue Yi served as the assassin of Bozhou at that time, and in response to Li Chong's "raising troops and attacking the army", he also actively recruited troops in Bozhou City.
Because Xue Yi participated in Li Chong's rebellion, Xue Shao was also implicated.
Wu Zetian ordered Xue Yi to be executed, and Xue Shao was imprisoned in a prison in Luoyang after "a hundred rods" until he starved to death in 689 AD.
Knowing the death of her beloved husband was a big blow to Princess Taiping, who had just given birth to her son Xue Chongjian.
Did Xue Shao participate in Li Chong's rebellion?
As a dignified horse, Xue Shao was imprisoned by his mother-in-law, Wu Zetian, and starved to death in prison. While feeling sorry for Xue Shao, we can't help but ask, did he participate in Li Chong's rebellion?
As early as the first year of Tang Gaozong's Hongdao (683 AD), Tang Gaozong died of illness in the Zhenguan Hall of Luoyang, the eastern capital, at the age of fifty-six, and his son Li Xian inherited the throne, known as Tang Zhongzong in history, and was called by the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian.
Only a few months later, Wu Zetian abolished Tang Zhongzong, demoted him to the king of Luling, and renamed Tang Zhongzong's younger brother Li Dan as the emperor, known as Tang Ruizong in history, and still firmly held the power of the court in his own hands.
It can be seen that the two brothers Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong are more like puppet emperors under the power of their mother Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian also changed the eastern capital Luoyang to the divine capital Luoyang in 684 AD, and also established the Wu clan temple, posthumously crowned the ancestors of the Wu clan as kings, etc., her various actions are reflecting her ambition to become the emperor.
In addition, in suppressing the Li clan, Wu Zetian was also unrelenting. While purging the Li clan, the Wu clan's clan was also promoted and reused.
This move aroused strong resentment among the Li clan and officials scattered in various places.
At this time, Xu Jingye (grandson of Xu Maogong (Li Tao)), a frustrated official in the officialdom, appeared, and he united many officials who had been suppressed by Wu Zetian, under the banner of "Kuang Fu Luling King", launched an armed rebellion against Wu Zetian in Yangzhou.
In order to expand his power, Xu Jingye also distributed the famous poet Luo Bingwang's "Seeking Wu Cao for Xu Jingye" everywhere to buy people's hearts.
In order to suppress Xu Jingye's rebellion, Wu Zetian appointed Li Xiaoyi as the governor of Yangzhou Province, led an army of 300,000 to quell the rebellion, and finally won the victory.
Wu Zetian gradually swept away the forces that opposed her, and her political ambitions were revealed, and she was only one step away from the throne.
In all dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, there was no precedent for a woman to be an emperor, and Wu Zetian had to find a suitable reason to take this step.
One day in the fourth year of Tang Ruizong's vertical arch (688 AD), in order to let Wu Zetian ascend the throne as soon as possible, Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi sent someone to carve the eight characters "Our Lady is in the people, Yongchang Emperor's industry" on a stone, falsely claiming to be salvaged from Luoshui.
At that time, there was a saying called "the river out of the map, Luo out of the book", from the Luo water found this stone, is a kind of auspicious omen, is a sign of the appearance of the saint.
As the ministers echoed on the sidelines, Wu Zetian gladly accepted the stone and named it the "Heavenly Treasure Map".
Subsequently, Wu Zetian issued an edict, requiring all the governors and assassins from all over the country, as well as the few remaining Li clan relatives, to come to Luoyang to participate in the courtly ceremony.
Huang Guogong Li Wei heard from somewhere that Wu Zetian wanted to use this ceremony to get rid of all the Li clansmen, so he united with other Li clansmen to resist.
Among them, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Chong, the son of the king of Langya, were the most active responders, but they failed due to leaking news.
After this incident, Wu Zetian became angry and ordered a strict investigation, and many Li clan relatives were involved, and Xue Shao was also involved because he was Xue Yi's younger brother.
"Shao was falsely accused of conspiring with the kings and ambushed. ”
Judging from this account, Xue Shao was falsely accused, but he was still implicated by his eldest brother Xue Yi, and was arrested by order of Wu Zetian, and then "with a hundred rods, starved to death in prison".
Of course, seeing her beloved husband imprisoned unjustly, Princess Taiping will definitely not die without help, and she will definitely go to Wu Zetian to intercede.
However, Wu Zetian completely ignored Princess Taiping's plea and insisted on punishing Xue Shao for "treason", but only promised Princess Taiping to leave Xue Shao a whole corpse.
Princess Taiping, as Wu Zetian's most beloved daughter, ruthlessly killed her son-in-law, and was willing to let her endure the pain of bereavement. It can be seen that in the face of political rights and the affection of his children, Wu Zetian did not hesitate to choose the former.
After all, in the political arena of the imperial court, there is too much ruthlessness and ruthlessness.
Wu Zetian arranged for Princess Taiping to remarry the Wu family
In order to make up for the harm to Princess Taiping, she raised Princess Taiping's annual food seal from 350 households to 1,200 households, and tried to compensate for her material life.
Princess Taiping's bereavement naturally cannot be compensated for with materials. However, in the face of her newborn young son, she can only choose to be strong and live.
However, from the moment Xue Shao died, Princess Taiping's growth and personality also began to change, and this change affected her later life.
In the days that followed, Princess Taiping seemed to see through Wu Zetian's thoughts, but she couldn't do anything, so she had to get by and raise her children.
Princess Taiping
Princess Taiping knows very well that since the death of her father Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian has monopolized the power of the court, her brother has either been killed, or has been raised as a puppet emperor, and even her cousins and cousins have been defeated one by one, Wu Zetian's position cannot be shaken, and no one can challenge Wu Zetian's authority.
Although Princess Taiping is the "first princess" of the Tang Dynasty and has a very deep relationship with Xue Shao, Wu Zetian insisted on killing Xue Shao, still out of consideration for his own power.
In fact, Wu Zetian has always been dissatisfied with Xue Shao, and she wants to marry Princess Taiping to her mother's family to expand her family's power, so that she can ascend the throne and become emperor in the future.
And if Princess Taiping wants to remarry the martial family, Xue Shao must be put to death.
At that time, Li Chong's rebellion was an excellent time to get rid of Xue Shao, which not only had a legitimate reason, but also convinced Princess Taiping.
After Xue Shao died in prison in Luoyang, Princess Taiping, who had lived in doting since childhood, seemed to have grown up in an instant. She realized that as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, she could not make decisions about marriage, let alone life.
Faced with the unhappiness of her marriage and the helplessness of life, Princess Taiping began to squander and live a luxurious life to vent her inner emotions.
According to the records in the history books, Princess Taiping "adorns the mansion, the countryside is all over the near Dian, and the foreign states are for dogs and horses to play with good taste, which is undisciplined", and there are as many as 1,000 male and female servants in the family, and this life is extremely luxurious.
Not only that, Princess Taiping later got 10,000 food seals, and according to the rent tax of 14 horses of silk paid by one household, she could get 140,000 pieces of silk in a year, which was a rich man at that time.
Wu Zetian's power and ambition are getting bigger and bigger, and Princess Taiping is her only daughter, of course she won't watch the young Princess Taiping stay alive and widowed like this, she has already looked for a new candidate for a horse.
Princess Taiping
Among Wu Zetian's maiden family, there are not too many direct descendants of the Wu family who can be worthy of Princess Taiping, and there are only two people who are eligible.
These two people are Wu Zetiantang's nephews, one is Wu Chenghei, and the other is Wu Youji.
At the beginning, Wu Zetian wanted to marry Princess Taiping to Wu Chenghe, but Wu Chenghe's body was sick, so he changed it to Wu Youji.
In fact, Wu Chenghe's "physical illness" is just an excuse,
"The heir tastes the irony of the heavenly revolution, and punishes the royal kings and ministers who do not adhere to themselves, and the heir thinks twice from his father and brother and praises his plan, and the world is wronged now. ”
It can be seen that Wu Chengsi often makes irresponsible remarks about Wu Zetian's killing of the Li clan and coveting the throne of the Li family, and Wu Zetian is the main planner of the "Zhou Ge Tang Order".
Therefore, Wu Zetian married Princess Taiping to her other cousin, Wu Youji.
However, at this time, Wu Youji had already married a wife and did not meet the conditions for marrying Princess Taiping.
In the face of this situation, for Wu Zetian, who was carried away by power, it was not a matter at all, and he would directly send someone to kill Wu Youji's wife, wouldn't it be fine!
As long as there is an idea, it must be implemented, this is Wu Zetian's character, and Wu Youji's wife has become a victim in this way.
In July of the first year of Tang Ruizong's reign (690 AD), Princess Taiping and Wu Youji held a wedding and officially married her second husband Wu Youji.
- The first reason: Wu Youji is a member of the Wu clan;
Wu Youji is the grandson of Wu Zetian's uncle, Wu Shi Rang, and marrying into his own family can get more support when he becomes emperor, and can also cultivate and expand the power of the martial family.
- The second reason: Wu Youji's personal character is relatively generous;
In the "New Tang Dynasty Book: Wu You Ji Biography", it is recorded: "(Wu Yu Ji) is calm and generous, and he has no grievances at the time, and he is just dedicated to self-support. ”
Wu Zetian believes that Wu Youji's personality is calm and generous, he will not form gangs, and he will concentrate on living the life of his royal relatives and nobles, and can live with Princess Taiping for a long time.
For this marriage arranged by Wu Zetian,
"Then the Great Holy Empress of Heaven is harmonious with the nine clans, worships the six marriages, Qu Shen is the love of the son, and loves the Ze of the Lord. ”
Wu Zetian was so anxious to marry Princess Taiping to his cousin Wu Youji, and even did not hesitate to kill Wu Youji's original wife, largely because she wanted to arrange Princess Taiping's marriage properly before ascending the throne and becoming emperor.
Wu Zetian was called the emperor, and Princess Taiping had a promiscuous private life
On the third day of the ninth month of the first year of Tang Ruizong's reign (690 AD), Fu Youyi, then the imperial servant, led more than 900 people to the imperial court, asking Wu Zetian to abolish the Li Tang Dynasty and establish the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and proposed to change Tang Ruizong's surname to Wu.
After hearing these words, Wu Zetian's heart was secretly happy, and although he verbally rejected Fu Youyi's request, he still promoted him to the position of the minister.
A few days later, more than 60,000 civil and military officials in the court, Li clan relatives and Wu relatives, Siyi chiefs, monks and Taoist priests, all asked Wu Zetian to ascend the throne and claim the throne.
What's more, even Tang Ruizong himself took the initiative to request to change his surname to Wu, and was willing to give way to Wu Zetian.
In the face of everyone's "request", Wu Zetian was "gracious and difficult" and decided to ascend the throne and become emperor.
On the ninth day of September in the first year of Wu Zetian's grant (690 AD), just two months after Princess Taiping married Wu Youji, the ambitious Wu Zetian deposed Tang Ruizong, ascended the throne and became the emperor, formally established the Wuzhou Dynasty, set the capital Luoyang, and changed the year name to "Heavenly Grant".
Tang Ruizong was given the surname Wu, renamed Wulun, and lived in the East Palace as the "imperial heir", which was equivalent to the standard treatment of the crown prince.
After Wu Zetian became the emperor, the fourteen members of the Wu family were canonized as kings, and Wu Youji, the second husband of Princess Taiping, was named the king of Qiancheng County.
As the princess of the Li Tang royal family, she could only watch "Li Tang" change to "Wu Zhou", even though she was helpless, she was helpless.
At that time, Wu Zetian had just ascended the throne as emperor, the political situation in the court was not stable, and the relationship between various forces was complicated. Princess Taiping, as a descendant of the Li family's royal family, in order to avoid persecution, Wu Zetian specially sent someone to protect her.
According to the research of historians, the princess of the Tang Dynasty had a certain degree of freedom to marry, and if the princess divorced or the concubine died, it was very normal to choose to marry again, and the emperor not only did not prevent it, but encouraged it.
Princess Taiping
There are a total of 210 princesses of the Tang Dynasty who have been married in the history books, of which 27 have been married twice and three have been married three times.
In ancient times, marriage paid attention to "the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker", and the two marriages in Princess Taiping's life were arranged by her father Tang Gaozong for the first time and arranged by her mother Wu Zetian for the second time.
However, Princess Taiping's two marriages were political marriages in the interests of the imperial power, which is also a sorrow for all women born in the royal family.
The marriage between Princess Taiping and Wu Youji lasted for a total of twenty-two years, until Wu Youji died in the first year of Tang Ruizong Yanhe (712 AD).
Moreover, Princess Taiping gave birth to two sons and a daughter, namely Wu Chongmin, Wu Chongxing and Wu Shi.
Princess Taiping
In the second year of Wu Youji's death, that is, in the second year of Tang Xuanzong's birth (713 AD), Princess Taiping was finally killed by Tang Xuanzong because she planned to poison Tang Xuanzong.
In the twenty-two years that Taiping Gong died and Wu Youji spent, it was a miracle that they were still able to survive in that era of palace coups and fierce factional struggles.
During this period, the scandals that happened to Princess Taiping continued, and there were many male favorites, so she was disappointed in the fate of her political marriage, so as to show a kind of catharsis!
- The first was Gao Jian, who was the secretary of the ceremony at the time;
- The second is the monk Hui Fan, the master of Princess Taiping,
- The third is the dignified Cui Xiang.
It can be said that it was Xue Shao's unjust death that completely changed Princess Taiping's character. Perhaps, she wants to use her indulgence and fornication in life to rebel against her dissatisfaction with Wu Zetian's strong pressure.
Since then, Princess Taiping has gradually felt the power and charm of power, as Wu Zetian's own daughter, her later personality has similarities with Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian once used two words to evaluate Princess Taiping: "like yourself".
In just two words, it not only shows that Princess Taiping's appearance is like Wu Zetian, but also covers Princess Taiping's personality like Wu Zetian.
This gradually manifested itself in the events that followed.
Princess Taiping's indulgence and fornication in her personal life are not only out of the loss of her own feelings, but also paving the way for her own power.
When Princess Taiping's power was at its peak, five of the seven prime ministers of the imperial court came from her disciples, including Cui Xiang, who was the prime minister.
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