The image of Tang Zhongzong in film and television dramas
Tang Zhongzong Li Xian originally had no chance to be an emperor, her mother was not a queen at first, but later became an empress. Originally, he had two older brothers in front of him, but both of them died, so he became the crown prince.
However, his father is Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, and his mother is the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian, and this family relationship is destined to have a fate that will not be smooth.
The image of Tang Gaozong in film and television dramas
In 683 AD, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi died and was succeeded by Li Xian. But the power is in the hands of Wu Zetian, Li Xian's scheming is obviously not enough, and when he came up, he fiercely put his own people on the throne, and finally became the emperor for 55 days before Wu Zetian was deposed as the king of Luling.
After that, the court had nothing to do with him, first his younger brother Li Dan was supported as a puppet emperor, and then his mother became the empress. Li Xian was imprisoned in Junzhou and Fangzhou for 14 years. During this period, there were still people who used his banner to raise troops against Wu Zetian, and he was trembling and frightened all day long. In the past 14 years, only Concubine Wei accompanied him, and the two of them could be said to be dependent on each other, Li Xian's feelings for her have exceeded the emotions of normal couples, otherwise there would be no later farce.
The image of Wu Zetian in film and television dramas
In 698 AD, Li Xian was recalled to Luoyang and made him the crown prince. This time, he was completely cowardly, he didn't do anything, he listened to Wu Zetian for everything, and took the initiative to marry the Wu family.
In 701, Li Xian's son Li Chongrun and daughter Princess Yongtai offended Wu Zetian's favorite ministers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and Wu Zetian directly forced Li Chongrun, Princess Yongtai and her husband Wu Yanji to commit suicide. This incident scared Li Xian a lot, and it can also be seen that the flesh and blood of the Tang Dynasty royal family is really not important.
The image of Zhang Cambodia in film and television dramas
In 705 AD), Prime Minister Zhang Cambodia, Right Yulin General Li Duozuo, Zuo Weiwei General Xue Sixing and others took advantage of Wu Zetian's serious illness to launch a Shenlong coup. Beforehand, these people looked for Li Xian, but Li Xian still didn't dare, and when it was done, Li Xian was greeted tremblingly and reinstated as emperor.
After Li Xian was reinstated, he immediately made Wei Shi the queen, and also made an exception to posthumously crown Empress Wei's father as the king, which is something that has never happened in Chinese history. More importantly, he allowed Empress Wei to participate in the government, which was modeled after Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian.
And in this process, Empress Wei and her daughter Princess Anle both had ambitions and wanted to become the second Wu Zetian, but the minds of these two women were obviously too bad. Wu Zetian wanted to be the emperor, so he first spread his power all over the government and the opposition, and these two people also tried to cultivate their own forces, but it didn't go well. So, he directly targeted Emperor Li Xian and conspired to poison others. Of course, these two did not end well.
As the emperor, Li Xian's fate was really bleak. was deposed by his mother, imprisoned for 14 years, and was afraid that others would implicate him every day. After becoming the emperor again, the power was distributed to the people around him, and in the end, he was poisoned by his wife and daughter.