Last week, I said that Li Shimin and the eldest grandson queen were two super well-behaved but regrettable daughters who died early, and if you missed it, you must remember to click on the following title to watch the last episode:
Today, let's talk about two other daughters who are so ill-fated that they make people's brains hurt: Princess Chengyang and Princess Xincheng (Princess Hengshan).
Princess Chengyang is the second daughter of Empress Changsun, doesn't it sound impressed? I said her identity, and everyone instantly understood: she is Xue Shao's mother, that is, Princess Taiping's mother-in-law!
Princess Taiping and Xue Shao are cousins
Childhood sweethearts, both parties are the first marriage!
Don't be misled by "Daming Palace Ci".
There is no such thing as forcing the original partner to die!
I will talk about the story of Princess Taiping later, and let's talk about today's heroine, Princess Chengyang~
Her marriage is really full of twists and turns......
For the daughter of the eldest grandson queen, Li Shimin is definitely more precious than his eyeballs! He made many choices, and finally decided to marry his second daughter into the Jingzhao Du clan.
Jingzhao Du is definitely a big family, and later there was a celebrity that everyone knows - the poet saint Du Fu. Of course, Du Fu is a little ant in officialdom...... The best character in the Du family is still Du Ruhui.
Du Ruhui was the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty, and Fang Xuanling was equally famous, both of them were deeply trusted by Tang Taizong, these two prime ministers cooperated tacitly and took charge of the government together, and the rules and regulations at that time were jointly formulated by them. The ancients also liked to form CP, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling had a CP name: Fang Mou Du Duan.
This is also why Li Shimin decided to marry his daughter to Du He, the second eldest of Du Ruhan's family.
This Du Lao Er is indeed a young talent, and he is an iron buddy with Princess Chengyang's own brother, Prince Li Chengqian~
But the problem is: he is also an angry young man, and it can be said that 80% of Li Chengqian's rebellion was promoted by him......
When the matter was revealed, Du He did not shirk his responsibility at all, he was not afraid of death, and calmly went to the execution ground, with "You mortals!" The boss sneered...... (Original text: "Imminent Execution, Imagery Xuanqiu")
He died quite happily, but Princess Chengyang became a widow not long after she got married...... Coupled with a young man as "enterprising" as Du He, it is estimated that the time he spent going home to accompany his wife was not as long as the time he spent persuading his brother-in-law to rebel......
Princess Chengyang returned to her parents' house depressed, Li Shimin was heartbroken for his daughter's marriage, and his straight man's thinking was very simple: the marriage was unhappy, it must be because the eight characters were wrong!
So the second marriage candidate of the daughter, he carefully asked the master to give divination, and chose Xue Qian of the Xue family in Hedong as the fast son-in-law of the east bed. Moreover, the divination results show that if you want this marriage to be happy, you must hold a wedding during the day.
Here is another popular science: the reason why the wedding is called this name is because the ceremony is held at dusk. Zheng Xuan, a famous master of etiquette in the Eastern Han Dynasty, said in his annotation to "Rites and Rituals": "The ceremony of marrying a wife is for a period of faintness, so it is famous. The faint will come from the yang and the yin. ”
Therefore, when Tang Taizong proposed to let his daughter hold a wedding during the day, he was strongly opposed by the courtiers!
To tell the truth, the emperor with real power who can be scolded back by the ministers again and again, and he has lost his temper, is Li Shimin...... Anyway, in the end, Li Shimin gave up. Princess Chengyang married Xue Qian at dusk.
Fortunately, feudal superstition is not credible, Xue Qian is "Shenyu Huijie, high standard and Langxiu", people are not only handsome, but also have a good temper, and the young couple are very harmonious and affectionate after marriage.
After the death of Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, who picked up the throne by mistake, also took great care of this eldest sister (after all, there are only two sisters left in the same mother).
Once, Princess Chengyang, who had already been married, was seriously ill, and seeing that more than a dozen imperial doctors were not getting better, and the medicine had no effect, Li Zhi had no choice but to turn to metaphysics...... He invited the Zen master of Qinglong Temple to set up an altar to pray for his sister, but he didn't expect Princess Chengyang to really recover!
However, when he turned his head, Li Zhi cheated his sister......
This matter is vaguely mentioned in the history books, and the four words "Lord Sits on Witch Gu" have been brought over, but the conspiracy and conspiracy in it are simply chilling!
Because "witch Gu" was a very serious crime in ancient times! Li Zhi's original wife, Queen Wang, was abolished because of the "Technique of Disgust of Victory" to curse Wu Zetian......
Now we must think it's ridiculous: if the curse works, why do you want the police!
But the people of the time were convinced of ghosts and spirits. And Princess Chengyang is really puzzling to do this...... The concubine and her are very affectionate, and the emperor's brother takes care of her in every way, who is worthy of this smooth princess to risk the death penalty to do this?
Think about it at that time, it happened to be the Linde period, that is, when Wu Zetian had just started the "Two Saints Pilgrimage...... As a sister-in-law, Princess Chengyang is estimated to have a good relationship with her former sister-in-law, and the queen at that time has been ga; And the elder brother is obviously "sluggish", and the government is controlled by Wu Zetian. It is also possible for this simple-minded sister to avenge her ex-sister-in-law in this way and regain the right to speak for her brother. (This is purely my personal speculation!) No credentials! ）
It is estimated that this matter was soon exposed, and in order to calm his wife's anger and save his sister at the same time, Li Zhi could only pull the horse Xue Qian out...... The first place of the pit brother-in-law belongs to you!
And Princess Chengyang doesn't understand her brother's hard work at all...... Except for the fact that her first marriage was not very smooth, this princess has never suffered much in her life.
Seeing that her husband was taking the blame for herself, and was demoted to Fangzhou's assassin envoy and was about to leave the bustling capital, she cried and asked for a promise of life and death with her concubine......
The princess did not expect that the living conditions in the remote places would be so bad, Fangzhou was in today's Shiyan City, Hubei Province, when the transportation was inconvenient, hot and humid, and the medical conditions were extremely poor.
Five years later, she died of illness in Fangzhou, and the colt also went away (it sounds like an infectious disease), which can be regarded as really loving and not giving up......
Finally, let's talk about the eldest grandson queen and Li Shimin's youngest daughter: Princess Xincheng, who was originally named the princess of Hengshan County.
One of my favorite costume dramas is also based on the comic of the same name by my favorite beautiful cartoonist Xia Da, "Long Song Xing", in which Zhao Lusi plays the second female number Li Leyan, and the prototype is this Xincheng/Hengshan princess.
This is simple, kind, but responsible
Soft and cute little crying bag little princess
It's really lovely
Di Lieba's female number one
Li Changge is really heroic
Strongly promote this drama!
Of course, the TV series has a happy ending, but the real history is much more cruel......
When Empress Changsun died, the little princess was only 2 years old, probably because she was still at the age of breastfeeding, so she couldn't do without her nursing mother, so Li Shimin did not raise her by her side like Li Zhi and Li Mingda.
But Li Shimin's love for this little girl is no worse than that of other children! It can be seen from her title "Hengshan County". In the Tang Dynasty, there was a rule: "All famous mountains, rivers and Jinai counties are not allowed to be sealed." However, Hengshan County, where Hengshan is located, has become the title of the little princess, which shows that Tang Taizong loves her.
And her marriage is the most bumpy of the sisters!!
Her first fiancé is Wei Shuyu, the son of "Bar Head" Wei Zheng. And the reason for the engagement was entirely because of Li Shimin's impulse......
At that time, Wei Zheng was terminally ill and about to die, Li Shimin was definitely a lover, he was in a hurry, pushed his daughter to the hospital bed, and gave the little princess to Wei Zheng's son in marriage! (Hey, your daughter is only 9 years old!) ）
Looks like a moral attitude, doesn't it...... As a result, Wei Zheng died, and was involved in a rebellion case, Li Shimin immediately turned his face and denied the person, and revoked the marriage! Okay, you're the emperor, you're the greatest......
Finally, when Princess Hengshan was 15 years old, Li Shimin looked at it and found that it was still the princess's mother, the patriarch Sun, who was the most reliable, so he chose the eldest grandson, the cousin of the eldest grandson, as the little son-in-law~ (This generation went to grandma's house in chaos!) ）
At that time, Li Shimin already felt that his body was weak and might not last long, so he hurriedly urged the wedding for his father!
However, the wedding process in the Tang Dynasty was originally complicated, and it was a princess who got married, so it was a toss!
It's just such a bunch of cumbersome steps, and before the process is completed, Li Shimin will be gone! ...... This wedding is not over, hurry up and stop it! Hurry up and go home for your father's funeral! Such a dramatic scene turned out to be real history, and TV dramas didn't dare to act like this!
finally put Tang Taizong into the ground, and after Tang Gaozong took the throne, he didn't forget to hold half of the wedding of his little sister, Zhang Luo almost finished the process and got married quickly!
As a result, a bunch of courtiers quit again! My father died, and if I didn't keep filial piety for three years, I was in a hurry to get married?! (I really can't even write anymore, these people are idle!) Married and ate your rice? I'm going to worry about you! ）
Anyway, these emperors of the Tang Dynasty really focus on listening to persuasion, since you are all against it, then forget it (hehe, just send a martial emperor to clean you up!) ）
So, Princess Hengshan waited for two more years before finally finishing the marriage! and changed her title to "Princess of Xincheng". (Maybe you want to transfer her?) ）
After marriage, the princess of Xincheng and the eldest grandson Quan cherished this late happiness very much, and they were very affectionate. It's only been 7 years! The eldest grandson Wuji was framed for rebellion because of his opposition to Wu Zetian as the queen, and the once powerful eldest grandson's family was wiped out in an instant...... Changsun Quan was also implicated and exiled to present-day Sichuan, where he was eventually killed by local officials.
The princess of the new city has collapsed! She didn't expect her happy life to be ruined at the hands of her brother! Self-blame, anger, sadness, all kinds of emotions are mixed together, so that she can no longer face Li Zhi.
So she no longer dresses up and always appears without makeup to express her attitude.
Li Zhi also felt sorry for his little sister in his heart, he had to make up for the mistakes he made, so he took it upon himself to marry Princess Xincheng again to Wei Zhengju, who was from Jingzhao Wei's family! (I like to mess around with the problem of getting engaged, and I definitely inherited his father!) ）
Li Zhi is really good to his new brother-in-law, and he is promoted to eight levels in a row! Directly promoted from a clerk to the level of the main department! (If this were me, I would definitely offer the princess's wife!) ）
But Princess Xincheng is completely indifferent to this new husband, and her heart is full of her ex-husband who has died unjustly......
Wei Zhengju wanted to save face because of the benefits, and he was very dissatisfied with the indifferent attitude of Princess Xincheng. I don't know how the two fought at home, anyway, the entry of "Horse Domestic Violence Princess" quickly became the first hot search in Datang.
And at this time, the princess of Xincheng suddenly died! Only 30 years old! Now everyone wondered if it was the colt who did it...... Including the Emperor!
In the face of the emperor's stormy questioning, Wei Zhengju chose to remain silent...... Li Zhi was furious and directly wiped Wei Zhengju! Send it to the ground for the princess to be buried!
How did Princess Xincheng die? Is Wei Zhengju acquiescing or is there something else hidden? No one knows that this has become an eternal mystery in history.
Li Zhi was grief-stricken in the face of his sister's death, and he insisted on elevating his younger sister's funeral to the rank of queen, and let his sister be buried in his father's Zhaoling, so that she and her parents could be together forever......
That's it for the story of Empress Changsun and Li Shimin and their children......
There will definitely be all kinds of arguments in the comment area about whether they love or not. But dust to dust to dust, regardless of whether they are true or false, the emperor and queen couple who have walked through countless bullets and arrows hand in hand are still born and died together, and those long-standing stories are also buried deep in Zhaoling with the heroes and heroines (and their daughters), and let future generations gossip~
In the next episode, I'm going to talk about a very, very unpopular princess! Maybe you haven't heard of her title, but her name has been handed down in a very unique way~