In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, there was a strange phenomenon, that is, the emperor basically did not establish an empress, and the first person to open the post-establishment was Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Li Li, the King of Guangping in the TV series "Glory of the Tang Dynasty". Li Li was the eldest son of Emperor Suzong of Tang, and his mother Wu died a few years after giving birth to him.
Li Longji in the TV series "Glory of Datang"
Li Longji chose a noble daughter from a famous family and a person in the dynasty as his wife for his grandson Li Li, and this politically significant marriage attracted much attention at the time. After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, everything changed, and this would-be princess and empress dowager eventually became depressed, and whether she was Empress Guo's maternal grandmother, Cui Guifei, eventually had to return to the historical data to find the answer.
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The eldest daughter of Cui Xun, the door of the Prince of The Imperial Palace, the eldest daughter of Xuan Zixuan, the Xuncheng Tuji, the Gentle Inner Zheng, and the Shu Ask Waixuan. He was also honored by his in-laws and was the princess of Guangping Commandery. - "Princess Cui of Guangping County"
In April of the fifth year of Tianbao, the eldest son of Crown Prince Li Heng, Li Li the Prince of Guangping, held a big wedding, the groom was 19 years old, although he was just having a big wedding, but his concubine Shen Shi had already given birth to his eldest son Li Shi for him in four years, and the bride's surname was Cui, who was the daughter of the princely palace door lang Cui Zheng (珣), don't look at him as just a petty official who managed the key to the palace door from Liupin, he was from the most luxurious second room of the Boling Cui clan, and his wife's surname was Yang.
The marriage of Guangping Wang in the film and television drama
Cui Bride's mother Yang Shi was the sister of Yang Guifei of the dynasty, in other words, Cui Bride was Yang Guifei's niece, at this time, Yang Guifei was only one year after the Yang family began to develop, Li Longji at this juncture to marry Cui to the eldest son of the prince, the intention is not shallow. In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, under the plot of Li Linfu, a large net against the crown prince Li Heng had already been opened, and he took Prince Wei's brother Wei Jian as a breakthrough point to launch a "round-up" of Li Heng, and it was precisely at this time that Emperor Li Longji held a big wedding for the eldest son of the crown prince, and the object was still Yang Guifei's niece, which had the intention of calming the storm, and the extraneous sound of this marriage seemed to be to declare to the outside world that Li Li's future was immeasurable.
The prince was afraid, and the above table took care of himself, and the words and concubines were not in harmony, please divorce, Xuanzong comforted him, and listened to the separation. — The Biography of the Empress Dowager of the Old Book ▪ of Tang
In order to protect himself, Li Heng had to cut off the crown princess and asked emperor Li Longji for a divorce, Li Longji agreed to this, so Princess Wei became a nun, and her son also lost the possibility of inheritance with the divorce of her parents, so that Li Li, as the eldest son of the crown prince, became the most likely imperial grandson to become the future lord of the Tang Dynasty, at this time only a month after Li Cui's marriage.
The Korean lady of Princess Choi's mother in the film and television drama
The concubine leaned on her mother's house and was quite a concubine. - The Biography of the Empress Dowager of the New Book ▪ of Tang
The relationship between King Guangping and his wife is not clearly recorded in the history books, but Concubine Cui gave birth to Li Qi's second son Li Mi at the end of the year, and gave birth to a third son, Li Wei, the following year. In those years, Yang Guifei was favored, and the three sisters of the Yang family were named lady of the country, of which Princess Cui's mother was named lady of Korea, and Yang Guozhong gradually gained power in the former dynasty, until the eleventh year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong ascended to the throne, and the Yang family was in a peak state. With such a powerful backstage, Concubine Cui was naturally no one in the palace who dared to mess with her. Despite this, the author still believes that Li Li is still quite fond of Concubine Cui, and the evidence is three:
One is that two years after the marriage of the two, Concubine Cui gave birth to children one after another, when the prestige of the Yang family was still developing, and the three wives of the country were also sealed in the seventh year of Tianbao, so Concubine Cui should not have relied so much on her mother's family at that time, and the two spent at least a few years of emotional honeymoon period;
Actor Ren Jialun plays Li Li
The second is that after the change of Ma Song, Cui Fei's backstage collapsed, and the history books used the four words "Grace is gradually thinning", which shows that Before this, Cui Fei's grace was quite grand, whether this grace was Li Li really loved Cui Fei or because she was worried about the Yang family, it is also an objective fact that Cui Fei was quite favored in the ten years after marriage.
The third is that after Li Li ascended the throne, he was very fond of Li Mi and Li Wei, who were born to Concubine Cui, especially Li Mi.
On the whole, Li Li is not without feelings for Concubine Cui, which may have become less pure because of political entanglement, but it is by no means nothing.
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And Xijing trapped thieves, the mother party is cursed, the concubines from the king to The Lingwu, the favor is getting thinner, and the Capital is up. — The Biography of the Empress Dowager of the Old Book ▪ of Tang
Actress Lin Fangbing plays Yang Guifei
The Anshi Rebellion broke out, the eastern capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an's gateway Tongguan were lost one after another, Li Longji fled to Shuzhong with Yang Guifei and some courtiers such as the crown prince Li Heng, the crowd marched to Ma Songpo, the forbidden army launched a mutiny, Cui Fei's cousin Yang Guozhong was killed, her aunt Yang Guifei was forced to commit suicide, and her mother's family was almost subverted, and Cui Fei experienced such a huge change, naturally grief and fear coexisted.
In that environment at that time, even if Li Li died or abandoned Concubine Cui, the future generations would not say anything, but Li Li still took Concubine Cui to Lingwu. This is also very telling.
After li heng and his party parted ways with Li Longji, they took their sons and others to Lingwu, and then they ascended the throne as emperor and changed to Yuan zhide, Li Li was appointed as the grand marshal of the terracotta warriors and horses in the world, and took on the heavy responsibility of recovering the two capitals, so Li Li began to fight in various places, while Consort Cui stayed in Lingwu, and she could no longer be like before, Li Li was busy with conquest, and she no longer had to worry about the Yang family, and she treated Concubine Cui as much as before.
Li Li and Guo Ziyi fought on the front line, and in September and October of the second year of Zhide, they recaptured Chang'an and Luoyang, Li Heng had already led the people to garrison Fengxiang earlier, and after receiving the news of the reconquest of Chang'an, he led the crowd back to Chang'an, and It was probably at this time that Concubine Cui also returned to the city that had been separated for more than a year, but almost at the same time as reaching Chang'an, Concubine Cui died, and the history books used the four words "Dajing and Xue".
The history books seem to be a little secretive about Cui Fei's death, and these four words also seem to have some deep meaning, which is also too coincidental, how can it be that she died just after returning to Chang'an? The death of Concubine Cui seems to think that she was depressed in the situation of the collapse of her mother's family, constant fear and the displeasure of her husband, so she became ill, and because of the turbulence of the days, she arrived in Chang'an and died, which of course makes sense, but from the perspective of later historical development, The death of Concubine Cui is not necessarily just providence.
Actress Tang Jingmei played Cui Fei
Emperor Suzong returned the capital, pardoned him, and changed his title to King of Chu. In March of the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, he was renamed king. In April, Gengyin was made crown prince and changed his name to Yu. - "Old Book ▪ of Tang Dynasty Emperor Benji"
Li Li established a great feat of recovering the two capitals, and was also the eldest son of the emperor, and his status as crown prince was already self-evident, and at the end of the year, Li Li was promoted to the title of King of Chu, and three months later he was renamed King, and a month later he was promoted to crown prince.
Having seen all this, does the seemingly coincidental event of Concubine Cui's death also have some conspiracy implications? At that time, Li Li was on the front line, so naturally he couldn't do anything, in fact, if he wanted to do it, he could do it when Ma Song changed. If there is an artificial factor in The death of Concubine Cui, the author prefers that Emperor Li Heng be the silk for his son, otherwise, would he allow a woman with Yang family blood to become a princess of Chu, a princess, and even an empress?
Actor Wang Jinsong plays Li Heng
In that case, Cui Fei was indeed likely to be depressed and sick, coupled with running for days, the illness worsened, and Li Heng took advantage of this opportunity to make Cui Fei seem to die of illness, but in fact it was to pave the way for her son. Of course, this is the speculation of the author after inquiring about the historical materials, and I welcome the discussion of literary friends.
Regardless of why, Concubine Cui died in this way, leaving behind the eleven-year-old Li Mi and the ten-year-old Li Kai, who seemed to be very valued by his grandfather Li Heng and was "adopted as a son", but instead became the "younger brother" of his father Li Li, who was later crowned king of Zheng after his father ascended the throne, and also served as the grand marshal of the Terracotta Army, and was posthumously awarded the title of prince, and was deeply favored by Li Qi.
Concubine Cui died, she was the only wife of Li Qi who was established before her death, the empressships of the Shen and Dugu clans were posthumously, because of The bloodline of Concubine Cui, Li Li did not posthumously crown her as an empress after she took the throne, and although her son Li Mi was the eldest son of concubines, he could not inherit the throne because of the Yang family's bloodline, in fact, all this tragedy was already doomed as early as the day of the fall of the Yang family. As for Concubine Cui, there is still a big mystery left in history, that is, is she the birth mother of Princess Shengping, Princess Cui Guifei?
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Actress Xie Xuexin plays Empress Guo
In the TV series "Palace Heart Plan", there is an Empress Guo, she is from a luxurious birth, her mother is Princess Shengping, the daughter of Emperor Daizong, and her father is Guo Ziyi's son Guo Huan, and all the mysteries come from the life of Princess Shengping.
Ambiguous, the sixth son of Ziyi. At the age of ten, Princess Shengping, the fourth daughter of Emperor Shangdaizong. - "The Biography of Guo Ziyi and Others in the Old Book ▪ of Tang"
Princess Zhaoyi of the State of Qi, born to Concubine Cui Guifei. The first seal is Shengping. - The Biography of the Princess of the New Book of ▪ Tang
princess... The second daughter of Emperor Daizong, her mother was Concubine Cui Guifei. - Epitaph and Preface to the Epitaph of Princess Zhaoyi, Grand Governor of the Tang Dynasty
Empress Dowager Xianzong, grandson of Shang's father and son, was given the daughter of Zuo Shu (左仆射) and the daughter of Du Wei (驸馬都尉暧). Princess Shengping, the eldest daughter of Emperor Daizong. — The Biography of the Empress Dowager of the Old Book ▪ of Tang
Regarding the life of Princess Shengping, according to the above four historical materials, it can be determined that she is the daughter of Emperor Li Yu and Cui Guifei of the Tang Dynasty, but there are three records about her ranking, namely the eldest daughter, the second daughter and the 4th daughter, according to the practice of historical research, the persuasiveness of the epitaph is actually greater than that of the history book, because the history book has been revised twice, and generally for the later dynasty to repair the previous dynasty, the historical data may not be comprehensive, and the time of the epitaph is closest to the era of the historical figure, so the "second daughter" should be the most accurate.
Princess Shengping in the film and television drama
However, this does not negate the fact that the other two claims are wrong, because the method and basis for the royal family to rank the crown princesses is very complicated. For example, the Kangxi Emperor's crown prince Yin Rong, he was the "7th son" of the Kangxi Emperor, and because he was born to the empress and had a separate tooth order, he was also the "second son", but he had five brothers in front of him (including Yin Rong's half-brother Chenghu) because of his early death without tooth order (included in the order), so he ranked the second son of the emperor according to the formal tooth order, and he also had the title of "concubine eldest son", and now it is generally called the second brother and the eldest son according to his final tooth order, but the "7th son" and "concubine second son" These two statements are not wrong, but they should be specially explained when they are used.
If the three orders about Princess Shengping are correct, based on the "2nd daughter" mentioned in the epitaph, the so-called "4th daughter" may be counted as the sister of Princess Shengping who died early, and the royal daughter of this early death may not even be posthumously sealed, let alone recorded in history, and the eldest daughter should be said to be the "eldest daughter", if this judgment is correct, then Cui Guifei is the original Guangping Princess Cui who Li Li married.
Mr. and Mrs. Guo Huanshengping in the TV series "New Drunken Golden Branch"
From Cui Guifei herself to speculate, first of all, in the existing Tang Dynasty historical materials, Tang Dynasty Emperor only established one noble concubine before his death, that is, the Dugu clan who was later posthumously crowned as an empress, then Cui Guifei is most likely to be posthumously sealed, and she is also the old person of Emperor Daizong's hidden residence. How do you prove this?
Because Princess Shengping married Guo Huan in the first year of Emperor Yongtai (765), and the epitaph records that the princess was married in the year of Ji Zhen, so 15 years backwards, that is, Tianbao Jiuzai (750), when Li Li and Cui Fei had been married for four years, and Cui Fei's second son Li Wei had also been born for two years, that is to say, Cui Fei had time to give birth to Princess Shengping.
Combining all the above records of "Cui Guifei" and "Princess Shengping" and the identity of the old man of the Hidden Residence, plus the objective factor that because of The Yang family lineage of Concubine Cui, we can draw a conclusion:
After Emperor Daizong ascended the throne, he ordered the posthumous title of Concubine, but because of Cui's special status, this edict is likely only to declare the edict to the inner court, the royal family and even the hundred officials know it, but it is not like the Emperor Li Lonely Concubine, which is a mingfa edict, so that Emperor Daizong not only gave the original match a decent face, but also dealt with the group of courtiers, and also explained why the history books did not directly record that Concubine Cui was posthumously sealed, but some clues can be seen elsewhere.
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Princess Cui's life can really be described as a noble concubine defeat also a noble concubine, she was able to marry the hot prince's eldest son because of the favor of her aunt Yang Guifei, and thus the scenery for ten years, and with the overthrow of the Yang family, she also lost her dependence in an instant, and soon after returning to Chang'an, she died of incense, whether it was providence or man-made, she and her aunt, she could never reach the position of empress, even after death.
Both Tang Suzong and Tang Dynasty Emperor knew that if a woman with Yang family blood was allowed to become the lord of the harem, those soldiers who killed the enemy and made meritorious achievements would be uneasy and cold, and quietly posthumously sealing a noble concubine and treating her children well might be the only thing Li Li could do.