On a certain day in the second month of the lunar calendar in the first year of the Guangzhai (684), the land of Chang'an was covered with snow, the weather was cold, and the black oppressive clouds accompanied by snowflakes made people breathless. On this day, Wu Zetian finally gave the answer to his son Li Xian's attempt to seize power, that is, to depose Li Xian as the king of Luling and demote Chang'an. It must be known that Li Xiancai has just taken the throne for thirty-six days, which is a heavy blow that is difficult to accept for Li Xian.
Li Xian was demoted, and the empress went with him. At that time, Empress Wei was pregnant and close to the due date, but Wu Zetian still asked the two to leave Chang'an on the same day. The two had no choice but to pack their bags in a hurry and go to Junzhou (Danjiangkou City) in Hubei Province. Junzhou is away from Chang'an, driving for more than 5 hours to arrive, but at that time there was no car, all rely on the amount of horses and camels, the most important thing is to cross the Qinling Mountains, in February, the Qinling Mountains are cold and frozen, the snow closes the mountains, and it is difficult for people and horses to move forward.
Poor Empress Wei was hungry, cold, bumpy and tired, and gave birth to Princess Anle halfway, when the situation was urgent, even the small quilt for the child could not be found, and the child could only be wrapped up with clothes, and Princess Anle was also named Li Shu'er. Princess Anle suffered with Emperor Zhongzong and Empress Wei since she was a child, and the husband and wife felt very guilty about her, so they loved and obeyed this beloved daughter like a pearl in their hands.
Emperor Zhongzong's family was placed under house arrest in Junzhou and Fangling, Hubei province for 14 years, until Di Renjie suggested to Wu Zetian that it would be more appropriate for him to succeed to the throne or be a son, and Wu Zetian secretly recalled Li Xian and his family to Luoyang on the grounds of medical treatment. A few months later, Wu Zetian reappointed Li Xian as crown prince. The family who returned to the capital were naturally in a good mood, and Wu Zetian also had a special appreciation and love for Li Shu'er's granddaughter, and named her Princess Anle.
Life got better, but Princess Anle's life style was chaotic, and before she married, she and Wu Chongxun, Wu Sansi's son, were merry and happy in the palace, and they were pregnant, and the gossip outside was boiling, Wu Zetian knew that he felt that his face was not light, so he simply married Princess Anle to Wu Chongxun.
In 705, Wu Zetian became seriously ill, and the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi and others launched the Shenlong Revolution, And Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian's restoration was successful, and the beautiful and charming Princess Anle became more and more arrogant. Princess Anle once tried to write an edict and covered the contents for her father Li Xian to sign and seal, and Li Xian, without even asking, smiled and did what her daughter said. Later, he asked her to be made the empress dowager, and the left servant Wei Yuanzhong advised Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian not to do this, and when Princess Anle heard about it, she said to Li Xian: "Wei Yuanzhong, this Shandong stubborn thing, can you talk about state affairs with him?" Grandma Wu Zetian can have a child, and I am the daughter of the emperor, why can't I have a child? ”
Princess Anle in addition to being keen on opening the government to set up officials, selling officials and knights, and forming parties for personal gain, she also likes mansions, her mansions are built by herself, all modeled on the appearance of the palace, the standard of construction and the later decoration is no less exquisite than the palace. Once, Princess Anle even asked her father Li Xian to give her the Kunming pool, and Li Xian, after hearing this, stretched his face and said, "The former emperor has never given the Kunming pool to anyone else, how can I violate the ancestral system and give you the Kunming pool." She was very unhappy in her heart when she failed to do so, so she excavated a Dingkun pond that stretched for several miles, which meant that it would exceed the Kunming pool. Zhao Lushi, minister of agriculture, is responsible for the repair work of Princess Anle's home, the rockery is built according to the appearance of Mount Hua, stone steps and stone bridges, crisscrossing, the stream twists and turns, and makes stone springs to spray water, and also cast treasure furnaces, on which monsters and birds are engraved, inlaid with all kinds of jewelry, coral countless.
After the death of Princess Anle's first husband, Chongxun, she often mingled with Wu Yanxiu and later married him. On the day of the wedding, she borrowed her mother Empress Wei's car as a wedding car and sent it from the palace to Wu Yanxiu's family. Li Xian and Empress Wei personally went to Anfu Gate to send off their daughters, and ordered Shi Dou Huaizhen, the governor of Yong Prefecture, to greet them with courtesies, and Li Dan, the king of Xiang, to block the car (blocking the road and asking for red envelopes), and the gifts received after this wedding were piled up in countless mountains.
After marriage, Princess Anle was still luxurious, in order to expand her mansion, she actually robbed the house of her aunt Princess Linchuan (the tenth daughter of Tang Taizong), and also carried out forced demolition nearby, and the common people complained about it. After the mansion was built, the treasury was almost empty, and she also had to carry out a grand housewarming ceremony, and on the day of the move, the royal ten thousand horsemen and the court band escorted all the way to the new house, and Emperor Zhongzong Li personally came to the door to congratulate and feast on the important ministers of the imperial court. After that, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian worshipped Wu Chongxun's child, who was only a few years old, as Tai Changqing, and was given the title of Duke of Ho and sealed five hundred households. When Princess Anle's child reached the full moon, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian and Empress Wei personally came to the door to say hello and pardon the world.
Once, Princess Anle and the three families of Princess Changning and Princess Ding'an plundered the children of commoners as slaves, and when yuan Congyi, a servant of Zuotai, saw her, and tied up the family members of the three families and sent them to prison, Princess Anle ran to the palace to plead with Li Xian, and Li Xian issued an edict to let Yuan Congyi let him go, and Yuan Congyi had a very good opinion on this, so he went to Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian and said: "Your Majesty accepts the princess's complaint and indulges the princess's retinue to plunder the civilians, how can this govern the world?" The courtier knew that by releasing these people he would be able to avoid some misfortune, and to bring them to justice would offend the princess, but I did not want to be reckless and secretly submit to His Majesty's decision. The words were all said and done, and as a result, Li Xian was still indifferent.
Li Xian tried his best to compensate his daughter, but the result was unacceptable. In June 710, Li Xian was poisoned by empress Wei and Princess Anle, two of her favorites. Later, Empress Wei, who was in full control of the imperial government, was ready to emulate Wu Zetian as empress, while Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping advocated that the Tang Dynasty should have the surname of Li, so they drafted a testament and made Li Chongmao crown prince and Li Dan assisted the government. Empress Wei was very upset when she knew it, and decided to get rid of these eye nails, after everything was planned, but was leaked in advance, and Li Longji, the king of Linzi (Li Dan's son), who got the news, consulted with Princess Taiping, and decided to act first, launched the Tang Long Rebellion, and led the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army into the palace, at that time Princess Anle was drawing eyebrows in the mirror, knowing that after the coup, the emperor fled in a hurry, and when he fled to the Right Yanming Gate, he was chased and killed by the officers and soldiers, only twenty-five years old, and was later posthumously demoted to "rebellious shuren". This means that Princess Anle is a troublemaker.