Princess Anle, also known as Li Shu'er, daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, li xian, whose mother was Wei Shi, was known as the first beauty of the Tang Dynasty.
Daming Palace Lyric Li Bingbing as Princess Anle
Princess Anle's birth did not go well, and at that time Wu Zetian suspected that Li Xian had different intentions, and for fear of threatening his position, he demoted Li Xian's family to Luling. Princess Anle was born when Wei Shi went to Fangzhou, and a degraded emperor was in a good position, and in a hurry, he wrapped his clothes around Princess Anle, so he named li shu'er.
Tang Gongyan Liu Naping as Princess Anle
Although the family was degraded, and various material conditions were not as good as the palace, Li Xian was undoubtedly a good father, giving her the best to use, the best to give her food, and pampering her in every way, Li Shu'er also had a brother Who took care of her, Li Chongrun, and Li Shu'er's childhood was still good.
But finally this day came, in 705 AD, Li Xian ascended to the throne with the Shenlong coup, and Li Shu'er no longer had to live a life of rough tea and light food. Yes, she was born noble, her father is the emperor, her mother is the empress, she also has a brother who is the crown prince, and her grandmother is the famous Wu Zetian, she is a princess with a righteous name, and the ambition for power gradually sprouts in Li Shu'er's heart.
And the occurrence of one thing may make Li Shu'er more aware of the importance of rights, that is, the death of his own brother Li Chongrun. Speaking of Li Chongrun, he was actually quite sad, as the eldest son of his proper prince, the future was bright, but Li Xian was later degraded and immediately became a prisoner of the order. Finally, his father Li Xian was recalled, and he became the crown prince again, but the good times were not long, "The Old Book of Tang Li Chongrun Biography": "In the first year of Dazu, he was constructed by people, and his sister Yongtai County Lord, his son-in-law Wu Yanji, the prince of Wei, and other brothers of Zhang Yizhi who had to enter the palace, then Tianling was killed, at the age of nineteen." Li Chongrun ended his life hastily because of the discussion of Wu Zetian's male favorite, at the age of nineteen.
Returning to the main topic, due to the exile he encountered when he was young, Li Xian became more and more fond of Li Shu'er, and he was simply a daughter slave, and he developed a pampered and arrogant, domineering and debauched character.
Pampered and domineering
Li Shu'er's desire for power is getting bigger and bigger, and she wants to become a person like her grandmother Wu Zetian. She called crown prince Li Chongjun a slave, only because he was a concubine, Li Shu'er also asked her father Li Xian to abolish Li Chongjun and make her the empress dowager, and said that anyone with the surname Wu could become an emperor, I was originally the emperor's daughter, why can't I be. In terms of emotions, Li Shu'er is more arrogant, and Li Shu'er has become outstanding with the increase of age, and has abnormal relationships with many men. She had a relationship with Wu Chongxun before she married him, became pregnant before marriage, and gave birth to a baby boy six months after marriage. After Wu Chongxun's death, Li Shu'er married Wu Chongxun's cousin Wu Yanxiu, and the two had already hooked up before that, and she also asked Wu Yanxiu to accompany her mother Empress Wei to make fun.
Extravagance
She had asked Li Xian to give her the Kunming Pool, but Li Xian did not agree. Princess Anle then decided to build a Dingkun pond herself, robbing the people's houses and fields, and Si Nongqing Zhao Lushi ruled for her family, accumulating stones to imitate Mount Hua, stone steps and stone bridges, crisscrossing each other, the stream swirling in nine folds, and making stone springs to spray water. It also casts a treasure furnace and engraves monster gods and birds on it, inlaid with countless corals. She also went around robbing women to increase the number of slaves in her own house, insisting on surpassing her father's Kunming Pool.
One of the great things Princess Anle also did was to make a bird skirt, which is said to be embroidered with more than 100 birds and finches, which are made of hundreds of bird feathers, and it is said that they will emit different colors when viewed from different angles. However, the production of this kind of skirt is very difficult, "the strange birds and beasts in Jiangling are hairy and feathered, and they are exhausted", and all the civil and military officials have followed suit.
Of course, Princess Anle did not end up with a good ending, Princess Anle and Empress Wei were in cahoots, plotted to seize power, poisoned Li Xian, and the imperial court fell into chaos, and finally she was beheaded by Li Longji when she was wearing makeup in the mirror, and at the age of twenty-five, she was posthumously demoted to "rebellious shuren".