Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty was born on January 9, 727, his original name was Li Li, he was the eldest son of Li Heng of Tang Suzong, and the eighth emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yu's wife Cui Shi was Yang Guifei's niece, and after Li Yu ascended the throne as emperor, he did not posthumously honor cui shi as empress, but posthumously named her a noble concubine.
In China, the emperor would generally posthumously name his wife Cui Shi as empress, and Li Yu did not posthumously name his tie-haired wife Cui Shi as empress, was he negative about his tie-hair wife Cui Shi? The fact is not so, Li Yu did not posthumously name his wife Cui Shi as empress, there is his helplessness, he can let Cui Shi not be killed with the Yang family, it is already benevolent enough.
Choi's mother was Lady Korea, the eldest sister of Yang Guifei, and her father was Choi Jun. Cui Zheng Boling Anpingren, official to secretary of the young prisoner. The Cui family is a famous family, belonging to the Boling Cui clan, the Boling Cui clan belongs to the "five surnames and seven wangs", and the Cui clan is also considered to be a five-surnamed woman. In the Tang Dynasty, marrying a woman with five surnames was more desirable than marrying a princess.
Yang Guifei was favored by Emperor Tang Ming and did not become empress, and Li Yu was the eldest son of the crown prince Li Heng, and Cui was arranged by the family to be Li Yu's concubine, which may be the Yang family's hope that she will become an empress in the future. After marrying Li Yu as a concubine, Cui had three children, one daughter and two sons, namely Princess Shengping, Li Kai, and Li Mi.
In 755, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and in 756, on the eve of the fall of Xijing, Tang Xuanzong fled with his concubines, imperial relatives, and ministers, and there was a mutiny at Ma Songpo, Yang Guozhong was killed, Yang Guifei was forced to commit suicide, and Yang Guifei's sisters were also killed, including Cui's mother, Lady Han, and Cui's father, Cui Zheng, who was also implicated and killed.
At this time, all his relatives were killed, and Cui's mood could be imagined. And she was not actually killed, which shows that her husband Li Yu still has a deep affection for her, and there are fewer things to kill his wife and ask for generals in ancient times? Later, Haoji, the Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, personally killed his wife because his mother-in-law had offended his father, Emperor Taiji.
The Yang family was completely deposed, Tang Xuanzong (Emperor Tang Ming) also abdicated, Li Heng became emperor, Li Yu became crown prince, he did not kill his wife Cui Shi to show loyalty to his father, nor did he divorce his wife Cui Shi, and he took her all the way to the refugees, did not abandon her.
However, Cui's mood was not good, the whole family was killed, the mother's family had no relatives, and the patron was gone, and from then on, he was depressed and unhappy, and after returning to Chang'an (757 AD), he was depressed. It is said that during this time, her husband was very cold to her.
After Li Yu ascended the throne as emperor, he did not posthumously crown Cui Shi's wife as empress, this is because of political reasons, Cui Shi was Yang Guifei's niece, did not kill her, how can he posthumously be crowned empress? After all, the Anshi rebellion was caused by the arrogance of the Yang family, how could Yang Guifei's niece be made empress?
However, Li Yu was very fond of the children left by the Cui family, and his daughter Princess Shengping married Guo Ziyi's son Guo Huan. Princess Shengping is the protagonist of "Playing the Golden Branch". His son Li Mi was good at fighting wars and had served as a marshal of the Terracotta Army, but unfortunately he died young and did not become the crown prince, but he was posthumously honored as the "Prince of Zhaojing" by his father Li Yu.
Another son of the Cui clan summoned the king Li Wei (李偲), who was favored by his grandfather Tang Suzong, who adopted Li Wei as his adopted son. It was strange that Grandpa adopted his grandson as an adopted son. It seems that Cui's children are not affected by the Yang family, not only their father likes them, but even their grandfather likes them.
Cui Shi was not happy not to be posthumously honored as empress by her husband, but her husband was already kind enough to her, and it was okay not to kill her, and he was so good to her children.
(Note: In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the family clan was emphasized, and five of the most honorable clans were the most honorable of all the noble clans.) Namely, Longxi Li Clan, Zhao County Li Clan, Boling Cui Clan, Fanyang Lu Clan, Xingyang Zheng Clan, Taiyuan Wang Clan. ）