Speaking of Wu Zetian, we have to mention one person, that is, Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi. It should be known that in the process of Wu Zetian's claim to the throne, the obstructionists, including the Li Tang imperial family, were all eliminated by Wu Sansi one by one, but it was such a person who still had power to the opposition after Wu Zetian's death. So today we will explore why Wu Sansi was not liquidated by the Li Tang imperial family after Wu Zetian's death.
In the first year of the Wuzhou Holy Calendar, Wu Zetian wanted to make Wu Sansi crown prince, but he was opposed by the prime ministers, because even though Wu Zetian had been emperor for decades, the hearts of the people in the world were still toward Li Tang, and if Wu Sansi became the prince, I was afraid that he would lose the hearts of the people. And di Renjie, the prime minister at the time, also stood up and said: "Compared with Li Xian, the king of Luling, is Wu Sansi more intimate than his aunt and nephew or mother and son more intimate?" Moreover, after King Luling ascends the throne, you can still enjoy the Zongmiao Temple by virtue of your mother-son status, but after Wu Sansi ascends the throne, can your aunt still enjoy the Zongmiao Temple?" In this way, Wu Sansi's becoming the crown prince would end without any problems.
After the Shenlong coup d'état, Li Xian ascended the throne as emperor for Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. It is reasonable to say that Wu Sansi's guilt was to be executed for the Li Tang royal family, but Wu Sansi not only did not lose his position, but was more favored, all because of one person, she was Princess Li Shu'er of Anle. At the age of sixteen, Li Shu'er was married by Wu Zetian to Wu Chongxun, the son of Wu Sansi, and when Li Xian became emperor, Wu Chongxun became a donkey. In this way, Wu Sansi was originally a cousin of Li Xian, and after Li Shu'er married, the relationship escalated to the children's family.
How favored was this Princess Anle that Li Xian spared Wu Sansi of his guilt? It should be known that during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang killed many people because of the empty seal case, but the difference is that Princess Li Shu'er of Anle once made an edict herself, and also covered the contents of the edict, and took it to Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's painting and stamped it, Li Xian agreed without looking at it, and almost became an imperial concubine with the right to inherit the throne.
However, because the crown prince At that time, Li Chongjun was often humiliated by Wu Chongxun, and he also instigated Princess Anle to ask Li Xian to depose Li Chongjun's crown prince. Therefore, in July of the first year of Jinglong, Li Chongjun led three hundred Lin troops to kill Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun in his palace, and then cut through the Suzhang Gate, intending to capture Shangguan Wan'er.
Unfortunately, Shangguan Wan'er came to inform Li Xian one step ahead, so Li Xian ordered the right Yulin general Liu Jingren to lead more than 2,000 flying horses to guard the palace gate, and in the end, Li Chongjun's army was defeated and killed. At this point, although Wu Sansi was not liquidated by the Li Tang imperial family for the first time after Wu Zetian's death, he still died at the hands of the crown prince Li Chongjun, which is really sad and lamentable!