Princess Taiping is the only surviving daughter of Wu Zetian , and she is also Wu Zetian's youngest child. Wu Zetian loves her more than any other princess.
When Princess Taiping was very young, she often visited the home of her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rongguo. Once, her accompanying maid was raped by her cousin, He Lanminzhi (some say it was Princess Taiping herself). Wu Zetian was furious when she learned about it. , and Helan Minzhi had previously raped the future crown princess, Wu Zetian finally decided to revoke Helan Minzhi's status as the heir to the Wu family, restored his original surname of Helan, and exiled him to Leizhou. On the way, he was sent by a killer sent by Wu Zetian She was strangled to death with a horse rein. After that, Princess Taiping was arranged to become a female Taoist priest. She was nominally to fulfill her filial piety for her mother Wu Zetian and her grandmother, Mrs. Rongguo. However, when Princess Taiping became a monk, she did not actually live in a Taoist temple, but stayed there all the time. In the palace, there is no record of Princess Taiping's real name in the history books. The word "Taiping" is the Taoist name of Princess Taiping. It can be seen from the Taoist name that Wu Zetian hoped that her daughter could live a peaceful life. Until the Tibetan envoys were sent to the southwest He came to propose marriage and named Princess Taiping to marry. Marriage marriages were not new in ancient times. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once sent Princess Wencheng to marry Tibet and make a marriage proposal. It became a legend. Between state affairs and family affairs, Wu Zetian chose to be a good mother. In order to prevent her daughter from marrying into a wild land far away, she cried and made trouble with Emperor Gaozong and even threatened her with death. Finally, she built a Taiping Temple in the palace and allowed Princess Taiping to officially become a monk. As a female Taoist priest, the Tubo envoy had no choice but to live in Taiping Temple for several years.
After Emperor Gaozong retired from the court, Princess Taiping suddenly put on the clothes of a military attache and danced in front of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian. Tang Gaozong asked her: "You can't be a military attache, why do you dress like this?" She replied shyly: "Is it okay to give it to the consort?" Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian understood this, so they carefully selected young talents for her among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. In the end, the handsome and talented Xue Shao was appointed by Emperor Gaozong as the consort. Xue Shao was of noble birth. , the mother is Princess Chengyang who was born to Changsun Queen by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Both parents died and it saved Princess Taiping a lot of trouble after marrying her. Wu Zetian went to great lengths to find a good husband for his daughter. Painfully.
Although it was Gao Zongxi's marriage, the Xue family was not happy. Xue Shao's brother Xue Yi felt that Princess Taiping was of a good background and was too favored. He was afraid of bringing disaster, but he did not dare to object. As expected, Taiping Before the princess married into the Xue family, Wu Zetian felt that Xue Shao's sisters-in-law, the Xiao family and the Cheng family, were not noble enough to be sisters-in-law with their own daughters, so she actually planned to let the Xue family divorce their wives and remarry. At this time, someone claimed that the Xiao family was born in Lan. The Lingxiao family was a noble of the Southern Dynasties. Wu Zetian gave up this plan not because of the persuasion of the wealthy minister.
On the wedding day of the princess, Wu Zetian held a grand and luxurious wedding for her daughter in Chang'an City . According to the ancestral tradition, the wedding should be held in the evening. The torches used for lighting even scorched the trees along the way. Tang Dynasty Wedding They had to build sheds in the open space. When Princess Taiping and Xue Shao got married, the new house was chosen in Pingkangfang. Because there were too many guests, the open space was not enough. Wu Zetian asked to borrow the Wannian County Government Office in nearby Xuanyangfang and demolish it. Regarding the gate of the county government, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty pointed out that the gate was personally designed and built by Yu Wenkai of the Sui Dynasty and should not be demolished, so he demolished the wall instead.
At the same time as Princess Taiping's wedding, Prince Li Xian married a concubine. Looking at the scene in front of him, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty personally composed a poem "The Crown Prince accepts his concubine and Princess Taiping surrenders" to celebrate,
The dawn of the Dragon Tower, The Lu Pavilion opened its doors to the dynasty. The bright sun casts heavy shadows, and the low stars cast radiance over the sky.
The jade court is full of auspicious colors, and the silver plate has auspicious emblems. The clouds turn and the flowers linger on the cover, and the clouds float and the leaves cast shadows.
Diao Xuan returns to Cuimo, and Baojia returns to Dan Palace. Mingzhu wears Xiaoyi, and the carved wheel opens the fan.
The flower crowns are arranged in beautiful feasts, and the orchid wine is used to express the fragrant feast. There are phoenix and music in the ring, and the silk banquet is recommended with embarrassment.
The butterfly dances on the sleeves and the fragrance is new, and the songs fall into the dust. Rejoice and celebrate the first marriage.
The breath of summer heat is refreshing, and the cool morning breeze is refreshing.In the Fang period, Liuhe is peaceful, and we can enjoy spring for thousands of years.
It can be seen that the favor Princess Taiping received was comparable to that of the prince, but her mother Wu Zetian would never have thought that the wedding she carefully organized for her daughter Princess Taiping would become the trigger for mother and daughter to turn against each other in the future.
