In 690 AD, in order to test his cousin Wu Youji , he deliberately called him into the palace and said, "I intend to marry you with Princess Taiping . Are you happy?" Wu Youji immediately knelt down and said, "Auntie, no! How can I get involved in the princess!" Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Wu Zetian was furious and said, "Then I will give your beloved wife to death."
In 688 AD, Princess Taiping ended her first marriage. Because her husband, Xue Shao, was implicated by Xue Su's rebellion, was punished for one hundred times and finally ended his life in prison. At that time, Princess Taiping's son would be only one year old, and she would become a widow at a young age.
In order to comfort Princess Taiping, Wu Zetian broke the 350 enthronement of the Tang Dynasty princess to 1,200 households. At the same time, for the happiness of her daughter in the second half of her life, the children of the Wu family chose her husband for her. Wu Zetian really favors Princess Taiping.
Wu Youji meets Wu Zetian's son-in-law selection criteria, because Wu Youji is Wu Zetian's cousin and is also a relatively close relationship with aunt and nephew .
But Wu Youji has already married and is in harmony with his wife, and is very happy. What should I do?
In order to find out his words, Wu Zetian specially summoned him into the palace and asked him, "What do you think of Princess Taiping?" Wu Youji replied that it was very good. Wu Zetian continued to ask, would you like to be her son-in-law? Wu Youji said, no, I already have a wife's family.
Wu Youji thought his aunt would not force others to do anything, but Wu Zetian was furious and said, "Then he will give your first wife to death, so you can marry the princess with peace of mind."
In the end, Wu Youji could not resist the power. Wu Zetian sentenced Wu Youji to death and ordered Wu Youji to marry her daughter Princess Taiping.
"Wu Yousi, look at me, to be honest, do you love me?" Princess Taiping, who had not returned overnight, asked sadly the groom Wu Yousi who had been waiting for her for a night. The silly Wu Yousi rarely became serious: "Does the princess remember the first time we met? On Huxin Island, I had just entered the palace and was rustic. I was scolded by you that time. I wrote my first letter to my mother at night. I told her that Chang'an is so good. Chang'an has the most beautiful and most worthy of love in the world. I mean you... Who could have thought that I married you today? You can't understand how unreal this is for me."
in "The Palace of Daming" exaggerated Princess Taiping's second marriage with strong helplessness and pain. This is quite different from historical facts. First, there is no such person as Wu Yousi in history; second, Princess Taiping's second husband Wu Youji cannot be regarded as a prototype. Wu Youji is a person with a calm mind and a calm attitude, and is never stupid; third, Princess Taiping's second marriage is not that painful, and her vision has been opened and far away at this time.
During this marriage, Princess Taiping raised a male lover in a lot, and in addition to this, she also had close contacts with court officials. What's even more exaggerated is that she gave her male favorite Zhang Changzong to her mother Wu Zetian.
In this marriage, Princess Taiping should have her own considerations. The first one may be because Wu Youji is a handsome man. Since he has no love, he is not wrong to choose his appearance; the second one may be because Wu Youji is indifferent to politics and does not like to get involved in the right and wrong of the Wu family, and has no interest in power. Taiping will not have another layer of political constraints outside his mother. In short, this is the least bad choice Taiping can make.
Is this marriage happy? Then it looks like what it is. Compared with Xue Shao, there is definitely no happiness; compared with ordinary couples, it is not inferior. The two have lived together until they grow old, and have never divorced, and have given birth to two sons and one daughter. More importantly, many years later, when Princess Taiping decided to participate in the coup in which the Li Tang royal family overthrew her mother, she was busy in and out. She had to closely monitor the trends of Wu Sansi , and went to the palace to understand her mother's ideas, and also connected with the Li brothers to exchange information... Wu Youji never leaked a word to the outside world in all kinds of "reverse actions". In the storm of power changes and Li Wu's struggle for inheritance rights, the failure of husband and wife to break up is also a great proof of the lack of feelings.
Wu Zetian is also very satisfied with this marriage.Eight years after she became emperor, she summoned the six children of Li Wu's family to Mingtang in Luoyang, the eastern capital. There were three on one side. The Li family was Li Xian , Li Dan , and Princess Taiping. The Wu family was Wu Sansi, Wu Youji, and Wu Youning . They sacrificed their lives together and sweared to the sky: Li and Wu families should get along with each other. The oath is still carved on the iron plate and closed and kept. Among these six people, the one who can closely contact the Li and Wu families is Princess Taiping, the daughter of the Li family and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family. She fulfilled her mother's political appeal for her second marriage well.
