Wu Zetian is the only orthodox female emperor in my country's history. It is said that the power of role models is infinite. After her, there were women who wanted to be the emperor like Wu Zetian.
It’s a pity that time is lucky, and no one can inherit the great throne like Wu Zetian. Tang Dynasty Anle Princess is one of the ambitious women.
01. Li Guer
If you want to talk about this Princess Anle, I have to mention his father Tang Zhongzong Li Xian.
Li Xian is Wu Zetian's third son. One of his two brothers died and one of them was deposed. He was later made the crown prince. In December 683, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty died of illness, and soon Li Xian inherited the throne. Li Xian, who became emperor, not only reused his wife, Empress Wei's relatives, but also wanted to promote Empress Wei's father to prime minister.
The prime minister at that time Pei Yan said something was wrong. Unexpectedly, Li Xian was furious about this. He said, "I gave the whole world to Wei Xuanzhen , there is nothing wrong with it, let alone the position of prime minister!"
Just when Li Xian was about to act alone, Pei Yan told Wu Zetian about this. Wu Zetian couldn't stand it anymore and was very dissatisfied with what Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Li Xian did.
So, in February 684, she deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Li Xian to Luling King . This time Li Xian became emperor for only 55 days.
After Li Xian was deposed, he was imprisoned in Junzhou and Fangzhou for 14 years. During this period, only his Empress Wei accompanied him.
Since he was an abolished emperor, Li Xianhuo was frightened. Although he is Wu Zetian's own son, he is still afraid that Wu Zetian will take his life.
And during his deposed period, he also suffered a lot of hardships in the world. Fortunately, Empress Wei has always shared the joys and sorrows with Li Xian. The friendship between the two has surpassed that of an ordinary couple, and Li Xian trusts Queen Wei very much.
Princess Anle is the daughter of Li Xian and Queen Wei during her stay in Fangzhou.
684, Empress Wei had already given birth to Princess Anle. When Princess Anle was born, Li Xian wrapped her with her clothes, and Gu named her Li Guer.
both Li Xian and Queen Wei love this young daughter very much and give her whatever she wants, so Li Guer has developed a willful and willful personality since she was a child.
It is said that a kind mother often defeats her son. The doting of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Empress Wei created Li Guer's character, which directly led to her future ending.
02. Pregnant before marriage
In March 698, Wu Zetian summoned Li Xian's family to return to Luoyang . In September of the same year, Li Xian was re-established as the crown prince.
At this time, Li Guer was 15 years old and had already become a graceful girl. Historical records show that she is "superficial and smart, and her glamorous shines the world", which means that she is beautiful and smart.
After Li Xian became the prince again, he became obedient and did not dare to fight against Wu Zetian anymore. He paid great attention to making friends with people from the Wu Zetian lineage.
He first married his daughter Princess Yongtai to Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Yanji , and then married Princess Anle to Wu Zetian's other nephew Wu Chongxun .
In fact, when Princess Anle married Wu Chongxun, the two had already had an affair.
Wu Chongxun has Wu Zetian, a big backer, so his behavior is very indecent. He often goes to the palace to play tricks. So before getting married, he had already slept with Li Guer, who was beautiful and willful and bold.
Six months after marrying Wu Chongxun, Li Guer gave birth to a son.
03. The princess
December 704, 81-year-old Wu Zetian fell ill. She only asked two men to serve him, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong. Li Xian and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others forced Wu Zetian to abdicate, and then Li Xian ascended the throne again.
After Li Xian became emperor, he was even more doting towards Li Guer than before.
, and Li Guer took advantage of the favor of her father, Li Xian, to start selling official positions, thereby gaining huge wealth. She often took the official's letter of appointment and acted coquettishly, blinding Li Xian's eyes and asking him to sign.
Tang Zhongzong didn't blame her, he just signed the letter with a smile.
Slowly, Li Guer tasted the sweetness of power and pestered Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to make her the crown princess. She would like to be the emperor like Wu Zetian in the future.
At this time, Zuo Pushe Wei Yuanzhong reported that he could not do this. Li Guer criticized him in front of Wei Yuanzhong: "Wei Yuanzhong is just a stupid and stubborn person. How can such a person discuss state affairs? My grandmother Wu Zetian is a commoner and can be the emperor. I am the emperor's daughter, why can't he be the emperor?"
Li Guer was so arrogant. Fortunately, Wu Zetian had passed away at that time, otherwise Wu Zetian would have cut off Li Guer's tongue.
04. Extraordinary
Then, Li Guer opened a mansion. In ancient times, he could open a mansion, which meant that he had a great power and could appoint his own officials.
Li Guer's mansion recruited butchers and even released people after prison, but Li Guer didn't care about these things at all, as long as she was happy.
In addition, Li Guer also built a large-scale construction to build a house for himself. All kinds of materials must be made of good materials. When it comes to spending money, it is really like flowing water. All of these money was taken from the national treasury, which shows how much Li Xian loves this daughter.
Li Guer once asked Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to give her Kunming pond. Li Xian didn't agree this time, maybe he thought it was inappropriate. He said, "When the late emperor was there, he didn't give it to anyone, my daughter, you can choose something else."
But Li Guer played the role of a young lady and didn't give it to me, I made it myself!
did it as soon as possible. She demarcated a place, snatched a few pieces of civil land, and then dug it. She also named the one she dug Dingkunchi . This Dingkun Pond stretches for several miles. The grass and trees by the pond are exactly the same as Kunming Pool. After Dingkun Pond was completed, it was even more grander than Kunming Pond.
05. The younger brother who married her husband
says that if God wants a person to perish, he will first make him crazy.
As Li Guer's life becomes more and more arrogant, she becomes more and more arrogant and ambitious. She is no longer satisfied with being an Anle Princess. Anle is so boring, she wants power now.
So Li Guer mentioned to Zhongzong several times to depose the prince and make her the crown prince. Her proposals made the then prince Li Chongjun hold a grudge against Li Guer.
plus Li Guer's husband Wu Chongxun looked down on Li Chongjun and often humiliated him. Because Li Chongjun was not born by Empress Wei, Wu Chongxun often instigated Li Guer and asked her to ask Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to depose the crown prince.
At this point, Li Guer and his wife offended Prince Li Chongjun to death.
707 In July 707, Li Chongjun finally couldn't hold back. He and Zuo Yulin General Li Duozuo and others, with more than 300 people, killed Li Guer's husband Wu Chongxun and some of his followers, trying to kill Empress Wei and Li Guer again.
But he brought too few people and was quickly quelled by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and then Li Chongjun was defeated and killed.
Wu Chongxun has a younger brother named Wu Yanxiu . He was born with extraordinary heroic martial arts, and he was a leader in war. Because he often goes to find his brother, he often sees Li Guer. After a while, the two of them got hooked up.
After Wu Chongxun's death, Li Guer naturally married his brother-in-law Wu Yanxiu.
According to historical records, the wedding of Li Guer and Wu Yanxiu was so spectacular and luxurious. It was really loud, gongs and drums, firecrackers, colorful flags, and crowds of people.
At that time, Li Guer and Wu Yanxiu were very good-looking, but their lives were overwhelming, and the next thing they did was to perish.
06. You can't live for your own sins
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6710, Li Guer and Empress Wei conspired to follow Wu Zetian to become the queen. So they put the poison in crispy cake and sent it to Tang Zhongzong Li Xian.
Li Xian was criticizing the memorial at that time and felt a little hungry, so he ate a few crispy cakes. After eating, my stomach was so painful that I rolled on the ground, and I left in a short while.
Then, Empress Wei replaced all the important positions in the court with her own people.
But at this time there were two women from other groups, Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping . They were unwilling to see Empress Wei and Li Guer's family dominate the emperor, so they drafted a will to make Li Chongmao the crown prince, but only let Empress Wei assist in the administration.
However, the prime ministers at that time, Zong Chuke and Wei Wen changed the edict and urged Empress Wei to follow Wu Zetian and become emperor.
Just as they were fighting for it, Linzi Wang Li Longji had an idea.
710 On July 21, 710, Li Longji launched the Tanglong Incident and led the imperial guards to the palace.
According to the "New Book of Tang Dynasty: Biography of the Princess", Li Guer was drawing eyebrows in front of the mirror and putting on makeup. When she heard the chaos outside, she knew something was wrong, so she stood up and ran away. When she ran to the right Yanming Gate, she was caught up and killed by random knives. She was 25 years old.
Then Li Guer was demoted to a "rebellious commoner". The princess did not regard it as a civilian who committed rebellion. She deserved it!
What do you think about this?
