Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 39 A Romance in the Early Tang Dynasty: The Eternal Empress (1) ([-])
13. The bloody process of the princess remarrying

Princess Taiping is not only muscular and beautiful, but also very cunning in dealing with things, and can keep secrets, which makes Emperor Zetian very fond of her.During the Yonglong period, the Emperor Zetian saw that Xue Shao was young and beautiful, so he ordered Princess Taiping to marry Xue Shao, the attached horse, and gave Xue Shao 20 internal funds to build a gorgeous and magnificent consort mansion for Xue Shao. There is only one Princess Taiping in the world. As the emperor, the mother is the empress and the emperor, the husband is the prince, and the son is the county king, and the wealth is extremely rich.Tailored in the Tang Dynasty, there were [-] households in the prince's food town, up to [-] households at most.When the princess gets married, there are [-] households in Shiyi, and [-] households for the eldest princess.Only Princess Taiping got [-] households in Shiyi; in the first year of the holy calendar, it was increased to [-] households; in the first year of Shenlong, it was increased to [-] households.The daily rewards of treasures and clothing are innumerable.During the year of Chuigong, Wu Sansi reported that his son-in-law, Xue Shao, conspired with the kings to rebel.The Emperor Zetian first called Princess Taiping into the palace to keep her, and then ordered the Yulin Army to arrest Prince Xue and hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment for execution.

Princess Taiping and Concubine Xue have a deep love. She was imprisoned in the palace by Emperor Zetian for half a year, but she still hasn’t been released. She misses her husband and misses her four children, so she becomes ill. Day by day, the mind became dizzy, and the water rice refused to enter, so the Emperor Zetian went to visit in person, only to see the princess calling for the son-in-law, and said to let me go home to see my children.Emperor Zetian was very sad, but Concubine Xue was dead, so she called Wu Youji, her mother's nephew, into the palace.

Wu Youji is the most handsome among the Wu family's children, and he is only 20 years old.Emperor Zetian asked him to temporarily pretend to be Consort Xue to accompany the princess, because the two of them were somewhat alike.Although Wu Youji has a wife named Zhen, who is more beautiful than the princess, and the husband and wife are very affectionate, but they dare not disobey the order, so one of the maids hugged him into the princess's room and coaxed the princess to say: "My son-in-law Here we come!" The princess was in a daze at this time, and when she heard that the son-in-law had arrived, she pulled Wu Youji into the bed and hugged her tightly, Wu Youji was too ashamed to look up, and all the maids in the room They all cover their lips and smile silently.Princess Taiping didn't care, after more than half a year of lovesickness torture.She stretched out her hands and kept stroking Wu Youji's face and neck, and kept calling her dear, good, and loving.

After more than ten days, the princess's condition really eased, and she found out that the man accompanying her was her cousin Wu Youji, not Consort Xue. She was surprised, and after questioning the truth, she found out that Concubine Xue had committed a crime and was killed. died.Fortunately, whenever she wept bitterly, Wu Youji was there to comfort her in every possible way; because Wu Youji had been with her day and night for more than ten days, although she had never been upside down, but her ears and temples touched each other skin to skin, her whole life The infatuation has also shifted slightly, so Princess Taiping can finally bear such a cruel reality.

A few days later, Emperor Zetian came to visit her daughter in person. The pampered Princess Taiping threw herself into the arms of the emperor's mother when she saw her, crying until she stopped crying and watched in silence. She was crying, but Emperor Zetian, who kept stroking his daughter, opened his mouth: "Young girl, it is very pitiful to guard an empty room. Now I will pay you a son-in-law, okay?"

Princess Taiping shook her head and said, "I don't want to remarry my husband anymore. I can't leave my sons and daughters behind." Who dares to say no to recruiting a son-in-law?"

Only then did the princess feel a little happy: "I don't know what kind of son-in-law the mother will get for the child. He has a bad face, so the child doesn't want it." Emperor Zetian smiled and said, "What do you think of Wu Youji?" But he shook his head again and again: "Don't! Don't!" Emperor Zetian was stunned for a moment, and asked why?The princess was questioned again and again, but she said: "Wu Youji has a good wife in his family?" Then Emperor Zetian understood what her daughter meant, and immediately said with a smile: "That's easy, that's easy."

As soon as the Emperor Zetian turned around, he issued an edict, bestowing Wu You and Princess Shang Taiping on the throne, conferring the title of Consort Captain, and enfeoffing him as King Ding, and enfeoffing a thousand households in Shiyi.After Wu Youji received the decree, he hurriedly went to see Emperor Zetian, explaining that he was a married man, how dare he dare to remarry the princess.Zetian smiled lightly, and said lightly to Wu Youji: "Your ex-wife, I have ordered her to commit suicide."

When Wu Youji heard it, it was as if a jiao lei had sprung up in the clear sky. Originally, Wu Youji was ordered to comfort Princess Taiping. Every day on the surface, he forced himself to laugh and greet the princess, but in his heart he missed his wife Zhenshi all the time. They have only been a couple for a year, and they are loving each other.Wu Youji hurried home to take a look. His wife Zhenshi, who was once as beautiful as a pear tree in full bloom, had long been a cold corpse displayed in the middle hall. The snow-white neck he had kissed thousands of times There is also a piece of white silk wrapped around it.Wu You was heartbroken, hugged the corpse, cried loudly, and slowly untied the white silk around her neck, he untied it so gently and slowly, as if he was afraid of hurting her.

The Emperor Zetian sent 1 taels of funeral expenses, which were collected in the princess's attire; he also ordered Princess Taiping to pay the funeral in person.The Wu Family's funeral was also handled in a very dignified manner.

In a few days, the larger and more beautiful Princess Taiping Prince Consort's Mansion was built, and an imperial army guarded the gate day and night. In the mansion, a pavilion was built at ten steps, and a pavilion was built at fifty steps.On the day when the princess gets married, the Emperor Zetian personally sends her off, and all the officials come to congratulate the son-in-law's mansion.

However, Princess Taiping's married life is not as happy as her mother arranged. Wu Youji is not as gentle and considerate as before in the palace. He is always cold and disgusted, and tries to avoid being with Princess Taiping On the wedding night, when Wu Youji had to do that matter with her, Princess Taiping clearly felt his reluctance and helplessness and coping with the errand.This made Princess Taiping, whose relationship had already been severely damaged, even more sad, so that the two went from sharing the same bed with different dreams to sleeping in separate rooms, and then they played their own ways, knowing each other's heart was very bitter, so they didn't interfere with each other.

14. Tender Cave
The Emperor Zetian often visited the Prince-in-law's Mansion, and sometimes stayed in the mansion, and all the officials came to the Prince-in-law's mansion to meet and play.Princess Taiping served her mother and also participated in military and state affairs. Zetian was very satisfied with her intelligence and insight, so she also asked the princess to listen to the ministers. The son-in-law's mansion went to discuss with Princess Taiping.For a time, Princess Taiping's power invaded China and abroad, and all civil and military officials offered bribes in front of Princess Taiping.In the southern part of the Lingnan area of ​​Wuyue, two sets of chariots and horses were prepared to pay tribute to Qishu treasure tents, musical instruments, one set for Emperor Zetian and one set for Princess Taiping.Princess Taiping also depends on the amount of money to determine the rank of the title.

Princess Taiping got a lot of money, so she bought a lot of fields, and all the utensils used in the mansion were made of gold and jade.There are hundreds of servants in the mansion, and there are also about 1000 old women.Outer roads and counties donated dogs and horses to play with delicacies from mountains and seas. Princess Taiping played cockfights and running dogs in the mansion, and performed all kinds of operas. Young officials and young children from the ground of the capital also came to the mansion to accompany the princess.So in the grand garden of Princess Taiping's mansion, feasts and banquets were arranged all day long, and rare and strange smells piled up like a mountain, and young men cheered and drank around Princess Taiping.Every time Princess Taiping moved, there were young children following her, helping her around and talking and laughing. Princess Taiping occasionally left a scarf on her belt, and all the beautiful boys rushed to pick it up and kept it. Princess Taiping laughed when she saw it.

There is a secret room in the stone cave in the garden, which is covered with brocade quilts and embroidered pillows. There are often young officials who are young officials who are caught by the warriors in a joke and go into the cave. They only feel that the mattress is soft and fragrant. Undress him, and then hug him into the tent, and then he will be hugged by a woman who is fragrant and greasy.At this time, ordinary men can't help themselves, so the two of them fumbled in secret, and it was a good thing.After the work, several women helped him put on his clothes, helped him out of the cave, and was led out of the garden by the warriors.Taking turns like this one by one, all the young officials and young children in the court have tasted this gentle taste. They all know that the woman in the cave is the most noble person in the dynasty, but they dare not say it .

At this time, a Hu monk named Huifan suddenly came to the capital, claiming to have visited thousands of mountains and temples of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and even lived Buddhas of real immortals. He is more than two hundred years old, but he looks like a beautiful boy in his 20s. In Hongan Temple, the capital was immediately aroused.At first, it was only ordinary people who went to worship, but later the government houses also prepared incense candles and gifts, and went to worship.There are also female relatives who worship Master Huifan as apprentices, or even worship monks as godfathers, competing to embroider cassocks and curtains for monks, and decorate a monk's bedroom with colorful flowers and willows, just like an embroidery room.When Monk Hui Fan saw a female family member bringing clothes, he would order her to kneel in front of her knees, touch her pink face with her hand, or rub a cloud bun, saying it was a blessing.The female relatives had been groped by the Living Buddha, and went back happily, boasting to their companions in the boudoir that they were blessed by the Living Buddha today.Those who don't get the blessing of the living Buddha will go back very depressed if the gift is too thin.

That day, in front of the gate of the Hongan Temple, there were suddenly a cloud of horses and horses, and the guards were heavily guarded. It turned out that Princess Taiping also moved to ask the Living Buddha for blessings, and all the official women and relatives were blocked outside the gate of the temple by soldiers.It wasn't until the sun was setting that Princess Taiping came out to go back to the mansion.On the second day, one hundred thousand pieces of gold and one thousand pieces of colored satin were presented to Master Huifan.A few days later, Hui Fan was invited into Princess Taiping's mansion again, and it lasted more than ten days before he was released from the mansion.

And those who seek the blessing of the living Buddha wait outside the gate of the Hongan Temple every day.Finally looking forward to Master Huifan's return to the temple, he saw the banners covered with banners, swords, guns and halberds between them, the living Buddha's chariot in front, and Princess Taiping's embroidered chariot in the back, surrounded and went straight into the gate of the monastery.Then some soldiers went up and drove away all the people who were waiting for blessing outside the door.

Since then, the front of Honganji Temple has been heavily guarded, and no family members of any noble family are allowed to enter the temple.Master Huifan's blessing was only given to Princess Taiping. All the female apprentices and goddaughters who came to visit the master and godfather were blocked outside the temple gate and were not allowed to enter.

15. The old love is rekindled like a fire
Thanks to the blessing of Monk Hui Fan, Princess Taiping gave birth to two boys and one girl one after another. Emperor Zetian was very happy and ordered the two sons to be named King Wei and King Cheng, and the girl was named Princess Princess.The son-in-law Wu You was wearing a dazzling green turban and a dirty green turban, feeling even more depressed, but he had no choice but to kowtow to Emperor Zetian for the conferment of Monk Hui Fan's three little treasures.

Monk Hui Fan really has something special about him. His unusually burly figure always makes her want to die when he serves a woman. Therefore, it suits Princess Taiping's wishes, so he played the petition on his behalf and sent money to build a saint next door to the son-in-law's mansion. good temple.After the temple was completed, Emperor Zetian made another decree, worshiping Huifan monk as the master of Shengshan Temple, and adding a three-rank seal.There is a corridor next to the temple, which leads to the back garden of the son-in-law's mansion. Princess Taiping often comes and goes, and sometimes she even stays in the temple openly, saying that she is staying in the courtyard to seek immortality.

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