Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 48 The Tang Dynasty's Pink Age (1) ([-])
3. Princess Anding, who is not stable
Princess Anding is the quietest among Zhongzong's daughters.Not long after Empress Wei gave birth to her, she was deposed by Emperor Zetian.When Empress Wei left, she quietly placed Princess Anding in the home of her uncle Wei Changyin.Wei Changyin guarded a manor house in the eastern outskirts of the capital, plowed a few acres of land, and lived a life of a farmer.Princess Anding was fostered at her uncle's house, and her uncle and aunt doted on her very much, so she lived a happy life.

Uncle's son Wei Zhuo is the same age as Princess Anding, and they play together all day long.A pair of young children, sometimes fishing by the pool, sometimes picking flowers at the bottom of the mountain, two hours without guessing, but when they are 16 years old, the plum branches know how to wrap themselves around the green bamboo, and the green bamboo always loves to smell the plum fragrance. Wei Zhuo is infatuated with the princess, and the princess loves him It's the same, so the two of them are on the top of the mountains and the waters, under the flowers before the moon and under the moon, I don't know how many times they are lingering.

Just like glue is like paint, Zhongzong suddenly restored and took Princess Anding into the palace, and soon chose an auspicious day to marry Wang Tongjiao.Wang Tongjiao, a son of wealth and wealth, was puzzled by his tenderness and tenderness. He only knew how to be willful and domineering, which made Princess Anding's life very unstable, let alone sweet and happy.

At that time, Wei Zhuo had been promoted by Empress Wei, and he had come to Beijing to be a moderate official.He accidentally met Princess Anding in the palace that day, and the old love that was evoked made the two of them start to have an affair involuntarily.But being sneaky is always inconvenient, so Princess Anding simply called Wei Zhuo into the consort's mansion to sleep the whole night.

Prince Consort Tong Jiao was furious when he heard the news, and was about to enter the palace to play the Emperor Ming, but Princess Anding took the lead and went into the palace overnight to inform that Prince Consort Tong Jiao had conspired against him.Emperor Zhongzong was the least courageous. As soon as he heard that someone was rebelling, he immediately ordered the imperial guards to arrest Wang Tongjiao and send him to Lingnan without distinction.

Princess Anding secretly explained the old relationship between the two with Empress Wei, and Empress Wei made the decision for her to recruit Wei Zhuo to be her son-in-law. From then on, the two lived happily ever after.

At this time, the palace was in a state of filth and chaos. Starting from Princess Taiping, the eight princesses of Emperor Zhongzong, and the eleven princesses of Emperor Ruizong, all of them had privately raised many young men, who acted as faces, and often concealed it from their sons-in-law. Secretly having fun.In this climate, Princess Anding has also contracted bad habits.Although marrying Wei Zhuo has fulfilled his wish, but every day he plays with the sisters and sees that they are accompanied by their beloved young men, and his heart is moved without knowing it.

At that time, Cui Shi's youngest younger brother, Cui Xian, who was lively and bright, often followed his elder brother in and out of the palace. Princess An Ding fell in love with her. Divorce, and Princess Anding remarries Cui Mian.

At that time, Cui Mian was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and Princess Anding was already in middle age, so she couldn't help but feel that a beautiful woman must seize the time to have more fun, so she indulged all night and swayed wildly, without avoiding the cold, heat, wind and rain, or going to bed. After three years, Princess Anding dragged her weak body and died of an illness.

After his death, Wang Tongjiao's son Shangzuo asked Princess Anding's body to be buried with his father.In the matter, Xia Houzhen wrote a letter to advise, saying that Princess Anding wanted to destroy the temple of the king, and that the deceased would have knowledge, and Wang Tongjiao would reject Princess Anding from Jiuquan.Of course, Cui Mian also refused to allow the princess' body to be moved.So Zhongzong ordered Cui Mian to bury the body of Princess Anding, and demoted Xia Houzhen to the governor of Luzhou.

4. Slaying Xiao Xiao and a traitor
At this time, Empress Wei had the power to overshadow the court and shocked the whole country. Wu Sansi persuaded Empress Wei to imitate Empress Wu and proclaim herself a queen.Wu Chongxun also coaxed Princess Anle to speak to his mother, please abolish the prince Li Chongjun, and make himself the empress dowager.

Because Crown Prince Li Chongjun was not Empress Wei's biological son, Princess Anle often used Empress Wei's power to bully him, and even called the prince a slave.The prince has no power or power, so he has to swallow his anger, and often discusses his father's cowardice and incompetence with the prime minister Li Duozuo behind his back, which has a lot to do with the Qing emperor's side.Li Duozuo persuaded the prince, "The time has not come yet, so be patient!"

On the day of the Winter Solstice, the prince went to the palace to congratulate him, and accidentally bumped into Wu Sansi's frivolous and lewd appearance accompanied by Empress Wei and Shangguan Zhaorong. When the emperor came out, he hurried out of the palace. In the mansion of Prime Minister Li Duozuo, he secretly summoned a group of confidant generals from the Zuo Yulin Army, Li Sichong, Li Chengkuang, Dugu Zuozhi, and Sha Chi Zhongyi. And thousands of cavalry soldiers, in the middle of the night, went straight to Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun mansions in two groups.

At that time, Wu Sansi and his son were having a good dream, when they were rushed into the bedroom by the Yulin soldiers, they were captured alive and tied up and sent to the prince.His father and son begged in unison, Prince Chongjun gritted his teeth with hatred, and did not answer, he pulled out his saber and waved, Wu Sansi, Wu Chongxun, father and son's heads were born one by one from their wicked but empty bodies. The body of the good skin was cut off.Then, while ordering General Zuo Jinwu and King Cheng Qianli to lead a thousand soldiers to guard the palace city, the prince commanded three thousand soldiers to go straight to the Suzhang Gate, cut through the gate, and searched for Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and Shangguan Zhaorong. whore.

Emperor Zhongzong was so frightened that he stood up with his clothes on, barefoot, and led a dozen eunuchs to escape from the palace.When they saw Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and Shangguan Zhaorong running away in a panic, they rushed to surround Zhongzong, pushed and hugged the emperor to the Xuanwu gate tower, and ordered the palace gate to be closed tightly. Su Yu, Li Qiao, Zong Chuke, and Ji Chuna commanded more than [-] troops to guard the Taiji Hall; they also ordered You Yulin General Liu Renjing and other generals to lead the remaining troops to fly and ride hundreds of people to resist the enemy prince's troops.

When Li Duozuo's soldiers arrived at Xuanwu Gate, Zhongzong leaned on the tower and said to the soldiers in person: "You are all my confidantes, but now you will be rewarded for killing the thief quickly!" The soldiers all bowed to the ground and said long live, Then he turned around and blew Li Duozuo to death.Li Sichong, Li Chengkuang, Gu Gu Zuozhi, Sha Chi Zhongyi, etc. saw that the situation was over, and they also fled one after another.

Prince Chongjun fled to Mount Zhongnan for one night, and the next day on the way to escape, it was late at night, his legs were sore, and his stomach was very hungry, so he picked a big stone by the roadside, sat down on it, and put his body on it. Leaning on the root of the tree to rest his feet, he unconsciously fell asleep after a while.

The two soldiers he brought with him suddenly became malicious in killing the master and claiming credit in such a golden opportunity given by God.So next they took the prince's head and returned to Beijing to receive the reward.As soon as Empress Wei heard about it, she shouted hoarsely and ordered: "Sacrifice the crown prince's head in front of the coffins of Sansi and Chongxun father and son!"

At this time, I suddenly saw the official Yonghe Chengning Jiaxu, in white robe and white crown, rushing to the front of the spiritual seat, hugging the prince's head, and crying loudly.Then he took off his white robe and wrapped it around the prince's head, holding it tightly in his arms.Needless to say, nothing good happened to him, the crown prince's head was still taken, and Ning Jiaxu was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for execution.

5. Empress Wei indulges in lust

Since the death of Prince Chongjun, Empress Wei's power has become even more boundless. Every day, the queen listens to the government behind a curtain, and Zhongzong can only sit in the palace and not interfere with political affairs.

In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve again, and the disciples of Empress Wei's biography, as well as the bachelors and kings' sons-in-law, entered the cabinet to watch the new year.There are courtyards all over the palace, shining brightly inside and outside.There are dozens of gates in Yisheng Palace, with openings inside and outside.Lanterns and festoons were hung on each door, and banquets were placed on each hall, leading to six halls, all of which were filled with civil and military officials, princes and concubines and other relatives and dignitaries.The queen also issued a special grace edict: "Anyone with an official rank above the third rank, as well as the prince's son-in-law, are allowed to sit with their husbands and wives." Therefore, among the princes, there are eighteen princes, such as the heir of Shouli, the king of Qiao, the king of Rang, and the king of Sui. Prince, take the princess to sit in the fourth hall.Among the consorts are Wu Youji and Princess Taiping, Wu Yanhui and Princess Xindu, Yang Shen and Princess Changning, Wei Jie and Princess Cheng'an, a total of 24 princesses and consorts, sitting in the fifth hall.

Zhongzong and Empress Wei sat in the sixth hall, accompanied by Pei Tan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Xi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, General Zhao Chengfu, General Xue Jian, King Chongfu of Wei Qiao, King Chongmao of Wen, and Ye Jing, the son of the state who offered wine , Chang Attendant Ma Qinke, Guanglu Shaoqing Yang Jun, all of them took their wives and concubines to sit beside the queen.The combination of officials and princes in this hall is quite nondescript, and the reason for this is that they are all Queen Wei's confidantes.Among them, Yang Jun was originally a cook employed by Wei Sili's family. Empress Wei had a banquet at Wei's house. She said that the dishes were delicious, and she was rewarded with a hundred taels of gold. As soon as he saw it, he felt that he was secretly in love, and immediately issued an edict to transfer Yang Jun to the palace to be the empress of Wei.Because he can feed Empress Wei sweetly and make her feel better after Wu Sansi's death, so often in the middle of the night, Empress Wei will call her into another room to quietly bestow the grace of rain and dew, Because of this, Yang Jun also got the official title of Guanglu Shaoqing.And Ma Qinke was originally an imperial doctor in the imperial hospital. The queen occasionally suffered from a cold, and the eyebrows of Qin Ke who went to get a pulse diagnosis were so handsome that Empress Wei couldn't help but often pass him into the palace when he was healthy. Cure the disease of emptiness.As for Ye Jing, who was born as a horse dealer, he was very good at horseback. After Wei Wei went out of the palace and found out, he could show his horseback riding skills to the fullest in bed, which made Queen Wei very useful.

This night, keeping watch in the palace, these three favored ministers are naturally indispensable. Because they hinder the emperor's eyes and ears, the empress pretended not to be very happy on purpose. The more Zhongzong saw the empress unhappy, the more he had to try to make her happy stand up.

6. Loyalty soars to the sky
In May 710 AD, Yan Qinrong, a small local official, actually wrote a letter accusing Empress Wei of fornication.Li Xian, Emperor Zhongzong, was furious immediately. Originally, he deliberately covered his eyes and ears with a green turban, and then he could tell himself in his heart that Empress Wei was still the affectionate and intentional person who accompanied him to suffer in the small courtyard for 5 years. Concubine Wei, who is courageous, insightful, wise, and strategic, who once shared his worries and difficulties, he must love her and pamper her to compensate her for pampering her, otherwise he will be sorry for the true love of sharing weal and woe back then.But now Yan Qinrong, a small local official who does not have the authority and influence of the prince Li Chongjun, coincides with the unknown prince Li Chongjun. Even though they have never met each other, they dare to act When the same thing happened, Emperor Zhongzong took off the green turban abruptly, making him feel the extreme pain and suffering when he had to face it squarely. How could such a person be let go, so Zhongzong Li Xian ordered to be escorted Yan Qinrong entered Beijing.

But what made Emperor Zhongzong even more painful was that just above the main hall, he was about to question this local official, but Empress Wei was deeply afraid that this bold Yan Qinrong would be in full view, especially in front of the emperor. She blocked her things that could not be seen in broad daylight, and revealed them in broad daylight, so she completely dismissed Zhongzong and gave orders without authorization.The disciples under her also did not wait for Zhongzong's order, so they ordered the warriors to do it, and threw the local official Yan Qinrong to death on the spot in public.

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