Chapter 75 Fading Innocent Peace
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Ang Lee's humility made Princess Taiping smile slightly, and then Princess Taiping helped Ang Lee up and said, "It's all my family, so there is no need for so much etiquette."
This palace and your mother are sisters, so this palace is your aunt.
We are a family. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to me. OK, okay... Let's see who I have brought you?"
After saying that, Princess Taiping pointed to a twelve-year-old boy sitting next to her... The boy had been sitting there silently, so Ang Lee didn't pay attention just now.
Then I heard Princess Taiping introduce with a smile: "He is your cousin... My eldest son Xue Chongxun...!"
Xue Chongxun is the eldest son of Princess Taiping and Xue Shao... Xue Shao is Princess Taiping's first husband. This husband was chosen by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. It is said that the emperor's daughter has no worries about marriage, but it was not the case in the Tang Dynasty.
The princess' identity is really embarrassing. The royal family genealogy of the Li Tang Dynasty is not noble. Even if they have become relatives with me, they are still a group of "mud legs" in the eyes of the noble families of the gentry.
Everyone should have heard of the fact that women from the five surnames do not marry royal children.
This is not enough to marry an old noble, but a new noble, right? It seems that it is not good. If the children of a noble family in the future have relied on the princess and held the title of a princess, it is difficult to make substantial progress in their careers, and they will have to welcome a great Buddha to serve them at home.
Moreover, the princess of the Tang Dynasty liked to interfere in political affairs very much (you will know after Taiping's later experience). Unlucky encounters a suspected rebellion like Princess Bijing and Princess Hepu, who cheated the whole son-in-law's family in minutes.
So... the princess of the Tang Dynasty are generally not easy to marry, but she couldn't stand the love between Taiping's parents, so she chose Xue Shao, the good east bed.
What family background does Xue Shao have? He was born in the Xue family in Fenyin, Hedong, and the famous general Xue Rengui came from the southern house of the Xue family, while Xue Shao came from the western house. From the Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Xue family in Hedong produced Zhuzi for generations, which was a very prominent family.
Xue Shao's father Xue Guan was appointed as General Zuo Fengchen Guard and Duwei. His mother was Princess Chengyang, the legitimate daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun. Xue Shao was the youngest son of the two. He was only two years old (if the epitaph is true) and he was appointed as the sixth-rank Fengyilang.
What does it mean to be from the sixth rank? Bai Juyi had to pass the Jinshi alive and was admitted to the position of ninth rank essayman; Xue Shao had already had an official position from the sixth rank before he was in elementary school. This evil powerful class!
After choosing the candidate for the prince-consort, in the second year of Yonglong, Princess Taiping got married at the most carefree age in her life.
In the past, the grand occasion of brides getting married was often described as "Ten Miles of Red Makeup". Can princesses get married less dowry? So they are too lazy to write history books. "The Biography of Princess" rarely records the process of princesses' marriage.
Princess Taiping is an exception. Two points mentioned in historical books are sufficient to prove the grandness of the Taiping wedding.
First, on the day of the wedding, I borrowed Wannian County Government as a wedding hall, but the door of the county government was too narrow and the princess was riding the zoo car that the princess was riding. What should I do? I immediately smashed the wall next to the door to accommodate the wedding car.
There are no detailed data on luxury wedding cars in history books, but as a county yamen, the yamen will definitely not be as short as the doors of ordinary houses. This yamen used for marriage must be huge in size, so that even the yamen cannot be stuffed.
Secondly, in order to add to the festive atmosphere, fireworks were burned at the wedding, starting from Xing'anmen Gate in the north of the palace, fired along the road, and the trees next to them were withered.
The Tang Dynasty was no different from today. There was no street lights when walking at night. The wedding was held at night, and only by lighting fireworks to illuminate the road. The intention to illuminate the entire road was both fuel and manpower. In that era, only Princess Taiping could operate this way.
In "Complete Tang Poetry", the "wedding live broadcast" by several poets including Yuan Wanqing, Guo Zhengyi, Ren Xigu... "The Princess Fenghe Princess Taiping Surrenders", we can still read it thousands of years later.
Princess Li Tang became a wife of the Xue family from then on.
After the marriage, Princess Taiping's relationship and daily life with Xue Shao were left without any records. However, from the records of other princesses, it can be inferred that Taiping and Xue Shao should get along well. Why do you say so?
The eloquence of famous ladies in the Tang Dynasty often describes the following: "Just just enjoy the taste, friends, and sisters, and the virtues are not violated." They not only handle housework, sacrifices, but also live in harmony with their sister-in-law and younger wife, but also have to be very respectful. This is the expectation of ordinary women as wives.
Royal princesses can’t be regarded as ordinary women.
Before the Anshi Rebellion, the royal princess relied on her parents' power to bully the prince-consort and his parents. It was nothing new. Some princesses were directly recorded as "unruly and illegal" and "unruly". Even the historians were not afraid of the scandal of having an affair with others.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the royal family was in slump, and the princesses became much more obedient than their aunts.
Compared with the scolding of Princess Taiping to bully men and dominate women in the later period and playing with power, history books hardly mention the first marriage of Taiping.
If Taiping and Xue Shao were not polite and disrespectful to their parents-in-law during their marriage, the historian would definitely criticize her when he wrote a biography for her. Without mentioning a word, it is probably because there is no black material to dig.
On the other hand, the fertility of the two is also a proof of good relationship.
During the seven-year marriage between Taiping and the first son-in-law Xue Shao, he gave birth to four children, almost three years of fertility frequency. Traditional Chinese men can easily have children with other women besides their wife. Therefore, the number of children born to the couple is also a reflection of their relationship.
But the happy life lasted for less than eight years. Xue Shao's brother Xue Yan participated in the rebellion between King Yue Li Zhen and King Langya Li Chong and son of King Langya Li Chong, and Xue Shao was implicated and imprisoned.
In the first year of Yongchang, Xue Shao starved to death in prison in Henan County at the age of 29. The following year, Wu Zetian became emperor.
Xue Shao, a tall, rich and handsome man who married a top white, rich and beautiful woman, only after his mind was in trouble would he participate in the uprising against his mother-in-law.
Then, from Wu Zetian's operations, Xue Shao had to "participate in" the rebellion no matter what. Because the first son-in-law had just died, Wu Zetian couldn't wait to find her daughter with her second husband... Wu Youji
At the beginning, I looked for Wu Chengsi, but Wu Chengsi was sick, so I found Wu Youji.
From Wu Zetian's perspective, perhaps his daughter's surname is Li, but she is not as good as her relatives in the Wu family.
If the daughter marrys Wu, wouldn’t she become a member of the Wu family?
It is worth noting that Princess Taiping and Wu Youji did not give birth to a single child. Wu Youji's four children were all born to the ex-wife who was killed by Wu Zetian.
In a sense, Princess Taiping's innocence ended with Xue Shao's sudden death.
Now that Ang Lee sees Princess Taiping, she no longer has the innocence of the past. If Ang Lee had come to Luoyang early, she would meet her aunt who was still with Xue Shao.
At that time, his aunt might have used all her life to love the child left by her own sister.
But now everything is different. Princess Taiping has lost her innocence because of her mother. At this time, in Princess Taiping's eyes, Ang Lee, the son of his own sister, is just a chess piece that he might be able to use.
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Chapter completed!