Introduction: Wu Chongxun was the son-in-law of Princess Anle, and he once visited Empress Wei's bed in Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty. Wei and his concubine Shangguan Wan'er had an affair with minister Wu Sansi, but Zhongzong didn't think it was strange.

Princess Anle (?~710) was the daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty. Born to Queen Wei, her nickname was Guo'er. He married Wu Chongxun (Wu Sansi's son) first and then Wu Yanxiu (Wu Chengsi's son). During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, officials were established in the government and some were sold off. Most of them were from the prime minister or below. She once asked herself to be the crown princess. They seized people's fields and houses, built a large-scale work industry, and lived a luxurious life. In the first year of Jingyun (710), he poisoned Zhongzong with Queen Wei and others, and was soon killed in a palace coup launched by Li Longji (Xuanzong).

Li Xiansheng, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, had eight daughters. The seventh daughter was named Li Guoer. After Zhongzong was deposed, Weishi gave birth to her on the way to Fangzhou with Weishi. Because of the embarrassing situation at that time, he took off his clothes in a hurry to make a swaddling bag, so he was named Bao'er. When Li Guo'er was in her teens, she was smart and beautiful. Zhongzong and Weishi loved her very much and allowed her to do whatever they wanted since she was a child. Therefore, Princess Anle developed an arrogant and willful temper from an early age. After Zhongzong was recalled to the East Palace, Wu Zetian saw Li Guo'er and particularly admired her beauty and wisdom, so she named her Princess Anle.

Wu Chongxun, the son of Wu Sansi, is one year older than Princess Anle and often comes in and out of the palace. Wu Chongxun often stole incense and jade in the palace, and did many romantic things with the palace maids. Rumors spread that Wu Chongxun was in love with his aunt Hao. Wu Zetian felt that it was too unbearable, so he assigned Princess Anle to Wu Chongxun to quell the rumors. Nonsense. When she was about to get married, all the noble relatives and officials came to congratulate her. Prime ministers Li Qiao and Su Weiwei, as well as Langguan Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen, etc. all wrote poems and articles to praise him. In fact, Princess Anle and Wu Chongxun have hooked up secretly. Less than six months after getting married, Princess Anle gave birth to a baby boy.

Soon after Wu Zetian died and Tang Zhongzong was restored to power, Princess Anle gradually became arrogant and invading power over the world. Since Zhongzong was deposed in Fangzhou for a long time, Empress Wei went through many difficulties with him. When Zhongzong was in Fangzhou, he once said to her: "Once we see the light of day, we will never taboo each other." Therefore, Zhongzong treated Empress Wei very much after his restoration. indulgence. Webster imitated Wu Zetian. When Zhongzong visited the court, he also sat on the left side of the throne across the curtain. Huan Yanfan advised Zhongzong, "It is harmful but not beneficial to use the hen in the morning. Please stay in the middle palace exclusively and not interfere with external affairs." Zhongzong ignored it.

Wu Yan, a brother of Wu Chongxun, had a beautiful appearance and lived in the Turks for several years. He was proficient in foreign language and dance. He was younger and more handsome than Wu Chongxun. He often went to the consort's house to chat. Princess Anle and Wu Yanxiu also did not shy away from each other and often joked together. Wu Yanxiu saw that Princess Anle was really beautiful, so he devoted himself to working on the princess. Princess Anle saw that he was both powerful and handsome, and he was also seeking pleasure and flattery, so she couldn't control it. The two formed a romantic affair behind their backs and flirted with each other all day long in the mansion. Only Wu Chongxun in the mansion was unaware of it.

Zhongzong’s prince Li Chongjun was not born by Wei. He was often ostracized by Queen Wei, insulted by Princess Taiping and teased by Wu Sansi. He had no power and had to swallow his anger, but Secretly, he is accumulating power. Wu Chongxun instigated Princess Anle to ask Zhongzong to depose the prince. Li Chongjun was very aggrieved. In the third year of Shenlong, he launched part of the Yulin Army to kill Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun, and planned to kill Queen Wei and Princess Anle. However, because the Yulin Army who followed them defected, the coup failed and Li Chongjun was killed.

Wu Chongxun was killed in Li Chongjun's rebellion, and Princess Anle was happy to have a romantic relationship with Wu Yanxiu. Wu Yanxiu suddenly won the princess's commitment, so she naturally worked hard and immersed herself in the gentle countryside. Gradually, the two of them became brazen and openly slept together like a couple. When Zhongzong heard about it, he simply betrothed Princess Anle to Wu Yanxiu. When Wei saw Wu Yanxiu's handsome young man, he couldn't help but arouse jealousy. Later, he forced Wu Yanxiu to sleep with him, and the mother and daughter had fun together.

Princess Anle and Princess Changning, another daughter of Zhongzong, competed with each other to build large-scale construction projects and build mansions. They competed with each other in terms of luxury and luxury decoration. Not only did they completely imitate the palace in terms of architectural scale, but also in terms of sophistication. More than the palace. Zhongzong gave Princess Anle a house in Jinchengfang, which was extremely poor and magnificent, and the treasury was empty. There is a Kunming Pool in Chang'an, which was dug during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. Princess Anle was married out of the palace, and she often remembered the scenery beside Kunming Pool. Relying on Zhongzong's favor, she requested that Kunming Pool be awarded to her and be transferred to the grounds of the Prince Consort's Mansion. . Zhongzong refused and said: "Kunming Pond has never rewarded people since the previous generation. I can't go against the ancestral rules. The fish in Kuang Pond are sold for 100,000 yuan every year, and the palace's pollen capital depends entirely on it. If this pond is used now Rewarding you will make the concubines lose their luster."

Princess Anle felt very depressed, so she took the people's land by herself and dug a large pool, named Dingkun Pool, which was slightly larger than Kunming Pool. mean. The scenery of vegetation and trees beside the pool is just like that of Kunming Pool. In the center of the pool, a rock mountain is piled up like Huashan, and a waterfall flies down from the top of the mountain and pours into the pool water. Another clear stream was opened, with jade-built banks. The fragrant flowers and grasses on both sides of the stream were fragrant. The bottom of the stream was entirely made of corals and gems. It was exceptionally clear under the moonlight. The eaves of the flying pavilion, the sloping bridges and paths, the clothes are decorated with brocade, the paintings are decorated with paintings, the decorations are decorated with gold and silver, and the crystals are decorated with pearls and jade. On the day of its completion, the garden was decorated with lights. At night, the lights on the treetops shine like stars in the sky. Many pavilions were built along the pond, and many fishermen and hunters lived there. The princess herself also dressed up as a fisherman and a hunter, fishing on the pond or hunting in the mountains.

Princess Anle gathered all the craftsmen in the world and built a hundred-treasure incense burner in the Zhaocheng Buddhist Temple in Luozhou. The furnace is three feet high, with four doors and four small bridges. It is engraved with flowers, birds, heavens, music, unicorns, phoenixes, white cranes, etc. The furnace body is inlaid with pearls, agate, coral, gems, chariot shells, and bamboo harp. , with 30,000 yuan, all the treasury's reserves over the years have been exhausted. She owns two bird skirts, which are rare treasures. The bird skirt was made by Shang Fang, the organization responsible for preparing palace clothing, and was woven from bird feathers. The colors of this skirt are dazzling, and its true color is unknown. It looks like one color from the front and another from the side. It looks one color in the sun and another in the shadow. The skirt is glittering with hundreds of colors. Bird pattern. Later, Yizhou presented a single-silk blue cage dress with gold strands for flowers and birds, as thin as silk hair and as big as millet rice. It had eyes, nose, mouth and armor, which was magical and incredible.

Princess Anle opened a palace and appointed officials, which was overwhelming for both the government and the opposition. She set the prices for national officials and titles, including the number of county magistrates and the number of governors, and sold them publicly. The price was paid in full. Whether they were butchers, taverns, or slaves for others, as long as they paid 300,000 yuan, the princess would be the one to give them the title. Officials were appointed by imperial decree. At one time, there were five to six thousand people awarded official positions. Princess Anle often wrote her own edicts and took them into the palace. She covered the words on the edict with one hand, but grabbed Zhongzong's hand with the other to sign the edict. Zhongzong loved his daughter so much that he didn't even see what was written and just signed it. Therefore, there are many officials below the prime minister. There are often local tyrants and scoundrels who follow the path of Princess Anle and suddenly send out imperial edicts to pay homage to high-ranking officials. Not only the officials and Yamen don't know about it, but Zhongzong is also confused.

Princess Anle had been raised by Wu Zetian since she was a child. She envied Wu Zetian's arbitrary approach to ruling the court, so she fancied herself to be the crown princess. Zhongzong stroked the princess's neck and joked: "When your mother becomes the empress, it will not be too late to make you the crown princess." Princess Anle secretly encouraged Weishi every day to imitate Wu Zetian in handling the affairs of the court. Because Zhongzong was weak and sick, Empress Wei began to act arbitrarily on her own, and her arrogance became stronger day by day. Zhongzong, on the other hand, hid in the palace all day long, finding a few beautiful maids to tease and amuse himself. All military and state affairs were presided over by Queen Wei alone.

One day Princess Anle suddenly had a whim and remembered that the five beards of the Buddha statue in Nihuan Temple in Nanhai were decorated with the real beard of Xie Lingyun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so she sent Huangmenguan to cut off all the Buddha's beards. The monks did not dare to stop him at all. It turns out that Xie Lingyun during the Jin Dynasty had a beautiful beard and he cherished it very much. He would wrap it up in a gauze bag before going to bed every night. Later, when Xie Lingyun was about to be executed, he voluntarily cut off his beard and gave it to the monks of Nihuan Temple for the purpose of decorating Buddha statues. The monks in the temple, whenever they saw someone coming to rejoice, would proudly point out the Buddha's beard to others. Now that they saw Princess Anle cutting off the Buddha's beard, they felt extremely painful. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the princesses and concubines gathered in Kunming Pool to feast on fighting grass. While the fight was getting lively, Princess Anle suddenly took out Xie Lingyun's real beard, and everyone was extremely surprised.

The son of Princess Anle is only eight years old. One day, Empress Wei held the child on her lap and issued an edict to worship her as Taichang Qing and Duke Hao, with an eunuch for 500 households. When Zhongzong saw that Empress Wei was making decisions without permission and did not take him seriously, he stopped Empress Wei's hand and issued an edict, saying: "Wait a moment before issuing an edict! I will wait until I return to the palace to make further decisions." Empress Wei listened coldly. He said: "What do you care about? When your Majesty was in Fangzhou, didn't you say that you would hear what my concubine did in the future? Why do you want to interfere now?" Zhongzong felt more and more impatient, so he said nothing and passed on He ordered to drive back to the palace. Empress Wei no longer took Zhongzong seriously, and when she saw Zhongzong returning to the palace in anger, she was not frightened and drank and had fun in Princess Anle's mansion until late at night.

Soon after, Yan Qinrong, who joined the army in Xuzhou, said: "The Queen *** interfered in the state affairs, Princess Anle Wu Yanxiu and Zong Chuke, etc., are traitors and plot to endanger the country. They should be severely punished urgently." , just in case something unexpected happens." Zhongzong summoned Yan Qinrong to question him. Yan Qinrong kowtowed to the ground and spoke loudly with an unyielding look on his face. Tang Zhongzong remained silent. As soon as Yan Qinrong stepped out of the palace, Queen Wei's subordinate Zong Chuke ordered the knight to take him back in chains, throw him on the stone in the palace, break his neck, and kill him immediately. Zhongzong was furious and asked whether Zong Chuke had ordered this matter. He couldn't help but said to the knights bitterly: "You only know that there is Zong Chuke, but you don't know that I am?" Zong Chuke was very frightened after hearing about it, fearing that the emperor would Even if he wanted to kill himself, he thought about it again and decided to go to the palace and tell Wei that the emperor had changed his mind. Wei was still brooding over Zhongzong's previous betrayal, and Empress Wei had an affair with Ma Qinke and Yang Jun. She was worried that the affair would be revealed and cause disaster; Princess Anle hoped that Empress Wei would become the emperor when she came to the throne. The mother and daughter joined forces and planned to poison Zhongzong. Webster made the cake himself and put poison into the filling. After the cake was steamed, I heard that Zhongzong was checking the memorial in Shenlong Hall, so he ordered the palace maid to bring the cake to Zhongzong. Zhongzong loved pancakes the most. He reached out to pick them up and ate them. He ate eight or nine pancakes in a row and said they tasted very good. Unexpectedly, after a while, he felt severe pain in his abdomen. He could not sit still and fell down on the couch. The chamberlain hurriedly reported to Queen Wei. Queen Wei slowly entered the palace and asked in a pretense of surprise. Zhongzong was speechless. He held his mouth with his fingers for several more moments. He could not move. He rolled his eyes and went to another world.

Empress Wei got her wish and came to the court to listen to the government, appointing Wei's children to lead the northern and southern government armies. Zong Chuke, Wu Yanxiu and others of the Wei clan, persuaded the Wei family to follow Wu Zetian's story and get rid of the Prime Minister Li Dan. Unexpectedly, Li Dan's third son, Li Longji, had already taken the lead and led the Yulin Army into the Xuanwu Gate at night, clearing out the palace and killing everyone surnamed Wei.

Queen Wei fled into the flying cavalry camp in fear. A flying cavalry beheaded Queen Wei and presented her head to Li Longji. Princess Anle lives in a secluded courtyard and is not aware of what is going on outside. She is looking in the mirror and drawing her eyebrows, accompanied by a handsome young man. Suddenly I heard a sound from behind, and when I was about to look back, I felt a sudden pain in the back of my neck. I screamed miserably and fell to the ground dead.

"Old Tang Book" records: "Wu Chongxun was the son-in-law of Princess Anle, that is, Yanxiu was introduced to Zhudi from his father and brother. Yanxiu had been abroad for a long time, and he understood the Turkic language. He often stayed in Zhudi, and Yanxiu sang Turkic songs. , doing the Hu Xuan dance, she was very charming, and the Lord was very happy. When Chongxun died, Yanxiu was blessed, and she became the princess. "Princess Anle's life was colorful, but it was very common in the Tang Dynasty court. The royal family of the Li and Tang Dynasties originated from the Turks, not the Han people. Chen Yinke has discussed this in detail in the first chapter of "The Political History of the Tang Dynasty" "The Clans of the Ruling Class and Their Rise and Fall". Precisely because they came from Hu Yi, the Li Tang royal family also inherited the style of Hu Yi when it came to marriage and love, appearing to be too liberal and even indulgent. In the court of the Tang Dynasty, concubines and maids did not avoid foreign ministers, and could even interact with them in close proximity without any formality. For example, Zhongzong's empress Wei Shi and his concubine Shangguan Wan'er had an affair with minister Wu Sansi, but Zhongzong did not find it strange. Hong Mai said in "Three Brushstrokes of Rong Zhai": "The people of the Tang Dynasty did not ridicule the suspicion of plum blossoms in the melon fields." Zhu Xi also pointed out, "The origin of the Tang Dynasty originated from the Yi and Di, so the rudeness of the boudoir was not considered unusual." Princess Hao of the Tang Dynasty There are those who are extravagant and arrogant, there are those who are tyrannical and promiscuous, and there are also those who are jealous and cruel. It is not only the case that princesses do not practice women's etiquette, but it is not uncommon. This is a relatively strange phenomenon in the past dynasties. . When "Tang Yulin" records Tang Xuanzong, Princess Anle was also used as a negative teaching material: "Shang Chang taught: "Don't treat your husband lightly, and don't interfere in current affairs. "He also sent down the emperor Zha Xu Li, and at the end he said: "If you disobey my precepts, peace and happiness will be harmed. Please encourage me!" According to "Taiping Guangji": "In the year of Emperor Jinglong of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Anle built Anle Temple in Daoguangfang, Luozhou, spending millions. The nursery rhyme goes: "Pity Anle Temple, it is dead and hanging from the top of the tree." "Later, Ni Wei was killed, An Le was also killed, her head was hung on a pole, and she was rebellious against the common people." The so-called omen is unbelievable, but the ending of Princess An Le was indeed caused by her own misbehavior.