How did Yang Yuhuan’s first husband ultimately die

How did Yang Yuhuan’s first husband ultimately die? Below, the History Encyclopedia editor will provide a detailed introduction to the relevant content.
Yang Yuhuan’s first husband was Prince Shou Li Mao, the 18th son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, originally named Li Qing, and his mother Wu Huifei, who was very favored by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He is the fourth child of Empress Wu Huifei, as none of the first three children were able to grow up smoothly. So, Emperor Tang Xuanzong attached great importance to his birth and did not dare to keep him by his mother’s side. Instead, he raised him outside the palace until he was seven years old before bringing him back.
He first met Yang Yuhuan at his sister Princess Xianyi’s wedding. Soon, Empress Wu Huifei told the emperor that her son had fallen in love with a woman. Due to the fact that Empress Wu Huifei was highly favored by the emperor at that time, Li Mao also gained the favor of Emperor Li Longji. Therefore, marrying Yang Yuhuan back home was quite smooth.
But soon, things underwent a ‘mutation’.
Li Mao first lost his mother, and not long after, his wife also left him, and it was because of his father. The occurrence of these events has caused significant changes in the personality of this longevity king.
His wife’s departure plunged his emotions into a low point. After his adoptive father, Prince Ning, passed away, he remained filial to him for three years. Perhaps due to Yang Yuhuan’s relationship, Emperor Xuanzong’s attitude towards him was not as fond as before, but rather very cold. Fortunately, he got married again and had five children, three of whom were even granted the title of prince.
So, this marriage should have made up for some of his shortcomings. The story between these three has always been a hot topic among the people. People even care about the age gap between Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan. There is no detailed record in historical books of the year of birth of King Shou. According to some historians, as a person with a special identity, Li Mao’s birthday will not be made public.
At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang conferred the title of king on his son at around the age of ten. It can be inferred from this that his age should be about three years older than Yang Yuhuan, but at that time, this was not an important issue. What everyone is more concerned about is whether there is a child between the two of them? How long did their marriage last? Is the relationship after marriage good or not?
Yang Yuhuan and her first husband Li Mao were together for about five years. However, they do not have children. The children of Prince Shou Li Mao were all born to his second wife. Many people have raised questions about this result: how could we not even have a child after being together for such a long time? Their relationship was originally very good, could it be that Yang Yuhuan couldn’t have a child?
Looking back now, it may be a fortunate thing that there were no children between them. If there is a child, there will be a tragic scene of mother son separation, and the relationship between the three will become even more awkward, which may even harm the child. Of course, there is another folk belief that Li Mao could tolerate his woman being taken into the harem by his father.
This statement is actually untenable, because his father was an emperor, and the emperor was also the ruler of the world. According to the perspective of that era, everything in the world belonged to the emperor. Although Li Longji has set his sights on his son’s wife, it is also quite peculiar in the modern world where ideas are very open-minded. However, at that time, as a son, one could not confront their own father.
Some people have also put forward their own opinions on the cause of Li Mao’s death, believing that it may be related to his first wife? However, judging from the age at which he passed away, this does not seem to hold true. At that time, he was already very old and should have experienced natural aging. Although such an unpleasant event happened in his life, making him a tragic figure, his death should be normal and has nothing to do with his father.
After Yang Yuhuan entered the palace, he received the favor of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang for many years and did not give birth to a man or a woman. It seems that it can be concluded that the problem still lies with Yang Yuhuan himself. There is a modern medical inference that it may be due to her body being overweight, which affected her fertility. This is just a speculation by later generations, and as for the true reason, only the parties involved may know. After all, in such an era, without children by your side, no matter how favored you are, you will still feel lonely in your later years.
As for Li Mao being a tragic figure, it should mean that he couldn’t even protect his own wife. After the death of Empress Wu Huifei, the lonely Emperor Xuanzong of Tang began to search for a new lover. There were three thousand beauties in the palace, but he chose his daughter-in-law – Yang Yuhuan. So, the story plot of entering the pear orchard, entering the Taoist temple, and being accepted as a concubine emerged. Even more ironic is that his marriage to Yang Yuhuan was completed under imperial decree. At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang probably did not expect that the daughter-in-law he chose for his son would later be favored by him.
Ethics, in the eyes of the ruling class, may be something that constrains the common people. For themselves, their words are ethics. Before destroying his son’s marriage, did Emperor Li Longji consider the extent of the trauma he caused to his son?
My father is the ruler of a country, but he stole his own wife. It’s like stripping off the clothes of King Shou in front of the world and wandering the streets. But Shouwang dared not resist, let alone resist. He could only watch helplessly as his beloved woman grew farther and farther away from him. Or in Li Longji’s heart, his wife did not hold such an important position. Does this also mean from another perspective: the love between Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan actually does not exist, he only wants a possessive desire unique to emperors.