This Li Hou’er, known as the first beauty of the Tang Dynasty, has a malicious heart behind her beautiful appearance. It can be said that compared to Wu Zetian, she is no less impressive. She was the seventh daughter of Emperor Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, Princess Anle Li Hou’er, and also the most favored daughter. She was pampered from a young age and had the best of everything, but due to power struggles, her reputation was ruined. What’s going on here? Below, the history encyclopedia editor will bring you a detailed introduction. Let’s take a look together!
Li Xian was deposed as the Queen of Luling and had to take his pregnant wife Wei to Fangzhou. Exhausted from traveling by boat and car on the road, Weiss accidentally had fetal gas, leading to premature birth. And the premature baby is Li Hou’er. Why is it called Bao’er? Originally, due to the harsh conditions on the road, Li Xian had to take off his own clothes and wrap his daughter, so he called her Bao’er.
At birth, the conditions were harsh, and after birth, they had to endure hardships with their parents, which made Li Xian and Wei feel very guilty. Which parent would be willing to let their daughter suffer? So even in difficult times, she tried to meet her daughter’s demands as much as possible, which also helped Li Hou’er develop a stubborn and domineering personality. In addition, after Li Hou’er grew up, she was very beautiful and intelligent, so Li Xian doted on her even more.
After Li Xian returned to Chang’an to become the crown prince, Wu Sansi began to consider Li Hou’er in order not to lose his influence in the court. He urged his son Wu Chongxun to approach Li Wan’er. As soon as Li Wan’er was in her early stages of love and didn’t understand what love was, Wu Chongxun relentlessly chased after her. Her psychological defenses were quickly breached, and she even became pregnant before getting married.
The incident of getting pregnant before marriage was a scandal even in the open Tang Dynasty, which forced Li to urge them to get married as soon as possible. Their wedding was unprecedentedly luxurious, and Wu Sansi’s goal was also achieved.
A few months later, Li Hou’er gave birth to a son. After Li Xian ascended to the throne, Li Hou’er, who became a princess, was even more lawless, buying and selling official positions at will. Almost all officials below the rank of prime minister in the court came from Li Hou’er’s family. Influenced by predecessors such as Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan’er, Li Hou’er was not only satisfied with playing around, but also had great political ambitions. Coupled with the encouragement of Wu Chongxun, Li Hou’er even felt that she wanted to become an emperor like Wu Zetian, which would be interesting!
However, Li Xian has always tolerated Li Wan’er’s recklessness. Even under the instigation of Wu Chongxun, Li Hou’er often insulted Li Chongjun, who was the crown prince, calling him a slave and requesting his father to depose the crown prince and make him the empress dowager. This has angered the Crown Prince. So Li Zhongjun gathered the Feather Forest Army and killed Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun, while Princess Anle saw that the situation was not good and fled to Li Xian and Empress Wei.
Queen Wei is also a woman with great political ambitions, and the mother and daughter are very similar. One day, the two of them began secretly plotting to poison Li Xian! Only by killing Li Xian can Wei Shi become the empress, and Li Hou’er can become the empress dowager. I don’t think Li Xian could have imagined that she would ultimately be killed by the two most trusted and beloved women! It turns out that those dotes and those who always respond to requests cannot be exchanged for the temptation of power.
Now that Wei Shi and his daughter Li Wan’er are in power, Li Longji’s claim to be emperor is about to become a bubble, so he joined forces with his aunt Princess Taiping to launch a coup.
Princess Anle washed her face and was holding the mirror, drawing her eyebrows, eyes, and applying lipstick. Li Longji quickly cut through the chaos and stabbed her with a knife. At the age of 25, she had not yet succeeded in fulfilling her wish and was killed under the knife.
Throughout Princess Anle’s life, she was born with a golden spoon in her mouth, charming and highly favored, but ended up being spoiled and spoiled from a young age, being stubborn and willful. Growing up, she was even more reckless, but no matter how much she went wrong, Li Xian never corrected her mistakes. In the end, she ended up in her hands and also let her end up in the struggle for power.
