Princess Xiangcheng, she is the eldest daughter of Li Shimin, and she is also the most special one among Li Shimin’s many daughters. Interested readers and history encyclopedia editors should take a look together!
We all know that during his reign, Li Shimin had always maintained a friendly attitude towards ethnic minorities, which led to the heroic deeds of Princess Wencheng’s marriage in history. Thanks to Princess Wencheng’s talent and wisdom, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and ethnic minorities remained very good. At this time, many people would ask that the princesses sent for marriage should not be ranked by age and then selected. As Li Shimin’s eldest daughter, Princess Xiangcheng’s name has never been included in the marriage roster.
Not only that, Li Shimin did not casually choose Princess Xiangcheng as a beautiful woman, but through his careful selection, married her to Xiao Rui as his wife. Xiao Rui’s father was the prime minister of the current dynasty and the younger brother of Empress Xiao of the previous dynasty. In short, Princess Xiangcheng’s husband’s family was a prosperous aristocratic family.
And Princess Xiangcheng and Xiao Rui are also living happily together. The family has been living a simple life, and Princess Xiangcheng has also given birth to many children for Xiao Rui. So why does Li Shimin treat Princess Xiangcheng so uniquely?
Firstly, this is related to the temperament of Princess Xiangcheng. Princess Xiangcheng is a filial woman and her behavior is an excellent example. Therefore, Li Shimin has many times asked his other daughters to learn from her and take her as a role model. After marrying off, Princess Xiangcheng was supposed to live separately from her husband’s family according to the rules. The princess had her own mansion, but she refused on the grounds that she could not serve her in laws well due to being separated from her husband’s family. However, Li Shimin did not refuse because he knew how filial his daughter was, and naturally Princess Xiangcheng became the first person in that dynasty to break the rules.
At that time, as a woman, it really required a lot of courage to dare to break the rules. Of course, her courage largely came from the emperor’s favor, otherwise, nothing would be possible without the emperor’s favor.
