What is Li Huai’er’s posture exactly? Can she defeat Yang Yuhuan and become the most beautiful woman in the world? Below, the History Encyclopedia editor will bring you a detailed article introduction.
The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty full of beautiful women, with the most prominent being Yang Yuhuan, one of the Four Great Beauties. But the woman we are going to introduce today is known as the “first beauty of the Tang Dynasty”.
She is Princess Anle Li Hou’er, the daughter of Emperor Tang Zhongzong Li Xian.
Li Zuo’er was born during a turbulent period in the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian’s ambition to become emperor grew stronger and stronger, so she exiled all the princes of the late emperor Li Zhi to remote areas, including Li Xian. During his exile, Li Xian was extremely worried and fearful. He feared that Empress Wu Zetian would send someone to assassinate him halfway through, and that he would never have any future troubles.
At this moment, something that made Li Xian very happy happened. His pregnant wife, Wei Shi, gave birth on the way. This newborn baby girl is very cute, making Li Xian unable to put it down.
Due to the unfavorable environment during his exile, Li Xian could only wrap the baby girl in his own clothes and robe, and thus he named her Li Hou’er.
Li Hou’er grew up to be very beautiful, and because she was very sensible, she won the favor of Li Xian and Wei Shi. In addition, with her youngest age, Li Hou’er became the most favored daughter in the family. In this situation, she developed a haughty personality, and once someone didn’t listen to her, she would secretly cause trouble for that person. Today, Li Hou’er is a true femme fatale.
Later, Wu Zetian passed away and before her death, she decided to return the throne to the descendants of the Li family. Thus, Li Xian took advantage and became the emperor, known in history as Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. And Li Hou’er was ennobled as a princess, historically known as Princess Anle. Princess Anle holds a very high position in the palace, and is particularly favored by the emperor and empress. Thus, Princess Anle’s character became increasingly arrogant.
And Princess Anle’s life is very luxurious, with one of her clothes requiring thousands of gold threads to sew. Even her bathwater is sprinkled with hundreds of freshly picked flower petals. But Princess Anle did not take this extravagant lifestyle seriously. She believed that she was already a royal princess and deserved to have this kind of life.
Over time, Princess Anle gradually became dissatisfied with this luxurious life and wanted more. So, she turned her gaze towards power. Princess Anle wanted more rights, and even demanded that her father Tang Zhongzong make her the empress dowager. Not only that, Princess Anle made many important officials in the court and even intervened in court politics.
However, Emperor Tang Zhongzong felt sorry for his daughter who followed him through the ups and downs during her childhood and did not pay much attention to these things. Later, Princess Anle and Wu Chongxun had a hidden knot, and Wu Chongxun was suspected of having an affair with Wu Zetian. At this moment, she climbed onto the high branch of Princess Anle and was even more pleased with Anle. Later, Princess Anle became pregnant and in a hurry, she became acquainted with Wu Chongxun. In Wufu, Princess Anle even had an affair with Wu Chongxun’s fellow brothers.
Later on, Princess Anle’s ambition grew even more ambitious. She wanted to become a female emperor like Wu Zetian, so Princess Anle launched a coup, but it failed. In the end, Princess Anle was executed.
In fact, Princess Anle’s life was very pitiful. Despite the love of her parents, she lived in a state of deceit and deception. Li Huan’er was considered a princess, but in the end she was criticized for plotting rebellion. Even though she was known as the most beautiful woman of the Tang Dynasty, people still focused on her arrogance and extravagance.
