In the first year of Xiantian, Li Danchan was located in Li Longji, who ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor at the Taiji Palace in Chang’an. Below, the History Encyclopedia editor brings you this article. Interested friends can continue reading.
Princess Taiping was the daughter of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, the younger sister of Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian and Emperor Ruizong Li Dan, and the aunt of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji. Princess Taiping’s father, mother, and two brothers were all emperors, and she was deeply loved and respected by her parents and brothers throughout her life.
During the turmoil of Empress Wei, Princess Taiping and Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong of Tang) joined forces to eliminate the Wei family group in one fell swoop. Later, when Li Dan was reinstated, it was Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
Firstly, Princess Taiping made contributions, and secondly, Princess Taiping was Li Dan’s sister, so she was greatly favored by Li Dan at this time, to the extent that she developed into Princess Taiping, who once had power over the court and the public. Originally, she had teamed up with Li Longji, but later Princess Taiping discovered that the Crown Prince was very shrewd. She was worried that it would affect her own status, so she plotted to depose the Crown Prince and prepare to appoint a weak and easily bullied person as the Crown Prince. Of course, Emperor Ruizong Li Dan did not ultimately depose Li Longji.
Later, Li Dan abdicated and Li Longji ascended the throne, becoming Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. At this time, although Li Longji had ascended to the throne as emperor, Princess Taiping still refused to give up. Moreover, at that time, Princess Taiping had power over the court and did not take Li Longji seriously, so she prepared to launch a coup.
However, the result was that Li Longji achieved the final victory, and Princess Taiping was given to die at home by Li Longji. This incident had a wide range of implications, with dozens of Princess Taiping’s sons and followers being executed.
The act of plotting rebellion, being executed, and implicating family members was also a normal occurrence in ancient imperial power struggles.
Princess Taiping had two sons with Xue Shao, and two sons with Wu Youji. However, when Princess Taiping passed away, all of her descendants, except for her second son Xue Chongjian, were implicated and executed.
Why did Li Longji only spare Xue Chongjian when he executed Princess Taiping!
As for why Xue Chongjian was not implicated in the case of her mother, Princess Taiping, it is mainly because Xue Chongjian followed Li Longji, who belonged to Li Longji’s party. After Li Longji’s victory, he had a grudge against Princess Taiping. It was understandable for him to kill Princess Taiping for the sake of imperial power, but Xue Chongjian was his own party, so why kill him!
Xue Chongjian was the son of Princess Taiping and Xue Shao. He was awarded the titles of Shangzhu State and Lijie County King for his contributions in participating in the Tang Long coup and supporting Tang Ruizong.
Xue Chongjian and Li Longji have a cousin relationship, and they have had a good relationship since childhood. Originally, Princess Taiping loved her son Xue Chongjian very much. However, later on, Princess Taiping’s power became too great, almost overwhelming the court and the public, and her behavior was not worthy of praise. This made Xue Chongjian dislike her, so he often discouraged her mother Princess Taiping. However, Princess Taiping not only did not listen, but also often whipped Xue Chongjian. At that time, although Xue Chongjian was angry in his heart, he only dared to be angry and not speak out.
So after the failure of the power struggle between Princess Taiping and Li Longji, Princess Taiping was executed, and all of Li Longji’s cousins, except for Xue Chongjian, were executed. At the same time, Li Longji also gave Xue Chongjian the surname Li and regarded him as a member of the same clan. In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, Xue Chongjian passed away.
