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In the history of our country, the empresses of all dynasties, as the mother of a country, have been the epitome of women in the world. Most people are filled with awe towards the empress, but in the Tang Dynasty, there was a minister who dared to have an affair with her. The emperor not only did not get angry, but also regarded her as his confidant, and even killed his own son to worship him after his death. This minister thought twice about it.
He was originally the nephew of Empress Wu Zetian, a very ambitious person who would do anything for fame and fortune. After the support of Wu Zetian, the ambition of the Wu clan grew stronger. He even hoped to become the crown prince. After realizing that it was almost impossible, he tried to please Wu Zetian while secretly associating with her son, thus gaining the trust of Li Xian.
After Li Xian ascended the throne, Wu Shi betrothed Li Xian’s daughter, Princess Anle, to Wu Sansi’s son in order to make her mother’s family stronger. It has to be said that in the Tang Dynasty, with the example of Empress Wu Zetian, the women in the imperial palace were also ambitious about the throne, among whom the three most obvious were the emperor’s wife Empress Wei, daughter Princess Anle, and the famous Shangguan Wan’er.
After Empress Wu Zetian abdicated, Shangguan Wan’er refused to accept the arrangement to live a life of purity and frugality in a nunnery. Therefore, she secretly seduced Wu Sansi and asked him to help her become Li Xian’s concubine. Thus, Shangguan Wan’er smoothly entered the palace. After entering the palace, she learned that the emperor had a weak personality and Empress Wei had immense power. Therefore, in order to please Empress Wei, she introduced Wu Sansi to her, and Wu Sansi began to have an affair with her.
The three of them cooperated internally and externally, almost completely sidelining the emperor, and the emperor was unaware of it. They always regarded Wu Sansi as their confidant in their hearts. At that time, the Crown Prince was Li Zhongjun, who was not the biological son of Empress Wei. Therefore, Empress Wei wanted to depose the Crown Prince in order to smoothly take power, so she sought the help of Wu Sansi.
Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince learned of Wu Sansi’s plan in advance and immediately launched a coup, killing Wu Sansi and his son. After Wu Sansi’s death, the emperor was very sad and blamed all the mistakes on the crown prince. What is even more unbelievable is that the emperor actually executed the crown prince and took his head to worship the minister who wore a green hat for himself. This shows how foolish the emperor has become.
Later, Li Xian was poisoned to death by Empress Wei and her daughter Princess Anle, but Empress Wei’s goal of proclaiming himself emperor was not achieved. Shortly thereafter, Li Longji united with Princess Taiping to seize the throne into his own hands. After his death, Wu Sansi was also buried and his body was whipped, all honors were abolished, and he was demoted to the lowest rank.
