Many people are not familiar with the Drunken Bone of Queen Wang. Let’s enjoy it together with the History Encyclopedia editor.
The Tang Dynasty was a very important dynasty in Chinese history, with a development level even higher than that of today’s China. At that time, there was an empress named Wu Zetian. It can be said that there are no predecessors or successors, but in the course of history, Wu Zetian played a crucial role. Wu Zetian played a pivotal role in the Tang Dynasty, and because of her existence, Tang history appeared so smooth and developed for such a long time.
Wu Zetian, who was young in the Western era, was somewhat dissatisfied with marrying Li Shimin, who was 26 years her senior. Yang is her mother, telling her that if she can marry the emperor, she should know how to cherish her blessings. When Li Shimin was seriously ill, she put all her thoughts on Li Zhi. Wu Zetian knew that after Li Shimin’s death, Li Zhi’s obsession with herself was the only reliance for her to regain her glory and wealth. In this way, Wu Zetian, who was in the Gan Ye Temple, specially wrote a poem for Li Zhi in exchange for his special feelings for her.
But at that time, Li Zhi still doted on a concubine named Xiao Shufei, who was the Prince of Lanling. Although she couldn’t compare to Queen Wang, her family was quite prestigious. Xiao Shufei soon gave birth to a son and two daughters for Li Zhi, which made Queen Wang, who had not yet had a child, very wary because she felt that if Xiao Shufei continued to spoil her like this, she might one day replace her position.
Xiao Shufei also overestimated Li Zhi’s favoritism towards her and had many complaints about it. Unexpectedly, Li Zhi not only did not love her, but also annoyed her. Wu Zhaoyi’s affection for Li Zhi grew stronger and stronger, and Empress Wang became increasingly restless. She secretly begged Wu Zetian with her mother Liu Shi to curse her with the “technique of disliking victory”. Paper cannot cover fire, and Li Zhi was furious upon seeing this. Moreover, Empress Wang and Consort Xiao Shufei were also deposed as commoners and imprisoned in the cold palace.
Another time, Tang Gaozong suddenly thought of these two people and came to the cold palace. However, after seeing their pitiful appearance, he was distracted and wanted to release them. But Wu Zetian saw through this and deceived Li Zhi. On the one hand, she ordered the two people’s hands and feet to be cut off, and then put them in wine bottles and subjected them to the torture of drunkenness. A few days later, she deceived Li Zhi and ordered the execution of these two people. Generally speaking, although the punishment of drunkenness was cruel, it was actually the Queen’s own decision. If Wu Zetian was not allowed to enter the palace, how could Queen Wang have such a fate?
