How did Li Shimin’s beloved little daughter live her life? Next, the History Encyclopedia editor will bring you a historical story. Let’s take a look together!
As the saying goes, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and this is not a joke. The harems of emperors throughout history have always been filled with various beauties, ranging from plump to thin. Nowadays, many films and TV dramas are filmed based on the lives of women in the imperial harem. With more wives, there are naturally more sons and daughters. The same goes for Li Shimin, a wise ruler of the Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, Li Shimin had a total of 14 sons and 21 daughters. Among so many daughters, Li Shimin loves his youngest daughter, Princess Xincheng, the most.
Perhaps everyone would think that a princess must have been born with a golden spoon in her mouth, worry free about food and clothing, and pampered. In fact, it is indeed the case. Princesses are naturally golden branches and jade leaves, very noble. Before Li Shimin’s death, he did indeed hold Princess Xincheng in his palm and feel pain. However, the second half of Princess Xincheng’s life was extremely tragic. So, what happened in the second half of Princess Xincheng’s life?
Li Shimin was very infatuated with Empress Changsun, loving both the house and the wood, and naturally preferred the children born to Empress Changsun. Princess Xincheng was born to Empress Changsun, but she passed away when she was still a naive and ignorant child. Princess Xincheng lost her mother in her early years and lacked her mother’s love. Moreover, she was the youngest daughter of Li Shimin, so Li Shimin naturally felt even more heartbroken for Princess Xincheng and received even more love from her. Li Shimin named her Princess Hengshan when she was only 8 years old! Later, Tang Gaozong changed the title of Princess of Hengshan County to Princess of Xincheng.
Princess Xincheng and her first son-in-law, Changsun Quan, are deeply in love. They are a couple who only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals. Unfortunately, due to some political factors, Changsun Quan was implicated by Changsun Wuji and exiled outside the border. Unfortunately, he fell ill during his exile and passed away at a young age. After Changsun Quan’s death, the Princess of Xincheng was melancholic and tearful all day long.
Later, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, could not bear to see his sister gradually lose weight. Therefore, he arranged for the marriage of Princess Xincheng and Wei Zhengju, the son of the Wei family. Princess Xincheng then remarried Wei Zhengju. Unexpectedly, Tang Gao’s act of granting marriage led to the beginning of the nightmare for the New City Princess. But this Wei Zhengju is a complete hypocrite. Wei Zhengju thought that as long as he married the Princess of Xincheng, he would definitely be promoted to higher positions and wield great power. So at the beginning, he was gentle and respectful towards the New City Princess. Later, he discovered that this was not the case. After marrying Princess Xincheng and achieving great success as he had imagined, Wei Zhengju believed that Princess Xincheng was useless and unable to lead a good life for himself. Moreover, Wei Zhengju also noticed that Princess Xincheng was always missing her deceased husband, which made Wei Zhengju very angry. So, Wei Zhengju revealed his true colors, no longer gentle, and treated the New City Princess very rudely. Every day, he would vent his anger in the officialdom onto the New City Princess and occasionally humiliate her. Often saying sharp and sarcastic words that are simply unbearable to listen to!
The New City Princess is not a troublemaker. At first, Princess Xincheng felt that it was better to have less than more. Faced with Wei Zhengju’s humiliation, she always chose to silently endure and swallow all the grievances. However, everything has a limit, once it exceeds the bottom line, even rabbits will bite people. Once again, Wei Zhengju used malicious words to humiliate Princess Xincheng. The Princess of Xincheng couldn’t bear it anymore, so she pouted a few words. Wei Zhengju didn’t expect that the woman who usually couldn’t fight back or curse back would suddenly learn to confront him, and he felt even more angry. Later on, the two of them argued more and more fiercely, and their argument shifted from verbal altercations to physical conflicts. Wei Zhengju was momentarily angry and suffocated the New City Princess with a blanket. Afterwards, Wei Zhengju also fantasized about concealing the cause of death of Princess Xincheng. To the outside world, he said that Princess Xincheng was physically weak and died of illness.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhizhi, felt heartbroken after the death of Princess Xincheng, but he did not believe that Princess Xincheng had died of illness. So he ordered a thorough investigation into the service. When Emperor Taizong of Tang learned that Princess Xincheng had been tortured to death by Wei Zhengju, he was furious. I didn’t expect my beloved sister, whom my father held in the palm of his hand, to be so tortured by Wei Zhengju! Emperor Gaozong of Tang was very angry and ordered the execution of Wei Zhengju, with Princess Xincheng buried with him. Not only that, the entire Wei family has also been implicated in this matter.
The editor believes that the fate of the Princess of Xincheng is tragic, as she finally meets someone she loves, but is separated by yin and yang, heaven and man forever. Later, he encountered a hypocrite who used himself as a stepping stone for promotion and occasionally humiliated himself. Although they are golden branches and jade leaves, they have not received the love they deserve, and can only silently swallow their grievances and heartache, which is truly heartbreaking. However, such tragedies still abound in today’s society. I hope everyone can find someone who truly loves and cares for themselves in the future.
