Although Li Shimin had many children, the one he loved the most was the seven legitimate bloodlines of Empress Changsun. Among them, Princess Hengshan was Li Shimin’s legitimate youngest daughter. Empress Changsun passed away when she was 2 years old, so Li Shimin doted on this daughter particularly. As for her title, Princess Li Tang cannot be named after mountains and rivers, and she is the only exception. Interested readers and history encyclopedia editors, let’s take a look together!
In order to find a good home for his young daughter, Li Shimin put in a lot of effort and ultimately chose the mother of Empress Changsun, the Sun family. In February of the 23rd year of the Zhenguan reign, Li Shimin issued an edict announcing the princess’s marriage. However, in less than three months, Li Shimin passed away with a sense of sadness. After the princess mourned for three years, the new emperor Li Zhi presided over her sister’s marriage and she was conferred the title of Princess of Xincheng. But seven years later, a disaster occurred in the Changsun family, and the son-in-law was exiled. The princess also wept all day long.
Li Zhi remarried his sister out of guilt, but this time the son-in-law did not meet the princess’s wishes. Soon after, the princess died of illness, and Li Zhi was deeply saddened. After thousands of years, archaeologists entered the princess’s tomb and broke into a cold sweat. The tomb chamber, like all the tombs of Tang princes and princesses, is covered with murals, but the attendants in the murals of the New City Princess Tomb have all had their heads removed, and after the murals were painted, they were uniformly removed, becoming headless attendants.
After research, it is estimated that only Li Zhi has the ability to do so. Li Zhi knew that Princess Xincheng was the beloved of his father, but he did not take good care of her. Therefore, he vented his anger on everyone around the princess, including the servants in these murals.