Chapter 181: The Change of Xuanwu Gate 3
In July of 626 AD, the famous Xuanwumen Incident occurred in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, the capital of the Tang Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Most people think that this is a war between the royal heirs for the crown prince, which is very common, and even in other dynasties, such a phenomenon has occurred from time to time.
But there is another reason for the Xuanwumen Change, that is, Tang Taizong Li Shimin and his younger sister-in-law Princess Qi cheated, which directly contributed to the Xuanwumen Change.
Li Shimin's brother-in-law Li Yuanji's wife Yang Qimei, she was originally the most famous Qinglou courtesan in Chang'an's red light district, with beautiful appearance, graceful demeanor, ten thousand styles, thousands of charms, and proficient in poetry and literature, and good at singing and dancing, which once made countless sons and brothers in Chang'an worship under her pomegranate skirt, but in the end he married Li Yuanji and became the princess of Qi of the Li Tang Dynasty.
Tang Gaozu Li Yuan had four sons under his knees, namely the eldest son Li Jiancheng, the second son Li Shimin, the third son Li Xuanba and the fourth son Li Yuanji. Because Li Xuanba died at an early age, there are only three brothers in the Li family.
The most talented of these three brothers is Li Shimin, who raised troops against the Sui in Taiyuan and used Li Shimin as the commander of the army. When he marched into Chang'an, the capital of Sui, Li Yuan made a promise to him: "If things are successful, you will be made the crown prince." However, after the capture of Chang'an, Li Yuan ascended the throne and became the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, named Li Shimin the king of Qin, and worshiped Shang Shuling.
Li Yuan did not fulfill his promise, and Li Shimin himself attached great importance to the great cause of reunification, and did not pursue his name very much, but repeatedly pushed back and suggested that his eldest brother Li Jiancheng be appointed as the crown prince. The eldest son succeeded to the throne, which was originally the established routine of the imperial court, since Li Shimin resigned repeatedly, Li Yuan also pushed the boat to set up the eldest son as the crown prince, and named the third son Li Yuanji as the king of Qi.
But when Li Shimin commanded the army to fight in the north and south for the unification of the world, his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji spent all their time in the capital, drinking and drinking, and lived a life of leisure and luxury. It was during this period of time that Li Yuanji married Yang Qimei, a famous prostitute in Chang'an.
Contrary to Li Shimin's tall and majestic appearance and generous and steady character, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was a man with a rough and ugly appearance, a sinister and cunning personality, and a very abusive man. Soon after his marriage, he began to hunt for beautiful women outside, leaving his flower-like wife in the empty house.
This made the glamorous Yang Qimei feel very aggrieved in her heart, and sometimes she welcomed her in every possible way, wanting to regain her husband's tenderness, but in exchange for Li Yuanji's accusations. The amorous Princess Qi is extremely sad, often alone to the spring flowers and autumn moon, lamenting her tragic fate, and regretting her wasted beauty.
After several years of fighting in the north and south under the command of Li Shimin, the world was finally pacified, the country was finally unified, and Li Shimin returned to Chang'an. In order to catch him and wash the dust, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji invited Li Shimin to go out to enjoy the spring and enjoy the joy of family.
So on a warm spring day, the three brothers took their families to the hillside on the outskirts of the capital to enjoy the flowers. The spring breeze is refreshing and pleasant, under the blue sky and white clouds, everyone gallops across the wilderness, chasing and arguing, and everyone feels particularly comfortable. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, is usually handsome and handsome, fighting on the battlefield, and it is rare to have such a leisurely and quiet as today, so he is in a particularly hearty mood, and he spurs his horse to gallop away to the foot of the mountain in the distance.
At first a few horsemen followed him, but gradually they all fell behind and dispersed, and when they reached the woods in the mountains, he looked back and saw that only one horse had followed him in the distance, and he felt very happy.
When the horse ran closer, it was his younger sister-in-law, Princess Yang Qimei, and he was very surprised. The people on the horse were chasing too closely, and their physical strength was obviously exhausted, and they could only see that they were panting, their faces were crimson, and their hair and clothes were a little disheveled. Li Shimin hurriedly helped her get off the horse, and Princess Qi's feet were weak, and she took advantage of the situation to fall into Li Shimin's arms.
Li Shimin was at a loss for a while, in fact, he had long been a little attentive to this delicate and charming brother and daughter-in-law, especially in every banquet, only she always showed a hint of melancholy in her light smile, Li Shimin couldn't help but have some thoughts of pity and cherishing jade, and he also knew some of the situations where their husband and wife were not harmonious.
Princess Qi leaned in Li Shimin's arms, a pair of big watery eyes stared at Li Shimin's somewhat flustered eyes in a daze, and a few crystal tears silently secreted from her eyes, hanging on her long eyelashes and peach-like cheeks.
In fact, Princess Qi, who has become a resentful woman, has long admired the brave and heroic Li Shimin, coupled with Li Yuanji's snub to her, which made her secretly moved for Li Shimin. One is a thousand kinds of love, the other is a thousand kinds of tenderness, the two of them finally hugged each other tightly, and the love between Princess Qi and Li Shimin sprouted in this green forest in spring.
Since then, Li Shimin often tried to get close to Princess Qi, and it happened that Li Yuanji indulged in wine all day long and did not return at night, which provided many rare opportunities for Li Shimin and Princess Qi's romance.
Because the crown prince Li Jiancheng was greedy for wine and beautiful women and did nothing, Tang Gaozu often reprimanded him, and revealed his intention to re-establish Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the crown prince.
So Li Jiancheng began to panic, in order to keep his position, he contacted his third brother Li Yuanji and plotted to get rid of Li Shimin. At the instigation of his subordinates, Li Shimin had no choice but to plan the Xuanwumen Rebellion and killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in one fell swoop. A fratricidal struggle, although Tang Gaozu was heartbroken, he quickly faced the reality and made Li Shimin the crown prince.
At this time, Princess Qi was already twenty-three years old, and she was in the prime of her youth, watching flowers splash tears, and watching willows and springs. Li Shimin placed her in the prince's mansion, and Yang Qimei, who had become a widow, had no choice but to accept the mercy of fate and became the side concubine of Li Shimin, the king of Qin. Soon, Tang Gaozu was old because of his age, Chan gave up the throne, and Li Shimin ascended the throne, which was for Tang Taizong, and the year name was Zhenguan.
One day, Yang Qimei suddenly made a request to Tang Taizong, asking for the restoration of her ex-husband Li Yuanji's title and the title of the crown prince Li Jiancheng. But he agreed to come down and immediately put it into action, half of it was to please Yang Qimei, and half of it was to remember the love of his brother.
Since then, Yang Qimei has been more tender and coquettish to Tang Taizong, and has accompanied Tang Taizong to sing, dance, and drink all day and night, singing and dancing, charming and seductive, wandering, or chanting the glamorous songs of the Southern Dynasty, which made Tang Taizong's heart shake.
Tang Taizong's wife, Empress Changsun, is a very simple and upright woman, and she treats Tang Taizong with courtesy, and the husband and wife maintain a mutual respect and respect relationship that is as elegant as water. Now for this indecent love with this charming and touching Yang Qimei, the wise and martial Li Shimin is addicted to it and can't extricate himself.
Yang Qimei gave birth to a son for Tang Taizong, named Li Ming, Tang Taizong set Yang Qimei as a noble concubine, and built a luxurious palace for their mother and son, and he came here to have fun with their mother and son whenever he had time. The virtuous and gentle eldest grandson Empress saw that the imperial husband seemed to have forgotten his ambition to develop his business, and he was obsessed with wine all day long, so she came forward to dissuade Tang Taizong.
However, Tang Taizong, who had been bewitched by Yang Qimei, couldn't extricate himself for a while, but was ready to abolish Empress Changsun and the crown prince Li Chenggan, and set up Yang Qimei as the queen and Li Ming as the crown prince.
However, Tang Taizong's idea was strongly opposed by Wei Zheng, the counselor, and he wrote to advise: "The eldest grandson queen is virtuous and virtuous, and she must not be abolished." Besides, the eldest grandson family has made great contributions to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so how can they suffer a blow for no reason? The Yang family used to be the princess of Qi, and everyone knows that it is not appropriate to be established as a noble concubine, so how can it be established as a queen? If Your Majesty insists on going his own way, he will be criticized by the people of the world. ā
At this time, many ministers of the imperial court also had a lot of complaints, and Tang Taizong carefully considered it, and finally had to quietly cancel his idea.
In the summer of the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong suffered from dysentery that could not be cured for a long time and died in Chang'an. lost Tang Taizong, Princess Yang Qimei also lost the focus of her life, and because she had a bad reputation in the palace, she was released from the palace and became a nun.
In this way, this beautiful stunner who walked into the palace from the Qinglou ended her unruly love with Tang Taizong Li Shimin full of love and hatred.