Wu Zetian male pet gave Yongtai Princess a "secret medicine"
Author of this article Ni Fangliu
In the "Phoenix under the phoenix tree" in front, I talked about the accidental archaeological discovery of the tomb of Wu Zetian's granddaughter, Princess Yongtai. For her death, I didn't explain it clearly. Let's talk about it here.
Because of the affair of the grandmother Wu Zetian and the male pet, it is generally believed that Yongtai Princess was killed by Wu Zetian because of this "chewing tongue". Modern scholars made a new solution after the archaeological site of the Princess of Yongtai. The analysis suggested that this may not be the case, and complicated the death of Princess Yongtai.
This is the trouble caused by one epitaph. Why is this happening?
In the past, the epitaph was evasive when it was written. The royal tombs are officially engraved, and they are generally written by the literati who were "too talented" at that time. The epitaph of Princess Yongtai was written by Tang Zhongzong, who was very popular with Mr. Chang Shaoqing and Xu Guobo, a professor of the country. Xu was a famous talented scholar of the year. His writings were exquisite, his sentiments were profound, and his meaning was profound, but he did not leak water, leaving the dead and the dead.
The fact that the owner was killed by Wu Zetian cannot be said, and he cannot say it. Therefore, Xu Zaiwen used a large number of lyrics in the text, which was hidden and revealed. Later, he understood that the archaeological experts of the Republic, the so-called "difficult to say", was caused by misunderstanding of the epitaph.
When Princess Yongtai was 16 years old, she married her cousin, Wu Zetian’s grandson, Wu Yanji, as a county lord. She died at the age of 17 and was married for less than a year. Combined with the examination of the epitaph, the death time of Princess Yongtai and her husband Wu Yanji is only one day: the husband died first, it was the third day of September; the Princess Yongtai died, it was the fourth day of September. It can be seen that the couple were not killed at the same time.
The truth about the death of Wu Zetian's granddaughter: Is it poisoned by the male pet "secret medicine"? Accidental archaeological discoveries subvert history
(Wang Tai Princess tomb mural, maid Feng Yun, more elegant than the image in modern film and television below)
Why didn't you be killed at the same time? The academic community speculates that the biggest possibility is that Princess Yongtai was pregnant at the time. Tang Law stipulates: "All women who commit crimes of death for death are sentenced to one hundred days after giving birth." This is the same as modern times, and it is impossible for pregnant women to be executed immediately, after production.
Who was specifically ordered to execute the sentence at that time? From the historical data, it is not Wu Zetian himself, nor is it the two brothers who are favored by Wu, but the Tang Zhongzong Li Xian who was the Prince.
According to the "Old Tang Shu·Zhang Yizhi Biography", Wu Zetian was already high because of his age, and many political affairs were handed over to the male pet Zhang Yizhi’s brother. For the case of grandson and granddaughter "chewing their tongues", Wu Zetian did not personally intervene. This is, after all, a family matter. The "criminal" is another generation, and Li Xian himself "consults" his children.
Under the arrogance of Zhang Yizhi's brother, the weak Li Xian had to "go to the death to discipline" the child, and against his daughter, Princess Yongtai, son-in-law Wu Yanji, and son Li Zhongrun had a killer. However, Li Xianxin really couldn't bear to kill the daughter who had been pregnant and had suffered with him. She wanted to borrow the provisions of the Tang law and wanted to put Yongtai Princess on a path and gave her a stick. Perhaps by this rod, Princess Yongtai has aborted.
However, Zhang Yizhi’s brothers could not let go of Princess Yongtai. They may have seen Li Xian’s thoughts. Immediately (maybe on the same night), they sent a name to the Princess Yongtai, and sent people to treat the rod wounds or cure the small crops. Special medicine, let Yongtai Princess take it. Who knows, the medicine has been poisoned, and Yongtai Princess will soon be killed after taking it.
In the phrase "the secret medicine of double children", the hidden information should be such a major historical information. The so-called rod killing, slaughter, and suicide may all be fatal causes of death: Princess Yongtai is poisoned by the Zhang brothers.
"Double child" should be referring to Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong brothers; "secret medicine" should be the mysterious medicine of poison. If there is no poison, the two brothers will send a good medicine. Why should the word "" be used in the epitaph? This "" character, although written by Xu Yanbo, expresses Li Xian’s mood, and his grief is in one word.
Some scholars believe that "double child" is another saying of "two verticals" in "Zuo Zhuan", which represents the disease. The author thinks that this understanding is too complicated. Even if "double child" represents a disease, how can the "secret drug" be explained?
It may be because of the miserable death of her daughter. In fact, she is also the murderer of her own daughter, son-in-law and son. Therefore, after the reset, Li Xian gave them a grand funeral ceremony for the first time. Fuling, to comfort the undead with this glory - this should also be the meaning of Wu Zetian.
In any case, the epitaph of Yongtai Princess discovered in this modern archaeological site has indeed subverted history, although the cause of death of Princess Yongtai has not come to the fore because of the discovery of the epitaph!