The life of princess Chengyang

Princess Chengyang is the daughter of Emperor Taizong and his grandson, and the sister of Princess Li Lizhi of Changle. Both Taizong and his wife like her very much. When she was in Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong chose a husband for her daughter, named Du He, the second son of Du Ruhui, Duke of Lai. Du Ruhui is the twenty-four hero of Lingyange, ranking third, second only to Wuji, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, and Li, the imperial clan.

Du He also married Princess Chengyang, and was appointed Duke of Xiangyang. He was awarded a royal ride. Originally, this marriage should be a beautiful talk, and Du He, the confidant of Chu Jun Li Chenggan, has a bright future. Unfortunately, Du He participated in the rebellion of Prince Li Chenggan in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan. Du He, as an important role of the prince's rebellion, strongly encouraged the prince's rebellion and said to Li Chenggan, "Yan Liren of Langya has a lot of research on the number of stars, and thinks that the astronomical phenomena have changed, which is the time to establish a great cause. If you do, you can respect your majesty as the emperor's father As long as you pretend to be ill, your majesty will come to see you in person, so that you can take the opportunity to succeed. " After the rebellion, Du He went to prison and died. Before the execution, Du He had a mysterious image without fear. Although Du He committed the crime of rebellion, as a civil servant, he still had such courage when he died, which is admirable and regrettable. In addition, Du He's careless behavior also brought trouble to Princess Chengyang. She got married less than a few years and had a new widow. Emperor Taizong was very distressed by his daughter, so he chose Wei and the son of Xue Huaiyu, who was born in the Xue family in Hedong, as his husband.

In view of the regret of the previous marriage, Emperor Taizong hoped that his beloved daughter's marriage would be smooth and perfect, so before Princess Chengyang came out, he specially had her marriage divined. As a result of divination, Princess Chengyang's wedding was held during the day, and Emperor Taizong decided to follow the divination. However, this move was strongly prevented by Ma Zhou, because weddings have always been held at night, and it is against etiquette to change them to daytime. Taizong gave up.

However, it is gratifying that Princess Chengyang's marriage has not been affected. According to records, Xue's deity, Yu Huijie, is of high level and quite talented. Princess Chengyang and Xue Kui have a very harmonious relationship after marriage. They have three sons, the eldest son Ai Xue, the second son Xue Xu and the youngest son Xue Shao. Lin Dechu, Princess Chengyang's witchcraft happened. There is no specific and detailed record about this kind of witchcraft in the history books, except that princess royal, Chengyang, was not executed by Emperor Gaozong according to law, even without any punishment, and there was not a single accusation. He only demoted Xue Kui, and then left the general Chen Fengwei to assassinate Zhou Fang.

Although Princess Chengyang is safe and sound because of the protection of her brother Gaozong, the husband and wife are very loving. Out of guilt for her husband, Princess Chengyang asked her to go out of Beijing to take office with her husband. Gaozong could not bear to kiss her sister and agreed to go with her husband.

Later, Emperor Gaozong still did not shy away from witchcraft, and married his beloved only daughter Princess Taiping to Xue Shao, the youngest son of Princess Chengyang. In the second year of Xianheng (67 1), Princess Chengyang died in Zhou Fang on May 16th, and later, her husband Xue Kui also died in Zhou Fang. Tang Gaozong was deeply saddened by the sad news of her sister's death. He mourned and wept at the county gate for five days in a row. The emissary and imperial secretary went to Zhou Fang to attend the princess's funeral, and ordered to escort Princess Chengyang and his wife back to Beijing. Later, Princess Chengyang was buried with Zhaoling.