When she grew up, Shangguan Waner was a talented woman with great literary talent and was deeply loved by Wu Sansi. When Wu Zetian was in power, Shangguan Waner often had an affair with Wu Santong. After the death of Wu Zetian, Tang Zhongzong was reset, and Shangguan Waner was called lucky by Tang Zhongzong. Later, Tang Zhongzong named Guan Waner Zhao Rong, who was deeply loved. Slowly, more and more maids are favored by Tang Zhongzong who can't take care of Wei Ruyun. Wei Ruyun is a dissolute woman. She can't stand loneliness at all. When Shangguan Waner learned of Wei Ruyun's worries, she secretly framed Wu Sansi and Wei Ruyun.
As we all know, Wei Ruyun and Wu Sansi made a mess of the harem. Everyone in the palace knows about it, but Tang Zhongzong doesn't. Wei Ruyun and Shangguan Waner put in a good word for Wu Sansi many times in front of Tang Zhongzong, boasting that Wu Sansi is a rare talent with both ability and political integrity. This is Tang Zhongzong without independent thoughts. He easily listened to Wei Ruyun and Shangguan Waner, and worshipped Wu Sansi as the prime minister. Wu Sansi, who ascended the post of Prime Minister, was even more unscrupulous. He once molested Wei Ruyun in front of Tang Zhongzong.
Hou zhiluan
Hou Wei's Rebellion refers to the fact that during the reign of Tang Zhongzong, Queen Webster used political power to disintegrate the Chaogang and attempted to seize power. In 705, Tang Zhongzong was restored. In order to specialize in courtiers, Wei Hou colluded with Wu Sansi and others to form a dictatorship group with Wu Sansi and Webster as the core. After the restoration, Wu Zetian died, but Wu's influence still exists. Ignoring the affairs of state, the fatuous Tang Zhongzong handed over the political power to Wu Sansi and Wei Ruyun. Wei's chaotic politics and Wu Sansi's favor made the DPRK ministers very uneasy.
In order to weaken Wu's influence, ministers headed by Zhang Jian repeatedly persuaded Wu Sansi to get rid of him. At this point, Tang Zhongzong didn't listen to the minister's advice, and the middle Sect, who was addicted to debauchery, provided Wei Hou with an opportunity to rebel. On July 11th, three years ago, Shenlong jointly killed Wu Sansi and his family, and then led the troops into the palace to kill Wu Sansi's accomplices Shangguan Waner and Princess Anle. At this time, Tang Zhongzong's banquet had just ended, and Tang Zhongzong listened to the prince's report and wanted to rebel. Tang Zhongzong hurriedly took Wei Hou and Princess Anle to Xuanwu Gate to check the situation. General Liu sent his troops to suppress it. Under Tang Zhongzong's threats and inducements, Prince Li Zhongjun failed to attack Xuanwu Gate.
After Tang Zhongzong put down Prince Li Zhongjun's rebellion, Princess Anle and Wei Ruyun became more unscrupulous. Whenever Tang Zhongzong went to court to listen to politics, Wei Ruyun would sit behind the curtain and give a speech. In order to seize power, Wei Hou and Princess Anle poisoned Tang Zhongzong. The death of Zhongzong led to chaos in North Korea. In order to seize power quickly, Wei Hou supported 16-year-old Li Zhongmao to become emperor. Soon, Princess Taiping and Li Longji led their troops to kill Wei Hou, ending the chaos in Wei Hou.
How did Wei Ruyun die?
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there was a rebellion in Wei Hou. As we all know, the end of Wei Hou Uprising is closely related to the death of Wei Ruyun. So, how did Wei Ruyun die? Books and materials about the history of the Tang Dynasty recorded the cause of Wei Ruyun's death. Speaking of Wei Ruyun's death, I have to mention Tang Zhongzong's death. In other words, after Tang Zhongzong was reset, he indulged in eating, drinking and having fun all day. Wei Ruyun is a very ambitious person. She wants to emulate Wu Zetian and be a female emperor in charge of the Tang Dynasty.
Under the planning of Wei Ruyun and Princess Anle, Tang Zhongzong was poisoned. In order to seize power quickly, Wei Ruyun intends to make Li Zhongmao, who is only 16 years old, as Crown Prince. In order not to make mistakes, Wei Ruyun ordered 50,000 troops from all levels of government to be stationed in various parts of the capital. After all the arrangements were made, Wei Ruyun began to announce her will in Taijitang, claiming that she was in charge of the government. And announced that three days later, Prince Li Zhongmao will be enthroned in front of the coffin, and he will become the empress dowager, assisting Li Zhongmao as regent.
Later, Wei Hou appointed the Webster family to lead the official army of the north and south, intending to follow the example of Wu Zetian and claim to be the emperor. Princess Taiping and Li Longji, the king of Linzi, have long disliked Wei Hou's autocratic power, so they teamed up to overthrow Webster's regime. In 7 10 ad, after discussing with Chen, he decided to launch a coup on July 1 day. That night, Li Longji and Ge Fushun led the troops into the palace and killed Princess Anle and Shangguan Waner. In a hurry, Wei Ruyun escaped into the Flying Riding Camp. Unexpectedly, Wei Ruyun was beheaded as soon as he entered the Flying Riding Camp. After Wei Ruyun was killed, the rebellion in Wei Ruyun was completely put down.