Yong Buli left the Taishi Gate and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Ever since Shangguan Wan'er refused to be Yong Buli's enemy, Yong Buli felt really happy in his heart, and all the feelings came back the moment he could walk back to the Prime Minister's Mansion openly.
Standing in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, looking up, four words describe it, majestic and majestic!
A large gold-painted signboard was placed on the door, which read "Prince Xiang's Mansion".
The door is made of nanmu. It is thick and stable and cannot be pushed open by one person.
After walking through the gate, the first thing you see is the quiet and beautiful pool hall water corridor, with rockeries and exquisite pavilions everywhere.
It looks more unique and beautiful than the palace.
Walking on the water corridor, you can see exquisite carvings everywhere, surrounded by the fragrance of red sandalwood, plus the shade of green trees and the echo of the mountains, making you feel like you are in a fairyland.
There are five main rooms on the right side of the water corridor, which is where Li Dan works. It has a very royal atmosphere!
Especially the carved dragon built on the ridge of the wall and roof, with its scales and claws dancing and its whiskers flying, is lifelike.
Li Dan was the fourth son of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian. His first name was Li Xulun. Shortly after his birth, he was named King of Yin. He was the governor of Jizhou, the chief protector of Shan Yu, and the general of Jin Wuwei. He ranked among the brothers.
The youngest, so he was deeply loved by his father, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty.
When Li Xulun became an adult, he was humble and studious, proficient in calligraphy, and had a lot of knowledge in text exegesis.
In AD 669, Li Xulun was granted the title of King of Ji and was renamed "Li Lun".
In AD 675, Li Lun was granted the title of Prime Minister and became General Youwei.
In AD 679, Li Lun moved to Luozhou and was appointed pastor. In the same year, his eldest son Li Chengqi was born.
In AD 681, when Li Lun was visiting Youzhou, he met the famous prostitute Yong Zhiruo and gave birth to Yong Buli.
In 683 AD, Li Lun changed his name to Li Dan and was once again named King of Yu. In the same year, his second son Li Chengyi was born.
In AD 684, Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Li Xian as King of Luling, replaced him with Li Dan as Emperor, and named his concubine Liu as Queen, and Li Chengqi as Crown Prince. However, Wu Zetian still held the title of emperor, and the ruling
All political matters.
After Li Dan became emperor, he was kept under house arrest in the palace and was not allowed to foresee political affairs. He lived like a puppet emperor. Not only could he not enter and leave the palace at will, he could not even move freely in the palace.
In the same year, British Duke Xu Jingye raised an army against Wu Zetian in Yangzhou. Prime Minister Pei Yan took the opportunity to ask Wu Zetian to return power to Li Dan. As a result, Wu Zetian beheaded him for treason and sent an army of 300,000 to suppress the Yangzhou rebellion. Xu Jingye was defeated and killed.
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In AD 685, the third son Li Longji was born.
In AD 686, Wu Zetian issued an edict stating that he would return power to the emperor. Li Dan knew that his mother was testing him, so he went to court several times, tried his best to refuse, and asked his mother to continue to attend the court.
Wu Zetian followed the trend and accepted Li Dan's request, and still took charge of the government and controlled the government.
In the same year, the fourth son Li Longfan was born.
In 688 AD, Wu Zetian's nephew Zhou Guogong Wu Chengsi presented Wu Zetian with a white stone engraved with the characters "The Holy Mother is here, Yongchang Emperor's inheritance", claiming that it was found in Luoshui.
When Wu Zetian saw it, she was overjoyed and named the white stone the "Holy Picture given by Heaven" and proclaimed herself the Holy Mother God Emperor.
As the emperor, Li Dan was not only unable to stop it, but also accompanied Wu Zetian to Luoshui in person to participate in the "Worship of Luo Shou Tu" ceremony.
This incident shocked the whole country and was opposed by many members of the Li clan. Then Li Chong, the king of Langya, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, raised an army to oppose, but they were all defeated and died. At the same time, they also participated in the uprising, including the king of Han Li Yuanjia, the king of Lu Li Lingkui, the king of Huo Li Yuangui, and the king of Ji Li Shen.
Li Xu, King of Jiangdu, Li Zhuan, Duke of Huang, Li Rong, Duke of Dongguan, Princess Chang Le, etc. were either forced to commit suicide, beheaded city officials, or died in exile.
Since then, the Li Tang clan has been almost wiped out.
In the same year, the fifth son Li Longye was born.
In AD 690, Fu Youyi, the imperial censor, led 900 people from Guanzhong to the court to ask Wu Zetian to proclaim himself emperor.
Hundreds of officials, clan members, relatives, chiefs of various barbarians, even monks, nuns, and Taoist priests all urged to come in.
Forced by the situation, Li Dan also petitioned his mother to proclaim himself emperor and be given the surname Wu.
In September of the same year, Wu Zetian officially proclaimed himself emperor and established Wuzhou.
Li Dan was demoted to the imperial heir, renamed "Lun", given the surname Wu, and called "Wulun". He moved to the East Palace, and all etiquette was in accordance with the standards of the crown prince.
Prince Li Chengqi was demoted to the title of Imperial Grandson.
From then on, Li Dan became the target of attacks by the Wu clan kings and cruel officials, and began a difficult career as an imperial heir.
In 691 AD, Zhang Jiafu, a close aide of King Wu Chengsi of Wei, instigated Wang Qingzhi, a commoner in Luoyang, to gather hundreds of people and go to the palace to ask Wu Zetian to depose Li Dan on the grounds that "the gods do not worship non-human beings, and the people do not worship non-clan people".
The status of imperial heir was changed and Wu Chengsi was made the crown prince.
Prime Ministers Cen Changqian and Ge Fuyuan opposed the change of emperor's heirs, but were falsely accused of treason by Wu Chengsi, and were imprisoned and killed.
After Li Zhaode, the minister of Fengge, learned about this, he not only killed Wang Qingzhi with a stick, but also took the opportunity to admonish Wu Zetian, thus preserving Li Dan's position as emperor.
But later, when Wu Zetian held a sacrificial ceremony at the Wanxiang Shrine, she ignored the etiquette of "the crown prince serving as Yaxian", avoided the emperor's heir Li Dan, replaced Wu Chengsi as Yaxian, and ordered Liang Wang Wu Sansi to serve as the final sacrificial offering.
In 692 AD, the sixth son Li Longti was born, but died in 702 AD.
In AD 693, Wu Zetian's favored maid Wei Tuan'er was rejected for seducing Li Dan. She took revenge by falsely accusing the imperial concubine Liu, and the concubine Dou used witchcraft to curse Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian secretly executed Concubine Liu and Concubine Dou and buried them in the palace.
Li Dan did not dare to mention the disappearance of his two concubines at all, and acted calmly in front of Wu Zetian, as if nothing had happened.
Wei Tuan'er also wanted to harm Li Dan, but was reported and executed.
Soon after, Pei Bigong, the supervisor of Shang Fang, and Fan Yunxian, a regular servant at home, were also killed for meeting Li Dan privately.
From then on, Li Dan was deprived of the right to meet with officials.
Later, Li Dan was falsely accused of treason, and Wu Zetian ordered cruel officials to come to Junchen for trial.
Lai Junchen tortured An Jinzang, an official and musician in the East Palace, to extract a confession and asked them to "reveal" the truth about Li Dan's rebellion. However, he performed a disembowelment in public to show that the emperor's heir had not rebelled.
When Wu Zetian saw this, he was deeply moved and no longer doubted Li Dan. He ordered Lai Junchen to stop the trial, and Li Dan was spared.
In AD 698, under the persuasion of Di Renjie, Wang Fangqing and other ministers, Wu Zetian decided to return the power to the Li family.
Wu Zetian ordered Li Xian, who had been deposed as King of Luling, to be recalled from Fangling to Luoyang.
When Li Dan saw this, he claimed to be ill several times and refused to go to court. Please give way to Zhongzong.
Obviously, Li Dan's claim of illness was just an excuse. He knew deeply that according to the order of eldest and youngest, his brother was welcomed back to the palace, which showed that the mother still intended to choose his brother as the heir. In addition, he was even more unwilling to get involved with the emperor's brother.
political contest.
In September of that year, Wu Zetian restored Li Xian as crown prince.