The 17th daughter of Emperor Taizong, whose birth mother is unknown, was originally named Levin, and was posthumously awarded Hepu four years after Yonghui's rebellion.
Many people think that Princess Gaoyang is the favorite daughter of Emperor Taizong. In addition to the influence of novels and TV series, it is mainly because of a sentence in Old Tang Book: "At the beginning, the Lord (Princess Gaoyang) was favored by Taizong, so she left her love and kindness, which is absolutely different from other husbands."
That is to say, Princess Gaoyang was favored by Emperor Taizong, so she was treated well, which was different from other Xu Ma. It can be seen from this sentence that Princess Gaoyang was really favored by Emperor Taizong, so jointly and severally, her lover's remaining feelings were also given certain preferential treatment. However, just because Levin's husband is "absolutely different from other husbands", can it be asserted that Levin is the favorite daughter of Emperor Taizong? I'm afraid not.
Princess Gaoyang was loved by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty and had nothing to do with her birth. There is no biography of the princess in Old Tang Book, and there is no record of Levin's biological mother, but the seven children of the eldest grandson queen are clearly recorded, so Levin's biological mother is unlikely to be the eldest grandson queen or the fourth princess of Emperor Taizong. Because Levin committed suicide because of rebellion, if it was the daughter of Huei-fang, Huei-fang and her son could not sit together. Thus, the possibility that Levin and Tang Gaozong are half-brothers is extremely low. Therefore, Levin's birth mother status should be very low, otherwise he may die young. Levin's affection for Emperor Taizong has little to do with her biological mother, but her own personality is more sensitive to Emperor Taizong's temper.
However, interestingly, although the book Old Tang Dynasty said that the love of house legacy was "privileged to meet each other, and the courtesy level was absolutely different from that of other husbands", it was not found that the love of house legacy benefited from Princess Gaoyang throughout the Zhenguan period.
Du He, the son of Du Ruhui, can also be regarded as Princess Chengyang-don't think that Du Ruhui died early, Du family gradually declined, and Fang Du Duan can't be compared. You know, in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong established Lingyan Pavilion, and Du Ruhui ranked third, and Fang ranked fifth after the other two. At that time, Du Ruhui had been dead for thirteen years, and he was still alive. It can be seen that Emperor Taizong still kept thinking about Du Ruhui. The eldest grandson Cao rose from the third grade to the secretariat because his son, Princess Shang Xincheng, was a Xu. But I didn't see what kind of special treatment Fang got because of Princess Shang Gaoyang. On the contrary, in the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, because Fang was critically ill, Emperor Taizong went to his bed to shake hands with him, and immediately appointed Fang as a right-back corps commander (below level 4), while Fang worked as a doctor in China, so that Fang could see his sons' dignitaries with his own eyes when he was alive.
From this point of view, although the history books say that the house legacy love stands out among many horses because it married Princess Gaoyang, historically, the house legacy love is favored more because of the father's blessing than the wife's blessing. Needless to say, Fang's position in Zhenguan can't be compared with that of his grandson Chonghe. Even in a pile of Xu Ma, who is also a concubine, Fang's treatment is not brilliant compared with that of the eldest son of the Lingyange warrior who inherited the title of Duke of Yipin. Therefore, the evidence is too thin to infer that Princess Gaoyang is the favorite daughter of Emperor Taizong from her treatment.
What's more, there was a princess Lanling in the Sui Dynasty who was similar to Levin, that is, the fifth daughter of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. According to Sui Shu, her husband Liu Shu was the most beloved of all the sons-in-law of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. "Among all the sons-in-law, she was especially loved and respected". Different from love me, love my dog, Liu Shu not only shines brilliantly in the history books, but also gets such high-ranking officials as Kaifu Yitong III (from the first grade) and Civil History Assistant Minister (from the fourth grade), and also gets great benefits. On the other hand, we can see that Fang Lingxuan was sealed by Emperor Taizong because he was critically ill, but he didn't get any extra benefits from Shang Gaoyang's wife.
Levin was later alienated by Tang Taizong because of adultery with the debating machine, which is even more amazing, because according to historical records, Tang Taizong never abandoned the person he really loved because of the other party's misconduct. Such as Li Chenggan and Lee Tae.
Although Li Chenggan tried to rebel, and rebellion was the first of the ten evils in the Tang law, which was a heinous crime, even so, Emperor Taizong did not want to hurt Chenggan's life. He not only racked his brains to save his life, but also got many promotions for Li Chenggan. Although Lee Tae wanted to seize power, Emperor Taizong didn't want to punish his beloved son. He just changed his title from a prince to a county king. Less than four years after being demoted, he was promoted to be a prince. Emperor Taizong even often used Lee Tae's letters to tell people around him how much he missed and cared about this son. Therefore, just because Levin had an affair with the machine, he was alienated and neglected by Emperor Taizong, which had nothing to do with the overall situation. This can also prove how general or even weak Tang Taizong's feelings for Levin are.
In the fourth year of Yonghui, Princess Gaoyang colluded with Princess Jing, Chai Lingwu and others because of her husband's legacy, with the intention of rebellion, and elected King Jing Li to the throne. After the incident, she was executed by Tang Gaozong. Although Tang Gaozong had shown kindness to DPRK officials when he ordered the execution of these conspirators, when Levin and others died, Tang Gaozong immediately ordered their belongings to be put on the Guande Hall, so that princes and ministers could hold a shooting ceremony to deter those imperial ministers who were eager to act. Therefore, Tang Gaozong's mediation is just crocodile tears, which is just an act.