Shangguan Waner is naturally enchanting and gorgeous, beautiful and light, smart and beautiful, well-read, excellent in literary talent, and her calligraphy, in particular, is beautiful and elegant. The patent written by Wu Zetian was written by Shangguan Waner. Wu Zetian regarded Shangguan Waner as a bosom friend, and even did not shy away from her when she had sex with Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong.
For the people around Wu Zetian, it is essentially just a plaything. In this case, love came into being between Zhang Changzong and Shangguan Waner, who were in the same boat.
The relationship between Shangguan Waner and Zhang Changzong was soon discovered by Wu Zetian. She didn't want to deal with Zhang Changzong, so Shangguan Waner became the object of venting. Although she escaped the death penalty, she was hanged.
This was a relatively light corporal punishment in the Tang Dynasty. Mianmian is the ink punishment, which is the first of the five punishments in the Zhou Dynasty. The implementation method is to tattoo words on a person's face or other parts of the body, and then apply ink or other pigments to make the tattooed words become permanent marks. Compared with "Mo", "Gong", "Meng" and "Kill", it is obviously the lightest. But this kind of punishment will also hurt the skin and even the bones and muscles, and it can't be concealed when it is applied to obvious parts of the body, which not only causes physical pain, but also causes great mental humiliation. Therefore, people listed it as one of torture. At first, the method of ink punishment was to carve human skin with a knife, and then apply ink to the music score.
People who have been punished in this way will leave black handwriting on their faces as a sign of crime. This is not only a physical pain, but also a spiritual insult! Therefore, it is conceivable that this punishment will hit a talented woman like Shangguan Waner!
However, according to legend, Shangguan Waner asked the executioner to use scarlet tattoos, and since then, she has scarlet plum blossoms on her forehead, adding a little charm. In fact, Wan'er and the executioner can't and dare not do such treachery in front of Wu Zetian. Tattooing should still be carried out to the letter. However, plum blossom makeup is really her invention-it is a makeup method that sticks the face value of plum blossom with gold foil and silver foil, but it is probably invented to cover up the tattoo after she became Tang Zhongzong's concubine. Another invention related to torture is hairstyle. In order to cover the scar, Shangguan Waner created a curly bun named "Shangguan bun".
Besides Zhang Changzong, another statement in unofficial history is related to the first Xue Huaiyi of Toy Boy of Wu Zetian. It is said that Xue Huaiyi went to see Wu Zetian after falling out of favor, but Shangguan Waner knew that she had fallen out of favor and did not report it. Angry Xue Huaiyi burned down the luxurious hall. Wu Zetian investigated the root cause and gave Shangguan Waner a punishment.