Is “Princess Anle requested to be Crown Princess and sold offices and titles” true?
The New Book of Tang, Biographies of the Three Sons of the Ancestor and volume 83, records that Princess Anle, relying on imperial favor, was arrogant and sold offices extensively, even 'requested to be Crown Princess, but the Left Vice Director Wei Yuanzhong admonished that it was not permissible.' In the first year of Jingyun, she was killed by Li Longji. The Sui and Tang Romance, chapters 75 to 77, details Princess Anle seizing residences to build ponds, selling offices and wielding power, and plotting to establish an heir, and later dying in the chaos of war, which is consistent with the official history.
In the official history, Princess Anle sold offices and titles, requested to be Crown Princess, and was eventually killed. The novel vividly portrays her arrogance and greed.
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