Is “Cui Shi repeatedly attached himself to rebel factions and was granted death in the Xiantian coup.” true?
The Old Book of Tang, Biographies of Liu Youqiu, Zhong Shaojing, Guo Yuanzhen, and Zhang Shuo, records that in the second year of Xiantian, when Princess Taiping's plot was exposed, 'and Zhizhong and others were executed,' and Cui Shi was also implicated and granted death. In chapter 77 of Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is written that among the court officials, 'Cui Shi' first had an affair with Wan'er, then attached himself to Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, and was executed after Emperor Xuanzong suppressed Princess Taiping's rebellion, which is consistent with the biographies in the official history.
In the official history, Cui Shi, who attached himself to Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, was executed for plotting rebellion, and the novel faithfully reproduces his repeated scheming.
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