Book of Tang 旧唐书
Liu Xu 劉昫 941
Liu Xu 劉昫 941
In 941, Liu Xu described a scandalous scene that occurred between 705 and 707, during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang dynasty.
及得志,受上官昭容邪說,引武三思入宮中,升御床,與后雙陸,帝為點籌,以為歡笑,醜聲日聞於外。
Once her ambitions were satisfied, she [Empress Wei] allowed herself to be influenced by the perverse words of the imperial secretary Shangguan [Zhaorong]. She introduced Wu Sansi into the inner palace and had him sit on the imperial bed to play shuanglu with her, while the Emperor counted the points for them, finding it a source of amusement and laughter. Word of this scandalous behavior spread further outside day by day.