2km northeast Qianling Mausoleum, Princess Yongtai’s Tomb, now the site of Qianling Museum, is a chief satellite tomb to Qianling. Princess Yongtai was the grand daughter of the Tang Emperor Gaozong and his wife Empress Wu zetian. In the first year of Dazu(701 A.D.), she and her husband were killed by Wu Zetian because she tacked about the scandalous affairs between Wu Zetian and her men prostitutes. After mounting to the throne, Zhongzong ordered to bury his daughter –Yongtai and her husband together in Qianling.
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