Wu Zetian, the only empress in China's feudal history, her life, has attracted much attention and criticism, she was 14 years old, was favored by Li Shimin as a talent, and then the position has not changed for 12 years, and the imperial favor is even more luxurious. But she may not be willing, and when Li Shimin was dying, she had a secret affair with the future heir Li Zhi, which gave her the opportunity to enter the palace again. Then, after Wu Zetian returned to the palace for the second time, he had no power and no power, and what did he rely on to overthrow Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei?
After Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian and a group of childless concubines went to Ganye Temple to cut their hair as nuns. Later, when Li Zhi went to the Ganye Temple to pay tribute to Li Shimin, the two met again, and their feelings rekindled. Empress Wang was well aware of this, and it just so happened that she was defeated by her love enemy Xiao Shufei, so she wanted to get rid of Xiao Shufei by Wu Zetian's hand. So she said many times in front of Li Zhi that she would take back Wu Zetian, Li Zhi couldn't ask for it, just like that, Wu Zetian returned to the palace for the second time, so how did she step by step to the harem and even the winner in life?
One: can flex and stretch. After returning to the palace, Wu Zetian only served at the empress's side, and did not have her mother's family to help her. And Xiao Shufei, she came from a famous and prestigious family, Empress Wang is an old relative of the Tang Dynasty royal family, in contrast, Wu Zetian has no power, no power, and no backer, so at first, she kept to herself and bowed to the empress.
Two: The heart is fierce. After receiving grace, she became fierce enemies with Concubine Xiao shufei and Empress Wang, and in order to overthrow the empress, she even sacrificed her daughter. Regardless of whether the princess was really killed by Empress Wang, or Wu Zetian personally strangled the empress dowager, in short, she overthrew Empress Wang with her daughter, but this also made her still criticized.
Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu became her defeated generals and were imprisoned by Li Zhi in the cold palace, and one day, Li Zhi suddenly remembered his old feelings and went to visit these two people, and after seeing their tragic situation, he was very distressed. When Wu Zetian found out, he was so angry that he directly ordered the two to be killed, and the means were frightening. Therefore, some people say that she is more fierce than the warriors who fight on the battlefield, but at the same time, she is very capable and means, and can block the mouth of everyone.
Three: Nurture your own forces. After Wu Zetian gained exclusive favor, he first asked the emperor to posthumously honor his father to improve his own lineage. In addition, when Li Zhi proposed to make herself empress, and after receiving the resolute opposition of the eldest son Wujie, she did not cry with the emperor, but contacted the officials of the former dynasty who were undoubtedly at odds with the eldest son, and asked them to write a letter to ask them to be crowned empress. In this way, step by step, from the favored concubine to the empress, from the empress to the empress, until she became the emperor, step by step, she finally made the hundred officials of the former dynasty bow down to her, and with this, she became the only empress in feudal history who was recognized by orthodox history.
Her life was extremely powerful and glorious, and she also created a lot of merit in the throne, and also continued the glory of the Tang Dynasty very well, but as a mother, she was really unqualified, and she used her infant daughter to suppress and abolish her own son for the throne. Therefore, Xiaobian feels that although she has gained the world, she has lost her family affection, and I wonder if she has ever regretted it for a moment when she lived alone in her old age, regretting that she did not hesitate to use any means to gain power and disregard family affection?