Before Yang Guifei, Tang Xuanzong's favorite concubine was Concubine Wu. Wu Huifei's father was Wu Youzhi (Wu Zetian's cousin), so Wu Huifei was said to be Wu Zetian's niece. Although they were both members of the Wu family, Wu Huifei and Wu Zetian were not a star and a half apart. How many people did Wu Zetian kill on the way to power? Even her daughter and son were killed by her directly or indirectly. But Wu Huifei, just killed Tang Xuanzong's three sons, she was scared to death, only this point, Wu Huifei will never become Wu Zetian, you must know that the road to power is paved with blood.
Wu Huifei was born in 699, when Wu Zetian was becoming emperor, the Wu clan was extremely prominent, but Wu Youzhi died early, Wu Huifei was taken into the palace life at a very young age, and later she was favored by Li Longji, who was fourteen years older than her, and was admitted to the harem, Wu Huifei was gentle and considerate, very good at observing the color, and soon became Li Longji's favorite concubine, but Wu Huifei's heirs were not very good, and they all died prematurely, so after giving birth to Li Mao, the king of Shou, Li Longji took the initiative and gave Li Mao to his brother Li Xian the Prince of Ning to feed, after which the children reborn by Concubine Wu Hui could grow up, they were Li Qi the Prince of Sheng, Princess Xianyi, and Princess Taihua.
In 724, after Li Longji deposed the childless empress, Wu Huifei was actually already equivalent to the existence of the empress, but she could never be an empress, and although Li Longji had the intention to make her empress, the ministers were reluctant to do so, for the simple reason that she was a descendant of the Wu family. During the period of Wu Zetian and Emperor Zhongzong, the Wu clan was still in a prominent position, but in the ruizong period, it was not so, after all, Li Dan and the Wu clan had formed too many grudges, so until the Xuanzong period, the wu family had been suppressed. Concubine Wu Huifei could be Tang Xuanzong's concubine, but she could not be his empress, and Wu Huifei's wrist was indeed average, following Xuanzong's side for more than ten years, being favored, but she had not been given the position of empress, how to compare with Wu Zetian?
When Li Mao grew up, Wu Huifei had the idea of making Li Mao crown prince, and with the help of her son-in-law Yang Huan, Wu Huifei eventually framed the crown prince Li Ying for plotting against Li Yao and Li Ju, resulting in Li Longji losing three sons in one day. But Li Longji did not suspect Wu Huifei, and then Wu Huifei's focus was on how to make her son Li Mao the crown prince, but at this time, Wu Huifei actually began to be suspicious, afraid that the three princes would seek revenge on her, and he scared himself to death. Li Mao did not become a prince, but instead cheapened Li Heng and Bai picked up a prince position.
Then, if Wu Huifei had a strong psychological quality and had not been scared to death, would she have become the second Wu Zetian? The fourth girl thought it was impossible. Of course, it is still possible for Li Mao to sit on the position of crown prince, but it is quite difficult, although Li Linfu supported Li Mao at that time, but the more he supported it, the more unfavorable it was to Li Mao to get the position of prince, after all, Li Longji had launched several coups, and he did not want the prince to be too powerful, which would pose a threat to him. Even if Li Longji loved Concubine Wu, he would not necessarily agree to Li Mao as the crown prince, but Concubine Wu huifei could continue to overthrow the next crown prince until Li Mao sat on the throne of the crown prince, then Yang Yuhuan was the princess concubine, and Concubine Wu Huifei naturally became an empress.
However, even if Wu Huifei became empress, she could not become Wu Zetian, after all, Wu Huifei had no chance to intervene in politics. Wu Zetian's original ability to intervene in government was due to Li Zhi's illness, Li Zhi was ill, the crown prince was too young to supervise the country, Wu Zetian began to help Li Zhi deal with major state affairs, and since then he has begun to interfere in politics, and once there was a situation of the Second Saint Coming to the Dynasty. And Concubine Wu Huifei did not have such an opportunity, not to mention that Tang Xuanzong was in good health and lived a long life. More importantly, Tang Xuanzong did not allow women to interfere in politics, and the courtiers at that time did not allow it. After all, after Wu Zetian became emperor, a group of women who scrambled to interfere in politics appeared: Wei Hou, Princess Taiping, Princess Anle, and Shangguan Wan'er, stirring up the miasma of black smoke in the imperial court. And all four of them died in the coup d'état launched by Li Longji, and for an ambitious and capable monarch like Li Longji, it is intolerable for women to interfere in politics.
Therefore, Princess Wu Huifei was at most a good empress, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Anshi Rebellion. At this time, Tang Xuanzong was already a faint and incompetent emperor, but Concubine Wu hui could only accompany Tang Xuanzong to escape. If Li Mao also had the ability and ambition to launch a coup d'état halfway through, Tang Xuanzong would continue to take Concubine Wu into Shu, and Li Mao might have followed Li Heng's old path and established himself as emperor and honored Li Longji as emperor. Then Li Longji and Wu Huifei were put under house arrest by Li Mao and spent the rest of their lives. If Concubine Wu Huifei was still alive when Tang Xuanzong died, she might have come out to be the empress, but at this time, Concubine Wu Huifei could not have pinched Li Mao, after all, she was only a woman in the deep palace, and she had not undergone a cruel struggle, and when Tang Xuanzong died, Li Mao was already more than forty years old, and there was no need for the empress dowager to come out as a regent or anything.
If Concubine Wu Huifei did not die, the only thing that could be determined was that her daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan would not be able to become a noble concubine.