Man's desires are always endless, born in the poor people's homes, they want to try to break the class shackles, so they try to study and enter the court; born in the family family, they will never be satisfied with the rich life in front of them, but want more, even the throne is within his hunting range; even if they become emperors, people's desires will not stop here, they will fall into endless struggles to win more of their own so-called power.
In the fifth year of Chang'an, the "Shenlong Coup" occurred without warning amid the exclamations of the palace people, and in the midst of chaos, Wu Zetian's favorite zhang brothers were killed, and the imperial dynasty fell into great chaos again. Emperor Wu was only forced to step down, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang ascended the throne as the new emperor to announce that the vast country had once again returned to the hands of the Li clan. As a former right and left hand that Emperor Wu greatly trusted, Shangguan Wan'er was awarded the title of Zhaorong because of her meritorious service in helping the coup d'état.
Coincidentally, as in the case of Wu Zetian, Empress Wei's husband, Tang Zhongzong, was also a weak and masterless man, and with the successful experience of his predecessors, this also planted a seed in Wei Hou's heart, and Princess Anle also wanted to emulate Princess Taiping and help her mother achieve the goal of a second empress. After Shangguan Wan'er proclaimed herself Zhaorong, her power increased undiminished, and for a time no one except Wei Hou could suppress her power. Therefore, above the court, Wei Houquan invaded the government and the opposition, and inside the court, Shangguan Wan'er secretly colluded with foreign ministers, and the relationship within it could be described as complicated, and it really disturbed the Tang Dynasty. In order to maintain her own rights, Shangguan Wan'er also had an affair with Wu Sansi, and with the acquiescence of Wei Hou and the help of Shangguan Wan'er, Wu Sansi killed a number of ministers who supported Li Shi, and his status rose sharply for a while.
Li Chongjun, who was the crown prince at that time, was very uneasy when he saw this scene, and vaguely felt that his position as prince would have problems in the near future, coupled with the contempt of Princess Anle and the lack of attention of Wei Hou, which further aggravated his determination to launch a coup, so he preemptively attacked, and the "Jinglong coup" occurred without warning in this situation. Wu Sansi and his cronies landed on the ground in the fire, and the panicked Zhongzong and Wei Hou wanted to hand over Shangguan Wan'er in exchange for peace. At this critical moment, Shangguan Wan'er calmly analyzed Li Chongjun's purpose and deployed the troops in the palace, and Zhongzong and Wei Hou also reacted to the prince's true intentions in this mutiny, Shangguan Wan'er was able to temporarily gain safety, and Li Chongjun was eventually killed because of the defeat.
After this, Shangguan Wan'er, who had been in the official field for a long time, had already understood the twists and turns in it, so in order to protect herself, she began to secretly make friends with the King of Linzi. After Emperor Zhongzong was poisoned, According to the edict that Li Longji's father Li Dan would serve as an important minister to assist the new emperor in rectifying the imperial program, which was originally the result of consultation between Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, but Wei Hou was not satisfied with this, and she turned Li Dan into a prince and reduced her real power. When Li Longji learned of this, he was furious, which also laid hidden dangers for the things that followed, although Shangguan Wan'er was also very helpless about Wei Hou's decision, but this time he still offended the more powerful superior in a forced situation.
Shangguan Wan'er knew that she would die soon after this time, so she went to ask Li Longji's cronies, but this time no one bought it, and even Li Longji said: This woman has a heavy heart, how can she spare her? If we do not cut the grass and remove the roots today, there will be endless troubles in the future. Thus, this legendary woman, who had spent her life in the eunuch sea, ended her life under the knife of the executioner.