Although Wu Zetian wore a dragon robe as an empress, she was also a woman and also had children. Returning to the palace from Ganye Temple, he gave birth to four boys and two girls within ten years. Of the two daughters, the youngest is called Princess Taiping, so what about the other daughter?
Wu Zetian's eldest daughter was princess Anyang Yang, and Li Zhi loved her very much, but unfortunately, she died just after the full moon. According to folklore, it was her mother who unanimously targeted the crime of strangling the little princess, while Wu Zetian cleverly blamed it on Empress Wang.
As the saying goes: tiger poison does not eat children, as a mother, Wu Zetian faced his own flesh and bones, really heart like a snake and scorpion, when Empress Wang specially came to see the little princess, when Empress Wang saw and left, Wu Zetian quietly strangled his daughter and married her to Empress Wang. Then after Li Zhi came over, he saw that his daughter was dead, and he angrily asked the people around him, and they all said that Empress Wang had just come, so Li Zhi thought it was Empress Wang. Although she was not severely punished, Li Zhi already had the idea of abolishing her.
Who is The Queen? He was the wife of Li Zhi, who succeeded to the throne and became empress. However, Li Zhi fell in love with Wu Zetian while serving his sick father, and after his father's death, he quickly brought Wu Zetian back to Zhaoyi Palace and fell in love with him, and Empress Wang was very dissatisfied with this, so when Consort Xiao Shufei wooed her, she agreed, and the two joined forces against Wu Zetian.
It is said that Wu Zetian would then strike iron while it was hot, and then said that the Queen Wang cursed with witchcraft. Li Zhi believed Wu Zetian's words, so he deposed Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu and entered the Cold Palace, and their families were exiled. Li Zhi then appointed Wu Zetian as empress. Later, Li Zhi was not in good health and often fell ill, so he handed over the government affairs to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian slowly began to build his prestige and cultivate his own strength in the courtroom.
The death of Wu Zetian's daughter is recorded in the New Book of Tang. The New Book of Tang is a complete history book of the Northern Song Dynasty. Before the New Book of Tang, there were two canonical histories. One is the Old Book of Tang and the other is the Tang Huijiao. However, in these two canonical histories, there is no record of the death of his daughter
The New Book of Tang should be mainly completed on the basis of the Old Book of Tang and Tang Huiyao. Since neither book is present, this means that the New Book of Tang did not use both books. So, what books does it use? It can only be some wild historical records and folklore.
In short, Wu Zetian would not easily do such an uncertain thing. Some people will ask if in fact Wu Zetian's daughter is really dead, so how did she die? How it died, we don't know. This may be due to illness or other reasons, and small lives are fragile. But what is certain is that Wu Zetian had a plan after seeing his daughter die and falling into grief, which should be the closest to historical facts.