It is said that three women are a play, when Wu Zetian, Empress Wang and Xiao Shufei are three women on the same page, then this drama is not generally wonderful, even the former dynasty has been involved, and the Guanlong aristocratic group has walked down the altar and become history. Such a big drama, such a fierce decision, is indeed very wu Zetian. Princess Xiao Shufei was originally a concubine that Li Zhi liked very much, and she had already defeated Empress Wang and gained Li Zhi's exclusive favor. However, in the end, she failed so badly that she was locked up in a small dark room by Wu Zetian. Then, along with empress Wang, whom she had defeated, she was brutally killed by Wu Zetian.
Defiant
Xiao Shufei was a favorite concubine during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and when Emperor Gaozong of Tang was crown prince, Xiao was a concubine of the Liang clan, and Li Zhi succeeded to the throne as a concubine and favored the harem. Concubine Xiao Shufei was born noble, and was a descendant of the Lanling Xiao family of the Southern Dynasty scholar clan and a descendant of the Qi Liang royal family. In addition, she gave birth to a son and two daughters for Li Zhi, so she was quite favored by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and even reached the point where she could not take Empress Wang in her eyes. Before Wu Zetian entered the palace, Concubine Xiao Shu was the most favored, and Empress Wang suffered a lot of losses. Therefore, in the early days when Li Zhi included Wu Zetian in the harem, Empress Wang also praised Wu Zetian many times, that is, she wanted to use Wu Zetian's hand to kill Xiao Shufei's arrogance.
Concubine Xiao Shufei was beautiful, and this was definitely better than Empress Wang. Empress Wang married Li Zhi because of a political marriage. Since it is a political marriage, it will naturally not be very good in posture, and it is also older. In the eyes of the lustful Li Zhi, she was naturally not Xiao Shufei's opponent. Xiao Shufei was charming, in other words, she was very able to coax Li Zhi to be happy. As an empress, empress Wang needs to pay attention to "virtue". In addition, she is not young, and she is not very beautiful in herself. Without talking about "virtue," there is actually nothing to talk about. Therefore, at this point, Empress Wang was certainly not Xiao Shufei's opponent.
The biggest threat
Wu Zetian dealt with Empress Wang, mainly coveting the position of empress, and as for Xiao Shufei's murder, it was entirely because she had a son, which was the most important reason. If Wu Zetian wanted to take power, he would definitely support his own son in the future, and the sons of other concubines would become the biggest threat. Moreover, Princess Xiao Shufei had always been favored before, and it was difficult to guarantee that Emperor Gaozong of Tang would not favor her son. If Xiao Shufei's life was retained, one day Emperor Gaozong of Tang suddenly wanted to understand, felt sorry for her, and then set up her son as the crown prince, it would be very bad.
Li Zhi was cowardly
Li Zhi was a weak, hesitant emperor. After a few days, Li Zhi regretted that he had run to the land of the Forbidden King Empress and Concubine Xiao Shu alone. When he saw the tragic situation of Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei, Li Zhi felt pity and asked with infinite tenderness, "This Empress Wang, Concubine Xiao!" Empress Wang replied, "Where is the title of a degraded person?" May you serve Your Majesty in this life, and may you change this place to a palace. Even if he got Li Zhi's favor, Li Zhi hindered Wu Zetian and failed to save her.
Princess Xiao Shufei used her family power and her own beauty, especially crazy, did not know how to get along with the empress, but ushered in the powerful enemy of Wu Zetian, and finally caused a tragic ending.