I believe that everyone must have seen many film and television drama works with Wu Zetian, and those who play Wu Zetian in TELEVISION and movies are generally beautiful female stars, so many viewers are naturally a woman who has reached the peak of power by beauty, in fact, the real Wu Zetian can never be a Mary Sue and silly white sweet, and her true appearance does not conform to the mainstream aesthetic.
Everyone knows that Wu Zetian was first a talented person of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and later became the empress of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, in fact, Li Shimin has always been very cold to Wu Zetian, so when Li Shimin was seriously ill, Wu Zetian needed to serve at the bedside, so he had the opportunity to get acquainted with the crown prince Li Zhi, although he was not favored here in Taizong, but Li Zhi was deeply attracted to her for the first time he saw Wu Zetian, and his feelings were deeply rooted.
Experts according to the portraits and statues preserved by Wu Zetian, including some historical records finally restored her youthful appearance, as can be seen from the picture, Wu Zetian is a very heroic and sassy woman, her eyebrows and facial features are not feminine femininity, but can be seen that she is a very resolute and courageous person, it is precisely because of her unique appearance and temperament, so it is not loved by Li Shimin.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin had a long life of horse fighting horses, and his talent was rough, compared to Wu Zetian, he preferred the gentle and lovely Xu Hui, so Wu Zetian was not liked by Li Shimin since he entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and Li Zhi was a person with a weak nature, he liked women who were older and stronger than himself, and Wu Zetian's bravery and independence fascinated him, so Li Zhi would insist on taking Wu Zetian back to the palace despite the persuasion of his courtiers, and made him empress.