Wu Zetian was the concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang and the empress of Li Zhi of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, as the harem beauty of the father and son emperors, Wu Zetian's fertility situation had to start from the growth of the three people and their relationship with each other.
In the seventeenth year of the Sui Dynasty (598), Li Shimin was born, and his father was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang.
In the ninth year of the Sui Dynasty (613), Li Shimin married Changsun Shi, the daughter of the Right Xiao Wei general Sun Sheng.
In the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty (617), Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, who was then the retainer of Taiyuan and the overseer of Jinyang Palace, rebelled against Sui and soon invaded Chang'an, and Li Yuan declared Emperor Yaozun of Sui as Emperor Taishang, supported Emperor Sui's grandson and acting king Yang You as emperor, and changed yuan Yining to Emperor Gong of Sui.
The Sui Gong Emperor Yang Youjin made Li Yuan the King of Tang, the Grand Chancellor, and the Shang Shu Ling, and all the power was in Li Yuan's hands.
In the second year of the Sui Dynasty (618), Emperor Gong of Sui was forced to sit in Li Yuan, which was the emperor's throne, with the state name Tang, Jianyuan Wude, and the capital Chang'an, which was for Tang Gaozu.
Emperor Gaozu of Tang made Li Jiancheng crown prince, Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, Shang Shuling, and The Great General of Right Yiwei, and Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi.
In the seventh year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty (624), Wu Zetian was born, and his father was the Tang Dynasty Yingguo Gong, Gongbu Shangshu, and Jingzhou Governor Wu Shiyan.
In the ninth year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty (626), Li Shimin, the King of Qin, launched the "Xuanwumen Rebellion", killing the eldest brother Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, the fourth brother Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, and all of their sons, Tang Gaozu was forced to make him crown prince, and soon abdicated, Li Shimin took the throne, crowned Changsun Shi as empress, changed yuan zhenguan, and was known as Tang Taizong.
In the second year of Zhenguan (628) of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi was born in Chang'an, the ninth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and his mother was empress dowager.
In the tenth year of the Tang Dynasty (636), Empress Changsun died, and Emperor Taizong of Tang was so sad that he did not make another empress.
In the eleventh year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (637), Tang Taizong summoned the 14-year-old Wu Zetian into the palace, named wupincairen, and gave him the title of "WuMei", at this time Tang Taizong was 40 years old.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (643), due to the dispute between the crown prince Li Chengqian and the Wei prince Li Tai for the throne, Li Chengqian's intention to rebel was deposed, Li Tai was also degraded because he was too anxious, and Li Zhi, the king of Jin, with the support of his eldest son Wuji and other ministers, was made crown prince by Emperor Taizong of Tang.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (649), Emperor Taizong of Tang died, and the crown prince Li Zhi took the throne, known as Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
Although Wu Zetian entered the Chang'an Ganye Temple as a nun as a custom, she had an old relationship with Emperor Gaozong of Tang before and still broke the connection.
In the second year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (651), Emperor Gaozong of Tang put Wu Zetian into the palace, at this time, Wu Zetian was 28 years old, Tang Gaozong was 24 years old, and the difference between the two was 4 years.
In the third year of the Tang Dynasty's Yonghui (652), Wu Zetian gave birth to his eldest son, Li Hong, who was soon worshipped as Erpin Zhaoyi and favored in the harem.
In the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (654), Wu Zetian gave birth to the eldest daughter Li Shi, and the little princess unfortunately died early, and was later posthumously honored as Princess Andingsi.
In December of the same year, Wu Zetian gave birth to his second son, Li Xian, on his way to worship Zhaoling with Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
In October of the sixth year of the Tang Dynasty (655), Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian, after a struggle, deposed Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu as shuren, and Wu Zetian was made empress.
In November of the first year of the Tang Dynasty (656), Wu Zetian gave birth to his third son, Li Xian.
In the second year of Long Shuo (662) of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian gave birth to his fourth son, Li Dan.
Around the second year of the Tang Dynasty (665), Wu Zetian gave birth to his next daughter, Li Shi, the famous Princess Taiping, who was also the last child of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian.
This year, Wu Zetian was 42 years old and Tang Gaozong was 38 years old.
Through the combing of Yue Shijun above, the feelings and marital status of the three of them, Yue Friends should have a number in mind.
As for Wu Zetian and Tang Taizong, who had 6 children with Tang Gaozong, Yue Shijun believes that there are the following aspects that can be explained:
First, Tang Taizong had no favor for Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian was the palace of the Tang Dynasty In the eleventh year (637) of Zhenguan, when she was still a young girl, Tang Taizong was already a middle-aged man with 14 sons and 21 daughters.
The youngest son of Emperor Taizong of Tang was Li Ming the Fourteenth Son of Emperor Cao, although the history books do not record his birth year, but Yue Shijun can roughly speculate that The Thirteenth Son of emperor Li Fu was born in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634) of the Tang Dynasty, and after the death of Empress Changsun in the tenth year of Tang Dynasty (636), Tang Taizong once wanted to make Li Ming's mother, Princess Yang of Chaola, an empress, so Li Ming's birth time was between the eighth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (634) and the tenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (636).
The youngest daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Princess Li of Xincheng, was born to Empress Dowager Changsun in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634) of the Tang Dynasty.
That is to say, after Wu Zetian entered the palace, Tang Taizong never had any children born, of course, Wu Zetian was no exception.
Second, Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian were in good years
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang was crown prince, he slowly developed feelings with his father Emperor Taizong of Tang's talent, Wu Zetian.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang became crown prince in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643) of the Tang Dynasty, when he was 16 years old and Wu Zetian was 20 years old; in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (649), the 22-year-old Tang Gaozong became emperor and Wu Zetian was 26 years old.
In the second year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (651), the 24-year-old Emperor Gaozong of Tang brought the 28-year-old Wu Zetian into the palace, by which time Wu Zetian was pregnant, which was also the age of childbirth.
Third, Wu Zetian favored Emperor Gaozong of Tang
In the second year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (651), the 28-year-old Wu Zetian entered the palace, and the next year he gave birth to his eldest son Li Hong, who became the favorite concubine of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
Xiao Shufei and Empress Wang, two former lovers, joined forces to try to shake Wu Zetian's position, but not only did not succeed, but in the sixth year of Yonghui (655) of the Tang Dynasty, they were both deposed by Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Made Empress Wu Zetian empress.
Wu Zetian, who became empress, firmly grasped Tang Gaozong in his hands, although there were many harem beauties, but Tang Gaozong had no choice, and only had children with Wu Zetian.
It can be seen from this that Wu Zetian's birth of children between the two husbands is not accidental, but caused by the age and relationship between the three people.