This article is originally created by: Upstairs Old Fan
Wu Zetian was the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history.
Marriage is the graveyard of love, this sentence is not only appropriate for ordinary people, but also for the emperor and generals, whether it is true love between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, this should be staged.
It is not that people's hearts are fickle, but that people's hearts will change, no one will always remain unchanged, I think that Li Zhi did not know that he would one day become the prince, after all, the eldest brother Li Chengqian and the second brother Li Tai are much better than him.
But suddenly the crown prince and Li Tai were deposed at the same time, and Li Zhi, who had always been unknown, was suddenly pushed to the forefront by the eldest son Wujie and became the prince of the Tang Empire, everyone knew that Li Zhiwen was weak, and the group of ministers led by the eldest son Wuji actually wanted to find a weak emperor.
During Li Shimin's serious illness, Li Zhi, as the crown prince, must show more filial piety than usual, and be more attentive to his father than ordinary people, only in this way can he highlight his status as a prince, otherwise Li Zhi, who has nothing, can sit in a stable position.
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's love is also at this time, one is a concubine who has been snubbed for many years, one is the future emperor, Wu Zetian is a dangerous move, the future emperor who wants to tie the knot, the question is whether you can take this line, it all depends on your ability.
Wu Zetian succeeded, Wu Zetian who had been in the palace for 12 years was almost desperate, and he knew that such opportunities were not many, and she could finally come in handy here as a skilled person, during which there was true love between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.
Immediately after Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian became a nun according to the custom, and Li Zhi became the emperor, with so many things to deal with, it seems that He has forgotten Wu Zetian, who was a nun in the temple.
But Wu Zetian, who is not willing to be like this, will never give up, and takes the risk of having a private affair with the prince, in order to be able to make a comeback to return to the palace today, during which Wu Zetian once wrote a love poem to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi did not seem to forget Wu Zetian, and then came to the temple to offer incense, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian had an old love rekindled.
The struggle in the harem has always been cruel, and Empress Wang tried to get Wu Zetian into the palace in order to contain Xiao Shufei, but from then on, Wu Zetian was like a dragon entering the sea, and her ability and means completely crushed Empress Wang and Xiao Shufei.
In particular, Wu Zetian's stomach was angry, and after Wu Zetian used means to let Li Zhi depose Empress Wang, the matter of making Wu Zetian empress was also put on the agenda.
At this time, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were the honeymoon period of their feelings, they were not only lovers and husbands and wives, but also close comrades-in-arms, because the emperor wanted to make an empress, and the eldest grandson did not allow it, so that when he came and went, things became a struggle between monarchy and power, and Wu Zetian was of course firmly on Li Zhi's side.
Through a series of means, these two people finally overthrew the eldest son Wuji and successfully regained power, which was the best time for Wu Zetian and Li Zhi to have the best feelings, because at this time, they had a common enemy, The Eldest Sun Wuji, but with the fall of the eldest Son Wuji, a rift slowly appeared between the emperor and the empress.
Li Yifu is a typical example, Li Yifu was the first foreign minister to fall to Wu Zetian in the incident of deposing Wang Liwu, which made Wu Zetian very grateful, and Li Yifu rose very fast. Within a few years, he became the prime minister of power and opposition.
But Li Yifu is more able to die, thinking that with the support of the empress, he can do something wrong, but Li Zhi is not happy about this, he is the emperor, so he found an excuse to dismiss Li Yifu, from this incident we can see that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian already have a rift, and at this time Wu Zetian is not enough to break Li Zhi's wrist.
With the passage of time, Wu Zetian's desire for power became greater and greater, and Li Zhi's health became worse and worse, and he could only entrust many administrative affairs to Wu Zetian to handle, and the two began to trust each other, and slowly developed into some contradictions and competition.
In the later period, Wu Zetian basically controlled the situation, and Li Zhi, who was not in good health, could only sigh a long sigh, but Li Zhi also knew that Wu Zetian could understand this, after all, Li Zhi was not in good health, Li Zhi thought that it was enough to cultivate his son well, but then even this wish could not be realized, Li Zhi's series of behaviors in the late period had made him fearful of Wu Zetian, hoping that after his children succeeded to the throne, Wu Zetian would slowly retreat, after all, no matter how strong you are, you are a woman after all.
Fortunately, Li Zhi died early, and after his death, Wu Zetian completely controlled the situation, tearing off the fig leaf and false mask step by step, and finally became emperor.
The emperor's power can not be shared with others, the wife is not OK, between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, once was true love, after marriage the two people also lived very sweetly, and once fought together, but unfortunately Li Zhi is not in good health, slowly the feelings and relationship between the two of them are more complicated, and at the last moment even Li Zhi is powerless to change the fact that Wu Zetian is in power, and only hopes that his children can succeed to the throne smoothly.
Unfortunately, Li Zhi's wish was disappointed, his two children were deposed, and Wu Zetian became emperor, but in the end it seems that Wu Zetian returned to the essence of Li Zhi's daughter-in-law and was buried with Li Zhi.
Imperial power is a peculiar thing, and talking about feelings in front of him is indeed a bit self-imposed and ridiculous.