After Wu Zetian ascended to the throne, many of her problems also appeared, one of which was that she was more "lustful" and hoped to be admitted to the harem for good-looking men. In her later years, there were four "male attendants", or four "people around her", what was the end of these four people, and where did they go?
1. Xue Huaiyi
He was originally a peddler of dog skin plaster in the capital, named Feng Xiaobao. However, because she was tall and burly and very handsome, she had some unclear relationships with the little maid of Princess Qianjin. When the princess house and the little maid met, was found by the princess, the then Princess Qianjin was worried about how to please Wu Zetian, seeing that this man looked good and was very tall and tall, so not only did not punish him, but instead took him into the palace and dedicated him to Wu Zetian.
Feng Xiaobao came from a lowly background, but because Wu Zetian took a fancy to him, he was in a smooth position. However, because of his origins, Wu Zetian changed his name to "Xue Huaiyi" and recognized Princess Taiping's horse as his father, so that his status was much higher and he became a relative of the emperor.
Wu Zetian was a person who worshipped the Buddha, and would often announce some senior monks to enter the palace to preach Buddhism, and Xue Huaiyi also shaved his hair to become a "monk", so that he had the opportunity to enter the palace. Wu Zetian was very fond of this "face head". He wanted to repair the White Horse Temple, and Wu Zetian gave him a large amount of silver. After the completion of the White Horse Temple, he was also named the abbot of the White Horse Temple.
In addition, he was given the task of repairing the Ming Hall and Heaven with a huge project. Of course, he did not live up to the emperor's willfulness towards him, and the work was done very well. Later, he was made a general of Zuo Wei wei and the Duke of Liang. Wu Zetian also sent him twice to lead troops to attack the Xiongnu. However, he was fortunate that he had just sent an army to attack and encountered the situation of the Xiongnu retreating, so it seemed to be a great victory. Wu Zetian also greatly appreciated him and constantly promoted him to official positions. Moreover, for Wu Zetian to ascend to the throne, he made some efforts to make it easier to ascend the throne.
However, along with pampering, he also became somewhat brash, disturbing the chickens and dogs that stirred up the imperial court. It also made Wu Zetian a little unaccustomed to him, and his love for him slowly decreased. Dissatisfied with this, Xue Huaiyi set fire to Wu Zetian's favorite MingTang and Heaven, and also publicized Wu Zetian's private life. This made the emperor angry enough to send someone to kill him.
2. Shen Nanxuan
He was probably the least existent of Wu Zetian's four "male pets". He was originally the imperial physician in the palace, not only was he first-class in medical skills but also very handsome. At the time of Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian was already an elderly person, and her natural body and other aspects had declined over the years, so she was very anxious, looking at her aging face with some worry. So he summoned the imperial doctor in the palace to ask what to do with Yindang, and one of them called this Shen Nanxuan. The imperial doctor said at that time that a combination of yin and yang should be adopted to make the qi and blood sufficient. His statement made Wu Zetian very happy, so under the explicit hint of Wu Zetian, he became Wu Zetian's second male attendant. But unfortunately, although he is handsome and has a good skin bag, his body is not good. In order to please Wu Zetian, he often took a booster medicine, and as a result, he died of overdose.
3. Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong
The two brothers were born in a family of ministers, Zhang Yizhi was proficient in music, and Zhang Changzong was good at medicinal stones. Both were slender, white-skinned and beautiful people, who were dedicated to Wu Zetian by Princess Taiping. Both of them were intelligent people who knew how to win favors, so they often accompanied Emperor Wu. Wu Zetian also liked the brothers very much, not only giving them knighthoods, but also promoting their families. Because she was not young at that time, and did not have so much energy, she often let the two brothers deal with the affairs of the imperial court.
But they also became greedy, and they were very arrogant in the court, and all the ministers who were not accustomed to them were dismissed from their posts or put in prison. When Wu Zetian was seriously ill, he also forbade the ministers of the DPRK to visit Wu Zetian. In order to prevent them from a coup d'état, the ministers had to kill the two first and restore Li Xian.
It can be seen that although these four people are all prosperous, their end is indeed not very good, and they ended up with a tragic ending.