In 656, Wu Meiniang gave birth to a little princess, and Emperor Gaozong of Tang was overjoyed and pardoned the world to celebrate. Although Empress Xiao Shufei and Wu Meiniang were sworn enemies, they also came to visit and give gifts at this time. But they never imagined that they would be caught up in an unusually vicious conspiracy.
Just after they left, Wu Meiniang took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, quietly sneaked into the room where the little princess slept, and used a pair of soft and boneless jade hands to squeeze the little princess's neck fiercely. The little princess was powerless to resist and soon suffocated. Wu Meiniang said with tears in her eyes: "Baby, don't blame Niang for being ruthless, don't kill you, Niang will never emerge in the palace!" ”
After saying that, Wu Meiniang quietly left again. Not long after, Li Zhixing, who had descended the dynasty, rushed to look at the pearl in his hand, only to see a dead baby. Li Zhilongyan was furious: "Who was so bold as to kill the princess of Yuan!" Wu Meiniang cried and screamed, and simply closed her eyes and pretended to faint. The eunuch said truthfully, "Before the princess died, only Empress Xiao Shufei came to visit..."
The furious Li Zhi couldn't think about it, and immediately found the two people to ask for guilt. Princess Xiao Shufei was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, and Empress Wang also stood still on the spot, and finally she did not even have time to shout injustice, so she was beaten into the cold palace together.
It was not until later that Empress Wang understood that this was a vicious frame-up by Wu Meiniang, and she immediately regretted it. If she hadn't actively helped Wu Meiniang enter the palace, she wouldn't have ended up today. But then again, who would have thought that this woman could be so fierce...
Wu Zetian can have this kind of means, in fact, it is inseparable from her family's education. Her father's name was Wu Shiyan (武士彟), a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. The samurai have been engaged in business for generations, and the descendants cultivated are all shrewd and capable, good at drilling and calculating. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the samurai had a unique vision, and he had already bet on Li Yuan, and later Li Yuan really won the world. As a result, Samurai Yan was given the title of Duke of Yingguo and was known as one of the "Heroes of the Yuan Dynasty".
The father is so shrewd, how can the daughter be bad. Wu Zetian was deeply influenced from an early age and showed a city government that was different from ordinary people. Yuan Tiangang, a famous xiangshi in the early Tang Dynasty, once visited the Wu family, and when he saw Wu Zetian, he immediately exclaimed: "If this female baby is a male body, she may be able to call the emperor an emperor!" The samurai was very happy and thought that his daughter would be extraordinary in the future, so he worked harder to teach by example.
At the age of 14, his father Samurai died of illness, and the power of the samurai family plummeted, and he was ostracized and bullied by his enemies. Emperor Taizong of Tang had the heart to help him, so he recruited Wu Zetian into the palace as a concubine. For the sake of the power of the martial family, Wu Zetian resolutely agreed. But since the ancient palace, where is it easy to stay, I don't know how many women in the palace are lonely and old all their lives.
The mother was in tears and wanted to push back this matter, but Wu Zetian said ambitiously: "This may be a good opportunity for me and the martial family, there is nothing to cry!" In this way, Wu Zetian walked into the gate of the imperial palace and embarked on the road of a female emperor who had never been before and had never come after.
At the beginning of entering the palace, Tang Taizong did not have feelings for Wu Zetian, but after a long time, he became aware of her unusualness. Once, Tang Taizong's white horse went mad, and the horse trainers had nothing to do. At that time, Wu Zetian was beside him, and said directly: "To deal with the disobedient beasts, I have three moves, the first with a whip, the second with a hammer, and I am not tamed, and I directly cut my throat with a dagger." ”
Wu Zetian's fierceness surprised Tang Taizong, who named her a talented person and gave her the name of Charming Lady. But unfortunately, at that time, Tang Taizong had entered his twilight years, and some facts were weak in his heart, and Wu Zetian was finally snubbed. Wu Zetian was not discouraged, and turned to the crown prince Li Zhimei, looking forward to a turnaround.
In 649, Tang Taizong died of illness, leaving a will on his death, sending all concubines who had never given birth to the palace. Wu Zetian, who had been alone in an empty house for ten years, came to Ganye Temple to become a nun. Only five months later, Emperor Gaozong of Tang came to the Ganye Temple to meet her again and exchange heartfelt feelings.
The warm scene of the two was looked at by the accompanying Empress Wang. Empress Wang's heart moved, she had not been favored by Li Zhi for many years, and she was ostracized and bullied by the favored Concubine Xiao Shu. If Wu Zetian was included in the harem, it would be able to strike at Xiao Shufei's arrogance. So Empress Wang took the initiative and said, "It is said that there are lovers who will eventually become dependents, please your majesty to include martial talents in the harem." Li Zhi was overjoyed to hear this, he had long wanted to do so, and he was worried that there was no reason, so he immediately pushed the boat along the water and agreed.
Wu Zetian re-entered the harem, and indeed suppressed Concubine Xiao Shu, and soon after she became pregnant, giving birth to the crown prince Li Hong, who was deeply favored by Li Zhi and was named "Concubine Chen", second only to the empress. Empress Wang cried out in a big mistake and quickly turned her head to unite with Concubine Xiao Shufei to jointly fight against Wu Zetian. But they were not opponents at all, and Wu Zetian only used the trap of strangling his daughter to beat them into the abyss of eternal disaster...
After leveling Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, Wu Zetian was no longer invincible and began to seek to become the lord of the Six Palaces. At that time, there were not a few speculative ministers in the DPRK, and Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, and others saw that Wu Zetian was favored and took the initiative to help her support in exchange for promotion. Wu Zetian pushed the boat along the water and used them to integrate their forces, and gradually formed a force that could not be ignored in the court.
The old ministers Sun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were keenly aware of Wu Zetian's ambitions, and they strongly opposed Wu Zetian's title of Empress. At the meeting, Chu Suiliang was even forced to die. Wu Zetian, favored by Li Zhi, directly asked Li Zhi: "Why don't you give this old minister to death!" Although Li Zhi did not dare to really give Chu Suiliang death, he still demoted him to exile.
After this incident, no one in the DPRK dared to stop Wu Zetian from claiming that even the founding hero Li Ji (Xu Maogong), under Li Zhi's questioning, could only be careful: "Your Majesty's family affairs, why should you ask others." ”
In this way, Wu Zetian finally became the coveted Lord of the Six Palaces. Subsequently, she first destroyed the flowers with her hot hands, brutally tortured and killed Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei, and then used a conspiracy to kill the old ministers Sun Wuji and Shangguan Yi, completely gaining a foothold. After Emperor Gaozong of Tang cured Li's illness, Wu Zetian reused cool officials and completely grasped the power of the imperial court, eventually becoming a generation of female emperors...
