Li Shimin favored Wu Zetian without pregnancy for 13 years, but after marrying Li Zhi, he gave birth to six sons in a row, why is this?
Is it because Li Shimin does not want Wu Zetian to conceive and have a child, or do they have other secret transactions between the husband and wife?
When Wu Zetian and Li Shimin first met, they were a 14-year-old girl, and she was worried about her future in Luoyang Palace. But at this time, the descending of a holy decree made Wu Zetian completely change the first half of his mediocre life. Li Shimin had not yet seen Wu Zetian's true appearance, so he directly made her a concubine and sent her to the palace.
It is said that Wu Zetian's mother was very worried, he did not know why his daughter received Li Shimin's attention, but in fact this is related to a small rumor outside, it is said that when Wu Zetian was young, a Taoist priest once came to his house and said that this little girl had the spirit of a true dragon. Although this joke was not believed by anyone, Li Shimin had some feudalism and tradition. He still felt a little curious, he didn't know what kind of secrets Wu Zetian had, so he simply locked her up in the harem and carefully observed. After a period of investigation, he believed that Wu Zetian was an ordinary 14-year-old girl, there was a huge age difference between the two, and Wu Zetian had not been able to become an adult, so Li Shimin did not choose to trust her, but kept her in the harem.
A few years later, Wu Zetian grew up, and she knew that if she wanted to gain more power, the best way was to please her husband Li Shimin, so she soon attracted Li Shimin's attention with her own means, and got her favor, and after that, she also obtained a position of talent.
Li Shimin spoiled Wu Zetian and did not get pregnant for 13 years, but after marrying Li Zhi, he gave birth six times in a row, what is going on? What's the secret in this?
Many women in the harem were very jealous of Wu Zetian, because Li Shimin did pamper Wu Zetian as if he were a wife, he would bring Wu Zetian what he wanted, and he would also take the initiative to help other concubines when they made it difficult for Wu Zetian. When Li Shimin's health was getting worse and worse in his later years, he even allowed Wu Zetian to stay by his side all the time to serve soup medicine, which was a treatment that no other concubine had.
But such a favored woman, in the 13 years of being married to Li Shimin, has not been able to give birth to a child to him, and many people feel a little curious. According to common sense, if Wu Zetian has a plan, then he will definitely be able to stabilize his position quickly, and it is very likely that he will let his child sit in the position of the prince. But Wu Zetian has always seemed very secure and guarded, and has never taken the initiative to mention the matter of having a child, at that time, many people felt that Wu Zetian's body was not something wrong, but in fact, after marrying her second husband, Prince Li Zhi, she gave birth to six children in a row, which is enough to prove that the problem back then may be more likely to be Li Shimin's body.
It can also be seen from the current situation that Wu Zetian did not give birth to a child, more because of practical considerations, and Li Shimin may not want this woman to give birth to a child and be calculated by other women. At that time, Li Shimin was already very old, even if he pampered Wu Zetian, it was impossible to bring more protection to their mother and son, and once there was a little mistake, Wu Zetian and the child between him would be destroyed.
The reason why other women in the harem were able to tolerate Wu Zetian staying by Li Shimin's side all the time and received so much pampering was that she would never be able to sit in the position of crown prince and concubine. But if she does give birth to a man, things can change dramatically quickly. Li Shimin is a smart emperor, of course he knows these troublesome problems in the harem, Wu Zetian as a wife staying by his side, may be able to provide him with a lot of care, but once changed to the child's weapon, he needs to have more precautions against this woman, after all, no one knows whether Wu Zetian will suddenly attack Li Shimin for his son. And Li Shimin and Wu Zetian did not get along for a long time, naturally there was no deep feeling, and all the favor he showed for Wu Zetian was more just a kind of guilt.
He used Wu Zetian and trapped the first half of this girl's life in the palace, if not for his holy will of the year, maybe Wu Zetian could marry a man who was in charge after this, the life of the two people was actually not very good, but with Wu Zetian's scheming and skills, it was impossible to live worse, but unfortunately the palace buried the second half of her life, and she was never able to give birth to a child to Li Shimin, more because there were other considerations between the two of them, not that there was anything wrong with Wu Zetian's body. What do you think about this, welcome to discuss in the comment area