Wu Zetian entered the palace at the age of 14. After more than a year in the palace, she was finally summoned to the righteous court. She was favored by Emperor Taizong of Tang for the first time and was named Wu Mei by Emperor Taizong of Tang. At this time, Wu Meiniang, beautiful as a flower, with buds to be released, eager to get the love seed favored by the emperor, can stay by Tang Taizong's side for more than ten years. She is just a "talent", similar to the role of a maid. Emperor Taizong of Tang was an outstanding person in the world, and his requirements for women were virtuous, docile, empathetic, and feminine, while Wu Zetian's beauty and talent were naturally not appreciated by the emperor. As a talented son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wu Zetian spent a full 12 years in the palace, and she gradually matured from a young girl who had just entered the world. However, during this period, she did not receive Emperor Taizong's favor. Wu Zetian neither bore children for Emperor Taizong of Tang nor was he promoted.
At this time, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin was ill, and Li Zhi was the crown prince. He often came to the palace to serve his critically ill father, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and had the opportunity to meet Wu Zetian, who was four years older than him. Once, Li Zhi entered the palace to take a potion, and Wu Meiniang was waiting by her side. When Li Zhi saw her beautiful and moving, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. When their gazes met, Wu Mei turned her face shyly. Li Zhi was bitter that he did not have a chance to talk to her. One day, when there was no one around, Mei Niang knelt in with a basin of gold. Li Zhi put his hand into the basin and sprinkled water on Wu Mei's clothes. He teased: "At first glance, I think of the soul in the dream of Cuishan, and the balcony road is not heard."
Mei Niang immediately smiled and said with a smile: "Before the splendid tent is settled, let's go to the golden basin to bathe first." Li Zhi was very happy, and she took her hand to have sex in a secluded place of Xiaoxuan in the palace. Afterwards, Wu Mei rubbed her clothes with her hands and cried: "Although I am humble, I have served the Supreme for a long time, and I want to show Your Majesty's feelings and violate the law of adultery." In the future, I will live in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, I don't know where the concubine is-" Li Zhi untied the Jiulong mutton fat jade hook, gave it to her, and said, "I will say it bluntly, and I will be your successor." After that, the two involuntarily contacted privately. In this way, Wu Zetian, as the emperor's personal maid, secretly communicated with the father and son.
After the death of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wu Zetian entered the palace as a nun, and Li Zhi missed her. However, at the beginning of the new king's accession to the throne, he did not have many opportunities to meet her. In the first year of Yonghui (650), the day of Emperor Taizong's death, Li Zhi went to Ganye Temple in the name of burning incense to pray for blessings, where he met Wu Zetian, who had been impoverished for nearly a year. When Wu Zetian saw Emperor Gaozong for the first time, she couldn't help but burst into tears. A year of poverty and loneliness in the nunnery is unbearable. She told Emperor Gaozong her idea, and Emperor Gaozong, Li Zhi, was also deeply moved. However, as the emperor, Li Zhi had no suitable reason to take Wu Zetian out of the palace, so he had to stay in the Ganye Temple.
The secret agreement between Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian had reached the palace. Empress Zhonggong did not make a presumptuous move towards the emperor, but encouraged Emperor Gaozong to bring Wu Zetian into the palace. It turned out that at this time, the queen of the king was competing with Xiao Shufei. In order to please the emperor, she did not hesitate to summon Wu Zetian into the palace to please the emperor. Empress Wang's suggestion naturally conformed to the emperor's original intention, and Wu Zetian was quickly recruited into the palace and became a second-class Zhao Yi from Ganye Temple.
After Wu Zetian returned to the palace, he tried his best to curry favor with the king and empress, groveling to the empress, and respecting him. For this reason, Empress Wang often praised her in front of her. In this way, Emperor Gaozong found that Wu Zetian was becoming more and more cute. Emperor Gaozong had a very pleasant time with Wu Zetian, and he found that he had many common languages with Wu Zetian. Gradually, as the struggle in the palace expanded, Wu Zetian was no longer satisfied with being a Zhao Yi. Her purpose was to enter the palace and replace the queen.
Soon, Wu Zetian gave birth to a daughter. She took advantage of the Queen's opportunity to visit her newborn baby according to the rules of etiquette, suffocated her daughter with her own hands, and then married the Queen. In this regard, unexpected trouble, the queen of all kings, full of mouth, the explanation is not clear. Soon, Wu Zetian falsely accused the empress of witchcraft with her mother and cursed herself, which made Emperor Gaozong very angry. Linked to the death of his youngest daughter, he deposed the empress and established Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian's sister Wu Jie accompanied the empress in the palace and gradually became acquainted with the emperor. When they met at the palace, Wu Zetian noticed them, and Emperor Gaozong sneaked into the city to secretly secretly secretly secretly affair. Soon Wu Jie became pregnant, and Wu Zetian sent someone to strangle her with a rope. Wu Jie's daughter Helan knew in her heart that Wu Zetian had killed her mother, but she was flattering and obedient on the surface. She was caught by Wu Zetian while flirting with the emperor at the Ganlu Temple. Wu Zetian poisoned the girl with poisoned wine.
Emperor Gaozong suffered a series of blows, hated Wu Zetian to the bone, and prepared to write a letter to abolish the empress. When Wu Zetian found out, he put Shangguanyi to death and asked the emperor to call her "Queen of Heaven." The two of them, collectively known as the Two Saints, sat together in the courtroom. After that, Emperor Gaozong of Tang ascended to the dynasty and was monitored by Wu Zetian; All political matters, big or small, must be approved by the Queen. In 683, Emperor Gaozong died of illness. Later, both Li Xi'an and Li Dan, who ascended the throne, were deposed by Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian killed the ministers surnamed Li one by one, quelled the rebellion of the kings, exiled the rebellious ministers to Lingnan, and even killed thousands of soldiers who surrendered. A monk forged a Buddhist scripture that said that Wu Zetian was originally reincarnated as Maitreya Buddha. Buddha sent her to rule the world in place of the Tang emperor. Another official, Fu Youyi, contacted more than 900 people in the Guanzhong region and jointly wrote a letter requesting the Empress Dowager to be declared emperor.
While refusing, Wu Zetian promoted Fu Youyi's position. As a result, more and more people persuaded her to become emperor. At that time, hundreds of civil and military officials, nobles, people near and far, leaders of various ethnic groups, and monks persuaded more than 60,000 people to join the table. At this time, Emperor Li Dan survived in name and was forced to cede the throne to his mother. Marquis Wu became emperor, changed the Tang Dynasty to Great Zhou, and proclaimed himself Holy Emperor. She was the only female emperor in Chinese history.