From a sin slave to become the first female secretary beside Wu Zetian, married to two emperors, surrounded by countless male favorites, she is the most popular talented woman in history, Shangguan Wan'er, so what kind of strange woman is she?
Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather was the prime minister during the Tang Gaozong period, so she was originally also the son and grandson of a high-ranking official, but because her grandfather Shangguan Yi wrote an edict for Emperor Gaozong to abolish Wu Zetian, the Shangguan family was all implicated, so the newborn Shangguan Wan'er and her mother Zheng Shi were sent to the court as criminal slaves.
During the period of slavery, Zheng Shi was not content with the status quo, and carefully taught Shangguan Wan'er poetry and scribes, but fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er also contended, and she was proficient in poetry. Soon, Wu Zetian also knew about the talented Shangguan Wan'er, so he recruited her for an interview.
At this time, although Shangguan Wan'er was only fourteen years old, she did not panic in the face of Wu Zetian, and her articles were completed in one go, with gorgeous rhetoric and beautiful language, which satisfied Wu Zetian, and pardoned her slave status on the spot, and sent her an offer, making her a talented person and in charge of the palace commandments.
It stands to reason that this talent originally served the emperor, but when Wu Zetian was in power, this talent became a female official who served Wu Zetian. With her clever little brain, this Shangguan Wan'er successfully achieved the position of Wu Zetian's chief secretary, helping Wu Zetian deal with government affairs and write edicts, and even the military strategy, life and death power were mostly in the hands of Shangguan Wan'er, and she was also known as the female prime minister.
This is said that since ancient times, there have been many talents, and talented women are no exception, and the private life of a generation of talented women Shangguan Wan'er is not inferior to Wu Zetian, who has countless male favorites. First of all, this Shangguan Wan'er's first love Li Xian.
As Wu Zetian's personal secretary, Shangguan Wan'er often goes in and out of the harem, and it is normal to know some princes and princesses. Therefore, she met Li Xian, who was still the prince at that time, and after the two got along, they quickly sparked and often got tired together.
But later, Li Xian was jealous of Wu Zetian, deposed as a commoner, and exiled to Bazhou, and Shangguan Wan'er's first love ended.
Since the love scene is not smooth, let's engage in a career, Shangguan Wan'er follows the boss Wu Zetian all day, wherever she is needed, she will go, and she is quite happy to coax Wu Zetian. At that time, Wu Zetian had a very favorite male pet named Zhang Changzong, that guy wanted to look like and have a figure, no wonder Shangguan Wan'er was also fascinated by him.
After a long time, the two got together, and even dared to make love under Wu Zetian's nose. But where in this world is there an impermeable wall, soon, Wu Zetian knew about the private relationship between the two, but because of his talent, Wu Zetian did not execute Shangguan Wan'er, but ordered his punishment.
What is this punishment, that is, tattooing on the face. Although it is not big, it is also disfigured, so what to do? After that, Shangguan Wan'er came up with a good way to draw a plum blossom on the tattooed forehead, so she created a new makeup, plum blossom makeup, which set off a popular trend at that time.
Shangguan Wan'er, who escaped the disaster, knew that the boss was really good to her, and began to diligently help Wu Zetian in his career, but not long after, she met the third heartwarming male guest, this person is Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi.
This Wu Sansi relied on his friendship with Wu Zetian and rose all the way to the position of prime minister, because he had to work frequently, so he had frequent contacts with Shangguan Wan'er, and the two were not so much feelings as business cooperation, fooling Wu Zetian to seek greater power and status together.
Later, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang succeeded to the throne, and Shangguan Wan'er also quickly made a strategic change and became ambiguous with the new emperor. Li Xian, who was fascinated by Shangguan, directly let her live in his harem and named her Zhaorong.
Although this Li Xian is the emperor, he does not have much real power, and the big and small things in the dynasty are basically decided by his Empress Wei. After Shangguan Wan'er discovered this, she quickly moved closer to the center of power, and in order to coerce Empress Wei, she also gave her old lover Wu Sansi to the other party.
This Li Xian's head, it is a green grassland, I don't know it, and even good with Wu Sansi brothers, there are historical records, Wu Sansi did not enter the palace for three days, Li Xian had to wear private clothes to go to the door to see what was going on, if he knew that his good brothers were with his daughter-in-law, I don't know if he would hit the wall.
And although this middle-aged Shangguan Wan'er is obviously Li Xian's concubine, she is not willing to be lonely, so she began to recruit male favorites. Don't underestimate the ability of a talented woman, then write poetry casually, there will be a large group of fans rushing up, and all of them are small fresh meat, among which there is a person named Cui Xiangshí.
In order to facilitate her date with Cui Xiang, this Shangguan Wan'er even built a house outside the palace, and even when Cui Xiang became the prime minister later, she did not lack her efforts.
In the fourth year of Jinglong, Li Xian suddenly died, and this backer was gone, and Shangguan Wan'er immediately united with Empress Wei to persuade her to follow Wu Zetian's regent. On the other side, Li Longji, who received the news, decided to strike first, launched the Tang Long Rebellion, led his army to storm the palace, and successively killed Empress Wei, Princess Anle and all Wei Hou's party, and Shangguan Wan'er could not escape, and was finally beheaded by Li Longji.
Shangguan Wan'er's life can be described as legendary, from a sin slave to a generation of female prime ministers, holding great power, infinite scenery, but in the end it did not end up in a good end, but ended in a bad end, which is really a bit bleak.