As the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian's road to the throne is naturally very difficult, because what she has to face is not only the prosperous Li family royal family, but also the social consciousness of male superiority and female inferiority since ancient times. Therefore, for Wu Zetian, to be able to obtain the final throne, the sacrifices she made are unacceptable to ordinary people, and her heart is fierce, which is unimaginable. According to Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian, the reason why Wu Zetian was able to obtain the final throne was that her fierce heart was the magic weapon for her victory, and how fierce was she?
Shaanxi ancient tombs were discovered against the sky, revealing the true face of Wu Zetian! The expert took a breath of cool air: really fierce! As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, but in the hands of Wu Zetian, this sentence is obviously not worth mentioning. According to records, Wu Zetian gave birth to four sons and two daughters in her lifetime, but the children who died directly at her hands had two sons and one daughter. When Wu Zetian's eldest daughter, Princess Anding, was born, she was only a favored concubine by Li Zhi's side, and in order to make herself ascend to the position of empress, she did not hesitate to suffocate her newborn daughter with her own hands and marry her to the then Empress Wang.
Tang Gaozong, who did not know the truth, naturally did not believe that Wu Zetian would kill his daughter, so Empress Wang suffered the grievance of in vain and was forever beaten into the cold palace. After that, Wu Zetian successfully ascended to the main chamber, and her path to power was officially opened. The most fierce doubt about Wu Zetian is whether she killed her son Li Hong, which is also the most controversial point from ancient times to the present. After the former crown prince was deposed, Wu Zetian's eldest son Li Hong naturally became the crown prince, but Wu Zetian was bound to not let such a son who was not under his control become emperor, so under her operation, Li Hong eventually died. However, this matter has always been debated by historians, and there has been no direct evidence that Wu Zetian was involved in Li Hong's death.
It was not until 1995 that an ancient tomb was discovered in Shaanxi, and key evidence of Li Hong's abnormal death was found here: the epitaph of Yan Zhuang. Yan Zhuang was a member of Li Hong's faction at that time, and his time of death was also very sensitive, only five months later than Li Hong. On his epitaph, experts found a sentence that directly pointed to the extraordinary relationship between Wu Zetian and Li Hong's death! It is precisely because of this that the relationship between Wu Zetian and Li Hong's death has also become clear, and the expert has inhaled a cool breath: it is really cruel!