The secret of Wu Zetian is not recorded in historical documents, but only exists in anecdotal reports and unofficial history. However, this rumor has been circulating since ancient times. Since someone said it, it must not be groundless, there must be a reason. Wu Zetian's construction of the secret room may be related to her life experience. In the past, Wu Zetian was also called Wu Meiniang. At that time, she was beautiful, charming and popular. So she was recruited into the palace. Emperor Taizong was very satisfied with her. It's a pity that Taizong was seriously ill and died before he lived long.
Since then, Wu Meiniang has been eclipsed. When he was sad, he left the palace and went to a Buddhist temple in the mountains to shave his hair. Although Wu Meiniang wants to retire to Buddhism, there is still a man infatuated with her. This man is Li Zhi, the son of Emperor Taizong. It turns out that Li Zhi is a talented young man. A few years ago, he secretly loved Wu Meiniang and didn't want his father to marry Wu Meiniang. Therefore, Li Zhi can only silently hide this feeling in his heart.
One day, Wu Meiniang was becoming a monk when he suddenly heard that Li Zhi, the current emperor, had arrived. The purpose of the Tang Emperor's arrival was to bring Wu Meiniang back to the palace. Wu Meiniang repeatedly refused, knowing that the emperor's life was inviolable, so he promised to go back with Li Zhi and become today's queen. Soon, with the full devotion of Li Zhi, Wu Zetian rose very smoothly, climbed to the peak of power, and then became a female emperor herself.
So many officials in the imperial court are dissatisfied with the fact that women are in power, so they always don't cooperate in the deliberation. Wu Zetian was deeply stressed, so she secretly found someone to set up a secret room in the harem. At first, eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting who knew about this thought that the Virgin was going to hide the private money in the secret room. After all, it was popular for officials at that time to set up a secret room to collect their own gold and silver jewelry, but this was not the case with Wu Zetian. She has the power of the Tang Dynasty, the whole world belongs to her, and there is no need to hide any property.
Therefore, some busybodies speculated that Wu Zetian's secret room was used for raising, but careful observation was not established, because it is well known that Wu Zetian raised the Zhang brothers (Toy Boy) face to face, and there is no need to hide it. Then, one night, the maid-in-waiting beside Wu Zetian became curious. She saw the saints going in and out of the secret room all night and refused to let herself go in to serve, so the maid-in-waiting sneaked into Wu Zetian's secret room with the love of the saints.
As soon as the maid-in-waiting came out, the guards outside caught her red-handed. Wu Zetian immediately flew into a rage without saying anything. The maid-in-waiting was dragged out and beheaded before asking for mercy. At this point, the Chamber of Secrets is even more mysterious. The eunuchs and maids in the palace are too scared to discuss this matter again, and no one dares to mention the Chamber of Secrets again. Therefore, no one knows this secret room better.
But the secret will be revealed one day. Wu Zetian was the most powerful when she proclaimed herself emperor. No one dared to step into the secret room, but she would be too old to abdicate. The reason is really unimaginable! After many years, curious people finally opened the dusty secret room of Wu Zetian, and one by one they found a Buddha statue and several portraits of the emperor, as well as a large number of handwritten Buddhist scriptures. It can be seen that Wu Zetian still believed in Buddhism after she proclaimed herself emperor. She may be ashamed and sorry for several emperors, so she has to go in and copy a Buddhist sutra every night before going to bed, so maybe this way can make her sleep well.