Let's see how she killed her rival, Wang Huanghe, by such cruel means as "bone drunk".
After the death of Emperor Taizong, all unmarried concubines were sent to be nuns. Wu Zetian was also forced to shave his hair to accompany the ancient Buddha statue in Deng Qing.
At this time, Queen Tang Gaozong, who succeeded to the throne, was competing with Xiao Shufei, who was favored by Emperor Gaozong. In order to cut off Xiao Shufei's special favor, the queen cleverly persuaded her husband to welcome Wu Zetian into the palace, so that Wu Zetian could transfer Xiao Shufei's special feelings.
The queen's idea is exactly what Tang Gaozong wants, and Tang Gaozong misses his sweetheart day and night. Soon, Wu Zetian returned to the palace and was named Zhao Yi (second-grade official) by Tang Gaozong. Wu Zetian is very clever and skilled. When she first returned to the palace, she pretended to be humble to the queen and soon gained her trust. Queen Wang often praised Wu Zetian's talent and character in front of Tang Gaozong. Tang Gaozong is no longer dedicated to Xiao Shufei.
However, what Queen Wang didn't expect was that the front door refused wolves and the back door welcomed tigers.
Tang Gaozong is very fond of Wu Zetian at this time. The two were inseparable soon.
Queen Wang never dreamed that her tragic fate came step by step from this time.
One day, Wu Zetian, a cunning and vicious woman, had a vicious plan to frame the queen.
This year, Wu Zetian gave birth to a daughter. Queen Wang came to visit her out of courtesy and went to the crib to tease the girl. Who knows that the queen just left, Wu Zetian secretly strangled her own daughter, then tucked herself in and left the crib as if nothing had happened.
After Tang Gaozong returned to the palace, Wu Zetian smiled and spoiled, showing her husband her lovely daughter. Tang Gaozong lifted the quilt with excited fatherly love and was shocked to see his lovely daughter die there. Wu Zetian howled. Tang Gaozong urged his entourage, saying that only the queen had been to the back room and seen the baby, and no one else had. Tang Gaozong was furious, thinking that the queen had lost her virginity because of jealousy and killed her daughter. Wu Zetian took the opportunity to embellish and speak ill of many queens. As it is difficult for the queen to understand this matter, it is useless to deny it. Since then, Tang Gaozong has had the idea of abolishing the Queen.
Wu Zetian finally got the chance to be queen. At that time, she knew very well that it was not a trivial matter to abolish the queen. It is possible to gain the support of the elders and the recognition of the elders of the Li clan. So she suggested that Tang Gaozong consult with her uncle Sun Chang Wuji.
In order to win over Sun Chang Wuji, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian personally came to intercede, named three sons of Sun Chang Wuji as doctors, and sent ten carts of gold, silver and jewelry. However, Sun Chang Wuji said nothing at all. Wu Zetian has repeatedly asked her mother Yang to personally go to Wuji's home to pay tribute to intercede. Sun Chang promise also don't promise. Wu Zetian also invited Xu, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, to visit the house many times to persuade Wuji to fulfill this matter, but Wuji reprimanded him face to face.
Because when the prime minister's uncle didn't agree to make Empress Wu Zetian, Tang Gaozong had to give up temporarily, but sealed the titles of Li Hong and Li Xian, two babbling children born to Empress Wu Zetian.
In order to attack the queen again, Wu Zetian reported that the queen and her mother Liu * * * were swearing and won. Tang Gaozong listened to Wu Zetian's slanderers, ordered the Liu family not to enter the palace, and demoted Liu, the uncle of the Queen and the prime minister of the dynasty, to the secretariat of Chazhou.
In the sixth year of Yonghui (655), Sun Chang Wuji wrote a letter asking Tang Gaozong to demote Li Yifu, the official of Chinese calligraphy, as Bizhou Sima. Before the letter was sent, Li Yifu got the news and quickly asked his colleague Wang Dejian. Is Xu's nephew, and Li Yifu has been in collusion with Xu for a long time, so it is natural to help. He told Li Yifu that the emperor wanted to make Wu Queen, but he was afraid that the minister would not agree. If you can boldly write a strategy and propose that Wu be the queen and give the emperor a chance to express his opinions, then you will certainly turn disaster into pleasure. Li Yifu was overjoyed and decided to act immediately. I happened to be working the night shift in Zhongshu, so I went to replace him, took the opportunity to knock on the cabinet, and suggested abolishing the queen and changing Wu to be the queen. Tang Gaozong was very happy after his appearance. He immediately asked him to go for an interview, gave him a bucket of jewelry, and approved that he would not be demoted again. He was reinstated and continued to be a calligrapher in China. Wu Zetian was naturally overjoyed and secretly sent someone to thank her.
A stone stirs up a thousand waves. A piece of paper by Li Yifu caused an uproar in the ruling and opposition circles. The elders and ministers of the Wang clique waged a fierce struggle with the new politicians in Wu Pai. In order to frighten the opposition, Wu Zetian instigated Tang Gaozong to adopt a high-handed policy: first, Pei Xingjian was demoted from Chang 'an, and then Sun Chang Wuji, Li Ji, Yu Zhining, Chu Suiliang and others were summoned to express their opinions on abolition.
Li Ji, a crafty old scoundrel, knew it was difficult, so she called in sick. Wu Ji and other three people crustily skin of head entered the meeting place and said bluntly, "The queen of the king has no children, but Wu has children. I want to make Wu queen. What do you think? "
As the minister in charge of life, Chu Suiliang objected to it in person, saying, "The queen was born in a noble family, and the first emperor married your majesty. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the queen. How can it be abolished? "
Tang Gaozong regarded each other as lovers and sent them away.
The next day in court, Tang Gaozong mentioned the abolition of the Queen. Chu Suiliang said, "Even if your majesty wants to change the queen, he will choose a noble family; Wu Shi was born in poverty, how can he match it? In addition, as we all know, Wu was once the concubine of the late emperor. Now it is enough to put her in the palace and let her become Zhao Yi, which is valued by many people. Your majesty will make her queen. What will people say after ten thousand generations? "
This angered Tang Gaozong. He waved angrily and asked Chu Suiliang to step down.
Wu Zetian heard it behind the scenes and was even more furious. She was most afraid of being told that he had been the concubine of Emperor Taizong, so she hated Chu Suiliang. She shouted from behind the curtain, "Don't kill the dog quickly!" "
Sun Chang Wuji stepped forward to rescue Chu Suiliang.
A few days later, Tang Gaozong asked Li Ji again. Smooth Li Ji said a noncommittal sentence: "Abolish the queen, this is your majesty's family affairs, why ask outsiders?" This reminded Tang Gaozong, also let him see the flaw. It turned out that the elders and ministers were not monolithic, and Sikongli, who was in charge of military power, supported Wu as the queen.
So Tang Gaozong made up his mind to abolish the queen.
Good at observing time-varying and flattering, Xu was ordered by Wu Zetian to make propaganda for her. Xu spread it publicly in Zhongshu Province, saying, "The poor middle peasants who cultivate land want to exchange ten tons of wheat for their wives, not to mention the richest emperor in the world!" Wu Zetian wanted to improve herself by making such officials in China, and observed the reaction of courtiers. Courtiers all know that the intention of abolishing legislation is not only the wish of Wu Zetian, but also the idea of the emperor; Pei Xingjian and Chu Suiliang have both been demoted, so why bother asking for it? Therefore, most people dare not disagree. In this way, the time is ripe to abolish the queen.
On October 23, the sixth year of Yonghui (655), the book abolished the king and became the queen. Seven days later, Wu Zetian was made queen.
After Wu Zetian was made queen, she ascended to heaven step by step, which also means that the bitter fate of the jealous queen and Xiao Shufei with her suddenly slipped into the bottomless abyss. After the king and queen were abolished, they were imprisoned in the secret room of the harem. The secret room is surrounded by high walls, with no doors or windows. Only a small hole was opened in a small door to communicate with the food container. There are also people sent by Wu Zetian to watch the door. Trapped inside, they can't see the sun and the moon day and night, so they can only talk to each other all day in Lacrimosa.
One day, Tang Gaozong thought of the abandoned queen and Xiao Shufei, who had forgotten her love, and wanted to see her. In prison, Tang Gaozong came to the secret room. Seeing that the entrance guard was tight and only a small hole entered the diet, Tang Gaozong couldn't help but grieve for it. He stepped forward and said loudly, "Empress and Liangdi, are you all right? Are you safe now? " Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei heard the voice of the emperor, just outside the door. They were overjoyed and sobbed and said, "Your Majesty is fond of remembering the past and bringing my concubine back from the dead and seeing the sun and the moon again. This is a place to return to her heart. " Tang Gaozong was very sad, his eyes were dim, and he vowed: "I will deal with it!"
Wu Zetian immediately got a report from her confidant. When she left, she immediately sent someone to give the queen and each one hundred pounds and beat them to pieces. Then, they were ordered to cut off their hands and feet and put them in jars. Wu Zetian said bitterly, "Get Er Gui drunk!"
"Bone drunk!" It was the cruel Wu Zetian who came up with a cruel way to deal with her competitors, Wang Huanghou and.
A few days later, two people in the wine jar were still alive, and Wu Zetian forced Tang Gaozong to give him a dead letter. The executioner was ordered to come to the cell and read the letter. The queen choked and said, "Your Majesty, for thousands of years, you will repay your kindness and die!" " It's Xiao Shufei's turn. After receiving the imperial edict, she vowed: "Wu's sycophantic behavior is over!" I want to be a cat and let Wu be a mouse. I should choke him in return! "
Wu Zetian had to quote Xiao Shufei's spell and ordered the harem not to have any more cats. For quite some time, Wu Zetian often dreamed of two people, long hair fluttering and bloody death. Wu Zetian hated it and asked Wu Zetian to kill evil. Soon, he moved to Penglai Palace, but he still often dreamed of them.
Later, Wu Zetian simply moved to Luoyang and never returned to Chang 'an. In order to express her hatred for the two men, Wu Zetian ordered the king to be changed to python's and Xiao to Xiao's. After Tang Zhongzong ascended the throne, Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei resumed their real names.
The Old Tang Book and Taiping Yulan recorded the historical data that Wu Zetian killed the queen and king with "bone drunkenness".