In 705 AD, the crown prince Li Xian's prime minister Zhang Khan Zhi launched a Shenlong coup, beheaded the Zhang brothers, and forced Wu Zetian to retreat to the crown prince Li Xian.

Wu Zetian, who was seriously ill, had no choice but to pass on the throne on the bed, and the next day, Li Xian ascended the throne, restored the name of the Tang Dynasty, and honored Wu Zetian as, "The Great Sage Emperor of Zetian." ”

In December of the same year, Wu Zetian died of illness in Luoyang Palace, before his death, Wu Zetian left an edict to remove the emperor's title, called "Zetian Great Sage Empress." ”

In the following year, Li Xian restored Li Tang, returned to Chang'an, buried Wu Zetian and Gaozong Li Zhi in Qianling, and erected a wordless monument.

This woman has gone through her life, she has gone through her magnificent life, now she can have a good rest, she has fulfilled her wish, even in the end, the dynasty she created was replaced by Li Tang.

But it doesn't matter, she's succeeded, she's done everything she wants.

Wu Zetian died, for Li Tang's old ministers, the light came, but they didn't expect that when Wu Zetian was alive, the world was still very stable, at least on the surface, and Wu Zetian's death represented the arrival of a more turbulent and unbearable era.

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Li Xian once told Wei Lian'er that as long as I can regain power one day, I will give you whatever you want!

Li Xian has never forgotten this promise, and he has done exactly that.

On the second day of ascending the throne, Li Xian issued an order to canonize Wei Lian'er as the queen, and then, Li Xian ignored the obstruction of the ministers, and made an exception to posthumously crown Wei Lian'er's father Wei Yuanzhen as the king, the most important point, Li Xian gave Wei Lian'er supreme rights, she let Wei Lian'er, oh no, it's Queen Wei, he actually let Queen Wei participate in politics!

This is already the second queen in the history of the Tang Dynasty who can participate in politics, and the first ....... It is Wu Zetian.

Isn't Li Xian afraid that his wife will become the second Wu Zetian? Well, he did think about it, but he didn't believe it, he didn't believe that his wife, who had been suffering with him for fourteen years, would become the second Wu Zetian.

It is precisely because of these fourteen years of mutual affection that Empress Wei has won Li Xian's infinite trust, and also in exchange for future glory, wealth and destruction.

She has never been a peaceful woman, and if she is a peaceful woman, then I am afraid that there will be no ambitious women in this world.

Don't forget, fourteen years ago, oh no, it was twenty-one years ago, when Li Xian first ascended the throne twenty-one years ago, who was fighting Li Xian and Wu Zetian in the back? And who asked Li Xian to canonize her father as prime minister?

Isn't it all Queen Wei? Isn't it all her silently fueling the flames behind the scenes?

It's just that too much time has passed, Li Xian has almost forgotten the past, and in the past fourteen years, Li Xian and Wei Lian'er have been precarious, and the two of them have been in love with each other every day, and they have gone through the difficult fourteen years hand in hand.

This also makes Li Xian's impression of Wei Lian'er always stay in the virtuous wife who is capable of running a family and teaching her husband and children.

But Li Xian ignored one of the most important questions, that is, how important the external environment will be to a person.

In those fourteen years, Wei Lian'er was indeed a good wife, and that was because she had no way not to be virtuous!

But now, she is the queen of the Tang Dynasty, she holds supreme power in her hands, and her ambitions and desires will change her little by little, and push her into boundless darkness little by little.

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Wu Zetian had not yet died of illness, and the Tang Dynasty had not yet returned to Chang'an.

Because he had just re-ascended the throne, Li Xian had to put on a benevolent appearance no matter what, getting up before dawn every day to deal with government affairs, and at the same time appointing virtuous ministers, that is, Zhang Cambodia, who helped him win the throne.

In the three months since he ascended the throne, Li Xian has done a good job, no, he should have pretended to be very good.

He was very humble to the ministers, and he also chose to be kind to the opinions and policies they put forward to him, even if some policies were different from his views, Li Xian would not say them on the surface, but only secretly pointed out that there were some points in this decree that contradicted his own views.

will never directly pick out everything on the bright side, which also leaves a lot of face for the ministers, which also makes the ministers admire him very much.

One by one is still pondering in my heart, this makes Zhongzong reset is good, look at His Majesty Zhongzong, what a wise emperor he is, he is virtuous, diligent in government affairs, get up before dawn every day, and then stay in the Taiji Hall all day to discuss state affairs with the ministers and formulate national policies.

Tut-tut, it's not even many times stronger than the old witch who knows how to kill innocents indiscriminately.

God has eyes, God really has eyes, my Majesty Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty why can't you make a comeback, why can't you revitalize the world!

Ahem, I don't know if you have heard of a saying, don't look at you being happy now, sooner or later you will cry and have no place to cry.

Li Xian is a virtuous gentleman? Is it Renjun? Hehe, stop scolding him.

He is now only in the stage of the three fires of the new official, and when these three fires have passed, it is time for you courtiers to cry.

But no matter what, Li Xian is still pretending to be a good person, pretending to be a virtuous gentleman and benevolent monarch, which also led to the fact that in the first three months of his ascension to the throne, he hardly returned to the harem, and almost did not visit his queen.

Li Xian didn't know that in the days when he was diligently handling government affairs, his virtuous wife, Wei Lian'er, who he wanted to give the whole world to her, had unknowingly put on a majestic and domineering hat for him, shining on all sides, and his body was covered with the eight colors of the Bone King....... Ah, the big cuckold!

That's right, Queen Wei cuckolded Li Xian, and this person, the object of this cheating...... It's a shame to say, it's Wei Lian'er and Li Xian's in-laws, yes, it's Wu Chongxun's father, Princess Anle's father-in-law, Comrade Wu Sansi!

In other words, Wei Lian'er got together with her father-in-law.

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I remember that it was when Wu Zetian had not yet made up his mind to summon Li Xian back to Beijing to be the crown prince, Wu Sansi took a fancy to the position of the prince and Wu Zhou's country, so he was secretly manipulating his power and planning to fight for the position of the prince.

But later, after Shangguan Wan'er found out, Wan'er asked him to give up and let him not fight for the crown prince anymore, Wu Sansi agreed on the surface, but he still had to do what he should do behind his back.

It wasn't until Li Xian was completely summoned back from Fangzhou by Wu Zetian that he gave up this idea, by the way, it needs to be mentioned here, that is, why Wu Zetian called Li Xian back to Beijing.

It can be seen from before that she has never wanted Wu Zhou, which she worked so hard to eschew, to be replaced by Datang again, but as long as Li Xian ascends the throne, Datang will definitely replace Wu Zhou.

In this case, Wu Zetian still called Li Xian back to be the prince, the reason is very simple, relationship!

She and Li Xian are mother and son, mother and son, but what is the relationship between her and Wu Sansi and other members of the Wu family? Most of them are aunts and nephews.

Not much to say, this is probably the reason why Wu Zetian finally passed the throne to Li Xian. Even though Wu Sansi and her are both surnamed Wu, they are only aunts and nephews, how can they be compared with their biological mother and son?

Who can guarantee that in the future Wu Zhou's temple, the position that originally belonged to her Wu Zetian will not be replaced by the parents of that successor.

Wu Zetian didn't dare to guarantee it, after all, her relationship with the members of the Wu clan was not close enough, so in this case, she could only pass on the throne to Li Xian, after all, is it her own son.

Wu Sansi also figured this out later, so he no longer thought about being the prince, but instead thought about a more profound question.

How to survive?

Wu Sansi once told Shangguan Wan'er that as long as Li Tang was restored, the Wu clan would definitely be retaliated against by them! Wan'er, you can't just watch Brother Sansi die, right?

Wan'er responded to Wu Sansi like this at the time.

"Brother Sansi, don't worry, Wan'er will save you, Wan'er will never watch you die."

In the next few years, because it involved his own life, Wu Sansi was very honest, very honest, and began to obey Shangguan Wan'er's orders with peace of mind.

And Shangguan Wan'er's instructions to him were very simple, find a way to get close to Wei Lian'er, that is, Empress Wei, who was still the crown princess at the time.

This task is not difficult, it took Wu Sansi about a year to get it done, and in a year, Wu Sansi and Empress Wei became a pair of good friends who don't talk about anything, the pure kind.

Then Wan'er suddenly disappeared, Wu Sansi went to her and asked what to do next? Wan'er just smiled, laughing so much that Wu Sansi's heart was furious, and after laughing enough, she told him that you don't need to do anything now, you just need to continue to deepen your relationship with her in the next few years.

Wu Sansi is still very obedient, and he has been deepening his relationship with Wei Lian'er in the next few years, of course, during this time period, it is inevitable that other feelings will appear...... However, they have always adhered to the bottom line and have not taken that step, after all, Wei Lian'er was still the crown princess at that time, and she didn't dare to do anything with Wu Sansi, not to mention that Li Xian was still by his side every day.

Time came to 705, this year, Shangguan Wan'er told Wu Sansi that his son Wu Chongxun went to marry Princess Anle, because the relationship between Wu Sansi and Wei Lian'er over the years was very good, this marriage was easily agreed, Wu Sansi and Li Xian formed a family of children, which also shows that the two parties are completely together.

Wu Sansi needs to find Li Xian, a towering tree, to rely on himself, and similarly, Li Xian also needs Wu Sansi's strength in the court, because Wu Sansi represents almost the entire Wu clan, and of course he will promote this family affair.

Time passed little by little, and finally, Li Xian ascended the throne, and he was diligently handling government affairs every day, and Empress Wei was naturally ignored by her.

At this time, Wan'er actually didn't have to say anything anymore, Empress Wei and Wu Sansi almost rolled together.

One is a woman in her forties who is at the age of a wolf and a tiger, and the other is a traitor who can let go of everything for the sake of power, plus both of them have a good impression of each other, so they quickly broke through that bottom line and shamelessly became lovers.

Empress Wei was satisfied, physically, psychologically.

Wu Sansi ....... That's even more satisfying, you know, do you know what the situation in front of you is like for Wu Sansi?

The son married Li Xian's most beloved daughter.

Lao Tzu fell in love with Li Xian's most cherished woman.

The two of them are in battle together!

Wu Sansi really thinks that it is difficult to be underdeveloped.

His dream of being a supreme minister has come true.