Chapter 137: The Past of the Empress Zetian Revisited (1)

That year, Tang Taizong led his troops to a decisive battle with the Turks, Wu Zetian's father Wu Shi Tong followed Taizong around, the Turks suddenly killed a team of strange soldiers, Taizong was in danger, Wu Shi Tong sacrificed his life to save the country, and died heroically. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Before he died, Wu Shitong entrusted his most beloved second daughter, Wu Zetian, to Taizong. When Wu Zetian was 14 years old, he was called by Taizong and came to Chang'an Taiji Palace. In the Ganlu Palace, Tang Taizong and Wu Zetian hugged each other tightly, and suddenly thunder rumbled, lightning slashed a corner of the Ganlu Palace, and dropped a copy of "Palace Secrets". Wu Zetian was not frightened, but ran over to protect Li Shimin. Wu Zetian's courage and courage made Taizong feel happy, and he immediately named her a talent. Taizong opened the title page of the secret record, which contained a mysterious prophecy: "After the third generation of the Tang Dynasty, there was a queen Wu clan to destroy the Tang Dynasty." "The next day in the court, Li Chunfeng said that the appearance of the Tai Bai Star during the day was indeed a bad omen. Taizong was frightened, investigated and killed Li Junxian, the general of Zuo Wuwei, and no longer favored her because of Wu Zetian's surname, but just let her help deal with government affairs by her side. On the side of Lamei by the palace wall, Wu Zetian met Li Zhi by chance, and Li Zhi had a hazy love for Wu Zetian. Taizong was seriously ill, Wu Zetian served left and right, and after all the hard work, Li Zhi often visited his father at the sickbed. Wu Zetian and Li Zhi couldn't contain their passion and hugged each other tightly beside Taizong's sickbed. Li Zhi swore that if he became emperor, he would protect Wu Zetian. When Taizong entered his death, he still couldn't let go of the ominous prophecy and wanted to execute Wu Zetian. On his deathbed, Taizong ordered the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang to assist Li Zhi, and issued a secret edict to Li Zhi to execute Wu Zetian after his death. Li Zhi told Wu Zetian about the secret edict, and Wu Zetian asked Li Zhi to burn the secret edict. She asked Li Zhi not to forget to promise her oath. Taizong died, and the imperial court held a grand funeral ceremony. Just when this huge funeral procession was marching towards Zhaoling, Wu Zetian and others, who were monks and nuns, also marched to Ganye Temple, and she and Li Zhi saw each other for the last time.

Li Zhi ascended the throne as the emperor, as Tang Gaozong, changed the era name to Yonghui, named Wang as the queen, Xiao as the concubine, and the queen Wang was overjoyed, so Li Zhi made her uncle Liu Shuang the prime minister. And Concubine Xiao Shufei also wanted Li Zhi to make her son Sujie the crown prince, Li Zhi felt upset and began to miss Wu Zetian in Ganye Temple. Wu Zetian shaved his hair in Ganye Temple, and since then he has been accompanied by green lights. Because the abbot of Ganye Temple was instructed by the eldest grandson Wuji in the court, Wu Zetian in the temple was tortured. Wu Zetian missed Li Zhi very much, and wrote a poem for Li Zhi, "Ruyi Niang": Seeing Zhu Chengbi's thoughts, he was haggard and fragmented as Yijun. I didn't believe that I would cry more than I came, and I opened the box and inspected the pomegranate skirt. pinned his deep affection and expectations for Li Zhi. But unfortunately it was discovered by the abbot, who was furious and wanted to snatch the manuscript and burn it, but Wu Zetian actually swallowed the manuscript into his stomach. Wu Zetian often held the remnants of "Palace Secrets" under the lamp, recalling Li Zhi's oath before parting. After a year of difficult and hopeless days, Wu Zetian finally looked forward to Li Zhi. On the death day of the first anniversary of Taizong's death, Li Zhi, who also thought about Wu Zetian day and night, went to Ganye Temple to offer incense. The two reunited, mixed with joy and sorrow.

On the same day, Li Zhi stayed in Ganye Temple, and Wu Zetian was happy with the fish and water, and the mountains and seas swore an oath. The abbot was kept in the dark. Soon, Wu Zetian became pregnant, and the nuns did not know that Wu Zetian was pregnant with a dragon species, and encouraged the abbot to severely punish Wu Zetian. The abbot hated Wu Zetian for corrupting the temple, and was afraid that he would be punished by the imperial court if it was spread out, so he secretly wanted to beat the fetus with fetal medicine. Wu Zetian was alert, spilled the fetal pill on the spot, and told the abbot that she was pregnant with a dragon seed. The abbot was stunned. Li Zhi was relieved that Wu Zetian couldn't get down, and came to Ganye Temple again, and learned that Wu Zetian was pregnant, and was pleasantly surprised but a little at a loss. Wu Zetian comforted Li Zhi in turn, and she asked Li Zhi to take her sister to Ganye Temple, and after giving birth to a child, her sister took her out to raise her. Li Zhi was extremely moved, and vowed to wait for Wu Zetian to give birth to a child before returning to the palace. Before leaving, the abbot took care of Wu Zetian, and the abbot was flattered, and since then he has flattered Wu Zetian in every way. After Li Zhi returned to the palace, he couldn't think of a way, and he was even more worried that this matter would be out of control if the eldest grandson Wuji and others learned about it, so he sent his henchmen and eunuchs to secretly take Wu Zetian's sister Helan to Ganye Temple. Soon, Wu Zetian gave birth to a son, Li Hong, and Mrs. Helan helped take care of Wu Zetian and Li Hong in the Ganye Temple. Li Zhi thought about going to Ganye Temple to see Wu Zetian day and night, but he was restricted by the eldest grandson, so he came up with the name of going out of the palace with the queen to burn incense and worship the Buddha and secretly went out of the palace to see Wu Zetian.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian met in Ganye Temple, and Wu Zetian was very excited. Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's tryst was almost discovered by Queen Wang, and the abbot deceived the queen. That night, Li Hong was taken back to her home by Mrs. Helan to raise her, and Wu Zetian also began to grow her hair and wait for Li Zhi to take her back to the palace. After returning to the palace, Li Zhi felt pain and helplessness, and had fun with Concubine Xiao Shu all day long, but what he was thinking about was actually Wu Zetian in Ganye Temple. Queen Wang hated Concubine Xiao Shu and lived in resentment and pain all day long. In the process of the jealousy between Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, Li Zhi designed to make Queen Wang settle down to pick up Wu Zetian, and Queen Wang wanted to defeat Xiao Shufei, a fox spirit, so she came up with a way to take Wu Zetian back to the palace to deal with Xiao Shufei together. So after staying for more than two years, Wu Zetian finally left Ganye Temple.

Queen Wang took Wu Zetian on the way back to the palace, and when she arrived at the Xuanwu Gate, she was stopped by the eldest grandson Wuji and others at the palace gate. Queen Wang said that she just chose a maid, and the affairs of the harem did not need to be worried about by the eldest grandson Wuji. In the face of the queen's stupidity, the eldest grandson Wuji had no choice, relying on his own power, he still blocked the queen's phoenix and did not let him enter the palace. Li Zhi arrived, and the eldest grandson Wuji reprimanded Li Zhi for being ridiculous as his uncle and minister. Li Zhi was trained to be terrified. At the critical moment, Wu Zetian came down from the phoenix, said goodbye to Li Zhi with tears in his eyes, and pointed a dagger at his heart, saying that she would apologize with death and serve the emperor again in the next life. Li Zhi, who looked like a puppet emperor in front of the eldest grandson Wuji, was inspired by Wu Zetian's open-mindedness, and suddenly became stubborn and tough, saying that those who prevented me and the queen from returning to the palace would be killed, and after speaking, he took the queen and Wu Zetian into the Xuanwu Gate. Regarding Wu Zetian's second entry into the palace, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang challenged Li Zhi in the court, and Queen Wang was also terrified. At this critical moment, Wu Zetian took out his forged secret edict of the former emperor and asked the queen to bring it to the court, and the queen asked the prime minister Liu Zheng to read the edict in the court. This secret edict is so fake that even Chu Suiliang, a calligrapher, can't tell if it's fake. Because of this secret edict, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang and other adults had nothing to say. After entering the palace for the second time, Wu Zetian became a maid beside Queen Wang, and Queen Wang was very useful, thinking that she had made a great contribution, so she slandered Concubine Xiao Shu in front of Li Zhi. Li Zhi really slowly alienated Concubine Xiao Shu.