"Li Hong has been raised by his aunt Wu Shun since he was a child, and he was not close to his mother, and after Wu Zetian became pregnant again, he asked his sister Wu Shun to enter the palace to help him."

"Wu Zetian saw that his son Li Hong was just in awe of himself, and he was very close to his sister Wu Shun, and often saw Li Hong shushing Wu Shun and asking for warmth, serving tea and handing water very considerately, once, Wu Shun was sick, Li Hong not only gently wiped the sweat for her, but also brought a fan to fan her, which can be described as meticulous."

"Wu Zetian even heard her son Li Hong call Wu Shun's mother, which shocked her, Wu Zetian was worried that in the future, her son would ascend the throne, and it was likely that she would not be made the queen mother, but would make her sister Wu Shun the queen mother."

"Wu Zetian, who has a strong desire for power all his life, will never let himself be in a passive state and put himself at a disadvantage, so he must start first, "Those who want to achieve great things can be killed", Wu Zetian is such a person, and he also does this! ”

"Li Hong began to supervise the country as the crown prince at the age of eight, and there is a whole political group around him, the longer the prince supervises the country, the political group around him is like a snowball, and Wu Zetian knows that as long as the prince becomes the climate, it will be more and more difficult for her to govern."

"And the prince is benevolent and filial piety, the emperor trusts and favors him very much, once Tang Gaozong is more inclined to let the prince be in charge of the government, and the prince's mansion is assisted by a huge political group, if she wants to monopolize the power, she will be restricted and constrained, and it will be difficult for her to think about the two saints in the court!"

"What's more, the prince has a family, and he is assisted by his father-in-law, Prime Minister Pei Judao, and the power of this relative should not be underestimated."

"In addition, the prince is kind-hearted, handles the government in an orderly manner, and has a heart for the world, and the prince is becoming more and more emperorly, which makes Wu Zetian, who is devoted to power, deeply worried, and will not be able to control the prince in the future, and everything that has been calculated will come to naught, which is difficult for Wu Zetian to accept."

"The last straw that forced Wu Zetian to finally make up his mind to kill Li Hong was that Tang Gaozong's health was getting worse and worse, every time he had a wind attack, he had a splitting headache, and life was better than death.

This made Wu Zetian, who was in power, and Wu Zetian, who had already regarded power as his life, couldn't accept it anyway, and Wu Zetian died strangely when the crown prince Li Hong accompanied his father and queen mother to the Hebi Palace. ”

Liu Xiu: Hehe! I saw a person who was even more ruthless than Empress Lu, and the comparison between the two was nothing more than that.

Empress Eldest Sun: You didn't take care of the child, what's wrong with him being filial to your sister!

Wu Zetian: Empress Eldest Sun, the words are nice, which prince in the harem is doing it himself, even if I let my sister take care of it, he shouldn't call others his mother, it really didn't happen to you, you can't feel it!

Dugu Jialuo: Although the empress is vicious, there is nothing wrong with this sentence, it's me, I can't feel it, although it's uncomfortable, but I won't kill my own child because of this.

Fusu: The cause of death, maybe even Li Hong didn't expect it, was killed by his own mother, what about the other princes?

"Li Xian, the sixth son of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and the second son of Wu Zetian."

"Soon after Li Hong's death, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian made 22-year-old Li Xian the crown prince."

"Li Xian has been smart and studious since he was a child, quite talented, and has a high reputation among scholars, but Li Xian is incompatible with his mother."

"The righteous doctor Ming Chongyan won Wu Zetian's favor with charm thaumaturgy, and he knew that Empress Wu didn't like Li Xian, so he often said in front of Empress Wu that Li Xian's face was not good and he was not suitable to succeed to the throne."

"At this time, it was rumored in the palace that Li Xian was born to Wu Zetian's sister Mrs. Han, and after Li Xian knew about these circumstances, he was deeply disturbed and scared, and indulged in wine all day long."

"In 679 AD, Wu Zetian sent Ming Chongyan to Chang'an to run errands, and was killed by robbers on the way, Wu Zetian suspected that the crown prince Li Xian did it, but he couldn't find evidence for a while."

"Later, someone reported to Wu Zetian that Zhao Daosheng, the prince's private party, killed Ming Chongyan, so Zhao Daosheng was interrogated, and Zhao Daosheng confessed that it was Ming Chongyan who the prince asked him to kill."

"Wu Zetian was furious after hearing the news, and abolished the prince Li Xian as a concubine, Li Xian soon moved to Bazhou, in March 684 AD, which was also the third month after the death of Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian sent the cool official Qiu Shenqian to Bazhou to force Li Xian to commit suicide, Li Xian died at the age of 29."

Liu Che: You empress, you are sick! For the sake of a courtier to force his son to death, can't these ten outstanding emperors be able to make a good one? Each has to have some problems.

Zhu Di: Is the real reason the death of the courtier? Is it only the empress herself who knows, is it for the courtiers or for herself?

Zhao Kuangyin: I think a person who knows what he wants will not kill his son for a courtier, but this prince is in the way.

"If Wu Zetian wants to establish himself as the emperor, he must be in power, he must have an iron and bloody wrist, his heart is like a rock, so that those who stand in my way die, and those who oppose me die, and he can endure what ordinary people endure, and he can do what ordinary people dare not do! Her ambitions are too great! ”

"In the year of Hongdao, Tang Gaozong died, and Li Xian, the emperor of Tang Zhongzong, was established, and the Empress Wu was in the name of the empress dowager."

"Tang Zhongzong reigned for only one year, and was deposed by Wu Zetian in the name of incompetence, demoted to the king of Luling, and set up the more timid and fearful fourth son Li Dan as the emperor, and continued to be at the mercy of Empress Wu."

"Li Xian, the seventh son of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, the third son of Wu Zetian, and the fourth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, after the death of the 56-year-old Tang Gaozong, on the seventh day, Li Xian ascended the throne as Tang Zhongzong."

"Wu Zetian was able to tolerate Li Xian's succession, mainly because Tang Gaozong had just died, and he had not yet fully controlled the imperial court, and Li Xian was cowardly and easy to control."

"It can be regarded as an expedient measure, Li Xian is not as smart as his two elder brothers, and he has done a lot of ridiculous things since he became the emperor."

"Once, he wanted to promote his father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen to be the prime minister, but he was opposed by the powerful minister Pei Yan, and Li Xian was furious and scolded Pei Yan."

Pei Yan was angry and afraid, and told Wu Zetian about it, and after Wu Zetian heard it, he didn't expect his son to be so unproductive, and decided to abolish his throne.

"So, Wu Zetian summoned hundreds of officials to the Qianyuan Palace, ordered the Yulin Army to enter the palace to be on guard, announced that Zhongzong was incompetent and could not be the king of a country, and was abolished as the king of Luling, and then ordered the warriors to help Zhongzong off the emperor's throne and put him under house arrest in another hall."

"Compared with the two elder brothers, this one is indeed a bit of a wretch, his ears are soft, and when the wind blows on the pillow, he will set up his father-in-law as the prime minister, don't be afraid of others to oppose it, an emperor is angry and scolded, the court can't control himself, he loses his temper, and he doesn't have the emperor's style at all, this emperor may have the same ending as Song Huizong, and how the Tang Dynasty behind it may not be said."