After Wu Zetian abdicated, the Wu family was liquidated, but why was Wu safe and sound?

After becoming emperor, Wu Zetian attached great importance to her family. This also led to their rampant behavior in officialdom. Therefore, after Wu Zetian abdicated, these relatives of Emperor Wu were also resettled in the autumn, but one of them was not persecuted because he was not close to Wu Zetian himself, and he was different from other Wu family members. He didn't drill as hard into the court as those people did.

In order to support Empress Wu Zetian, Li Zhi killed many ministers who opposed her. After Wu Zetian became queen, her power increased day by day. At the same time, Li Zhi was unwell in the later period. Therefore, Wu Zetian has been in control of the imperial court. In addition, Wu Zetian's outstanding political talent and the vacancy of the imperial court position make it necessary for Wu Zetian to elect some people who can assist her. As Wu Zetian's family, Wu naturally gained the innate trust, but Wu was very impressed.

Speaking of Wu Youxiu, this person is also very special. The year after Wu Zetian was made queen, other members of her family began to run amok everywhere. Even ordinary aristocrats should be given three points, let alone ordinary people, but this boy is very different. At this time, I became anonymous, changed my costume, and became a fortune teller who set up a stall. On the other hand, other members of the Wu family, let alone fortune tellers, are very reluctant to let them walk in the crowd without guards.

Although Wu Zetian gave him an official position after he proclaimed himself emperor in the later period, at the age of 30, he lost interest in worldly affairs, so he resigned and retired, which is why no one else came to a good end in the end, but he lived to old age.