Wu Zetian and Li Shimin had no children together. Why did she have six children with Li Zhi?

In fact, Wu Zetian's background is quite strong. Her father was Wu Shihuo, the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, while Li Shimin's father, Gao Zu Li Yuan Jinyang, stayed in Wushi many times since joining the army. His mother, Yang, is the daughter of Sui Dynasty imperial clan and Suining. So Li and Wu are old friends. When Wu Zetian was twelve years old, her father died, and several cousins were rude to her mother Yang. As a last resort, they were forced to move back to Chang 'an from Jingzhou (Wu Shihuo was the secretariat of Jingzhou at that time and was appointed as lord protector).

Fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian is charming as a lotus flower, and her beautiful face spreads all over Chang 'an. In November of the 11th year of Zhenguan (637), Li Shimin came to Wei Zi Palace in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and heard about the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian? Rong Zhi beauty? , hence called her into the palace. Wu Zetian bid farewell to her mother, and the beauty bid farewell to her mother with tears, but Yang said calmly: Why is his son sad when he sees the son of heaven knowing that he is not blessed (see Old Tang Book)? After entering the palace, he was named Taizong Wucai. Wu Mei? .

Strangely enough, Wu Zetian served Emperor Taizong for twelve years, but her position never improved. She has been a talented person for twelve years and has never given birth to a child for Taizong. Why is this happening?

First of all, Wu Zetian was only fourteen years old when she entered the palace, and her body was not fully developed at this age. Therefore, even if Taizong and Wu Zetian are lucky, she may not be able to have children soon.

Secondly, the eldest grandson of Emperor Taizong died in the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), and the eldest grandson gave birth to three sons and four daughters for Emperor Taizong. The other children of Emperor Taizong were born to Wei Guifei, Yang Guifei, Yan Defai, Yang Fei and Yin Fei, and their status was far above that of Wu Zetian. There are many concubines in Emperor Taizong's harem. Some of them have been accompanying Emperor Taizong to Dabao from the Qin Dynasty, and their feelings are extremely deep. Wu Zetian was kind to the world because of her beauty. If she is only beautiful and nothing special, Emperor Taizong can't spoil her specially.

When Wu Zetian entered the palace, Emperor Taizong was thirty-nine years old. At the age of forty, his only sons were Wang Zhao, Li Fook wo, Wang Cao and Li Ming, which showed that Emperor Taizong was in poor health in middle age. Taizong died at the age of 52. Wu Zetian had never had children with Emperor Taizong before she met Prince Li Zhi. The deeper reason is that Wu Zetian fell out of favor with Taizong not long after she entered the palace.

In the early years of Zhenguan, Venus Taibai appeared many times in the daytime, which is a rare astronomical phenomenon. Emperor Taizong called a surname to ask Li about it, and Li said: The hostess often. ? At that time, the words of "Jimmy" were widely circulated among the people. After Tang III, the female ruler won the world. ? Emperor Taizong was very unhappy after hearing this, but it happened that General Zuo Wuwei, who was in charge of guarding Xuanwu Gate, and Li Junxian (Wu 'an) of Wulian County revealed his nickname at a banquet. Five ladies? , because of it? Is the official city a county? They all carried the word "Wu", which aroused the suspicion of Emperor Taizong and was later executed by imperial edict.