Wu Huanghou blamed the maid-in-waiting for jealousy, and as a result, she was deposed as the queen by the monarch. Why is her status inferior to that of a maid of honor?

Because the maid-in-waiting who was punished by Wu Huanghou shared joys and sorrows with the emperor Zhu Jianshen at that time, her feelings with the emperor were extraordinary. Besides, Wu Huanghou has no rights and status except her brother who is a court official, so the emperor naturally has nothing to do with her.

In the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent other ministers or harem from chaos, when choosing concubines, women who were not very powerful at home and had no relatives to be officials in the DPRK were generally chosen. Wu Huanghou is such a suitable candidate. But before Wu Zetian entered the palace, the then monarch Zhu Jianshen had a favorite maid-in-waiting. Maids-in-waiting accompanied Zhu Jianshen through many difficulties before he ascended the throne, and their feelings were certainly extraordinary.

Wu Huanghou is the queen of a palace. After entering the palace, there is no room for sand in her eyes, so she often goes against the maid-in-waiting. On one occasion, Wu Huanghou found her husband with the ladies-in-waiting every day. He was really angry, so he ordered a few boards for the ladies-in-waiting and was discovered by Zhu Jianshen. Zhu Jianshen naturally couldn't tolerate the person he liked being treated like this, so he was furious on the spot, rewarded Wu Huanghou with several big boards, and then put Wu Huanghou in the cold. Then he found various reasons to abolish Wu Huanghou's status as queen.

Moreover, the maid-in-waiting was favored by the emperor, so Zhu Jianshen always wanted her to be the queen, but she was born in a humble background, and ministers did not agree with her to be the queen. Therefore, she has always been an imperial concubine, but the emperor also asked her to help manage the harem as an imperial concubine, so her position in the harem is actually no different from that of the queen.