After Wu Zetian passed away, she left us a wordless monument to be evaluated by future generations for right and wrong. After Wu Zetian, three powerful women emerged who all wanted to become emperors like Wu Zetian, but a nemesis appeared. Below, the history encyclopedia editor will bring you a detailed introduction. Let’s take a look together!
The first strong woman was Queen Wei
After Li Xian was deposed by Empress Wu Zetian, he was exiled to another place and lived a “miserable” life of darkness and darkness. In times of adversity, true feelings are revealed, and his wife, Wei Shi, has always been by his side, successfully helping him overcome the inhuman stage of life.
During this period, Li Xian always felt indebted to Wei Shi. Later, when he became emperor again, Wei Shi not only became the empress without a doubt, but also Li Dan doted on and tolerated her. So the ambitious Empress Wei took the opportunity to seize power, and later even hooked up with the powerful courtier Wu Sansi.
Surprisingly, Li Xian turned a blind eye to Empress Wei’s abuse of power and extramarital affairs, and even Empress Wei did not show any signs of cheating in front of him. It is precisely because of this that Empress Wei actually became the true ruler of the court, dominating the world. Becoming another powerful woman after Wu Zetian.
The second strong woman is Princess Anle
Princess Anle, Li Hou’er, is the daughter of Li Xian and Empress Wei. When Empress Wei dominates the world, Princess Anle’s power also skyrockets. The mother and daughter have the same bad smell and are so unrestrained that they have reached a state of lawlessness. But he still showed tolerance towards their mother and daughter.
As time passed, Empress Wei and Princess Anle both wanted to emulate Empress Wu Zetian and saw Li Xian as a thorn in their side. So the mother and daughter teamed up with Wu Sansi to attack Li Xian, and as a result, Li Xian quickly “mysteriously” died. Among them, Princess Anle, as Li Xian’s biological daughter, is undoubtedly ruthless and immoral.
After Li Xian’s sudden death, his youngest son inherited the throne, but the power in the court was controlled by Empress Wei and Princess Anle.
The third strong woman is Princess Taiping
Princess Taiping was the daughter of Empress Wu Zetian. Like her mother, she was a strong willed woman and ambitious. Because the power in the court was held by Empress Wei and Princess Anle, Li Dan’s son Li Longji did not become a gentle lamb, but decided to fight back angrily. So he found his aunt Princess Taiping and asked her to help him. Princess Taiping used her own resources to create another large-scale rebellion in the history of the Tang Dynasty – the “Tang Long Coup”. The result of the coup was the killing of Empress Wei and Princess Anle, and even the first talented woman at the time, Shangguan Wan’er, died tragically.
After Princess Taiping, a powerful woman, killed the Wei family and their two powerful women, and helped Li Dan ascend to the throne of the emperor, Li Longji naturally became the crown prince. Princess Taiping is also a significant figure. However, the ambitious Princess Taiping was not satisfied. In order to become the world’s most powerful woman, like Empress Wu Zetian, she also wanted to harm Li Dan and Li Longji. As a result, this time Li Longji had already taken precautions and was not strong enough to strike first, capturing Princess Taiping in one fell swoop. Princess Taiping missed a move and ultimately had her dream shattered.
In short, after Empress Wu Zetian abdicated, the three powerful women Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and Princess Taiping all wanted to become emperors. However, the most ambitious Princess Taiping killed the most capable Empress Wei and the most poisonous Princess Anle, ending her dream of becoming an emperor. It can be said that Li Longji alone quietly eliminated the three women who wanted to become emperors in the Tang Dynasty, otherwise history would have been completely changed.
