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Chapter 172 Depose Wang Liwu
  Wu Meiniang gave birth to Princess An Ding. After Queen Wang came to see the princess, the princess was killed.

Regarding this matter, ancient people from various dynasties expressed their different opinions.

Some people think that Queen Wang has evil intentions, others think that Queen Wang was framed, whatever they say.

Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, saw the various comments made by everyone in the live broadcast room, and couldn't help but ponder whether Princess Anding was killed by Queen Wang.

After all, the queen on the back foot died suddenly just after the queen on the front foot arrived, so the queen on the back foot was the biggest suspect.

Remembering the moment he saw Princess Anding die suddenly, he was so angry that he went to confront Queen Wang.

But Queen Wang could not prove her innocence, which also led him to believe that Queen Wang was the murderer of the princess.

But now that I think about it, I feel that there is something fishy about this matter.

It's hard to say whether Queen Wang is the murderer. After all, everyone said that Queen Wang would not be stupid enough to go to Wu Meiniang's palace to kill the princess.

Now it seems that Queen Wang is more likely to have been framed and takes the blame.

As for the murderer behind the scenes, he subconsciously looked at the Queen Wu Meiniang beside him.

The biggest beneficiary of this matter is his current queen Wu Meiniang.

The moment he saw the sudden death of the princess, he immediately identified Queen Wang as the culprit, and did not doubt Wu Meiniang at all.

First, he didn't like Queen Wang at that time, so he didn't believe Queen Wang's words from the bottom of his heart.

The second is that he loves Mei Niang deeply, and he will not suspect Mei Niang of committing such a murderous act.

Third, Mei Niang is the biological mother of Princess An Ding. He does not believe that a mother would kill her newborn child.

Therefore, he never doubted Mei Niang from beginning to end.

But now that he saw various discussions from ancient people from various dynasties, he began to re-examine the matter.

He had to suspect that Mei Niang had killed her own child and put the blame on Queen Wang, just to bring down Queen Wang and then sit on the throne of the queen herself.

Now it seems that Wu Meiniang has indeed sat on the throne of the queen.

He had to say that he didn't believe that Wu Meiniang would be cruel to his daughter before, but after he learned that Wu Meiniang finally usurped the Tang Dynasty and ascended to the throne, he didn't think so.

For a woman to become the emperor is a treasonous thing. Wu Meiniang had the courage to even usurp the throne and ascend the throne. It is not impossible to kill her own child.

Thinking of this, he looked at Queen Wu beside him with deep eyes.

Li Zhi: Mei Niang, tell me whether you did it or not. Look into my eyes and say.

Wu Meiniang: Your Majesty, I don’t care what other people think like this, because rumors stop only for the wise, but I never imagined that even Your Majesty would believe such ridiculous rumors. Princess Anding was born to me in ten months of pregnancy. How could you kill your own child?

Seeing Mei Niang's sincere expression, Li Zhi couldn't tell whether Mei Niang was lying or not.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the anchor. The anchors from later generations should know what the real history is.

Li Zhi: Anchor, I want to ask, who killed Princess Anding?
  As soon as these words came out, ancient people from various dynasties also looked at the anchor. They also wanted to know whether the child was killed by Queen Wang or Wu Zetian.

Su Chen searched for information on this issue, but found that history did not record the cause of Princess Anding's death.

"How Princess An Ding died has always been controversial."

"The "Old Tang Book" and "Tang Huiyao" written during the Five Dynasties period only recorded the violent death of Princess Anding, but did not explain the cause of death."

"However, in our later generations, there was a TV series dedicated to Wu Zetian, "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang" starring Fan Bingbing, which included the plot of Princess Anding."

"After Queen Wang left after visiting Princess Anding, Wu Zetian strangled the princess with her own hands while no one was around, and covered her up with a quilt."

"Just when Li Zhi arrived, Wu Zetian pretended to laugh, opened the quilt and looked at the child together, and found that her daughter was dead."

"Li Zhi asked the attendants in surprise. They all said that Queen Wang had just arrived, so Li Zhi concluded that Queen Wang had killed the princess."

"Of course, the plot of Wu Zetian's murder of her biological daughter was made up by a TV series. No one knows the truth."

When Wu Zetian saw that something was wrong, she immediately came out to explain so that the people in the world would not believe it.

Wu Zetian: As a mother, how could I strangle my own child to death with my own hands? Don’t listen to rumors.

Li Zhi: @武泽天, this is best.

Wu Zetian:......

Ancient people from various dynasties debated endlessly about who killed the princess, and they could say whatever they said.

Some people say that Queen Wang was responsible for her death. After all, Queen Wang died just after giving birth to her child. It is impossible to say that it had nothing to do with Queen Wang. Some people say that Wu Zetian killed her own children with her own hands. Killing her own children for the throne also happened in history.

But some people think that it was a third person who did it. It happened that after Queen Wang saw the child, she killed the child and framed the blame on Queen Wang.

When everyone expressed their opinions, it was Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng who stood up to speak for Wu Zetian.

Ying Zheng: In my opinion, it was definitely not Wu Zetian who killed his child. Even the "Old Book of Tang" compiled by Confucian scholars did not state that the child was killed by Wu Zetian, which means it was definitely not Wu Zetian's fault.

Ying Zheng: Confucian scholars are the most pedantic. They will definitely not understand that Wu Zetian became the emperor as a woman. It is conceivable that they will try their best to discredit Wu Zetian in the history books. If Wu Zetian innocently killed her own children, with the urine of those Confucian scholars , must have discredited Wu Zetian beyond recognition. How could he just downplay the sudden death of Princess Anding in the "Old Book of Tang"!
  He is deeply aware of the nature of Confucian scholars who are determined to retaliate. He is the best example. Scholars often smear themselves in history books.

After listening to what Qin Shihuang said, most ancient people from various dynasties felt that it made sense.

Even the scholars who have always disliked Wu Zetian did not blame Wu Zetian for the death of Princess Anding, which already explains the problem.

Wu Zetian: @嬴正, thank you very much to the First Emperor for speaking up for justice. I am very grateful.

Ying Zheng: @武泽天, it’s easy to talk, but I can’t bear to see those scholars slandering others.

Seeing the two emperors with extremely bad reputations in the history books cherishing each other, many scholars in each dynasty were speechless. How could they still blame the scholars on them, and did not look at what they had done.

Seeing that everyone was no longer arguing, Su Chen continued to talk about Wu Zetian's highlight moments.

"In 655, Li Zhi learned that Queen Wang and her mother Liu were practicing witchcraft. He was very angry. He drove Liu out of the palace and planned to promote Wu Zetian from Zhaoyi to the first-grade Chenfei."

"However, the plan met with strong opposition from the elder ministers and did not succeed."

"At that time, the court's senior ministers headed by Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were powerful, and Li Zhi's power was greatly restricted."

"Many ministers, headed by Changsun Wuji, opposed Li Zhi's dethronement of Wang Liwu, and Wu Zetian's path forward was therefore full of hardships."

"Li Zhi was very dissatisfied and attempted to regain imperial power by deposing Wang Liwu, so he conspired with Wu Zetian to attack the power of the senior ministers."

"As a result, Wu Zetian began to become Li Zhi's political ally, and Li Zhi vigorously rewarded those ministers who supported the deposed king and established Wu."

Changsun Wuji: The reason why I have been opposed to deposing the king and establishing Wu is because I see that Wu Meiniang is not a good woman. As expected, I was right!

The emperor was young and was confused by a woman. He could not just watch Wu Meiniang, a vicious woman, ascend to the throne of the queen. This would be a disaster rather than a blessing for the country of Tang Dynasty.

From the sudden death of Princess An Ding, he deeply felt Wu Meiniang's ruthlessness.

Even her own daughter can be killed. If such a vicious woman becomes a queen, the Tang Dynasty will be over sooner or later.

He had eaten more salt than Wu Meiniang had eaten. He could tell at a glance that Wu Meiniang had killed Princess An Ding and put the blame on the Queen. Wu Meiniang could deceive others, but she could not deceive him.

Li Zhi: Deposing Wang Liwu is just a superficial appearance. Taking advantage of this matter to regain power from the senior ministers is my true intention.

Although he became the emperor, he was restrained by his senior ministers at every turn, and he had long been dissatisfied with it.

The deposing of Wang Liwu was just a game between him and his old ministers, in order to take back his own imperial power.

"After that, Wu Zetian wrote the book "Internal Training", and Li Yifu, a member of Zhongshushe, supported the deposed king and established Wu for the first time, and received heavy rewards from Li Zhi and Wu Zetian."

"Xu Jingzong, Cui Yixuan, Yuan Gongyu and other ministers acted according to the opportunity and all turned to support the establishment of Wu Zetian as queen."

"Li Zhi saw that there were many people supporting it, so he decided to abolish it again."

"But Li Ji (ji), an important senior minister, said, 'Why should you ask outsiders about your Majesty's family affairs?' This suddenly reversed the unfavorable situation between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian on the issue of abolishing the queen."

"In October of the same year, Li Zhi issued an edict, abolishing the status of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu on charges of conspiracy to poison, demoting them to common people, and imprisoning them. Their parents, brothers, etc. were also demoted and removed from official positions, and were exiled to Lingnan.”

"Subsequently Li Zhi issued an edict again, establishing Wu Zetian as queen, and held a ceremony to enshrine Wu Zetian as queen."

Li Ji (ji): If I had known that Wu Zetian would usurp the Tang Dynasty in the end, I would not have supported your majesty in deposing the king and establishing Wu. I regret it!

Li Zhi: The success of deposing the king and establishing Wu not only meant that Wu Meiniang became the queen, but also meant that I defeated the stubborn senior ministers and successfully regained my power.

Wu Zetian now recalls the scene of the queen's canonization ceremony, and the hardships and bitterness along the way seem to be still vivid in her mind.

At that time, none of the ministers in the court supported the deposed king and established Wu, and everyone opposed her becoming the queen.

In order to overthrow the ministers who hindered her, and to successfully become the queen, she did not know how much effort it took to successfully win the queen's phoenix crown.

However, although the process was difficult, fortunately, it was successful in the end.

The starting point of her political career was precisely from the moment she became queen.

Becoming a queen can be said to be the most important turning point in her life and the beginning of her first appearance on the political stage.

(End of this chapter)