Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Lumber Merchant Loyally Protects Li Yuanwu, Meiniang, and Mindful Jiulang

First, let me introduce Wu Zetian's father, the samurai Xun. This person used to go abroad for mirrors, but not many times.He once provided Li Yuan with a large amount of support, mostly wood and money.The wood dealer, the samurai, is very nice. He was once a close friend of Li Yuan, and he was also one of the dear friends who had a sleep talk with Li Yuan during the Wude years.Because he knew how to make furniture, and because he sponsored the rebel army at the most difficult time, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan decided to serve as a warrior and a high official. What is the best way to arrange him?Li Yuan believed that the minister of the Ministry of Industry was the best.But Wen Daya, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was doing it, so Li Yuan said: "Well, Shi Xun, you should calm down first and be a backup." The warrior Xun had no choice but to stay calm and continue to work hard.

After all, you are not as talented as Wen Daya, so you can only wait for Wen Daya to retire (Wen Daya works very hard, so his health is not very good).In the past few years, the samurai Xun first followed Li Yuan's arrangement and was transferred to serve in the Guards, leaving his wife in his hometown of Shanxi.Samurai Xun didn't have the habit of living outside, and his family members stayed in their hometown, and Li Yuan didn't know about it either.Samurai Yu is too busy, he works desperately, and he will be away for several years.Because of his hard work, his wife Xiangli and one of his sons died one after another during his service in the Guards. He didn't understand the situation, and her wife only left him two older children. .These two children, one named Wu Yuanqing and the other named Wu Yuanshuang.You must remember these two names first, they are very festive and refreshing.

His wife and child died tragically, and the samurai Xun shyly told Li Yuan about it.Li Yuan was furious. He criticized the samurai Xun's character of wanting face and suffering, but he admired his selfless spirit of hard work, and decided to let him marry a noble woman.This woman's surname is Yang, the daughter of the Sui Dynasty clan.After crying for his wife and children and marrying a new wife, the samurai Xun continued his efforts and devoted himself to work frantically. During this period, Yang gave birth to three children for the warrior Xun very disappointingly, and all of them were girls.Let me introduce the children of my second wife Yang: the eldest daughter, Wu Shun, is very beautiful; the second daughter, Wu Jue, was also nicknamed "Meiniang" during her lifetime, and was given the queen name "Zetian" after her death; the name of the third daughter is unknown. , died early, and there are few records, so it is omitted.

The birth of the second daughter, Wu Zetian, seems to have attracted the good luck of the samurai Xun.In the eighth year of Wude (AD 625), the samurai Xun finally had the opportunity to become the minister of the Ministry of Industry.But the samurai Yu was tolerant by nature, and he didn't want to be such a big official, so he refused to accept it.The samurai Xun was more accomplished in the local area, so he moved officials many times, from Yangzhou to Lizhou, and from Lizhou (Sichuan Guangyuan) to Jingzhou.The samurai Xun's native place is Bingzhou Wenshui (Shanxi Wenshui), and Wu Zetian's native place is also here, but her childhood was spent in Sichuan.With the care of the warrior Xun, Wu Zetian's childhood was free and easy.

Name: Wu Jue, Wu Mei, later known as Wu Zetian Gender: Female Occupation: Cairen, Zhaoyi, Empress, Emperor, Empress Dowager Birthday: The 23rd day of the first month of the seventh year of Wude, that is, February 17th, 624 AD Constellation: Aquarius Height: Confidential Weight: Confidential Appearance: Fang E Guangyi, the legendary big-faced plate, full of charm Personality: Vigorous and decisive, of course, it can also be said to be vicious, cunning, loves to express oneself, and has strong leadership IQ: 140+ Motto: I want to climb up step by step, I have a big dream! For those who don't know astrology, analyzing astrology must be bloody.But I still checked it out, and the horoscope said that the Aquarius woman pursues freedom, acts boldly and openly, and refuses to accept the shackles of traditional dogma.The freedom she pursues is spiritual and ideological.In my opinion, whether the horoscope is accurate or not depends not on how modern people behave, it is better to look at the performance of the ancients who did not know the astrology.I believe that all those who believe in horoscopes and share horoscope testimonials all day long are looking for a track of thinking and character.

It's time to come, go, Wu Zetian! Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang looked down on Wu Zetian's family very much. When eating, they glanced at Samurai Xun and buried their heads in resentment.But this day was different. Someone hurriedly found the samurai Xun, and told him with a horrified expression that there was a turmoil in the court.Qin Wang Li Shimin killed the prince and Qi Wang, and put Emperor Li Yuan under house arrest.The warrior Xun was still calm at first, and he could hear Li Yuan being put under house arrest, and he cried like he was killing a pig. The whole family didn't know what happened, but the warrior Xun shouted: "How should we live in the future?!"

Wu Zetian picked up the white rice grains that fell on the table with her fleshy hands and put them in her mouth.She couldn't understand her father's heart-piercing movements. In the next ten years, the samurai Xun realized that Li Shimin was not an ordinary emperor. He was so broad-minded that he appointed samurai Xun successively as the governor of Lizhou and Jingzhou to command the local army.The samurai Xun was like a duck to water, but at this time, a tragedy that should not have happened happened, and no one thought that the life of the samurai Xun would end like this. On the sixth day of May in the ninth year of Zhenguan (AD 635), Li Yuan passed away, and the warrior Xun wailed and cried a few times. He didn't think about tea or food.This time it was not as easy as last time. In the end, because of excessive grief, the samurai Xun passed away, and the Wu family cried and collapsed.Soon after, the two brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang realized that they had grown up and their enemies did not have their father's protection, so they could finally vent their dissatisfaction with their stepmother.

Facts tell us that not every stepmother is so hateful, especially Wu Zetian's mother, who was originally a very kind person.Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang felt uncomfortable, and they would seize any opportunity to criticize them.Under the insult and bullying of the two heroes, the women of the Yang family are really useless.But what made the two heroes feel ashamed was that Wu Jue never shed tears, and the heroes were upset. At the age of fourteen, Wu Zetian's opportunity came quietly, and she seized it accurately.Because the imperial court wanted to select talents from among the daughters of the gentry, Wu Jue thought he could give it a try.With her outstanding appearance and erudite knowledge, she was successfully selected.Before entering the palace, Yang cried and said to Wu Zetian: "After you enter, you may encounter some difficulties!" Instead, Wu Zetian persuaded her mother, "This may not be a good thing!"

Wu Cairen, a woman of the fifth rank, has no memorable characteristics among the more than one hundred emperor's wives.Wu Zetian knew about this, so she decided to try to let Li Shimin remember that if she didn't succeed, she would just be buried.I think that at the beginning, Wu Zetian lost herself, she was trying to please Li Shimin.She tried her best to hide her characteristic of showing off. Whenever Li Shimin came, she was in a charming state, so Li Shimin gave her a nickname, "Wu Mei". Wu Mei, a provocative noun, originated from a popular song "Wu Mei Niang".

"Wu Meiniang" is the original creation of Chen Houzhu. It was not called "Wu Meiniang" at first, but "Dancing Meiniang".Yang Guang's elder brother, Yang Yong, loves beautiful women and listens to music, so he decided to ask someone to adapt Chen Houzhu's song, which made "Wu Mei Niang" a very popular song.Prince Xianma Li Gang (that's the one) once yelled at Yang Yong's behavior, saying "Wu Mei Niang" is a lewd song, and the prince is not doing his job properly, so does he have to listen to it day and night?It can be seen that Li Shimin named Wu Zetian Wu Mei, which was nothing more than a casual choice.

Wu Zetian, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, was not mediocre at first, but she was not so outstanding among the beauties.How to please men has become Wu Zetian's most concerned issue.So let me ask you, how to please a man? Wu Zetian, who is still in the state of Lolita, has his own unique views on how to seduce the 30-year-old Li Shimin.You see, she said, the Holy Majesty likes to copy Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. She took the copybook of "Lanting Collection" and copied it carefully, which made people feel distressed.I understand that she wants to attract Li Shimin's attention with Wang Xizhi's handwriting.As long as he can successfully attract him, he will come to Wu Meiniang's place. You must know that physical contact is most likely to occur when practicing calligraphy.This is the sublimation of art, this is the aesthetic feeling! However, Wu Zetian was wrong. Analytically speaking, Li Shimin prefers gentle and virtuous women, such as Guanyin's maid.For a teenage girl, if she shows herself too much in front of Li Shimin who can see through everything, the result can only be self-defeating.Although people like to be flattered, they never like to flatter themselves. Being flattered is a kind of desire, and to be flattered is a kind of degrading.Wu Zetian, who failed to attract Li Shimin's attention, finally broke out, and she was determined to go all out and try. Wang Xizhi's style of calligraphy was not practiced, but he also practiced a good hand. But this doesn't make Li Shimin like it, why? Wu Zetian found the answer from Guanyin's maidservant. The opportunity was given by God, and the maidservant of Guanyin passed away early, so Wu Zetian thought that his opportunity had come.That day, a BMW named "Lion Cong" came as a tribute from the Western Regions. Because it was difficult to subdue it, Li Shimin asked for capable people.Facing the ferocious Lie Ma, many people were helpless. Wu Zetian, who thought he could show it, stood up and said, "I can control him!" Li Shimin's attention finally focused on this woman.Be good, look after you, Wu Zetian. "You only need three things to subdue it, an iron whip, an iron hammer, and a dagger." Wu Zetian said, "I will whip it with an iron whip first; if it refuses to obey, I will hit it with an iron hammer; , I'll cut its throat with a knife!" Wu Zetian said such a reckless remark, but saw that everyone was stunned.Li Shimin looked at the young woman in front of him in astonishment, and said embarrassingly, "It's amazing..." Wu Zetian quickly realized that she had failed, and she still couldn't make Li Shimin like her.Alas, the emperor is so old, it's too late, is there any need to work hard?Otherwise, change the means?Today, Wu Zetian is twenty years old. Judging from the current situation, Li Shimin, whose health is deteriorating, and Li Shimin, who likes gentle and obedient women, can no longer be his goal.Yes, the means must be changed.Wu Zetian had known for a long time that when Li Shimin died, those women who had given birth to him would go back to their son's palace, and those who hadn't given birth to them (she was among them) would have to go home and become nuns.The emperor's woman should not be touched by others.The most unfortunate thing is that Wu Zetian really didn't give Li Shimin half of her sons and daughters.So, she went to a nunnery and became a nun. Of course, if you want to be free, there are still exceptions. The emperor's woman, the emperor touches. Get out, the emperor won't touch it anymore, why should the emperor touch it again! Li Shimin's woman, Li Zhipeng. Comments: I don't believe in love anymore. Whether you believe in love or not, when serving the sick Li Shimin, Wu Zetian on duty adopted a proactive strategy.This is the condition of her success, to be ready for anything.She took the initiative to develop feelings with Li Zhi, and Li Zhi also liked her very much.In other words, Prince Li Zhi fell in love with his twenty-year-old mother. The ambiguous love between the two ended with Li Shimin's death. Wu Zetian shaved off her hair and became a nun in Ganye Temple.Nun, do you understand?It is the nun who was molested by Ah Q and said "the monk can touch it, but I can't touch it". She is extremely lonely and half-dead, so she can only chat with the monk.Wu Zetian spent the lowest point of her life in her own Ah Q-style comfort. If there is no chance, who will rescue her?Who dares to rescue her? If you can't live well, you might as well die quickly! In short, for a lifetime, Wu Zetian made a bold decision.