Tang Zhongzong's weakness and lack of opinions almost became the ladder for Queen Webster to play politics. At the unreasonable request of Empress Wei, Wei, the father of Empress Wei, was promoted to be the secretariat of Yuzhou. At this time, although Wu Zetian became the empress dowager, she firmly held the real power in her own hands, which was impenetrable and watertight, making it impossible for Queen Wei to do whatever she wanted through Zhongzong. In less than a year, Tang Zhongzong offended his mother Wu Zetian because of a trivial matter. Wu Zetian stepped forward, demoted Zhongzong to the king of Luling, sent him to a remote prefecture, and set up another four sons, Li Dan, as emperor, that is, Zong Rui, who was still in charge of Chaogang.
Wu Zetian was wary of Zhong Zong and Wei Hou. After capturing Wei, Zhongzong first lived in a secluded state for a year, and then moved according to the will of Wu Zetian. After staying in Zhou Jun for two years, he was ordered to move back to Zhoufang. The reason why Wu Zetian asked them to move many times was to prevent them from living in one place for a long time and gathering and developing their own forces against the imperial court. After several years of tossing, Wu Zetian felt that their spirit had been exhausted, which allowed them to live for a long time in Zhou Fang.
In Zhou Fang, Zhongzong and Wei Hou did not completely despair of the restoration. One day, when Zhong Zong and Wei Hou were idle, they went to the Gande Temple near their residence to visit Master Fan Hui. On the way, Zhongzong's mood changed suddenly. He picked up a stone and prayed to heaven: "If I am not injured, I can regain the throne. Don't leave this stone. " Say that finish forcibly threw a stone into the air. This is a helpless play he made when he was extremely bored and uncertain about the future. Who knows it happened that this thrown stone was blocked by the dense branches and leaves of a big tree on the roadside and did not fall to the ground. Seeing that the stone didn't fall to the ground, Zong was overjoyed, and Wei Hou also smiled, thinking that this was a good omen for them. Master Fan Hui also explained that it was only a matter of time before Zhongzong was restored. This excited them both for a long time.
Zhongzong is really weak. In the predicament, whenever Zhongzong fell into despair, the stronger Wei Hou gave him strength and confidence; Every time Wu Zetian sent someone to visit, Howie came forward to play around, and Wei Hou's glib tongue made him
They survived many difficulties, so Zhongzong was very grateful to Wei Hou. This time, throwing stones at the sky brought a glimmer of hope to Zhongzong's desperate heart. He took Wei Hou's hand and vowed very sincerely: "If you can see the light of day again at different times, that's just what you want, and it's not forbidden." He said such a thing at this time, but it was a heartfelt promise. Unexpectedly, Wei Hou used this sentence to contain him in the future, which made him feel speechless after he was reset.
At this time, Wu Zetian abolished the crown prince and the emperor several times, but she still felt that she was not satisfied enough. She simply abolished Tang Ruizong in the first year given by God, established her status as a holy emperor, and walked from the backstage to the front desk to show her power. In order to consolidate her position and eliminate dissidents, she killed Li's royal descendants and ministers loyal to Li. When the news reached Zhou Fang, Zhongzong and Wei Hou were so scared that they couldn't sleep at night. Every time I heard that an imperial envoy was coming, Zhongzong was afraid that the emperor's mother would send someone to write to him to die.
The misery of exile is nothing, and the most tragic thing is to wait for death every day. In fact, the most terrible thing in the world is not death, but living in the shadow of death every day, but death does not come at once, but may come at any time. This kind of fear is by no means imaginable by ordinary people. The cowardly Zhongzong lost the courage to survive. He committed suicide by hitting the wall several times. Wei Hou advised him, "Happiness and misfortune are impermanent. There is hope if you live. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep. Why do you have to die by yourself! " Zhongzong also figured it out. It's death anyway. As long as it is not forced to the last minute, it is life, just wait for the opportunity to come. Why kill yourself! Thought of here, he settled down a little and spent the hard and painful years with Wei Hou.
At this time, the world outside Zhou Fang is changing. After Wu Zetian came to power, many people were dissatisfied with her practice and even disgusted. Heroes from all walks of life denounced the war frequently. In Yangzhou, Xu Jingye and others rose up. In order to justify his behavior, Xu Jingye even played the banner of "rehabilitating Zhongzong". Wu Zetian is a little alarmed. She sent 300,000 troops to counter the rebellion, and at the same time sent her favorite nephew Wu Sansi to Fuzhou to see the movement of Zhongzong, so as to play it by ear. Wei Hou did her best. It is said that she even bribed Wu Sansi with herself and begged him to put in a good word in front of Wu Zetian. Wu Sansi didn't make a slip of the tongue. It was not until the first year of the Holy Calendar (AD 698) that, at the urging of Prime Minister Di Renjie, Wu Zetian sent someone to take Zhongzong and Wei Hou back to Luoyang from Zhou Fang, and re-established Zhongzong as the Crown Prince. At this time, Zhongzong was exiled 15 years.
Five years later, Wu Zetian fell ill, and five ministers, including Zhang Jianzhi, Huan, Jing Hui, Yuan and Cui Xuanhui, led the army to force Wu Zetian to give way to the prince. In this way, Zhongzong, who had been out of power for 20 years, was pushed to the throne of the emperor, and Wei Hou naturally resumed her position as queen.
Zhongzong spared the life of imprisonment in Zhou. It is also cautious and awe-inspiring to come back and redo the Crown Prince. Once again, like a bird out of the cage, he began to enjoy the luxurious imperial life almost crazily, but he was "abandoned" to state affairs.
. Caused a lot of "famine" behavior, a lot of "immoral".
Wei Hou is an ambitious and power-hungry woman. Every time after the restoration of Zhongzong, Wei Hou sat in the curtain behind him, just like Emperor Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. Minister Huan wrote a letter of advice, but refused to adopt it, so he began to interfere in politics.
Tang Zhongzong's name is the son of heaven, and he can't catch not only the regime, but also his own woman. Once, Princess Anle's new house was completed, and she was so happy that she had to move. Zhongzong and Wei Hou personally congratulated her. During the dinner, the princess's 8-year-old son came to visit the queen, and the etiquette was very comprehensive; Wei Hou saw it and liked it very much. He held the child in his lap and wrote him a letter named Taichangqing, Gao Guogong and 500 food city households. When Zhongzong saw Wei, he ignored his own existence and made decisions without authorization. He was very unhappy and immediately stopped him and said, "Wait a minute! I will think about it when I return to the palace. " Wei Hou didn't agree, and said coldly, "What do you care?" Didn't you say that my body wouldn't be banned in the future when your majesty was in the week? Why are you interfering with my body now? It's a broken word! In this way, how can we convince everyone in the world? "When he saw Wei, he used words to press him, and his heart became more and more angry. Without saying a word, he ordered him to drive back to the palace. Wei Hou ignored him long ago. When he left angrily, he didn't panic at all, and didn't take it seriously at all. He continued to drink and have fun in the princess's house until midnight.