How many years has Wu Zetian been in power?

Wu Zetian was born in Wenshui, Bingzhou, Tang Dynasty in 624, whose real name was Wu Xie. Later, Wu Zetian was renamed Wu Zhao Wu Zetian and the only orthodox emperor in the history of China.

Wu Zetian reigned for fifteen years from 690 to 705. She is also the oldest emperor in the throne. She succeeded to the throne at the age of 67 and is one of the oldest emperors in history. Wu Zetian died at the age of 82. She is also known as Lu Wu with Lv Hou in Han Dynasty.

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In 637, Wu Zetian was called into the palace because of her beauty. She is a talented woman of 14 years old. In 649, Emperor Taizong died, and he entered Ganye Temple to become a nun. At that time, the queen was competing for favor with her, and she decided to use Wu Mei's beauty to transfer the emperor's favor to Xiao.

So he ordered Wu Shi to keep his hair secret and dedicate it to Emperor Gaozong, and named it Chen Fei. The following year, Li Hong, the eldest son, was promoted to Zhao Yi. Wu Shi entered the palace again, thanked the queen and began to grovel and flatter her.

Knowing that there was a contradiction between the queen and her, she joined forces with the queen to deprive the emperor of Xiao's love. When Xiao fell out of favor, she thought that if she wanted to be the master of the sixth house, she had to defeat the queen.

In 654, Wu gave birth to a daughter, who was deeply loved. One day, Queen Wang was so bored that she went to the Showa Hall to play with the little princess, and then she left.

Wu deliberately avoided when the queen came, left with the queen, killed the little princess, and blamed the queen. In 655, Wang was falsely killed by the little princess, abolished his post and made Wu the queen.

After Wu Zili became the queen, he began to participate in the discussion of state affairs, and he was called the second saint. In 683, Emperor Gaozong died, and Li Xian succeeded to the throne as Zhongzong, and Zunwu was the empress dowager, who was called the royal family.

The following year, Li Xian was abolished as the king of Luling, Li Dan was appointed, and Wu Zetian took the real power. In 690, Li Dan was abolished as Emperor Zetian, and his title was changed to Zhou, and he was awarded Heaven in the Yuan Dynasty, known as Wu Zhou in history.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Zetian