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'Palace Lady Liu'; ? ― ?) was a concubine of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in China. She was the mother of Emperor Gaozong's eldest son, Li Zhong, who later became the crown prince of the Tang dynasty. Despite her low birth, her son became the crown prince.
When Empress Wang heard this, she, wanting to divert Emperor Gaozong's favor from Consort Xiao, secretly instructed Consort Wu to grow her hair back, while suggesting to Emperor Gaozong that he take her as a concubine.
When Emperor Gaozong was crown prince, he had been attracted by the beauty of one of Emperor Taizong's concubines, Consort Wu. After Emperor Taizong's death, all of his concubines who did not bear sons were housed at Ganye Temple (感業寺) to be Buddhist nuns.
Apr 16, 2023 · Wu Zetian (original name Wu Zhao) was a junior concubine for the emperor Taizong at 14 years old. Not much is known about her younger years at court.
May 25, 2017 · Gaozong’s reign – and indeed the reigns of the next generation of emperors – is inextricably linked with the figure of Wu Zetian, the emperor’s favoured concubine who managed to supplant his other woman and became pre-eminent with the demotion and deaths of the Empress Wang and the Imperial Consort Xiao.
But he proved to be a weak ruler and in his later years was dominated by his consort, Wu Zhao (the future empress Wuhou), a former concubine of his father. Gaozong had rescued her from the convent to which she had been sent upon Taizong’s death.
Nov 13, 2018 · The Emperor, overcome with grief, believed Wu Zetian and had Lady Wang banished from court along with her supposed accomplice, the Pure Concubine. When Wu was firmly instated as Empress Consort, she had the feet and hands of both her rivals removed and their bodies thrown into vats of wine to drown.
