Princess Anxi, the eldest daughter of Wu Zetian, was indeed killed by Wu Zetian and then framed the queen. When Princess Anding was born in January, Queen Wang came to visit her, touch her and make her happy. After the Queen returned to the palace, Wu Zetian strangled the girl when no one was around and covered her with a quilt. When Li Zhi arrived, Wu Zetian pretended to laugh, lifted the quilt and looked after the children together, and found her daughter was dead. Wu Zetian cried intentionally. And crying very sadly, I deliberately asked the people around me what was going on. Everyone around me knew Wu Zetian's intention and said, "The queen has just been here." Wu Zetian then cried and scolded the queen, and the queen could not explain it clearly. Li Zhi flew into a rage and wanted to punish the queen, but with the efforts of ministers headed by Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang, Li Zhi had to give up. However, since then, he has planned to "abolish the king".
Historians only record according to the situation at that time, instead of crouching behind the curtain and reading the records. There is only one historian, and it is impossible to be in two places at the same time. Moreover, historical materials are constantly improving and need to be constantly trimmed. At that time, all officials knew that Wu Zetian had framed the queen, but there was no evidence. In addition, after the incident, through Sun Chang Wuji and Prime Minister Chu Suiliang, Li Bao Li Zhi did not punish the king and queen, but planned to abolish them.
The reason why Li Zhi really wanted to be abolished was that in June of the 6th year of Yonghui (655), it was widely rumored in the harem that Queen Wang and her mother Liu Leisheng had won. Li Zhi was furious and drove Liu out of the palace. Moreover, he wanted to turn Wu Zetian into Chen Fei through Zhao Yi. Due to the opposition of prime ministers Han Yuan and Lai Ji, they finally failed. At that time, ministers headed by Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang had great power, and Li Zhi's power was greatly restricted. Many ministers, led by Sun Chang Wuji, opposed Tang Gaozong's abolition of Wang Wu Li, so Wu Zetian's road ahead was full of hardships. Li Zhi tried to restore imperial power by "abolishing the king" and hit the forces of old ministers.
Li Zhi really succeeded in "abolishing the king" because of the words of the heroic veteran Li Ji, "Your Majesty's family affairs, why ask outsiders?" At that time, Li Zhi seemed to be asking about the situation after the abolition of Li Ji, but in fact Li Zhi wanted Li Ji to support him. How could Li Ji, who lived comfortably in officialdom, not know the emperor's intentions? When he was old, it was better to do more than less, so he went his own way and told Li Zhi that this was the emperor's housework. Why did he ask the minister? Hearing this, the Li Zhi,
Li Ji's words immediately abolished the queen. So Li Zhi's decision to abolish the Queen has nothing to do with her illustrious family background. The Queen's family are vegetarians.
Li Zhi wanted to abolish the Queen, and all the ministers headed by Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang stood up to speak for the Queen and prevented Li Zhi from abolishing the Queen. Aren't the ministers headed by Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang stronger than the Queen's family? The real reason for the abolition of Li Zhi is to kill chickens and respect monkeys, revive imperial power, and attack the power of ministers!