Wu Zetian was 82 years old. In the first year of Shenlong (705), Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others staged a coup, killing two brothers and forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate. Wu Zetian was forced to cede the throne to his son Li Xian and restore the title of Tang Dynasty. In the same year1February, he died in Luoyang shangyang palace, leaving a testament to the emperor, calling him "the Great Sage Queen". The following year, Tang Zhongzong resumed the Tang Dynasty and was also the capital of Chang 'an. After Wu Zetian's death, she was buried in Ganling with Emperor Gaozong.