Wu Zetian's ascension to power was nothing short of remarkable. She began her journey as a concubine to Emperor Taizong, where she caught his eye with her beauty and intelligence. After Taizong's death, she was sent to a Buddhist convent as a Buddhist nun, as was the custom for imperial concubines whose emperors had passed away.
Story beat: She forces a current consort to wear the ghost’s clothes and speak in their voice.
The "atrocities" committed by the Empress (e.g., tyranny, murder of the protagonist).
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