Individuals she promoted in her old age included, among others, Cui Xuanwei and Zhang Jiazhen.
=== Pozna vlada ===Medtem ko se je Wu Zetian starala, sta ministra brata Zhang Yizhi張易之in Zhang Changzong 張昌宗postajala vse močnejša in so se jima podrejali celo princi rodbine Wu.