Before gaining power, this figure once had two rivals dismembered, with their still living bodies stuffed in wine jugs and left to die.
Before gaining power, this figure once had two rivals dismembered, with their still living bodies stuffed in wine jugs and left to die. Claiming to be a reincarnation of Maitreya, this ruler allegedly passed a law requiring court visitors to perform oral sex as a sign of respect and instituted a twelve part reform program that reduced taxes and encouraged agricultural production. A devoted practitioner of Buddhism, this ruler emerged as sole head of state after successively deposing Zhongzong and Ruizong, and was finally overthrown at age 80 in a coup that also saw the execution of the Zhang brothers, who served as royal consorts. Creating a short-lived Second Zhou Dynasty that interrupted the rule of the Tang Dynasty, this is, FTP, which Seventh Century empress of China?
Before gaining power, this figure once had two rivals dismembered, with their still living bodies stuffed in wine jugs and left to die.
Empress {Wu} or {Wu} Zeitan