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Wu Zhao was born to a wealthy family during the Tang Dynasty
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She became a junior concubine of the emperor
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The emperor died, so she was sent to A Buddhist nunnery. But the new emperor took interest of her, and brought her back to court as a senior concubine
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Gaozong(current emperor) had a stroke making Wu Zhao do most of the duties because she had the intelligence, expirence and the skill to do so.
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The emperor died so she gave it to one of the sons. But she didn't like that he was so independent so he kicked him off the throne and appointed her other son as Emperor.
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She decided she wanted to be emperor so she kicked off the other son and made herself the new emperor. This interupted Tang dynasty
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After half a century of controlling the empire, she died.