釋氏稽古略 3.55

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3.55

In the yimao year, the sixth year of Yonghui, in the tenth month, the emperor ordered Sikong Li Ji to carry the imperial seal and ribbons to invest Imperial Consort Wu as empress, deposing Empress Wang. Earlier, in the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong summoned the daughter of Wu Shihuo (pronounced yufu), Area Commander of Jingzhou, to enter the imperial harem as a Talented Lady (Cairen) at the age of fourteen. The Grand Astrologer memorialized that there was an omen of a female ruler, so she was sent out to become a nun at Ganye Monastery. In the fifth year of Yonghui, the emperor summoned her to enter the palace as Bright Concubine (Zhaoyi). Now she was invested as empress.

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