The drama will be centered on Wu Zetian, the only female empress in the history of China. By Lesley Goldberg Chris Newman, Xu Yan, Kia Jam - Publicity - H 2016 With the end of Game of Thrones in sight ...
Her life story makes most modern success stories look pitifully feeble. Even Cleopatra would have had a hard time keeping up with Empress Wu. Empress Wu was the concubine of a not-very-bright emperor.
Empress Wu (625-705), the only woman in Chinese history to rule in her own name during the golden age of the Tang Dynasty, began her career as a low-ranking concubine in the palace of Emperor Taizong.