Wu Zetian once exiled peony to Luoyang. Is this true or just a rumor?

This is just folklore. Compared with others, few people don't know who Wu Zetian is. People are happy to hear these fabricated rumors.

Peony in Luoyang, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, has gradually become the most desirable and prosperous scenery in the world. The opening of peony has also made Luoyang a city of peony that the whole country yearns for. Every April, thousands of tourists come to Luoyang from all over the country just to see the peony in full bloom in Luoyang.

Wu Zetian's denunciation of peony is said to be related to a story. One year, when the weather was cold, Wu Zetian took the opportunity to inspect the Baihua Garden and ordered the officials in charge of greenhouse construction to try their best to make the flowers open. At this time, everyone dared not neglect, and actively prepared the greenhouse to prevent Wu Zetian from visiting and seeing the beautiful scene of flowers blooming, but after everything was ready, everyone was waiting for the final result.

Sure enough, it is worth it! Let a hundred flowers blossom and compete for beauty. Wu Zetian was very happy to see all kinds of flowers grow gratifying and open in succession. However, in the surprise of a hundred flowers blooming, only peony was not seen. Wu Zetian was very angry with these peonies after hearing the report, so she ordered people to burn all these non-flowering peonies and discard them in the wilderness.

How dare you disobey the imperial edict of Wu Zetian? Therefore, these greenhouse workers work actively. All the peonies in Chang 'an were suddenly burned and uprooted. Strangely, these abandoned peony branches miraculously revived in the ravine of Mangshan Mountain, and they were very bright. Since then, peony has not been afraid of the temperament of dignitaries as their agents, and has also gone deep into the people.