The assembled officials were helpless to stop the massacre, and the incident presaged similar displays of ruthlessness later in her career.
面對皇上價值連城的不馴名駒，群臣束手無策，武媚娘則能來個玉石俱焚。這其中除了反映她獨佔的個性，似乎也說明瞭後來的極權統治。