Wu Zetian, who eventually became empress, had a particularly voracious sexual appetite and into her seventies still kept two toy boys, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, who were commonly called Man Five and Man Six. When the two entered the palace, their faces were always powdered, their hair done up, and their breath sweetened.
女性后妃也常大享齊人之福，武則天「天賦異稟」，一生風流，七十幾歲還養了兩個新寵張易之與張昌宗，世稱五郎與六郎，兩人進宮總是敷粉、梳髻，口含香料。