![]() ![]() ![]() Something I found interesting while watching a different Imperial China era C-drama was that Yongzheng's grandson Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor who succeeded the throne was actually the 13th prince, and by the time he succeeded in his 30s, there were only 4 princes alive out of 17 (known, in history) for his father to actually choose from. Since Scarlet Heart Ryeo is adapted from a Chinese drama, which was adapted from a Chinese novel, which was based on the Yongzheng emperor in history, the above would apply to your question. ![]() So if the prince doesn't die by sickness or still birth, then the prince is secretly poisoned with uncommonly known or slow poisoning methods or the building the child is in is put on fire and made to look like an accident or some other way to disguise the death as an accident or natural death.īack then, the princes and princesses were married off at 14-15 years old and the women weren't allowed to work or do anything else really besides produce and raise children, so it would make sense the harem women have to fight among each other and scheme about how to gain the emperor's favour and climb up the ranks, and they'd feel threatened if another became favoured by the emperor and then try to find ways to ruin that favour. If there's something Imperial China era Cdramas have taught me, it's that the women in Imperial harems kept trying to kill each other's sons as infants so the other doesn't gain more power in the harem by being favoured by the king for having given birth to a possible future heir or later, that son is picked by the king based on talent and skills to be the heir. ![]()
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