vrcanaries Chapter 131 Yinzhen: My Strange Emperor Brother
Chapter 131 Yinzhen: My Strange Emperor Brother
Lin Ke continued, "However, the tenth prince still has a large family like the Niohuru clan behind him. Compared to the fate of the other princes in the struggle for the throne, the tenth prince's imprisonment was not particularly difficult."
"He even lived peacefully until the second year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the eldest son of Emperor Yongzheng, and finally passed away in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign at the age of fifty-nine, which can be considered a peaceful death."
"There isn't much historical material about Yinzhen himself, so we'll stop here. Next, we'll talk about the last of the nine princes who lost the struggle for the throne, the fourteenth prince Yinzhen."
A spoiled brat from the Song Dynasty: There are only two winners and seven losers!
Prince Yi of the Qing Dynasty, Yinxiang: That's all thanks to my fourth brother!
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"The fourteenth prince, Yinzhen, was born in the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He was the youngest prince in the struggle for the throne among the nine princes, and he was the younger brother of the fourth prince, Yongzheng, born of the same mother."
According to some rumors, people often say that Emperor Kangxi originally intended to pass the throne to his fourteenth son, Yinzhen, but Emperor Yongzheng changed the will from "passing the throne to the fourteenth prince..." to "passing the throne to the fourth prince".
"This rumor is full of loopholes, because the decree was not written solely in Chinese, but also in Manchu. Not to mention, the Chinese character '於' could never have been written as the Fourteenth Prince."
"Logically speaking, the relationship between these two brothers should not be too bad, but since the fourth brother was raised by the Tongjia family, he was not close to his mother, let alone his younger brother who was ten years younger than him."
A soldier from the Han Dynasty: It seems these brothers don't get along at all!
A spoiled brat from the Tang Dynasty: Who told the Qing Dynasty to have this ridiculous rule! I think that's why his mother doesn't really like this fourth son!
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"To some extent, Emperor Kangxi was quite ruthless. Lady Uya, the birth mother of the fourth prince, was sent to Lady Tongjia's palace when her child was just over a month old, where she was raised by her."
"So the relationship between Lady Uya and her eldest son, Yinzhen, was already very distant. Later, she gave birth to another son, who was the sixth in line, but unfortunately, he died young. For a mother, this was a huge blow."
"There was a reason why she later showed more favoritism towards the fourteenth prince; perhaps she was also looking for a so-called spiritual sustenance for herself."
"There's a saying that the kindness of raising someone is greater than the kindness of giving birth, but after all, Uya is the fourth prince's birth mother. It's impossible for him not to be moved when he sees his birth mother doting on the fourteenth prince."
"Moreover, Emperor Kangxi once commented on him when he was young: 'Even in his childhood, he seemed to be somewhat unpredictable in his moods…'" (Veritable Records of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty)
"Perhaps, the relationship between these two brothers was destined from childhood!"
A noblewoman from a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: Well, I feel that it all comes down to the Qing Dynasty's adoption regulations. It's easy to show favoritism towards children who don't grow up with their parents and those who do.
A young woman from the Tang Dynasty, observing the drama, commented: "Poor Fourth Prince! The culprit is his father! Couldn't he have been raised by his birth mother? Why did he have to do it this way!"
A noblewoman from a prominent family in the Ming Dynasty: Didn't he realize that all his children had some personality problems to varying degrees? Who wouldn't want to stay by their mother's side!
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"And the fact that Lady Wuya, the mother of the eighth prince, Lady Wei, and the mother of the twelfth prince, Lady Wanliuha, all entered the palace on the same day, made the three of them very close."
"So naturally, their children grew up playing together. Especially with the fourth brother, who was unpredictable, as a contrast, it's not surprising that the fourteenth brother would like the eighth brother, who was gentle and friendly."
Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty: ...
Zhu Houzhao, the number one mischievous child of the Ming Dynasty: Fourth Brother - my strange and eccentric emperor brother, hahahahaha!
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: To some extent, as an adopted child, and with his birth mother in the palace, the fourth prince was actually in a rather awkward position, no wonder he was so capricious.
A young girl from the Ming Dynasty, who was just watching the drama unfold, said: "So all sorts of reasons led to this favoritism, but she's not just the mother of the fourteenth prince, she's also the mother of the fourth prince!"