Xincerely
It's still saddening when the emperor dies... đ„ș The good thing is Yu Zhen finally found his closure. Live well and happily, Zhen zhen. đ
Sigh, what a complicated person the emperor was. But it is not surprising his attempts to show love or make his sons stronger became abusive. It seems like he grew up with an abusive father himself, so he did not learn proper parenting skills. I guess he treated his daughter nicely and spoilt her because he didn't think she needed to be stronger, she was just a vase to be maintained until she is married to the appropriate man. However, when it came to teaching life skills and building up a child, he had no clue because of his own childhood. This does not excuse his behaviour, it just makes me wonder how things would have been different for Yu Zhen and his brother had the emperor experienced being on the receiving end of someone's love early on in life or in his early *****hood.