Legend of Zhen Huan: The Emperor and Empress Dowager are at odds

Answer 1

In the Legend of Zhen Huan, the Emperor and Empress Dowager's discord was mainly reflected in the following aspects:

** 1. Alienation from family **
1. ** Emotional estrangement caused by growing up **
- When the Emperor was born, the Empress Dowager's position was low, so he was brought up by Imperial Consort Tong Jia. After Tong Jia Shi passed away, the Emperor returned to the Empress Dowager's side. The empress dowager didn't raise the emperor herself, and she didn't miss the emperor. Instead, she placed all her efforts on the 14th prince. In the Empress Dowager's heart, the Emperor was like a proof of her past humiliation. If she had a choice, she would prefer the Fourteenth Prince to ascend the throne. This kind of favoritism caused the Emperor and Empress Dowager to be emotionally alienated. The relationship between the two was more like a strategic alliance based on filial piety and status.
- For example, before the Empress Dowager died, she wanted to see the 14th Prince, who was imprisoned by the Emperor. The Emperor rejected her request and even mentioned that he grew up under Empress Xiao Yiren, implying that the Empress Dowager was biased. The Empress Dowager was sad because she could not see her youngest son.
2. ** Lacking real care **
- The Empress Dowager had almost no tender care for the Emperor. The only so-called " care " she had had a purpose, such as to raise the status of her old lover, Longkeduo, in the Emperor's heart, or to let the Emperor release the Fourteenth Prince. It was not out of true motherly love.

** 2. Roncodo related aspects **
1. ** The relationship between Longkeduo and the Empress Dowager has cast a shadow on the Emperor **
- The Empress Dowager and Longkeduo had emotional entanglements in their early years. They secretly promised each other for life. After the Empress Dowager was elected to the palace, she still couldn't forget Longkeduo. When the Emperor was young, he had witnessed the intimate contact between the Empress Dowager and Lonkoto, which left a huge psychological shadow on him. The affair between Lonkoto and the Empress Dowager was a pain that the Emperor could not hide.
2. ** Divergent treatment of Lonkodo **
- The Emperor knew that Longkeduo had formed a clique for personal gain and hoped that the Empress Dowager would abandon Longkeduo to prove her innocence and maintain the stability of the country. However, the Empress Dowager knew what Longkodo had done, but she pleaded for him in every possible way. This caused a conflict between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, which further aggravated the disharmony between them.

** 3. Family glory **
1. ** The conflict under the interests of the Ulanala family **
- The Empress Dowager wholeheartedly protected the glory of the Ulanala family and arranged for Chun Yuan and Yi Xiu to marry the Emperor. In the affairs of the harem, the Empress Dowager protected Yi Xiu many times in order to protect the position of the Ulanala family in the harem. For example, when Yi Xiu persecuted the children of other concubines in the harem, this also affected her relationship with the Emperor to a certain extent, causing constant conflicts between the two.