In history, many members of the royal family would do anything to compete for the throne, such as killing their own siblings or close relatives. However, Liu Yu, Emperor Ming of the Southern Song Dynasty, actually gave his beloved concubine to a meritorious official because he wa

In history, many members of the royal family would do anything to compete for the throne, such as killing their own siblings or close relatives. However, Emperor Ming of the Southern Song DynastyLiu Yu (pronounced Tongyu) actually killed his son because he was infertile. He gave his beloved concubine to the hero, waited until she was pregnant, and then took the mother and son back. He even took away his brothers' biological sons, just to give himself a successor.

Southern Dynasties Although Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu had many concubines in his harem, he could never give birth to a son, and Queen Wang only gave birth to 2 princesses. He even lost his reproductive function in his later years, which made Liu Yu quite worried that there would be no one To inherit his position, in order to keep the throne, he came up with the method of "borrowing sperm to have children" and decided to send his beloved concubine to other men.

According to " Zi Zhi Tong Jian " records, "Taizong tried to give his concubine Li Daoer as a concubine from Chen Taifei, and she returned to the throne and gave birth to the emperor." Liu Yu gave his most beloved concubine Chen Miaodeng to the concubine who had accompanied him. Li Daoer, the hero of the "Registration and Self-reliance", waited until the imperial concubine became pregnant and wanted her back. Soon after, he gave birth to a son Liu Yu. As a result, the news that "Liu Yu is Li Daoer's biological son" was spread everywhere. Even Liu Yu himself often calls himself "General Li" when he is away from home.

However, having only one prince still made Liu Yu uneasy. The "Song Book" mentioned that "in the later years of Taizong, impotence could not be cured internally. If any of his brothers and concubines were pregnant, they would take them into the palace and give birth to boys. Kill his mother and raise him with the one he loves in the Sixth Palace." As long as Liu Yu found out that his younger brother's wife and concubine were pregnant, he would take her into the palace. If a boy was born, he would kill the mother and give the boy to his wife. Leave it to the harem's beloved concubine to raise.

According to historical records, Liu Yu had a total of 16 children, 12 of whom were sons, but none of them were his biological children; however, there are still historians who are skeptical of this statement in history books. Historian Lu Si Mian believed that all this was fabricated by Shen Yue, the author of "Song Book", to cater to the Southern Qi emperor.