Chapter 117 The Dangers of Marriage between Close Relatives
Daqiren's expression changed from confusion to sneer, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's normal that cousins can't get married, they are from the same clan. But why can't cousins get married? The blood relationship is closer, and they become a family, which is a close relationship."
But Jian Yunsang's explanation that followed made them all feel like they were struck by lightning and suffered a great shock.
She said, "Studies have shown that marriage between close relatives can easily lead to infertility and miscarriage, and the surviving children are more likely to have deformities or diseases. Moreover, even if the children are born normal, they are more likely to die young."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in Daqi under the sky.
Many people simply knocked over the things in their hands, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Even Emperor Jingxuan was so shocked that he stood there in shock.
That Miss Jane just mentioned infertility, miscarriage, and babies born with defects? ? Short life span?
Cao Qing behind him swallowed hard, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. Then he looked at Emperor Jingxuan with great concern.
He remembered that the Concubine Shu in the harem was the daughter of His Majesty's mother's family and His Majesty's cousin.
Emperor Jingxuan obviously thought of this as well. He not only thought of Concubine Shu's identity, but also thought of the fact that Concubine Shu had been in the palace for several years and had been pregnant twice, but both times she accidentally miscarried at two or three months.
At that time, he even suspected that some concubine in the harem was so bold as to murder the royal heir.
After all, at that time, his queen had passed away for two years, and his mother had always wanted Concubine Shu to be the next queen.
But because Concubine Shu had a miscarriage, the matter was eventually left unresolved.
Recently, the Empress Dowager brought up the matter again. Emperor Jingxuan was in a good mood because he had a clue about the whereabouts of the sweet potatoes. He thought that it was not good for the position of Empress to be vacant. Concubine Shu had also helped to take care of many affairs in the harem in the past few years and had gained experience. It didn't matter even if she didn't have children. She had just had a miscarriage before, not that she was incapable of getting pregnant. Even if she couldn't get pregnant, it would be fine to have a prince under her name, so she felt a little relieved.
Who would have thought that while I was still in the consideration stage, I suddenly heard such a shocking statement.
Could it be that consanguineous marriage could cause such serious harm?
In such a huge city like Daqi, there are countless marriages between cousins because of the concept of marriage between relatives, some customs, and even because of the exchange of relatives.
If this harm really happens, I'm afraid the whole Daqi will be in chaos.
Emperor Jingxuan still had some trust in Tianmu. Even though he didn't want to believe Jian Yunsang's words, he knew that she would not make a fuss and would not deceive Chaochao without reason.
Therefore, he slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said to Cao Qing, "Pass on my order to summon the six ministers, the Grand Tutor, and the left and right assistant ministers of the Ministry of Rites to the palace to discuss government affairs."
"yes."
After Cao Qing left, Emperor Jingxuan sat on the dragon throne, thinking solemnly.
Yes, there are many examples of close relatives marrying each other throughout the dynasties. Not to mention the common people, even the royal family has too many of them.
The most well-known example is Emperor Wu of Han and Empress Chen of the Han Dynasty. They were cousins, but they had no children after being married for many years. There is also Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ao, and Empress Xu, who had a son and a daughter, but both died young.
If it is said that the Han Dynasty is too far away from the Daqi Dynasty, the reason is not quite clear. What about the previous dynasty, the Darong Dynasty? Emperor Jingxuan knew a lot about Darong, and the imperial harem also paid more attention to him.
As far as he knew, among the twenty-three emperors of the Great Rong Dynasty, there were six or seven close relatives, the empresses. Among them, two queens were childless throughout their lives, and the children of other queens either had bad tempers or died young. There are also secrets in the palace that two princes were secretly killed when they were born because they had physical defects.
The more Emperor Jingxuan thought about it, the more frightened he became. He had never thought about these things in detail before, and even if he heard about them, he would not take them seriously. In this world, it is very normal for children to die young, and there are also many children with disabilities. No one would think of consanguineous marriage.
Emperor Jingxuan rubbed his forehead. This time, things were really messed up.
At this time, there was also unrest in his harem.
Since the appearance of the sky curtain, the emperor basically watched from the front court, and discussed state affairs with his ministers when there was an emergency. He even came to the harem less often.
Most of the concubines were concentrated in the Empress Dowager's palace.
The Queen Mother liked to watch the Tianmu, and especially liked to talk about her thoughts after watching it. When she encountered something interesting, she would discuss it with others, so the concubines would naturally watch it with her.
It’s no wonder that the harem has become much more harmonious since the sky curtain was built. They even began to care about what was said in the sky curtain. They were very curious and shocked about what was presented in the sky curtain. Many concubines envied the women in later generations. Even though they haven't seen many women till now, they are still enough to make them yearn for them.
At this moment, they were also sitting in the courtyard of the Queen Mother's palace, chatting in low voices, eating, and watching the sky.
When they saw Shen Ruochu coming out of the swimming pool in cool clothes, they exclaimed and criticized her for pretending to be virtuous in front of the empress dowager.
It was not until the Queen Mother impatiently called for a stop that they shut up and continued looking at the sky curtain.
Who would have thought that the sky, which had never had much to do with them, would suddenly strike with such a bolt of lightning today, leaving them completely unable to react.
When they came to their senses, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Concubine Shu.
The latter's face was pale, her whole body was cold and stiff, and she didn't even notice that the cup in her hand had fallen to the ground.
Not only her, but also the Queen Mother was hit so hard that she couldn't move. After a while, she fell backwards.
The senior palace maid behind her screamed and rushed to help her, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, quickly, quickly call the imperial physician..."
The Concubine Shu on the other side also closed her eyes and fell forward, "Your Majesty..."
The huge palace was in chaos. While the harem was in turmoil, Jian Yunsang, who dropped the "bomb", was very calm.
She hugged Chao Chao and asked, "Is there any cousin marriage in Shangliu Village?"
Seeing her nod, Jian Yunsang sighed and asked, "Then think about it, will the child they have after they get married be healthy?"
This, Chao Chao actually knows two.
"Uncle Li, who lives next door to the Hu family, married my uncle's cousin. They had a daughter who was normal, but the son they later had couldn't walk until he was two years old."
For this reason, the family believed that Chaochao brought bad luck to them because Chaochao appeared in Shangliu Village two years ago.
But the Li family didn't do anything to Chaochao, they just didn't like her. Every time she passed by their door, the family would immediately close the door.
Compared with others, this family was quite friendly. At least they didn't ask her not to pass by their door.
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