"Have you heard? Emperor Qing's tomb has been successfully excavated!"
"Yes, the most crucial thing is that we've unearthed a lot of portraits of 'emperors who won without lifting a finger'."
"How interesting! Those portraits excite me even more than those treasures."
"Isn't he just a construction maniac? So what? It's not like we haven't seen him before."
"Hey, upstairs, get this straight. Do you even know what was unearthed this time?"
"You know?"
"My childhood friend's classmate's older brother's teacher participated in the research, and I heard it was a groundbreaking discovery!"
"Wow! Could it be that the 'Emperor Who Wins Without Lifting His Hands' is from the past?"
"That's not necessarily true; they could be aliens!"
"Or perhaps, Emperor Heng is the one who seems to have traveled from the past?!"
"Wowhhhhh... This is so exciting!"
"Wow, has the gorilla downstairs become a spirit?"
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh... Breaking news, a major discovery!"
"..."
Even with netizens racking their brains, they never expected that the so-called major discovery would be so exciting.
It's truly disruptive.
After all, the "Emperor Who Wins by Lying Down" is a unique title, and the Kyoto Line is named after him, not to mention many existing buildings.
His achievements are evident everywhere.
This is why, even though he was never emperor, he was still highly regarded and loved.
But no one expected that the generous spender, infrastructure enthusiast, doting husband, and linguistic genius... was actually a cross-dresser.
"So, is it possible that the 'Empress Dowager who wins without lifting a finger' is a woman?"
"Wait, what makes you say this woman is our retired emperor?"
"Look closely upstairs, every single one has a date, and there are words on the back of each painting!"
"If he's a woman, then how did Emperor Heng come to be? How did I, Princess Zhenguo, come to be? How did I, Emperor Hua, come to be? And how did our two generals, Heng and Ha, come to be?"
"That doesn't make sense. Otherwise, wouldn't the Empress Dowager be a man?"
"No, no, the Empress Dowager was a renowned beauty; all beautiful women adored her. Have you forgotten the family portrait and the banquet photos?"
"I don't care, I don't care, this is my idol Mr. Sherry's masterpiece! Aa ...
"Is it possible that they were all children the Emperor Emeritus and his brothers wanted? After all, Princess Zhenguo was extremely fond of having children, the kind who insisted on having them by force!"
"Pfft—possibly, after all, the two emperors' letters are still there, 'The Princess Zhenguo is shameless enough to ask for a child as a reward'..."
"Hahaha, this is hilarious!"
"Getting back to the main point, with our Emperor Emeritus so bald, what woman would want to shave her head?"
"So the Emperor Emeritus was really a cross-dresser?"
"So what if people want to do whatever they want? Can't they even have their own little hobbies?"
"No, no, no, we can use conspiracy theories, for example, the Emperor Emeritus's sexual orientation is a mystery."
"Or perhaps, it was a case of Consort Yi substituting the crown prince for a cat?"
"Or perhaps, because two women were in love and feared societal disapproval, our Emperor Emeritus shaved his head?"
"No, no, no, you can be a little bolder. Is it possible that the Empress Dowager is a man? After all, it's common for the Emperor Emeritus to not like going out."
"Tsk tsk tsk! If that's really the case, then this will be interesting."
"The Retired Emperor: How can you tell if I am male or female?"
"Shocking! Another Mulan, a peerless heroine?"
"I can feel the complex emotions of the descendants of the Aisin Gioro clan even through the screen!"
"puff--"
"No need to feel it, one of my buddies has been staring at the computer with dead fish eyes for ages without doing anything. By the way, his surname is Aisin Gioro~"
"catch"
"Catch him, alive!"
"Excuse me, does he have big eyes or small eyes?"
"Small eyes!"
"Yes, I believe it!"
"..."
Soon after the news that "the Emperor Emeritus who won by lying down" was a cross-dressing man was found, "the Emperor Emeritus's sexual orientation is a mystery" also became a trending topic.
Some netizens used 2x scopes to examine the details, while others went to museums to see them.
They also read through all sorts of historical anecdotes and unofficial histories.
After all, many of the paintings that have been passed down from the past were painted by contemporary painters or court painters.
Mr. Shirley rarely shows his few masterpieces to the public.
Mr. Sherry's masterpieces are not highly regarded because he left behind too few works.
On the one hand, the painting skills are indeed outstanding, and on the other hand, they are all extremely rare paintings of the young children of the emperor's sons and grandsons.
For example, there's a picture of the little Emperor Heng playing with his twin sister, a picture of the little Emperor Hua counting little gold ingots with his cheeks puffed out, a picture of the little Princess Zhenguo practicing martial arts, a picture of two mud dolls chewing on each other, and a family portrait of their whole family...
So much so that netizens firmly refuted the claim that "there are no fathers and sons in the imperial family" because of those few pictures.
Then, more paintings were unearthed.
Netizens unleashed their creativity and expressed their thoughts in a variety of ways.
Having already descended to earth to undergo tribulation from the position of the retired emperor, his thoughts have wandered to the point that the retired emperor's family is the reincarnation of which emperor in history.
Or perhaps the retired emperor was a woman, and she and the retired empress shared the same dream, so they got together. Yes, it's possible that the retired emperor was female and had a preference for women.
One reason this theory is accepted is that Emperor Heng, as a grandson of the emperor, was able to ascend the throne smoothly. Could it be that he was the child of a prince from the imperial clan?
...
Various speculations have emerged.
It was only after a descendant of the Aisin Gioro family contributed a notebook that all previous conjectures were overturned.
Historians have verified that it is indeed an authentic work by the retired emperor.
It's more accurate to call it a diary than a notebook.
[Hmph, it's only because I dote on my wife that I'm so good at it, otherwise what man would be willing to dress up so extravagantly?]
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