I also wonder whether Jingmum was a Consort to start with and then demoted to Concubine, because if I understand what I've read, Concubines weren't allowed children or uh the sort of sex that led to children.
Haha, did you also read that meta about the 'fuck rules'? I enjoyed that for a historical perspective, but it seems like the show didn't really have that kind of strict rule structure for the Emperor's sex life, given some of the canon dialogue. I've been going on the assumption that he acquired a bunch of women that he wanted without consideration for their happiness (i.e. Consort Chen) and had a bunch of babies on them, and then ignored the ones he didn't want/trust anymore. He's the worst.
If she's a Concubine consistently pre-show, someone else would have raised Jingyan, the way the Empress raised Prince Yu.
I've seen enough fanon that this might be book-canon, but I think Consort Chen was given responsibility for raising Jingyan? Which explains his closeness to both Jingyu and his mother, because Consorts Jing and Chen acted like sisters and I expect they practically lived in each other's pockets during that period. By the time Consort Chen died, Jingyan had already moved out of the Inner Palace.
...well, that makes another extended family member lost in a horrible way for Jingyan, now that I think about it like that. :(
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Date: 2019-01-02 05:45 am (UTC)Haha, did you also read that meta about the 'fuck rules'? I enjoyed that for a historical perspective, but it seems like the show didn't really have that kind of strict rule structure for the Emperor's sex life, given some of the canon dialogue. I've been going on the assumption that he acquired a bunch of women that he wanted without consideration for their happiness (i.e. Consort Chen) and had a bunch of babies on them, and then ignored the ones he didn't want/trust anymore. He's the worst.
If she's a Concubine consistently pre-show, someone else would have raised Jingyan, the way the Empress raised Prince Yu.
I've seen enough fanon that this might be book-canon, but I think Consort Chen was given responsibility for raising Jingyan? Which explains his closeness to both Jingyu and his mother, because Consorts Jing and Chen acted like sisters and I expect they practically lived in each other's pockets during that period. By the time Consort Chen died, Jingyan had already moved out of the Inner Palace.
...well, that makes another extended family member lost in a horrible way for Jingyan, now that I think about it like that. :(