The official translation says that the prince is ML's nephew, meaning that ML is his uncle, not his father, so the scan mistranslated some parts. I already thought that the age difference between the two didn't add up. In one part, the emperor's mother tells ML that she wants to have a grandchild. Now I understand better that he never had children. It's a beautiful story, but obviously you have to read it knowing that an age difference of 15 years or more was normal in marriages at that time. My grandmother's mother married a man 20 years older than her.
The official translation says that the prince is ML's nephew, meaning that ML is his uncle, not his father, so the scan mistranslated some parts. I already thought that the age difference between the two didn't add up. In one part, the emperor's mother tells ML that she wants to have a grandchild. Now I understand better that he never had children.
It's a beautiful story, but obviously you have to read it knowing that an age difference of 15 years or more was normal in marriages at that time. My grandmother's mother married a man 20 years older than her.