Re-reading this after years and realizing Chang ge's mum and uncle (current crown prince ) story is depressing.... The second prince(uncle) clearly fell in love with her mum the moment they met and even gave her a name that basically say he finds her pretty etc. He went to battle one time and returned to find her married to his older brother who saw her as another concubine. She only accepted the marriage to secure her position and so she won't be targeted easily. They don't talk for 16 years and when they do after the second Prince/uncle killed Chang ge dad's and family, the mum dies off from poison from someone... This explains why Chang ge was said to be doted on by her uncle almost as if she was his daughter. Her real dad (previous crown Prince) prob didn't care for her as much since he asked her to be married to enemy country when she was a kid. It was the uncle who stopped it... He has multiple wives too and from what it seems like from her brothers calling her barbarian's spawn, her mum only had her (children). My theory Chang ge's tutors etc heavily supported the second Prince and planned to kill the mum since she risk of clouding/tattering the Prince/uncle's judgement. Y'know the "best king is the one that put his people/kingdom above himself and his loved one.... My bet is that they kept Chang ge's disappearance / survival from the uncle, soon to be emperor, to stop any form of second thoughts. Of caring for Chang ge, the girl he saw as what his child with her mum would be like.
Re-reading this after years and realizing Chang ge's mum and uncle (current crown prince ) story is depressing.... The second prince(uncle) clearly fell in love with her mum the moment they met and even gave her a name that basically say he finds her pretty etc. He went to battle one time and returned to find her married to his older brother who saw her as another concubine. She only accepted the marriage to secure her position and so she won't be targeted easily.
They don't talk for 16 years and when they do after the second Prince/uncle killed Chang ge dad's and family, the mum dies off from poison from someone... This explains why Chang ge was said to be doted on by her uncle almost as if she was his daughter.
Her real dad (previous crown Prince) prob didn't care for her as much since he asked her to be married to enemy country when she was a kid. It was the uncle who stopped it... He has multiple wives too and from what it seems like from her brothers calling her barbarian's spawn, her mum only had her (children).
My theory Chang ge's tutors etc heavily supported the second Prince and planned to kill the mum since she risk of clouding/tattering the Prince/uncle's judgement. Y'know the "best king is the one that put his people/kingdom above himself and his loved one....
My bet is that they kept Chang ge's disappearance / survival from the uncle, soon to be emperor, to stop any form of second thoughts. Of caring for Chang ge, the girl he saw as what his child with her mum would be like.