#henor

fun fact: Sei’s dad Qaidiao is older than Jue’s mum and Raiqiongshē but was passed over for the thrones because of his disability. (Which doesn’t bother him or affect all his actions to this day why do you ask.) The general feeling is that Jue shouldn’t have inherited either, for the same reason, but because Haishionā died with no other children ze was her heir by default (which is why Henor killed her in the first place- to secure Jue’s place so ze couldn’t be passed over in favour of any other kids Haishionā might have)

honestly how old do we think Haishionā and Henor/Serip were when they got married? And when Jue was born? I expect they were married quite young, and while Haishionā had been ruling for a few years by the time she died when Jue was a baby and had to have been 20 to properly inherit… she really didn’t rule for very long. Jue’s parents were probably like 25 when all that happened. I doubt any of them made it to 30.

also something something Jue is not only the child of a former empress but also the child of a traitor which nobody including hir wants to acknowledge (and it makes it worse that Henor did that, however wrong or misguided it may have been, *for Jue*)

important note on Jue's parents is that it was a political assassination kind of situation rather than an escalating domestic abuse kind of situation. which I realized might not be super clear in some of the posts I've made about it. so. clarifying that

Jue would not have been present at hir father’s execution- hir stepfather Serip was still alive at that point and would have been hir guardian and regent while he was alive and would have overruled any suggestion that Jue should be present. (<- Jue’s father killed hir mother so it would be considered to be a crime against hir as well. But Serip would have said “we are not bringing my one-year-old son to [hir] father’s execution. No debate.”)