In the classic palace fight drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Yi Xiu, as the queen, serves every fifteenth day, according to ancient traditions, this moment should be the best time for the queen to get pregnant. However, the plot of Yi Xiu's pregnancy has never been seen in the play. This mystery begs the question: Is it a physical cause, or an emotional entanglement, or other factors that prevent her from welcoming a new life?
Physical causes: Yi Xiu's body has been damaged due to childbirth.
Looking back on the plot of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", we learned that Yi Xiu had given birth to a big brother before, but unfortunately the child died young, and since then, her body has begun to be damaged. Despite the many excellent imperial doctors and precious medicinal herbs around him, Yi Xiu's physical recovery has not improved. In ancient times, although there were places that modern medicine could not match, the ** of the queen's body was not a difficult thing. Why can't Yi Xiu be rejuvenated through the rich resources of the harem and come back with a new life?
Emotional entanglement: The emperor's thoughts and doubts about Chunyuan.
Perhaps, the emperor in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is not without feelings, but his deep affection for Chunyuan seems to hinder his sincere care for Yi Xiu. Empress Chunyuan's death caused great damage to the emperor, and her feelings for Yi Xiu were also more or less affected. Why can't Yixiu become the "white moonlight" in the emperor's heart? In such an emotional entanglement, Yi Xiu's desire to give birth to a new bloodline may have been deeply buried.
The Queen's Palace: Behind the Fifteen Bedding Traditions.
In the play, Yi Xiu has been acting graceful and chaste in the tradition of fifteen servants. But does Empress Yixiu really understand the true meaning of this tradition? On the fifteenth day of each bed, the empress was obliged to spend the night with the emperor in order to reconcile the yin and yang qi and pray for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the royal family. However, does Yi Xiu miss the deeper meaning of "fertility"? Perhaps, under the superficial obedience, she did not take the initiative to pursue a more intimate married life with the emperor.
Yi Xiu's virtuous and passive: why the queen can't become the queen mother.
Recalling Yi Xiu's performance in the play, she is always virtuous and polite, but she seems to lack some initiative. Every time the emperor came, she always cooked a large table of dishes to accompany the emperor to dine, rather than pursuing more intimate contact. This kind of passivity and virtuousness may have become the reason why it was difficult for her to get pregnant. Compared to the other concubines who were young, energetic, and charismatic, Yi Xiu's age and appearance may not have attracted the emperor's deep interest. How to make the emperor have a stronger paternal feeling while maintaining the status of the queen may be a difficult problem that Yi Xiu has not been able to solve.
Conclusion: The real reason why Yi Xiu was unable to conceive in the tradition of fifteen servants.
In summary, the reason why Yi Xiu failed to get pregnant in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a multifaceted problem. From physical reasons to emotional entanglements, to the queen's passive performance in the fifteen-serving tradition, all became stumbling blocks that hindered the birth of new life. Although Yi Xiu has a noble status, in the face of the intricate political struggles and personal emotional disputes in the harem, she finally failed to realize her dream of becoming a queen mother in film and television dramas. Perhaps, this is also a slightly sad detail in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".