In "Crane And Hua Ting", although Xiao Dingquan is the prince of Southern Qi, he has lived in danger since the first episode, not only his younger brother Xiao Dingtang covets his position as prince, but even his father Xiao Ruijian intentionally or unintentionally targets him. Three years ago, empress dowager, the emperor closed the city gates tightly, not allowing the crown prince to see the last side of empress xian. After that, the prince had been filial piety in the temple for three years, had reached the age of double ten, had not yet been married, and had not been established in the founding of the country for a hundred years.
In ancient times, the crown ceremony was a man's coming-of-age ceremony, and the sooner the crown prince was held, the more he could take charge of the country as soon as possible, but the emperor did not give Xiao Dingquan a half-crown ceremony, but gave Xiao Dingtang a crown ceremony, and left Xiao Dingtang, who should have gone to his fiefdom, by his side.
According to ancient royal customs, Xiao Dingquan, as the eldest son of the empress, must have been favored by the stars and the moon, why was Xiao Dingquan constantly hostile to Xiao Ruijian? It turned out that Xiao Dingquan's life had brought him trouble. Xiao Dingquan's mother came from the Gu family, which was in power, and in the past, Xiao Rui was able to take advantage of the great treasure and also used the Gu family's power.
At that time, Empress Gu was in love with someone else, but Gu's father insisted on marrying Empress Gu to Xiao Ruijian, so that after Xiao Ruijian became emperor, his grandson Xiao Dingquan could also become emperor, and the Gu family could prosper forever. Xiao Ruijian said that the emperor relied on the Gu family, and Empress Gu's heart belonged to another, these two things originally made him very unhappy, and transferred the resentment to his son Xiao Dingquan.
Even if Xiao Ruijian became emperor, he was also worried, because Xiao Dingquan's uncle Gu Silin had a heavy army, and Xiao Ruijian was worried that foreign relatives were too powerful to interfere in the affairs of the dynasty. When Emperor Wudi of Han ascended the throne, his aunt Princess Tao Chang of Guan was proud to say: "The emperor must not stand without me", which is suspected of interfering in politics, so Emperor Wudi of Han deposed Empress Chen after his wings were full, and suppressed the forces of Princess Tao Chang's faction. It seems that what Xiao Ruijian really did not like was the Gu family behind Xiao Dingquan.
From this point of view, the emperor's concerns are not unreasonable. First of all, the grandfather of the great king was born in the city well, and his status was low, and although li Baizhou, the father-in-law, was powerful, he was still within the control after all. If the king takes the throne in the future, as long as he gets rid of Li Baizhou in advance and suppresses the noble concubine faction, he can even go to the mother to keep his son. This is far better than the respected Gu family. That's why as soon as Wu Dehou made a move, the prince could immediately crown the same. The emperor was extremely jealous of the Gu family's military feats, but he had to let him lead the troops out on the expedition.
Of course, from the perspective of God in the audience, the prince is pure filial piety, upright, and has both learning and learning. However, it is also an indisputable fact that the prince is very likely to be close to foreign relatives. This can be seen from the emperor's portrait of the empress recalling the prince's childhood. The struggle for power has always been between you and me, even if in the end the emperor and foreign relatives fight for power. Therefore, in feudal society, the emperor's centralization of power was the most important thing. And the emperor in the play does such a thing. In the eyes of the emperor, the prince was a person who suffered from gain and loss, so the more he cared about his teacher and his uncle, the emperor wanted to suppress his affection.
In fact, in history, there are many such things, Emperor Hui of Han and Emperor Cheng of Han are troubled by foreign relatives, relying on foreign relatives to support and ascend to the throne, but they do not have enough strength to resist the expansion of foreign relatives, and it is impossible to control power by relying on family affection alone.
To say that Xiao Ruijian did not like Xiao Dingquan at all, otherwise when Xiao Dingquan was kneeling barefoot in the snow, he would not have sent someone to send cold clothes; he would not have taken out the portrait of Empress Gu late at night and told the portrait about Xiao Dingquan's childhood; in the original ending, he would not have looked at Xiao Dingquan's widow Ah Chen in tears.
The relationship between Xiao Ruijian and Xiao Dingquan was as Xiao Ruijian said, "The prince is first a courtier of Yuan, and then a son of Yuan." As the son of the emperor, Xiao Dingquan could not help himself, and it was imperative for the emperor to suppress the prince, and whether the prince could finally escape depended on his fate.
"Crane And Hua Ting" is a costume drama directed by Yang Wenjun and starring Luo Jin, Li Yitong, Huang Zhizhong, Zhang Zhijian, Miao Pu, Jin Han, Zheng Yecheng, Wang Yu, Cheng Xiaomeng, Qiu Xinzhi, Bao Dazhi, Wang Jianguo, Feng Bo, Guo Peng, etc., and wang Jinsong, Hao Lei, Liu Dekai, Wang Yuanke and Wang Ruizi.
The drama is adapted from the novel of the same name by Xueman Liangyuan, which tells the story of Crown Prince Xiao Dingquan who committed a lone crime for the country and the world, and paid the military power to the country itself to bear the name of Qianqiu and die.