Ming Chengzu Zhu Di once said: "The most ruthless imperial family" exposed the phenomenon of the emperor fighting for power and seizing the throne. In all the dynasties and dynasties, this situation was inevitable. The emperor is in charge of the world, and in the face of this kind of power, how many princes can hold it? The so-called family affection in the face of power can be ignored.
During the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty, after Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun ascended the throne, he desperately prevented him from marrying his cousin Yin Shuyi. Can make an emperor so uncontrollable, Yin Shuyi naturally looks very beautiful. After Liu Jun married his cousin, he was very fond of her and was obedient. In less than a year, he conceived a dragon species for Liu Jun, which made Liu Jun even happier.
This child is the eighth prince Liu Ziluan, Yin Shuyi is so favored by the emperor, this child is naturally even more so. Among all the princes, Liu Ziluan was the most favored one. Liu Ziluan had 8 older brothers in front of him, and when he saw that Liu Ziluan was so favored, he was naturally jealous, especially liu Ziye, the crown prince at that time, and even thought that the favor of his father should belong to him, not his eighth brother.
Liu Ziluan had just turned five years old, Liu Jun was created the Prince of Xiangyang, and in the same year he was renamed the Prince of Xin'an, successively serving as the Assassin of Southern Xuzhou, the Taishou of Southern Langya, the Zhongshu Ling, the Situ, the General of Fujun, and the Assassin of Qingji Erzhou. At the age of 5, he received so many rewards, and the degree of favor of Liu Ziluan can be seen. The emperor's unscrupulous favor made the then crown prince Liu Ziye even more jealous, and secretly hated Liu Ziluan.
At that time, there was still rumor in the court, saying that Liu Jun wanted to abolish the crown prince Liu Ziye and establish Liu Ziluan as the crown prince. All of the above made Liu Ziye sit still. Until Liu Jun's death and Liu Ziye's succession to the throne, he began to retaliate against Liu Ziluan. At that time, Liu Ziluan was only 10 years old, but Liu Ziye dismissed all his positions and finally ruthlessly gave him death.
Before his death, Liu Ziluan said, "I hope that I will not be reborn in the Imperial Family in the next life", although he received a lot of favors after birth, he was killed at the age of 10, which is enough to see the darkness of the royal family. This sentence was also very famous later, the royal struggle continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty, many princes who died in the royal struggle, should not want to be reborn in the royal family, right?
Liu Ziye was a fierce emperor, not only killing Liu Ziluan, but also killing Liu Ziluan's maternal brother Liu Zishi the Prince of the South China Sea and his half-sister, the Twelfth Imperial Daughter. However, Liu Ziye did not have a good end, and originally wanted to kill all the emperors under house arrest, and finally was killed by his uncle Liu Yu, and then Liu Yu was supported as emperor, and Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty entered a period of weakness.