The Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun did reign for thirteen years, but don't forget, he was only five years old when he ascended the throne, and he was not officially married until he was seventeen years old, and there were women in the harem, but within a few years, the Tongzhi Emperor died.
From the time Emperor Tongzhi officially married the empress to his death, it was only two years, but because Emperor Tongzhi liked his mother Empress Dowager Cixi, who did not like it, and Empress Dowager Cixi liked Emperor Tongzhi, he simply lingered outside the palace and refused to go back.
Emperor Xianfeng had only two sons under his knees, because the children born to Mei Gui died early, and finally there was only one seedling left in tongzhi emperor Zaichun, and after the death of emperor Xianfeng, Zaichun, who was nearly five years old, ascended the throne and became the tongzhi emperor.
Zaichun's biological mother, Yehenara, became Empress Dowager Cixi and was honored in the same two palaces as the Xianfeng Emperor's main palace.
Nevertheless, the Niuhulu clan was low-key, and the main power was in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Because the Tongzhi Emperor was still very young when he ascended the throne, so all the major and minor affairs were decided by his birth mother, and the Tongzhi Emperor at this time was of course impossible to have a child, and this situation lasted for a long time.
Until the end of the eleventh year of Tongzhi, when Zaichun was already seventeen years old, and at the age of pro-government, Empress Dowager Cixi could no longer hold her power and not let go, at this time Zaichun married his empress Arut.
The first marriage ceremony of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was usually before the succession, and it was possible to marry during the reign, unless it was young and succeeded to the throne.
Zaichun's empress Alut clan is beautiful and intelligent, and the conditions are very good in all aspects, and the couple are also deeply in love.
Although Ke Zaichun had a very good relationship with the empress, Empress Dowager Cixi disliked the Arut clan very much, because the Arut clan was a relative of Empress Dowager Ci'an, and at the same time, Empress Dowager Cixi liked the Huifei Fucha clan.
Empress Dowager Cixi intervened, and Emperor Tongzhi was embarrassed
The relationship between the Tongzhi Emperor and the empress was very good, and if things went well, it was estimated that there would soon be children, but Empress Dowager Cixi did not like the Arut clan very much, and forced the Tongzhi Emperor to go to the Linxing Hui Concubine Fucha clan, which made the Tongzhi Emperor very dissatisfied.
Fucha Clan Zaichun did not like it, Arut Clan Zaichun could not go, Zaichun simply did not touch both.
It may be true that there is a physical problem and it is not easy to have children
Emperors in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, heirs are very problematic, Zaichun's father Xianfeng Emperor Yixuan, there are only three children under his knees, and one of them died early, Zaichun is very likely to inherit this problem of his father.
Zaichun and the empress have not had children for a long time, and it may also be because Zaichun herself does not have the ability to do so.
The Arut clan was rumored to have had heirs, but they were strangled
It is said that before the death of the Tongzhi Emperor, the Alut clan already had Zaichun's flesh and bones in its belly, but Empress Dowager Cixi refused to let the Alut clan become the empress dowager for the sake of authority and succession to the throne, so she set out to get rid of the child.
However, this claim has always been anecdotal, and there is no definite record to prove its authenticity.
Zai Chun was obviously an adult, but Empress Dowager Cixi always held the authority and refused to let go, and also interfered in Zai Chun's choices in her private life, which made Zai Chun extremely distressed, but there was no way.
When the resistance was ineffective, Zaichun completely indulged himself and wandered all day long in the eight hutongs outside the palace.
But because of this, Zaichun eventually contracted Hua Liu, which was an incurable disease at the time, and Zaichun died.
The Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun was only the beginning, and the subsequent Guangxu Emperor Zaixiang and the Xuantong Emperor Puyi had no children, and the Xianfeng Emperor's line was also considered to be completely cut off, and the Tongzhi Emperor had no children, and it was also very much related to his good mother, Empress Dowager Cixi.