Near the Himalayas in southwest China, in addition to India, there is a real paradise, the Kingdom of Bhutan.
With an area of only 38,000 square kilometers and a population of just over 700,000, this country is a veritable small country, but it is such a small country that survives in the cracks between the two big powers of China and India, and there is still a monarchy, which not only has good relations with neighboring countries, but also has a stable domestic society and a stable people's life.
And all this is inseparable from the royal family of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
The Young King
The old king of Bhutan, Jigme Singh Wangchuk, was not only called "the most handsome king in the world", but also the smallest king in the world at that time when he succeeded to the throne, and his life was like the envy of everyone.
As a child, Singer was a cold prince.
His mother, Kelsang Choden, although the then Prime Minister of Bhutan, Soranto Jedoje Dorje, was also a Sikkim royal family, but like all royal families, it was a purely political marriage.
Singh's father, the third king of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Jigme Dorjee Wangchuk, was only able to complete his political reforms with the help of Kelsang Choden's father.
More importantly, the country could not be left without a day, especially when Dorjee needed the crown prince to stabilize his position, and Kelsang Choden actually gave birth to four daughters in succession.
For Dorji, who is already in his heart, this is the best excuse for Guangming to spoil his lover.
So his lover Yangji entered the Bhutanese palace and became Dorjee's concubine.
Even Dorjee let Jangi live in a palace where only a queen could live, while the real queen Kelsang was only able to live in a remote palace, and Singh's birth did not change the situation of Kelsang Choden.
Inside the palace, step by step, in order to protect the young concubine, the 12-year-old Singer was sent to London by his mother to study.
While Singh was far away, a conspiracy was brewing in the palace.
The king already had the idea of supporting Yangi to ascend to the throne, and the wise Kelsang Deng, seeing the signs, actively contacted his mother's family and courtiers and established his own power.
Things always change unexpectedly, Dorjee has always had heart disease, and in 1972, during a visit abroad, he unfortunately died.
In the same year, Singh, who was not yet seventeen years old, was hastily succeeded to the throne and became the fourth king of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Four queens
Since ancient times, young monarchs have always had many disasters, especially young children like Singer, who have no political foundation, and there are always all kinds of people with different intentions.
In order to make his son's throne sit more securely, the prescient Kelsang Tang Deng thought of the simplest and most effective way, marriage.
Instead of looking for the most powerful family in the dprk, she looked for the Wangmu family, which had a feud with the royal family.
Before the Wangchuk family became the rulers of Bhutan, Bhutan, which believed in Tibetan Buddhism, practiced the reincarnation system of living Buddhas, and since the first living Buddha was Xia Zhong, the ruler after each reincarnation was also called Xia Zhong.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Wangmu family, a large family in Bhutan at that time, ushered in the reincarnation of the sixth living Buddha, and after the baptism of the sixth generation of Xia Zhong, the Wangmu family also took the opportunity to develop rapidly, and soon became the first family in the local area.
In a very short time, Uyan Wangchuk launched a civil war and became the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
In 1907, the sixth generation of Xia Zhong's living Buddhas chose to resign due to the situation, and Uyan Wangchuk became the new monarch of Bhutan, and the Wangchuk family became the royal family of Bhutan.
The Wangmu family, which was originally attached to the sixth generation of Xia Zhong's living Buddha, not only lost all its dependence at this moment, but even in order not to become a victim under the rule of Uyan Wangchuk, it could only flee Bhutan and wander outside.
After forty years of wandering, the Wangmu family finally returned to Bhutan, and due to the reputation of the Living Buddha in the folk, the Wangmu family was very influential in the folk, so soon it became a large family within the Kingdom of Bhutan.
In the face of the olive branch handed by Queen Kelsang, the Wangmu family has been thinking for a long time, although through business and other means, the family influence has been very strong, but if you build a relationship with the royal family, it is definitely a great help for the long-term development of the family, especially in the political world to expand their own power.
The Wang family made a bold decision to marry all four daughters to King Singh.
For Bhutan, which is still traditional monogamous, such a marriage is a bit absurd, but it is the best choice in order to get the help of the Wangmu family.
In 1974, with the full support of the Wang family, Singh's throne was finally stabilized, so at the age of 19, he was officially crowned.
In return, the marriage between the four daughters of the Wang family and Singer is also in full swing.
In 1979, the four daughters of the Singer and Wang families were officially married, and in order to respect Bhutan's monogamous marriage law, the wedding was not open to the public, but only a particularly simple ceremony.
Harem storm
Although the four queens from the same family were in perfect agreement in status, even in order to balance, Singer deliberately built four other palaces far away in the palace, so that the four people could avoid friction, and even required that no matter which queen saw him, he had to make an appointment in advance.
But anyone has their own preferences, even the mild-mannered Singer is not surprising.
Of the four queens, Singer's favorite was queen Dorje Wanmu Wangchuk, who was not only gentle in appearance, but also intelligent and kind.
Before he got married, Singer promised that the future grand prince would be the future crown prince.
However, the Great Queen did not give birth to the prince first as Singh wished, but instead made it three times later, giving birth to the Grand Prince Kesar, and the Queen subsequently gave birth to the Second Prince.
At this time, the harem of Bhutan, although the surface is calm and calm, has been surging with dark tides.
In order to make the position of the Grand Prince more stable, the Three Queens sought out Gyzing Pema, who was close to the Bhutanese royal family and also the daughter of the Bhutanese family, as the wife of the Grand Prince.
Although the chances were slim, the Queen did not give up the opportunity to fight for the throne for her son.
Therefore, the harem of the four people was divided into two factions, one faction dominated by the queen and the other with the three queens as the mainstay.
However, because King Singer has always been diligent in government and loves the people, the four queens usually assist the king in handling political affairs, so it has not developed into a palace fight drama like the Thai royal family.
Emperor Taishang
Fluctuations in the harem did not affect Singh's choice of heir.
In 2006, Singh, who had reigned for 34 years, chose to abdicate and let the 26-year-old Grand Prince Kesar succeed him.
At this time, he was only 51 years old, in the stage of youth and strength, you know, Prince Charles of the United Kingdom is already in his seventies, still the crown prince.
This is probably the character of Singh, who spent all his time on governing the country and modernizing the kingdom of Bhutan at a young age.
Although it is a political marriage and has an astonishing four queens, Singh, who sacrificed love, did not find true love like his father, and still respected each queen, so that such a strange royal family became a clear stream in all kinds of strange royal families around the world.
And because Singh and the four queens had a good education of their children, the ten children they gave birth to were outstanding.
After his abdication, Singh, on the one hand, teased his grandson, and on the other hand, regained the hobby he had delayed when he was young in order to govern the country, basketball.
Like Singh's theory of gross national happiness during his tenure, he himself eschewed the hidden traps of desire and interpreted another meaning of happy life.