This is so confusing. Wdym she gave birth at 9 years old

no she didnt give birth. The previous emperor was a pedo and took her as a concubine. The previous emperor’s son (now the emperor) was from the empress (his wife). That son then took ah duo as a wife. Making lishu the mother in law despite being 9 but more like step MIL

it’s clearly stated that lishu became ah duo’s mother-in-law when she was only 9 years old, but then the previous emperor died. out of sympathy, the emperor made her his consort, but he never touched her because he already saw lishu as his own daughter.

‘Mother in law’. Lishu the 9 yo girl married to the late emperor, ah duo (the matured one) married to emperror son.

“Mother in law”

Lishu hasn't had children. She's MIL by weird marriage & consort rules. The previous emperor was a pdfile and Lishu was a literal child. It's explained in the little family tree moment.

Lishu didn’t, she just was married to the previous emperor However Anshi, the empress dowager (aka the late emperor’s official wife) did give birth to her eldest son at 11

She was consort to the current emperor's father, but never had a child. When the he died she went to live in a convent, but the current emperor felt sorry for her so took her as a consort, but since she was the bride of his father, she is also Mother in Law to Ah-duo.

How’s that even possible

I wonder bro 😭

Lishu didn't give birth to anyone. If that's what u r thinking, She was indeed a concubine of the previous emperor but she did not giv birth to anyone

No you're not thinking that way do you? Well she's consort but was passed from the previous emperor, and the current emperor let her stayed bcs returning her back to the family will cause policy issues. The previous is a pervert with psychology trauma, he let her hand on child.

The empress dowager gave birth to the current emperor when she was a teenager, Lishu was a consort of the previous emperor. When he died the current emperor took her as a consort so she wouldn’t be sent to someone else, and now she’s treated like his adopted daughter.

She did not. The Emperor only had her as his Consort out of pity and sees her as his daughter. Ah-Duo is who the Emperor actually loves romantically, not Gyokuyou, Lishu or Lihua

daughter-in law and mother-in law. Aka was married to previous emperor, while the other was married to the then-prince if that helps, but none of them gave birth to the other(in law being the key part of it)

The old emperor was a pedophile

Well technically she didn't give birth she was the previous emperor concubine that's why she was the Mother-in-law he thing for young girls and after they hit age he gave them up sad as it is common for girls at the age of 10 to already have a groom pick out for them anyways

You understood that wrong. Lishu didn’t “give birth”. She was just the previous emperor’s concubine at age 9 and when he died becomes the current emperor’s consort. Ahduo was always current emperor’s consort. That’s why she’s her “Mother-in-law” in that sense.

.... are you retarded?

The former emperor was a pedophile; Lady Anshi had the misfortune of having her period start earlier than the standard age.

Old emperor was a pedo.

READDDDD BRUH

China is weird like that

She didn’t

Pay attention to the story

She didn’t give birth

Nope she was the mother-in-law bc she was the consort of the emperor who had a son, but she was no one's mother

Normal family tree in ancient nobility