Greg Jenner
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He's small, he's six, he's little, he doesn't understand the world.
Surely when he becomes 13 or 14, he's going to want to get rid of his mum and his step mum or whatever it is.
He's going to want to go solo.
She'd slap him?
Yeah, yeah.
He's the emperor of China.
Yes, I know.
She's meeting the ruler with a ruler.
Yay, there you go.
That's why we book you.
And he comes of age in 1872.
He's going to take the imperial name Tongzhi.
Tongzhi, yes.
But she stalls him.
She won't hand him full power yet.
Do you know what she demands of him first?
Yes, very good.
You've got good instincts here, Sophie.
Yes, she demands you must get married first.
And so what, they choose the girls for him?