Jiajing Emperor was said to have been a cruel and neglectful emperor. He did a lot of Taoist Alchemy, to make himself immortal. A lot of these alchemy involved palace women, and a lot of the test were cruel to them. IN 1542, this lead to the palace women to conspire and murder the emperor, called the Palace plot of Renyin year, in which the Jiajing Emperor would be strangled in his favorite consorts room to frame her. However, the Emperor survived, and one of the women got cold feet, and told the Empress, who had all the conspirators killed.
However, what if the Jiajing Emperor did die during the plot? What if 20 years of his reign was cut short? Who would succeed him? OTL Longqing Emperor, who was 5 at the time? Would Empress Fang become Empress-Regent? How would this effect Ming Policies and Politics without a young emperor?
However, what if the Jiajing Emperor did die during the plot? What if 20 years of his reign was cut short? Who would succeed him? OTL Longqing Emperor, who was 5 at the time? Would Empress Fang become Empress-Regent? How would this effect Ming Policies and Politics without a young emperor?