The fact that she gave birth to a boy pretty much puts the final nail in the coffin of the possibility of a happy ending. If she gave birth to a girl, provided he could overlook the fact that she's not a virgin etc (and he clearly can), it would be a nonissue - a girl is a non-player in inheritance games and he can certainly afford to feed one more girl child; he can even dote on her safely if he feels like it. But a boy is always a threat to legitimate inheritance, even if he appoints another son as heir. He and his heirs wil always be part of the family and power games. So it's fine when the kid is little but as he grows? Ooooh boy (not to mention that hits square center into YZ's own parental issues.)
By modern standards, he's always a psycho. But by the standards of his own time and place, it is proof of how utterly consumed he is by her that he (a) lets her give birth to another man's child while (b) allowing everyone to think it's his own son and (c ) does not plan to murder the infant the moment he's born. I mean, he has doctors and midwives murdered and it's proof of both of how terrifying he is and how completely besotted he is.
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DILRABA DILMURAT as REN AN LE / DI ZI YUAN
THE LEGEND OF ANLE (2023)
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