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[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The plan was to lock himself away from the world for 40 years to stop himself from losing his virginity and missing out on becoming a wizard, capable of magically making himself immortal.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] TotallynotJessica 85 points 6 months ago

He goes by Kolanaki on Lemmy now.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Uh yeah this emperor was a creep.

The emperor's pursuit of immortality included engaging in sexual relations with young girls, of which he and Tao Zhongwen collected 960 for this purpose.

[–] Shadowedcross 8 points 6 months ago

Seems like just Chinese emperor things.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

Don't start shit, won't be shit

[–] rhadamanth_nemes 19 points 6 months ago

I would have been tortured to death so quickly in the 1500s