Nononono, she ends up with shou, but because of the whole secret double person shadow fhingy, she has to look like she's is with kansei.........so her heart is with shou, but the reputation or the outside looks are with kansei...........if that makes sense.
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So the whole emperor lineage will become Shou's instead? Totally not set up to be a game of throne dance of the dragon thing when kansei's blood related kids fight against Shou's to be the emperor
Well it does say nobody ever found out that the Emperor's shadow existed and it's doubtful it would be documented, much less something people would go looking for since there's no knowledge of it. Also the imperial harem does exist in Chinese history so it's also likely Kansei took on some concubines and had children with them, those would be of imperial blood. To combat the conflict of "the eldest will be heir" Shou and the princess' children just need to be born after Kansei's
Wait, so the princess ended up w Kansei?