As a child, Ryuki was treated badly by his mother and most of his half-brothers. They would beat him up or lock him in a storage house for days in a row. Seien, the second eldest brother of the six sons, was the only family member who ever showed kindness to him. Ryuki met Shuurei’s father, Ko Shouka, in the imperial archives, who secretly tutored him and encouraged War General Sou-Taifu to teach him swordsmanship.
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Shi Ryuki is the emperor in the series Saiunkoku Monogatari, roughly translated as “Color Cloud Palace”. He is the youngest of 6 brothers and was the most unlikely candidate to become emperor. One could say that he became emperor by default; his 4 brothers ended up killing each for the throne and his beloved
The exiled second brother of the emperor, Shi Ryuki, Shi Seiran, or Prince Seien, is a secretive man who is stubborn and not easily threatened by power. This, as well as his excellent swordsmanship and intellectual superiority made him the “flower” of the royal princes. He and his mother were exiled because his maternal grandfather conspired to make him the next emperor. This plot almost caused him his life, since the other royals who were fighting for the throne sent assassins to kill him.