24. Another of This Great Ruler’s Sons Liked Torturing and Murdering Concubines
Prince Tuan might have been bad, but his brother, Prince Chu, was worse. Chu once had one of his concubines whipped, then personally chopped off her head. He had another concubine tortured with red hot irons. When his wife accused one of his concubines of cheating on him with an artist, prince Chu had the accused whipped, then gathered the rest of his harem and made them burn her with hot needles.
However, princes Tuan and Chu were relatively tame compared to their brother, Prince Chien, who was an out-and-out sadistic monster. Unlike Prince Tuan, who did not like women and felt sick looking at them, Prince Chien liked women. Unfortunately, Chien liked women in a variety of sick ways, to their misfortune. Chien carried on incestuous relationships with his own sisters – raping some of them when they did not willingly submit to his advances. That was just for starters.