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TIL Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia first met his son Prince Ninglingge's fiancée in 1048 & was besotted by her beauty. He then spurned his son & married her as his empress. Outraged, his son tried to kill him & while he only cut off his nose at first,his dad succumbed to his wounds a few days later

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