Even if a monarch has many heirs, it brings various problems of succession struggles, but at least the state survives!
Between two evils, choose the lesser one. Compared to a monarch having no heirs, even the contention of the nine sons for the throne is a minor issue.
When it comes to imperial succession, they have countless methods and historical precedents to draw upon and solve it. But having no heirs at all is an insoluble dilemma.
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