Prince Yongxing
Character Profile
| Name: | Yongxing |
| Date of Birth: | |
| Service: | Empire of China |
| Rank: | Prince |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
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Biography
Yongxing was a brother of the Chinese Emperor. He believed very strongly that Celestials should be kept in the royal family, enough to take on Lung Tien Lien even though it was believed she was cursed. Liu Bao stated that if he had not taken her as a companion he might have become The Emperor himself. He had very strong anti-western sentiments also. For these two reasons he was strongly against Temeraire serving in the Aerial Corps. He planned to use Temeraire in his plot to overthrow the Emperor and set up a government more in line with his thinking. Yongxing wanted to convince Temeraire to accept prince Miankai as his new companion, so that after Emperor's death Miankai could take the throne, replacing prince Mianning who was the rightful heir at that time.
Yongxing was the first person to criticize the treatment of dragons in Britain. Moreover, he did not support the British presence in China because he felt that the British were disrespectful towards the Emperor. For the obvious reasons, he disapproved of opium smugglers. However, he was equally disapproving of the Christian missionaries, who tried to convert the Chinese to Christianity.
Yongxing attempted to have William Laurence murdered several times, which was ultimately his downfall. Temeraire was so enraged that he started a fight with Lien and Yongxing was accidentally killed in the ensuing chaos.
