nycdaug Chapter 131: The Selection of the Crown Princess
Chapter 131: The Selection of the Crown Princess
After reviewing the memorial, Emperor Shengwen took Chen Wenjin back to his bedroom.
After Emperor Shengwen entered the bedroom, Chen Wenjin signaled all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to leave the bedroom. Finally, Chen Wenjin closed the palace door and stood guard outside the bedroom himself.
Emperor Shengwen came to his dragon bed, reached out and pressed on the exquisite carvings several times. There was a slight click, and a secret compartment appeared under the bed.
Emperor Shengwen took out a small mahogany box from the secret compartment and opened it gently.
The warm and gentle golden light suddenly shone from the mahogany box onto Emperor Shengwen's face.
He stared at the hollow golden egg with exquisite patterns, and thought of Yue Ran who had presented it to him.
During this period, word gradually spread in the palace that the area around his bedroom could restore mentally disturbed people to consciousness.
When he first heard about it, he just laughed it off. But after learning that two people in succession had recovered to normal, he knew that the reason must be because of this hollow golden egg.
Long before Concubine Yun came to ask him for help, Emperor Shengwen had already thought about whether to use this thing to treat the fifth son.
The Crown Prince's character is not worthy of his ambition, and the third eldest son has just recovered from an illness and is about to aspire to take the throne.
Before, the prince was the only one who was strong and healthy, and he felt uneasy.
Now that there is a third child, he feels even more uneasy.
He now believes that he is in the prime of his life and can easily be emperor for another ten years, but who can guarantee that no accidents will happen?
He saw clearly the prince's ambition to sit on the throne as soon as possible.
The prince had been involved in poisoning incidents many times before. Whether it was him or Yue Yuan who was poisoned, the prince was involved.
To say I'm not disappointed would be a lie.
But changing the crown prince is not so easy.
What will happen if another fifth person intervenes?
When Concubine Yun learned that the fifth child could be saved, she was so happy.
But how could she know what kind of situation Lao Wu would face once he regained consciousness.
Being born in an imperial family, living a long and muddle-headed life is not necessarily a bad thing.
Emperor Shengwen pondered for a while, put the hollow golden egg back into the secret compartment, and sighed.
"Chen Wenjin, order someone to clean up the side hall. Starting today, the fifth prince will live in the side hall for a while."
Emperor Shengwen's voice came from the bedroom.
The palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads, looked at each other, and suppressed their inner astonishment.
Your Majesty means that you hope the Fifth Prince can regain consciousness.
News spread very quickly in the palace. When Queen Lin learned the news, Crown Prince Chu Hantian hurried in soon after.
"Mother! Have you heard? Father wants to let the fifth child live in his side palace!"
Chu Hantian's face looked very ugly.
What does Father Emperor mean?
It was already enough to upset him that the third brother recovered from his illness inexplicably.
There was a rumor in the palace that his father's bedroom could restore the sanity of the foolish. He felt something was wrong at the time.
It was not until today when he heard that the fifth brother would soon move into his father's bedroom that he understood what the ominous premonition in his heart was.
The fifth child looks most like his father and is born with brute strength. If his brain returns to normal, he will be an excellent material for practicing martial arts.
The third brother is good at literature, and the fifth brother is good at martial arts.
What is he, the prince, doing between them?
Queen Lin's brows were already furrowed, and when she saw the prince so nervous, a hint of disappointment could not help but flash across her eyes.
"What's the hurry? You're talking as if Lao Wu is already awake!"
Even if the fifth brother can really be cured, he has been in a daze for the previous sixteen years and has not learned anything. He can only wield swords. Such a person would never be considered as a candidate for the crown prince.
Queen Lin took a breath when she thought of this.
It turned out that even she couldn't help but think that the emperor wanted to change the crown prince.
Chu Hantian paced back and forth anxiously in front of Queen Lin.
"Father must be worried about me. He has been doubting me all the time!"
Queen Lin took a sip of tea and said calmly:
"Since he didn't punish you, it means he couldn't bear it and still has hope for you."
"What you should do now is to behave like a prince."
"As for the fifth one?"
Queen Lin smiled coldly.
What if a person who has been stupid for sixteen years wakes up?
"Don't you have a powerful concubine?"
"If I remember correctly, Lao Wu likes her very much."
Hearing this, Chu Hantian paused, his eyes filled with anger.
"He was like a five-year-old child before. I allowed him to learn swordsmanship from Xiaolou, just like raising a dog. Anyway, he was willing to listen to Xiaolou."
But if Chu Hanling regains consciousness, it will be completely different.
The fifth brother was half a head taller than him and at the age of sixteen, he could already be considered a man.
The five-year-old liked Feng Xiaolou, so of course he didn't mind.
But if a sixteen-year-old man still pesters Xiaolou all day long, won’t there be green grasslands above his head?
Queen Lin looked at the prince coldly, with a cold arc at the corner of her lips:
"Even if he regains consciousness, you can't stop him from approaching Feng Xiaolou!"
Chu Hantian turned his head angrily, his eyes full of bloodshot:
"Why?"
Queen Lin put the teacup down heavily, her eyes full of sternness:
"Don't pretend to be confused with me!"
"Just based on Feng Xiaolou's ability to easily turn a man into a soft and gentle woman, you want her to continue to control Lao Wu!"
Chu Hantian felt extremely humiliated when he heard this. He spoke in disbelief:
"Mother, you want me to sell out Xiaolou in exchange for Laowu's loyalty?"
Queen Lin stared at the prince. She was even more incredulous than her son:
"What? Even now, you're still pursuing that once in a lifetime affection between the two of you?"
"When you become the emperor, what kind of women will you not have around you? Why do you have to be with Feng Xiaolou for the rest of your life?"
Chu Hantian opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
That’s right, he still longs to be with Xiaolou for the rest of his life.
But if he can't even keep his position as the crown prince, there will be an abyss in front of him. If he falls, Xiaolou will not have a good end either.
Chu Hantian sat down on the chair dejectedly.
Queen Lin didn't even look at him:
"Don't worry about Lao Wu, you should prepare to marry the Crown Princess and the Concubine first!"
"The Queen Mother has already chosen a candidate for you."
"Zhang Jingwan, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhen'an, is the Crown Princess, Zhou Xuan, the second daughter of the Minister of Dali Temple, is the Crown Prince's concubine, and Zheng Yuxu, the eldest granddaughter of the Minister of Revenue, is the Crown Prince's concubine."
Chu Hantian panted and looked at his mother. He had heard these names before, but had never taken them to heart.
He had promised Xiaolou the position of legal wife, but in the end it was taken by another woman.
Queen Lin looked at the disappointment on her son's face and felt even more disappointed.
These noble ladies were carefully selected by her. The Marquis of Zhen'an has military power, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple is in charge of solving cases and has an excellent reputation, and the Minister of Revenue is in charge of the national treasury.
Only when she forced the marriages, these families were forced to keep their daughters and marry into the Eastern Palace.
She put in so much effort, but in terms of her son, it was not as good as a tear from Feng Xiaolou.