After going to court, Emperor Zhaoming went to the palace of Concubine De.
Concubine De was living a good life during this period. Among the concubines with high rankings in the harem, she was young and childless. Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu did not take her seriously and did not bother to target her.
Since the Wu family was demoted to Zhaorong, the fight between Shufei and Xianfei in the harem seemed to have suddenly been brought to the forefront. The peace and quiet in the past had long ceased to exist, but these did not affect Defei.
She tended flowers and plants, raised fish, and enjoyed the service of the palace people every day. She lived an extremely comfortable life.
When the sound of "The Emperor has arrived" came from outside, Concubine De had just returned from the Plum Garden. Before she could take off her cloak, she hurriedly turned around and went out to greet her.
"See your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
"Pingshen." Emperor Zhaoming walked over and helped her up personally, "Why are Concubine De's hands so cold?"
"I just came back from the Royal Garden."
Emperor Zhaoming hummed and reached out to touch her face: "But the weather has gotten better and better these past two days. Is there any good news?"
Concubine De was led into the inner hall by her arm and sat down in front of the couch: "Back to the emperor, I am now the emperor's concubine and the empress of Dayong. For me, being favored by the emperor is the best news.
, is there any other good news?”
"You do know how to talk."
After finishing these words, Emperor Zhaoming suddenly had a strange thought in his mind and said calmly: "Do you really regard Dayong as your home now?"
"Of course." Concubine De said coquettishly, "The emperor is my concubine's husband. If I don't treat this as my family, how can I still expect to go back to Dongyou? It's impossible in this life."
Speaking of this, his tone couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "I wonder... how are my father and mother doing now?"
"Don't be sad, they are all fine." Emperor Zhaoming held her hand to comfort her, "Concubine De, I have something to ask you."
Situ Xue raised her eyes: "What does the emperor want to ask me?"
"I heard that there is a most beautiful princess in Dongyou. Do you know who she is?"
"The most beautiful princess in Dongyou?" A look of confusion appeared on Concubine De's face, "I don't understand what the emperor means."
Emperor Zhaoming frowned: "How many princesses are there in Dongyou?"
"More than a dozen." Concubine De replied smoothly, "Some are already married when they are older, some died early, and a few should be fourteen or fifteen years old now... Well, fifteen or sixteen years old, just in time.
The age of leaving the cabinet."
Emperor Zhaoming asked: "The most beautiful princess is one of these?"
Situ Xue didn't understand why he kept asking about the most beautiful princess. She frowned and thought for a while: "In my eyes, all the princesses are good-looking. There is no one who is the most beautiful."
Anyway, none of those princesses were born from the queen, and the emperor didn't pay much attention to them. What's the difference between beautiful and not beautiful ones?
She is not as noble as the daughter of the Situ family.
Emperor Zhaoming frowned: "Isn't there the most beautiful princess?"
Situ Xue nodded: "Didn't I just say that? The princesses are all good-looking, but there is no one who is the most beautiful."
Whether she is the most talented woman or the most beautiful woman, she needs to be praised by thousands of people, otherwise how can the reputation be spread? Several princesses of the royal family have no sense of existence at all, and several princes of the prince's family would rather fight with others in order to compete for the throne.
Daughters from the families of important ministers in the DPRK interacted with each other.
The princesses are not valued by the queen - at least not as much as the Situ family is valued by the queen's aunt.
In contrast, the daughters of powerful ministers in the court are more popular than princesses.
Emperor Zhaoming's heart sank, so the idea of marrying the most beautiful princess didn't exist at all?
So what is the truth? Yun Chen lied deliberately, or was someone instructing him to lie?
Concubine De noticed something strange about him and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Emperor Zhaoming came back to his senses, with a smile on his face, "Then after Emperor Dongyou ascends the throne, will the harem have the right to interfere in politics?"
Concubine De couldn't grasp what he meant, but she had already guessed that there should be some news coming from Dongyou. The emperor had not hidden it from her about the new emperor's enthronement, but Concubine De didn't know who the queen was now. She was Yun Zishu.
Or her sister Situ Wan?
The emperor asked about the power of the harem to govern, because he wanted to know if Yun Zishu was the current Queen Dongyou?
"The emperor still respects the queen." Situ Xue said after careful consideration, "But the palace will generally not interfere with the affairs of the court. However, if the queen occasionally puts forward some opinions, the emperor will not take it seriously... What I said is all about the new emperor's enthronement.
I don’t know much about how the previous emperor and empress got along with the new emperor and empress now.”
After saying this, Situ Xue was still thinking in her mind. According to common sense, her sister Situ Wan had the support of her aunt. Even if she was not made a crown princess at that time, she could still be a noble concubine in the palace when the new emperor ascended the throne.
Yes, she will eventually become a queen in the future, and Yun Zishu will be relegated to the cold palace sooner or later.
But now that she is in the Dayong Harem, she cannot get any information about Dongyou. Everything can only be guessed. Situ Xue is sometimes worried about the fate of the Situ family.
If after the new emperor ascends the throne, his sister Situ Wan can become the Queen of Dongyou, then sooner or later the Situ family will become the first family in Dongyou.
"Your Majesty, after the new emperor Dongyou ascends the throne, has the princess become the queen?" Concubine De asked insinuatingly, thinking that Emperor Zhaoming would know something. "I judge that if the princess can become the queen, Dongyou will be the queen."
You and Dayong will definitely become friends and become like one family from now on."
Emperor Zhaoming was moved: "The princess is the crown prince. According to the rules, when the new emperor ascends the throne, she should become the queen, right?"
"But she is a princess of a foreign race." Concubine De said matter-of-factly, "If the emperor were younger and my concubine came to get married, would the emperor let me become the queen?"
Emperor Zhaoming's expression changed slightly. He originally thought that it was certain that Yun Zishu would become the queen. However, when he heard Concubine De's words, he felt a little unsure.
But then I thought about it, Concubine De was brought here by an envoy from Dongyou, and Zishu was the wife of their prince Ming Yuan. The wedding ceremony was huge and the ceremony was grand, so the two could not be compared.
"The child born to the queen is the legitimate son. According to the ancestral system of the Dongyou royal family, the legitimate son must take precedence over other princes to inherit the throne. If the child born to the queen wants to inherit the throne, the bloodline must be pure." Concubine De thought for a moment, "But this
The royal family of this generation has few heirs, and the emperor who has just ascended the throne has not grown up in the palace. No one knows whether he will follow the ancestral system."
Anyway, it's just a matter of words. They can't get the exact information now. They haven't seen who the emperor is, and they don't know if the queen is Yun Zishu.
Everyone who went to Dongyou to see the new emperor and empress was left behind in Dongyou and could not come back for a while. No one knew when they would be able to come back.
So this means that there are many possibilities, any of which the ministers in the court are arguing about may be true.