Prince Linjiang had dinner in Concubine Yu's room.
After he sent someone to inform him, Concubine Yu personally went into the kitchen and prepared several exquisite dishes. She also took out several jars of peach blossom wine that had been sealed since spring from the cellar and congratulated him with a smile.
Prince Linjiang played with the cup in his hand without saying anything.
When Concubine Yu put away the smile on her face and sat down respectfully beside him, not daring to speak, he raised his eyes to look at her and asked her, "What brings you joy?"
Concubine Yu had served Prince Linjiang for a long time and knew his temper. She was silent for a moment before she dared to speak: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on achieving your wish. Achen is now deeply loved by the emperor. We can return to our fiefdom without worry soon."
King Linjiang hummed and remained silent again.
Concubine Yu poured him some wine. Seeing that he was silent, she tried to bring up the topic. After thinking for a while, she said, "I heard something when I entered the palace yesterday."
Prince Linjiang didn't say anything, but he didn't stop her from talking, so she said, "It's about Achen. I heard from Concubine De that His Majesty intends to marry Princess Yonghe to Achen and make him his consort."
King Linjiang suddenly opened his eyes, put the wine glass in his hand on the table, frowned and asked: "Is this true?"
Prince Linjiang already knew that Emperor Longqing wanted to marry his daughter to someone very close to Shen Chen in order to win him over. But from what Concubine Yu said, did Emperor Longqing already make up his mind and planned to settle the matter before Shen Chen went to Fujian
But didn’t he tell Shen Chen last time to tell Emperor Longqing in a tactful way that he wanted to get married later
"What Empress Defei said is probably true." Concubine Yu said softly, "This time, Achen held a banquet at the Pingxi Marquis's residence, and the emperor personally promised Princess Yonghe that she would be allowed to go out of the palace with Princess Yongqing to attend the banquet."
Even if the princes held flower parties and banquets, it would be difficult to invite these unmarried princesses. However, when a junior like Shen Chen opened his own mansion, Emperor Longqing personally asked Princess Yonghe and others to leave the palace.
This was both giving face to Shen Chen and paving the way for Princess Yonghe to marry Shen Chen.
Although it is also a marriage of convenience, Princess Chang'an is just a princess after all. If any other brother becomes emperor, she will still be the princess, and her position can be fought for and changed.
However, once he married the biological daughter of Emperor Longqing, Shen Chen would be restricted in everything he did.
Prince Linjiang glanced at her and asked, "What does Empress Defei mean?"
"Naturally, Concubine De wants Princess Yongqing to surpass Princess Yonghe." Concubine Yu understood what Prince Linjiang meant and said quickly, "Concubine De's conflict with the Queen has become increasingly intense recently. Because of the Fifth Prince's matter, Concubine De has already complained a lot."
The fire had already started.
Empress Fang and Concubine De now both rely on their own strengths and are unwilling to give in.
It's about time.
Prince Linjiang said, "Next time you go to the palace, tell Concubine De that if Princess Yonghe is allowed to marry Shen Chen, and Shen Chen is now favored by the emperor, then Queen Fang will have another helper. Also tell Concubine De that I still treat Shen Chen as my son and I always feel extremely guilty about him."
Concubine Yu responded in a low voice.
King Linjiang really cares about Shen Chen. Even on matters as important as marriage, he actually wants to give Shen Chen the opportunity to make his own decisions.
It's a pity that Shen Chen is a person who is hard to get along with. She has put so much effort into him and let her son be close to him, but he just happens to be close to Princess Linjiang.
Otherwise, a lot of trouble would be saved.
She put away these thoughts and whispered to King Linjiang: "Your Majesty, do you think we can return to our fiefdom at the beginning of the new year?"
Of course you can go back.
Emperor Longqing had just lost his son and had no other heirs, so he was even more wary of them. Now he had two sons at once, and court officials kept writing to him saying that it was against the ancestral system for the princes to stay in Beijing for so long. Naturally, he disliked the princes for being in the way, and now that all the groundwork had been laid, he would naturally let them leave Beijing.
He nodded, changed the subject, and suddenly became serious: "Ask the fourth prince's nurse to be more restrained. If you overdo things, it will be easy to be exposed!"
That's why he was angry before. Concubine Yu reacted quickly and said yes, explaining, "The Fourth Prince's increasingly perverse temper is not entirely due to the nurse. She didn't dare to do it too obviously. Instead, it was the Empress who wanted to show that the Fourth Prince was a legitimate prince and always indulged him."
This child came with great difficulty, and Queen Fang had used him before, causing him to almost lose his life. She placed all her hopes on this child, so naturally she would not think it was excessive to indulge him.
King Linjiang laughed.
This was the case with the woman that Emperor Longqing fell in love with at first sight.
He looked down upon Empress Ming, who was so virtuous. If he had not been so partial to the emperor and been deceived by the King of Chu, how clean would his harem have been when Empress Ming was around? And how many princes and princesses were there
After so many years, the sons of these princes were all able to marry, but he was left with only two hungry children.
It's karma.
Concubine Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
Prince Linjiang was a very cautious person and he didn't like others to act on their own. She thought that he had discovered what she had done to Shen Chen.
After seeing off Prince Linjiang, she watched the maids clean up the meal, sat there in a daze for a while, then had Chu Jingan called in and whispered to him, "You've revealed enough to Xianrong County Lady. Tell your people to shut up and not say another word from now on. You too, don't mention it again."
Chu Jingan agreed obediently, and asked her in confusion: "Why did you tell Princess Xianrong about the conflict between Shen Chen and my brother?"
He said blankly: "There is nothing the Fairy Princess can do."
Is there nothing I can do
Perhaps Princess Xianrong can't do anything.
But what about Princess Chang'an
This is not a worry-free princess.
Whether it was the late emperor or the current Emperor Longqing, or even the other princes, they all treated her with respect and respect as a sister. She never looked down on others and treated all her brothers equally well.
Even towards her husband and the Yuan family, she was very sensible and never caused any trouble.
Chu Jingxing willingly agreed to this marriage before, wasn't it because Princess Chang'an was much more capable than the aggressive Princess Changying
Chu Jingxing and Shen Chen have conflicts, and King Linjiang may be unhappy, but she feels that she has seized a rare opportunity.
After all, Chu Jingxing and Chu Jingwu were standing in the front, and they had Shen Chen to help them. If they didn't cause any trouble themselves, her son would have to step back according to etiquette no matter what.
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