Xian Fei is Shen Hanyu's mother. She was worried that the Imperial Concubine would be unhappy, so she immediately comforted her: "The Emperor is not someone who pays attention to appearance, but the Emperor does not joke."
Then Concubine Shu and Concubine De fell silent.
But that’s not the case. The emperor not only doesn’t value beauty, he also doesn’t value desire.
There are many beautiful people in the harem, but has the emperor treated anyone specially
No!
The emperor said that whoever gave birth to a princess would be made queen. The emperor always kept his word and always kept his promise, so the throne fell to a peasant woman!
The emperor doesn't even favor the young and beautiful concubines who have just entered the palace. How could he be fascinated by a middle-aged woman who must be in her thirties and has given birth to a child
Over the past twenty years, those who have seen how heartless and unprincipled the emperor is don't believe it at all!
The Imperial Concubine then spoke up to remind him, "The Emperor values rules the most. The Empress is of noble status, so we should just respect her. After all, we are all elders in the palace, and our sons are grown up. What is there to be jealous of?"
After all, they are sisters who have lived together in the palace for many years. Her words were also a reminder to them not to make the emperor angry, otherwise they would be demoted in status and the gain would be greater than the loss.
In fact, the Imperial Concubine was a little upset when she first learned that the Emperor was going to appoint a Queen.
She originally thought that the emperor would never have a queen in his life and that she would be the first person in the harem. Unexpectedly, a peasant woman suddenly appeared and gave birth to the princess that the emperor had been dreaming of. She had never seen the princess before and no one knew whether she was a real dragon seed. Before the emperor went to pick her up, he had already ordered all preparations for the enthronement of the queen.
From then on, she was no longer the number one in the harem.
But later, when her son came, she thought again that her son was already the crown prince. Even if the emperor liked the princess very much, could he still pass the throne to the princess
Even if she cannot become the queen now, she will be the extremely honorable queen mother when her son ascends the throne.
So, she didn't care anymore. As for competing for favor? She was already middle-aged, so why would she still compete for favor? After all, she had only slept with the emperor a few times when she was young, and the emperor stopped favoring her after she became pregnant with the crown prince.
Now that I'm old, does the emperor still like me
Besides, the emperor is not good at sex. If it were not for the ancestral precepts of selecting beauties every three years, and those beauties were from powerful and noble families, the emperor would have to consider the face of his ministers and the concubines in the harem who would not return.
Now the emperor only comes to the harem a few times a year, and only to visit the newcomers. Before visiting, he asks the imperial physician to calculate which concubine is in the most fertile period. His purpose is very clear, that is, to have her give birth to princesses, but all of them gave birth to princes.
There are already twelve princes in the palace, big and small!
They were relatively lucky because they were the first to follow the emperor and had prominent family backgrounds, so they were granted the title of concubines.
The emperor would raise the status of other concubines who gave birth to princes at first, but later he was disappointed too many times, and in recent years, the status of concubines who gave birth to princes was not raised! If someone became spoiled by his favor, his status would even be demoted!
So what if she is a queen? A queen who only gave birth to a princess would be worse off than them if they had a son!
The four concubines have seen through things clearly over the years and have become indifferent. They no longer have any hope in the emperor. They know that the empress is just a title and will be treated the same as them and will not be favored. Anyway, they will just respect the empress when she comes back!
But the young newcomers who entered the palace in the past few years did not think so.
Especially Concubine Ning, who had just given birth to the twelfth prince, and Concubine An, who was discovered to be pregnant only after the King of Jin left.
This noble lady An won the prize in one go!
Concubine An felt a little unwilling as she touched her slightly bulging belly. She thought this baby would most likely be a princess, and in a few months she would be the queen, but suddenly a Cheng Yaojin appeared.
Lady An looked at Lady Ning, who had just come out of confinement, and teased with a smile, "What a pity! I thought Sister would definitely give birth to a princess this time, and the throne would be Sister's. After all, the old maids in the palace said that the shape of Sister's belly looked like a daughter, and the Emperor also had high expectations."
Concubine Ning looked a little unhappy. It was this bitch who said that her belly was round and looked like she was giving birth to a princess. Then she asked the old maid in the palace to take a look. She loved spicy food, so everyone thought it must be a princess. The emperor had great expectations, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment! The emperor looked at the twelfth prince with an unhappy expression, then told people to take good care of her and the twelfth prince during the confinement period and left. She also heard that the emperor was so angry that he took out his temper on the ministers during the morning court!
She knew she was being provocative, but she still felt aggrieved.
That’s right, she was almost the queen!
Because of what that bitch said, everyone thought she was pregnant with a princess. She thought so too, but who knew it wasn’t!
She looked at the other person's belly as if nothing had happened and sincerely wished: "I hope you are pregnant with a princess."
She already has a queen, and if she gets pregnant with a princess, her position will be unstable!
An Guiren's face changed. She always felt that she was cursing herself, but she didn't find anything wrong. She also hoped that she was pregnant with a princess.
"Mr. Ning, your words are as good as mine. I will accept your words!"
Lady Ning secretly called him an idiot.
Concubine Ning was the most beautiful of the three concubines who entered the palace three years ago, and her father was the newly appointed Minister of Revenue. Although she hoped to give birth to a princess and sit on the throne of queen, she would also be happy to give birth to a prince, because only a prince could inherit the throne.
Now she is still young and beautiful. The emperor has long stopped favoring the old ladies in the palace. Moreover, the emperor has said that he will no longer add new people to the harem, and that the future selection of concubines will only be for selecting concubines for the princes.
From now on, she will be the youngest and most beautiful concubine in the palace!
I heard that the queen is already in her thirties, and the emperor only made her queen because of the princess, and he would never favor her.
I will have plenty of opportunities to give birth to a princess in the future!
How can a woman who comes from a peasant family and probably can't even read a single word be a good queen
She patted her son in her arms, not worried at all!
She is still young and has a long way to go!
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More than a month later, the group finally arrived at Shilipo outside the capital of Jin State.
On both sides of the Shilipo Road, Shen Hancheng, his ten younger brothers, all the civil and military officials, and the concubines in the harem were waiting here.
When the coachman saw this scene, he slowed down.
When Shen Hancheng saw the figures of Shen Dong and Shen Nan, he immediately took the lead and knelt down: “Welcome father, mother, and sister back to the country!”
Under his leadership, the people behind him knelt down and shouted loudly: "Welcome the emperor, queen, and princess back to the country!"
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Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo were riding in a carriage. After sitting in the carriage for a long time, she felt too tired, so she entered the space. Only Chu Tiankuo was sitting in the carriage. But when they were almost there, Chu Tiankuo called her out in advance.