Chapter 389 The deposed prince VS the squeamish prince (11)
Zhao Yushijia.
"The imperial edict for the marriage of the crown prince's concubine will be issued soon. Why hasn't it been issued yet? It's been half a month since the news came out." Zhao Yushi's wife, Mrs. Wang, stopped her family. the husband asked.
When Emperor Yun selected the crown prince's concubine, he disclosed the information to the Li family, Zhao family, and Ming family. Otherwise, how could the emperor's choice of the crown prince's concubine be found out so easily?
If the emperor's news can be easily inquired in the palace, what other secrets does the emperor have?
Zhao Yushi's wife Wang also knew that this was a signal from His Majesty to her family and the other two families. She had been looking forward to the imperial edict that her daughter would become the crown prince's concubine ever since she received the news.
As a result, half a month has passed until now. When was the imperial edict issued?
"Husband, please say something!" Mrs. Wang pulled Zhao Yushi and said, "What should we do with our sister?"
It was clearly agreed that she would be the crown prince's concubine, but she also hoped that if the crown prince ascended the throne one day, her daughter would become a concubine or a concubine of other concubines.
If possible, it is not impossible for her daughter to become a queen.
Miss Lin from the Taifu family is the Crown Princess. Even if the Crown Prince ascends the throne, she should become the Queen?
so what?
The fight for the position of queen in the harem is not as peaceful as the back house of ordinary people.
The harem is treacherous, and the power struggle is no less than that in the court.
If her sister could become one of the four concubines, she didn't believe that her daughter couldn't become the queen with her own methods.
But now, all expectations have been dashed.
What about the marriage decree?
Zhao Yushi looked at his wife and sighed, "Don't think about it, Mei'er will never become the crown prince's concubine."
His sister is already twenty-eight years old this year. If she doesn't become a concubine in the prince's backyard, she will have to prepare for her marriage early.
If the prince refuses to let go, and His Majesty complies with the prince's wishes, of course his daughter will not be able to become the prince's concubine.
"What's going on?" Madam Wang asked anxiously, "Is it someone who framed our sister? Is it Lin? Or is it Li? Or is it Ming?"
Lin is the Crown Princess, and she is not willing to let her daughter become a concubine, so it is very possible to frame her sister.
Li and Ming were also other candidates for concubines. It was normal for them to frame Mei'er because they wanted to attack their opponents.
But she didn't expect that these people who were fighting in the house and in the palace couldn't even enter the door before taking action. Instead, they had already taken action before His Majesty issued the order.
"How could they do this? My eyebrows...what will my eyebrows do in the future?" Wang was angry and sad at the same time.
Her eyebrows are carefully raised, dignified, virtuous, and virtuous. A woman with this kind of character is very rare.
But what should she do with her eyebrows now?
If her reputation is damaged, it will not only affect herself, but also other girls from the Zhao family and the Wang family.
It may even affect men's career.
"Stop crying, it's not what they did." Zhao Yushi frowned tightly and said through gritted teeth, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty asked for it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince begged His Majesty not to give him a concubine within two years."
"What?" Mrs. Wang was shocked when she heard the news, "What does the prince want to do?"
"He is a dignified prince, and His Majesty personally allowed him to have four concubines! But now he doesn't want any of them?" Wang was very puzzled.
In fact, Mrs. Wang felt that her daughter Zhao Yunmei could even be a crown princess, but she felt wronged by being the crown prince's concubine.
If Yushi Zhao was not so useless and was only a third-grade Yushi, her daughter would definitely be able to become the Crown Princess.
Didn't you expect that now even the crown prince's concubine and her daughter can't be?
"Dad, what did you say? Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, begged Your Majesty to take back the imperial edict of accepting the concubine?" Zhao Yunmei heard that her father was back. During this period, it was rare for her father to come home early, so she came to visit her father.
As a result, she heard such news.
Zhao Yunmei was a little puzzled and a little dissatisfied.
Like Li Mengxue, Zhao Yunmei is also full of admiration for His Highness the Crown Prince. Which young girl in love has not fantasized about marrying His Highness the Crown Prince?
When she knew that she might become the crown prince's concubine, although she was a little disappointed that she would not be the crown prince's concubine, she was also very happy.
Zhao Yunmei believed that with her methods, she could gain favor, suppress Lin, the princess, and control the entire prince's backyard.
But she didn't expect that she didn't even have the chance to marry the prince?
"Dad, what's going on? How come His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly doesn't want his concubine?" Zhao Yun frowned, with a sad expression on his face.
Mrs. Wang knew that her daughter was deeply enamored of the prince, and it hurt her to see her sad look.
"Good baby, mother's baby, don't worry, even if mother puts her face on it, you will definitely get what you want." Mrs. Wang hugged her daughter and said.
Zhao Yushi looked at Mr. Wang and said helplessly, "What do you want to do? Force His Highness the Crown Prince to have an eyebrow?"
"Or do you want to force His Majesty to decree a marriage?"
Even if his wife is the daughter of the Langya Wang family in Taiyuan, the Langya Wang family is not as prominent as before, so what else does she want to do?
"Then what should we do now? What should our sister do?" Wang said angrily, glaring at Zhao Yushi.
"Everyone knew before that our Mei'er was going to become the crown prince's concubine, but now we don't even plan to let Mei'er marry the prince. What will Mei'er do in the future?" Mrs. Wang was filled with worries about her daughter and her feelings for her. The worries of Wang's daughter and Zhao's daughter.
"Don't even think about it. Your Majesty and His Royal Highness will never agree to it no matter what." Zhao Yushi sighed.
"It's the Lin family who got lucky." Zhao Yushi told his wife and daughter about Wu Shuang's promise to exchange the prescription for treating smallpox with His Majesty and not to take concubines.
Smallpox, a terminal disease that has plagued the world for many years, can be cured and prevented. No emperor who wants to be a wise emperor can refuse such auspiciousness.
Their Majesty just wanted to be known as a wise king through the ages. How could he refuse the treatment and prevention methods of smallpox?
Zhao Yushi was also very excited when he learned that there was a prescription for treating and preventing smallpox. Like countless people, he dreamed of the day when smallpox would be eliminated.
Even though he now knew that this was a bargaining chip used by Lin's daughter to make a deal with His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he just felt a little complicated and did not feel that it was wrong to exchange this thing for the Crown Prince's promise not to take concubines for two years.
On the contrary, Zhao Yushi felt that this promise was not as important as the prevention and treatment of smallpox.
"Don't think that His Highness can take a concubine at this time. Don't even think about it within two years."
"Perhaps, this time limit will be longer." Zhao Yushi had a hunch that not only would his Crown Prince not take concubines in the past two years, but he might not take concubines in the future.
