Chapter 92 The Emperor’s Plan (1/2)

May 12, 2019

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“Your Majesty, Noble Consort Lin requests an audience!” Eunuch Lu reported to Emperor Feng Xuan who was currently reviewing memorials.

“What’s she doing here?Just say zhen is busy with work.Tell her to go back!” Emperor said impatiently.Many consorts were accepted into the palace to maintain the balance between the various powers.Although he enjoyed their different bodies, he only loved one person.

“Yes!” Eunuch Lu went out to tell Noble Consort Lin what His Majesty said, but Noble Consort Lin did not withdraw and continued to wait outside the imperial study.

“Has she left?” The Emperor asked his personal eunuch, Eunuch Lu.Towards these consorts, he only went to their palaces every night to retire, spreading the rain and dew, but there was no feeling of affection for any of them.He will not give any consort the chance of giving birth to a prince or princess.

“Not yet.Noble Consort Lin is still waiting outside.Should this slave have someone send Consort Lin back?” Eunuch Lu asked while grinding the ink.He has been with the Emperor for so many years.He was not just a simple servant.Perhaps the only one who truly understood the Emperor wasn’t his consorts nor his children but him.

“Let her in.This harem can’t be peaceful for a single moment!” The Emperor put down the memorial, said to Eunuch Lu.

“Greetings to Your Majesty!” Noble Consort Lin curtsied.Noble Consort Lin was dressed in a red cloud patterned silk with white flowers scattered on the skirt, styled hair inserted with a white yulan magnolia jade hairpin, her face tender and eyebrows like spring water.

“Beloved consort rise.Why has beloved consort come?” Emperor helped up Noble Consort Lin and asked her gently but behind the gentle surface was ruthlessness.

“Chenqie has nothing important, only that I miss Your Majesty terribly after so many days without seeing Your Majesty.I specially made some pastries to present them to you.I hope Your Majesty doesn’t work too hard and take care of your dragon body!” Noble Consort Lin said shyly.It was clearly a young girl’s actions but she did them with skill and ease.

“Beloved consort is thoughtful…” Emperor Feng Xuan smiled then to Eunuch Lu, “Today zhen will go to Noble Consort Lin’s place!”

Noble Consort Lin’s eyes flashed with delight.His Majesty did not favor one woman in the harem over the other.Since the former Empress passed away, although the Emperor still entered every consort’s palace, no consort has gotten pregnant.There hasn’t been a happy event in this imperial palace for a long time.If she got pregnant, then the Empress’s position…

“Your Majesty…” Noble Consort Lin said shyly with a flushed face, but her voice contained endless spring.

“Beloved consort is shy, haha, alright, zhen still has state affairs to deal with, beloved consort go back first!” Emperor said to Noble Noble Consort Lin.

“Your Majesty, chenqie came today with one request to ask of Your Majesty!” Noble Consort Lin looked at Emperor obligingly.She knew what kind of women men liked, so she was always considerate and charming, never rebelling against the Emperor.

“Oh?Tell me!” The Emperor’s eyes flashed with displeasure.What he disliked most was the harem interfering with matters of political affairs.No consort was an exception.

“Your Majesty, Che’er is now twenty-three.In the manor, he only has one side consort.Chenqie hopes to find an official consort for Che’er.This way there’s someone to take care of Che’er” Noble Consort Lin asked, “Besides fourth wangye is now twenty-one, and Ming wang nineteen. Not only ’don’t those two have a side consort, but they also don’t even have any concubines.Although chenqie isn’t their biological mother, I am worried about the two wangye.Your Majesty, please pick a good marriage for each of the wangye!”

Noble Consort Lin was smart.She knew if wanted His Majesty to only sanction marriage for third wangye Feng Lin Che, the Emperor will definitely not agree.However, the Emperor was very fond of fourth wangye and Ming wang.He especially preferred Ming wang.If she used them as an excuse, the Emperor would definitely consider this matter.

As expected, Emperor Feng Xuan’s face became serious.Who knew how many times he worried about the marriage of these two children he loved most?Every time he mentioned marriage to his fourth son, he always smiled but when he looked at this woman, he didn’t like, that woman, he didn’t like either.He had no way of making them marry.His sixth son was even worse.Every time he mentioned it, he won’t even listen before he directly left.In the past, he’s sent a beauty to this child, but the woman didn’t even get to enter the doors of Ming wang manor before she was killed by the guards.Now that the two children have already grown up.Some wangye already had a herd of children.It just left the two of them who were still by themselves.This time no matter what he must make them marry.

“Beloved consort is correct.The children affairs need to be considered, but we still must ask the children’s thoughts, to see if they have a young miss they like!” Feng Xuan nodded, very much in agreement.

“Chenqie thanks Your Majesty!” Noble Consort Lin curtsied and left the imperial study with a eunuch.Her purpose today has already been achieved.Recently, the battle for the throne became even more fierce, but her son’s power wasn’t as good as second wangye and fourth wangye, so she can only find an helper for her son.Therefore, he must marry a useful woman.This way that power will belong to them, so they can have a chance at competing with Feng Shao Chu and Feng Xia Qi.

“Send people to let Xia Qi and Yi Xuan come over.Say zhen has something to say to them!” Emperor Feng Xuan ordered down.Although he was sure his fourth son will definitely come, his sixth son he wasn’t sure about.Usually, when he summoned him, eight times out of ten, he didn’t show up.He was helpless against him.

“Yes!”

“Eunuch Lu ah, do you think Yi Xuan still hates zhen?Every time zhen sees him, I can see the hatred towards zhen in his eyes.Zhen…” Feng Xuan painfully sat in front of the desk.Eunuch Lu only quietly stood beside him.His Majesty wasn’t really asking him.He only wanted to release the remorse in his heart.

Eunuch Lu still remembered the previous Empress was a beautiful woman with a strong character.Because of this decisiveness and strength, in the end, she dissipated in the harem.When the Empress died, the Emperor was inconsolable for a long time.Even for some time, he couldn’t keep on going.Although there appears to be nothing wrong with the Emperor on the surface, inside, he missed the former Empress a lot.Otherwise, why would he give the consorts in the palace pregnancy prevention medicine?

Unsurprisingly, the first one who came was Feng Xia Qi.Feng Xia Qi paid respects to the Emperor, “Greetings to Imperial Father.Why did Imperial father summon erchen?”

“There’s no hurry.Sit down first.Wait for Yi Xuan to come before we talk!” The Emperor said.Eunuch Lu immediately brought a chair over.Feng Xia Qi dropped formalities and sat down, thinking that something must have happened for Imperial Father to summon him and his younger brother.

When the Emperor finished drinking his fourth cup of tea, Feng Yi Xuan arrived late.His face was still frozen without any expression.When he saw the Emperor, he bowed, “Imperial Father” then Eunuch Lu brought in another chair and sat down without any formalities a subject was supposed to have.

“Imperial father, since imperial brother is here, can Imperial father tell erchen what is this for?” Feng Xia Qi smiled, but in front of the Emperor, he still wore a mask.The smile he wore was only the smile of a sly fox.