jdhmnovel Chapter 497: Princess in the Deep Palace 1
Chapter 497: Princess in the Deep Palace 1
Chapter 497: Princess of the Deep Palace Eleven
Situ Jin originally wanted to leave all these matters to Su Tong, but when he thought that Su Tong was not familiar with the affairs of the country's court, he could only pick up the memorials and make comments on them one by one.
"This daughter of the left prime minister... let's give her the status of a noble lady first, but she also needs a title, let's call her Rong.
The daughters of the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Rites were both given the status of noble ladies, but no titles.
As for the two daughters of the Liu family..."
When Situ Jin saw these two names, a meaningful look suddenly flashed in his eyes. He raised his head and looked at Su Tong.
"Zi Tong, what does this mean?" Situ Jin asked meaningfully.
Su Tong was an expert at playing dumb. He blinked his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, when I married you, I asked someone about it. It turns out that you had a fiancée before. As the daughter of the Liu family, I heard that she looks 70% like the previous girl. This is not a big deal. At least Your Majesty can remember her by looking at her.
As for the other young lady of the Liu family, this girl is really generous and graceful, and her appearance is also dignified and decent, which makes a woman like me. It is better for the emperor to choose people not only for beauty, but also for virtue and kindness. "
Situ Jin was not a fool, and naturally saw the interest in Su Tong's eyes. He really wanted to choose the lady from the Liu family. In addition to the reason of his fiancée who died early, it was also because of some of the power of the Liu family.
Situ Jin gave the eldest daughter of the Liu family the title of a talented person, and the other one the title of a beauty, but gave her a title - "Wen".
"The Analects of Confucius says: 'A person of pure nature is called 'Wen', which means a gentle personality. It seems that the emperor likes the Sixth Girl very much, but this Eighth Girl..." The elder of the Liu family pulled his beard hard, and felt that one head was bigger than the other. If he had the Eighth Girl's appearance and the Sixth Girl's personality, then it would be a great thing, but...
"Go and tell the eighth girl that after entering the palace, she should listen to the sixth girl. Although she has a low position, she has a calm personality." The head of the Liu family thinks about things in the long term. He just thinks that their Newga is unlucky. They were supposed to have a queen, but it's a pity that their daughter...
Forget it, they can only say that they were unlucky at the beginning. Now their daughter can only become a small talent. Although her position is low, she will eventually rise in the future. If she can give birth to a son or daughter for the emperor, their Liu family may still have the possibility of rising.
Yes, everyone in the court thought that Su Tong was infertile. After all, from the time she married the prince to the time she began mourning for three years, there had been no news of pregnancy from Su Tong. Even after the selection was over, Su Tong still wasn't pregnant. In addition to having some health problems, perhaps the current emperor didn't want her to have children.
clap clap clap...
These people were soon slapped in the face because Su Tong was pregnant. Su Tong also felt that now was the best time to get pregnant. Even if these people entered the palace, due to their low status and connections in the palace, they would not pose any threat in a short period of time.
Those young ladies from official families who had not yet entered the palace were so angry that their faces turned red. The Empress was really unethical. They had not even entered the palace yet, but the Empress became pregnant, which immediately attracted the Emperor's attention, and as a result, the halo they had gained by entering the palace was reduced by half.
Situ Jin also thought about whether to keep the child, but even a tiger does not eat its own cubs. He was not vicious enough to harm his own child, not to mention that this was his foundation. Besides, Su Tong had done a lot of good things for Jingguo over the years.
Su Tong stayed in her own palace to rest and take care of her pregnancy. After these concubines entered the palace, the drama in the harem officially began.
The first person Situ Jin favored was Concubine Rong. After that, he directly appointed her as Concubine Jieyu.
The remaining few were exactly the same. After being favored, they were promoted to a higher level. A total of 12 new people entered the harem, and it took Situ Jin two months to rotate them all.
After Su Tong learned about this, he couldn't help but complain in his heart. It seemed that this man's health was not good, otherwise it wouldn't have taken him two months to finish this. Alas, he really hoped that this dead man would leave sooner and not delay his search for a gigolo.
Su Tong also gave Situ Jin a big gift package, just hoping that he would enjoy it. As they were husband and wife, Su Tong didn't want to make him childless.
Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and the structure of the harem was reshuffled. The most favored one was Rong Jieyu, the daughter of the left prime minister, followed by the young lady of the Liu family, who was also canonized as Jieyu, but without a title.
The remaining concubines were not favored in the same way, but since Situ Jin was in her prime, each of them was ambitious and scheming. But it was a pity that the emperor did not seem to like entering the harem and was truly dull.
It was not until the New Year's Eve that Jieyu covered her mouth and vomited. When everyone's eyes were looking at her, Su Tong said with a faint smile.
"It seems like today is a double happiness. Someone, go and call the imperial physician over immediately." Su Tong was neither arrogant nor impatient, and acted like a gracious and decent queen. As the queen, she had to be the mother of the country, and she was also very caring towards the pregnant concubines.
As expected, Concubine Wang was very lucky. She was pregnant and had been pregnant for more than a month.
"That's a good thing." Su Tong nodded. "I will assign two imperial doctors to you at that time. Ask them to feel your pulse every three days and record it to avoid verification. At the same time, you can ask your family to find an experienced nanny for you."
Concubine Wang originally thought that after she became pregnant, the Empress would make things difficult for her, but it turned out that she had no such idea at all. She even asked her family to send a nanny over, obviously looking for a helper for her. This Empress... was too generous. However, this was also a good thing for her, so she knelt down to thank the Empress immediately.
Situ Jin was also very happy as he was going to be a father again, so he immediately appointed Concubine Wang as his concubine. Now the other concubines understood that those below the rank of Concubine could be appointed arbitrarily, while those above the rank of Concubine had to look at their own bellies.
The most important thing in the palace is position, followed by offspring. As for favors, they are all short-lived.
Because Wangpin was pregnant, Su Tong specially gave her a title - "Qing", which means celebration. She was also the most blessed concubine in the entire harem. Although she was not favored by the emperor, she was the first to become pregnant.
The remaining concubines were envious, jealous, and some even wanted to take action. However, unfortunately, they were caught by the Queen as soon as they made a move. Their titles were directly stripped away and they were demoted to the lowest level of beauties. If it happened a second time, they would be sent to the cold palace.
Now the other concubines who wanted to take action had to consider their courage. Situ Jin had no objection to Su Tong's punishment. On the contrary, she felt that Su Tong's methods were too gentle and that she should be sent directly to the cold palace.
In March of the spring, Su Tong gave birth to a little prince. Although everyone in the court and the harem knew that this was a flute, few people took Su Tong seriously. They believed that anyone who was not of the same race must be killed. No one even submitted a memorial to appoint Su Tong's son as the crown prince, which clearly ignored the child.