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Chapter 1819 My Aunt is the Empress 26
Linlang was satisfied with this arrangement. It just so happened that she gave birth to a prince, and given her status as the Empress, the child should be able to obtain the position of Crown Prince. Even if he didn't, there would be a new woman who would have a child much older than hers, so her child would be more secure.

—Linlang had not told the Sixth Prince that he was not allowed to establish empresses and concubines. After all, the other party was the emperor, and it would be somewhat difficult to use this as a requirement for him.

Of course, Linlang wouldn't wrong herself, so if the Sixth Prince had another woman, she wouldn't share a room with him anymore. Anyway, she had the Dream Phantom item, so she wasn't afraid that the Sixth Prince would find out that he hadn't actually shared a room with her.

Fortunately, the Sixth Prince said there would be no selection of concubines for three years, so at least for three years we shouldn't have to worry about this issue.

Unless the Sixth Prince says one thing and does another, although there was no imperial concubine selection, he did choose consorts from among the palace maids.

It's important to know that there are many palace maids in the palace, many of whom are young and beautiful. Seeing a young and handsome emperor ascend the throne, how could they not be tempted to climb into his bed? Some even have powerful backers who approach him with ulterior motives. After all, the emperor said he would not hold a selection of concubines for the time being, so how could some powerful figures control the emperor's harem? They could only find someone from among the beautiful palace maids to support them.

For the time being, the Sixth Prince is busy adapting to the affairs of state and has no time to mingle in the harem, so he has not yet chosen any palace maids as his consorts—although many palace maids have already tried to get close to the Sixth Prince.

This is quite normal. With the Empress in the inner palace pregnant and the Sixth Prince lacking servants, isn't this their chance? Just thinking that as long as they can climb into the Emperor's bed and take advantage of the Empress's pregnancy to get pregnant themselves, they might be able to become the head of a palace. After all, there is no head of any palace in the East or West. It's a great opportunity, and it would be a pity not to seize it.

You should know that when the imperial concubine selection takes place later, it will be difficult for palace maids of lowly birth to even get a title—some emperors have favored palace maids but haven't even given them a title—they can forget about becoming the head of a palace.

These palace maids had entered the palace at a young age and already knew all the survival skills within the palace. How could they not seize this tremendous opportunity?

Therefore, entering the palace was the biggest test for the sixth prince, because there were too many temptations.

When he was a prince, people didn't know he would rise to the throne, so not many people dared to bet on him, and there were fewer temptations.

When he rose to the position of Crown Prince with the support of the Zhou family, temptations increased, but some people were still afraid that the position of Crown Prince was unstable, so they did not completely choose sides.

Now that the Sixth Prince has become Emperor, his position is secure. Whether timid or bold, everyone is naturally vying for his attention, wanting a piece of the pie. The Sixth Prince is like a fragrant cake, and everyone wants a bite.

However, they were clever. The sixth prince had grown up in the palace since childhood, so how could he not understand these situations? In fact, most of the princes with normal minds knew this principle.

When he was just an ordinary prince, hardly anyone paid him any attention, and he had to go around flattering people and trying to win them over.

Now that he has risen to power, those who previously refused to side with him and even needed his efforts to win them over are now fawning over him, hoping to get a share of the spoils. The Sixth Prince can only sneer inwardly; he has no intention of paying them any attention.

This applies to both the imperial court and the harem.

Therefore, the sixth prince found it difficult to be tempted by the advances of the beautiful palace maids.

He had investigated the palace and knew that many of the beautiful palace maids had feelings for princes, but their relationships were unsuccessful and merely ambiguous. Their ambiguous relationships with the princes were preparations for their future ascension to the throne; they planned to use their current connections to become imperial concubines. Of course, the main reason for their failures was that some princes outwardly didn't want women, fearing they wouldn't receive the Zhou family's support. Otherwise, many of these beautiful palace maids would already be princes' wives.

Most of these beautiful palace maids were in love with the eldest prince. After all, he was the eldest son, and since there was no legitimate heir, he was the most popular choice. So, naturally, the beautiful palace maids focused their attention on the eldest prince.

Later, when the eldest prince got into trouble, they turned their attention to the second prince, the third prince, and others.

Especially the Third Prince, who had no bad records at the time. Seeing that the First Prince, who was the most popular candidate, could not ascend to the throne, they quickly shifted their focus and began to flirt with the Third Prince.

As a result, the Third Prince was seriously injured by the Fourth Prince, then the Fourth Prince was disfigured, and the Fifth Prince's mother fell from power, leaving them with no hope. Only then did these beautiful palace maids turn their attention to the Sixth Prince.

Imagine, when he discovered that these women had already been involved with several princes, and that they only started clinging to him after he rose to power, how could the Sixth Prince possibly still be interested in them? He was already being kind to them by not finding a reason to get rid of them out of disgust.

As for the less attractive palace maids, it seems some of them haven't tried to seduce other princes. Should we choose them? ...Is it because they didn't try? It's because they were self-aware enough to know that with their looks, they couldn't seduce any princes, so they didn't. Otherwise, like those beautiful palace maids, knowing they were pretty and had a chance to seduce someone, wouldn't they have tried? It's hard to say, after all, people can't predict what they won't get.

They are all different from Zhou Linlang.

Given the power of the Zhou family and the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Zhou Linlang truly has a choice. Basically, whoever she chooses, as long as that person has no problems, will be able to ascend to the throne. In other words, whoever she chooses can be given the throne.

But she chose him.

Don't say that she chose him because the first five princes had fallen. You have to know that after him, there were four other princes of marriageable age. She had plenty of targets, not just herself. But she chose him and gave him the throne, which is what satisfied the sixth prince.

The palace maids, and even the women selected for the imperial concubines later, were not the ones who gave him gifts, but rather the ones who received benefits from him.

One offers him the throne, the other cannot. On the contrary, the other party wants to use him to gain wealth and status. Isn't it obvious who is good and who is bad?

This was a principle the sixth prince understood before he ascended the throne. After he took the throne, he saw those who wanted to reap the benefits without sowing coming to flatter him and fawn over him, hoping that he would bestow wealth and honor upon them. He understood even more clearly that they were all a group of people who wanted to gain without working.

Some people even received support from powerful forces, having someone behind them who approached them with ulterior motives.

It would be strange if the Sixth Prince accepted someone like that.

Even if no one supports her, and she isn't being directed to approach him, but rather someone who wants wealth and status, the Sixth Prince will only look down on her. For him to accept her, she would have to be stunningly beautiful to dispel his unease.

However, it's difficult. The thought that they had previously been in love with other princes makes it hard for the Sixth Prince to overcome his aversion to them and accept them.