After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 164 Candidates

Regarding Cha Qing's recent interest in asking about the troubles of the eldest prince and Concubine Wu De, Jinse felt both funny and helpless at the same time.

But Cha Qing always pulls her into talking about these things. As Jinse listens, she sometimes feels quite happy.

Similarly, after listening more, Jinse gradually became less worried that the eldest prince would cause trouble for him.

After all, the eldest prince himself is in a lot of trouble right now.

In the end, the fact that Xu was the eldest prince became too much. Even the emperor, who never paid much attention to such things, asked Eunuch Yang to inquire about it.

After learning about the eldest prince's recent situation, the emperor thought for a moment and asked Eunuch Yang to go to Fengzhao Palace.

If nothing else, the emperor's purpose in letting Eunuch Yang go was to get the list of noble ladies that Empress Li had drawn up a while ago when she showed the eldest prince to see the princes and concubines.

The matter of the eldest prince marrying a concubine has been going on for a long time, and the emperor now feels that it would be better to settle it earlier.

Of course, there should be no ambiguity when choosing a concubine for the eldest prince, so the list that Eunuch Yang went to get was exactly what Queen Li had ordered when the emperor originally ordered it.

Concubine Wu had also read the list.

However, due to the arrival of the Daliang envoy and the delay in the martial arts competition, the list was put aside and was not presented to the emperor.

Now that the emperor wanted to see the list, Queen Li naturally hurriedly asked someone to find it.

Eunuch Yang took the list with a smile.

Seeing Eunuch Yang leave with the list, Queen Li said with an unclear expression: "It seems that the emperor also knows about the things outside the palace!".

Shui Xiu was standing next to Queen Li now, and when she heard these words, she understood.

She said softly: "Miss Ye family has been chasing the eldest prince all day long recently, and she is always having trouble with the fifth young lady of the house. It is not surprising that the emperor has also heard about this!".

Queen Li sighed and said nothing.

Shui Xiu thought for a while and then asked: "It's just that the emperor has sent Eunuch Yang to get the list. Madam, do you think the emperor plans to decide on the candidate for the eldest princess now?"

Queen Li frowned and said: "Maybe!".

Shui Xiu asked again: "Then, will the emperor choose Miss Fang Wu in the end? Or Miss Ye family?"

When it comes to this, Queen Li is not sure.

"Looking at the emperor's previous attitude towards the Zhenguo General's Mansion and the Ueto Military Mansion, I guess I don't want to choose these two for the eldest prince..."

If the emperor originally intended that the fifth lady of the house or the young lady of the Ye family should be the eldest prince's concubine, then the emperor could just issue the marriage decree directly at this time. Why would he need to come and get the list?

Of course, these are Empress Li's own thoughts, so this is not 100% certain.

Thinking of this, Queen Li said: "It's okay if it's not the one in General Zhenguo's mansion. If the emperor really decides on the one...".

Then she should think of a way.

Although the Zhenguo General is only a second-rank military attache, he is still a military attache who holds military power and is in charge of an army.

He is not like the two generals of Fuguo and Hussar.

Although those two are higher in rank than the generals who govern the country, they are no longer in charge of the army. To put it bluntly, they are just sinecures now.

Therefore, in serious comparison, this general who governs the country has a stronger say in the government than the previous two.

And once such a person finally becomes the eldest prince's father-in-law, he will definitely become a great help to the eldest prince.

After listening to Queen Li's words, Shui Xiu roughly understood the key point.She immediately asked with a little worry: "Then, what should we do?"

Empress Li lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart, and said no more.

After a long while, Queen Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Now, what else can she do?Naturally, she could only wait and see what the emperor would decide. After the decision was made, she would think of other solutions.

And the emperor's speed in finalizing the choice of the eldest prince's concubine was not slow.

After the emperor asked Eunuch Yang to take the list back from Empress Li, within three days, the emperor finalized the candidate for the eldest prince's concubine.

But in the end, the emperor appointed the eldest prince's concubine, not Miss Fang Wu from the Zhenguo General's Palace, but the legitimate daughter from the Yangzhou Governor's Palace, named He Yonglian.

On the other hand, the young lady from the Ye family was also brought into the eldest prince's palace by the emperor.

Of course, the position of the eldest prince's principal concubine does not belong to the young lady of the Ye family, but the young lady of the Ye family also has the position of a side concubine.

Seeing the emperor pointing out the principal concubine and the side concubine to the eldest prince, the people in the court naturally had many thoughts on this matter.

Let’s not talk about the side concubine of the Ye Mansion of the Shanghu Army. She is the legitimate daughter of the Yangzhou Governor...

Although the governor of Yangzhou was only a fourth-rank local official, he was no worse than some second- and third-rank officials in the court.

Furthermore, the family of Master He, the governor of Yangzhou, is not unknown.

Therefore, the legitimate daughter of the governor of Yangzhou was no worse than Miss Fang Wu of the general of Zhenguo.

It can be seen that although the emperor did not choose Miss Fang Wu from the Zhenguo General's Mansion for the eldest prince, he also had no intention of randomly choosing a princess for the eldest prince.

The ministers in the court could see from this that although the emperor had grounded the eldest prince for a few days a few days ago, he still paid great attention to the eldest prince.

In the harem, Concubine Wu De was naturally very happy when she got the news.

Although she was a little confused that the fifth lady of the house was not the candidate for the eldest prince's concubine, she thought about the attitude of the Zhenguo General's Mansion towards her recently...

Concubine Wu De felt that it was a good thing that the emperor did not choose Miss Fang Wu as the eldest prince's concubine.

After thinking about it, Concubine Wu De happily worried about the eldest prince's marriage.

Concubine Wu De was satisfied at this time, but Empress Li felt a little bad.

Although the governor of Yangzhou is a local official, with Master He's ability and the status of his family, it is not difficult to get him to return to Beijing.

Once Mr. He returns to Beijing, will his status in the court be lowered?
When the time comes, it will naturally be the help of the eldest prince.

For Empress Li, the more help the eldest prince had behind her, the more unsettled she felt.

But the emperor's decree of marriage had been officially conveyed, and no matter how upset Empress Li was, she had to accept it.

At least what reassured her was that the girl from Ueto Junye Mansion was also pointed out to the eldest prince as his concubine.

Empress Li felt that with the temperament of this young lady from the Ye family, there were still many things she could do...

This is a bit of a relief.

However, what everyone did not expect was that after the eldest prince's concubine was chosen, the eldest prince himself was not satisfied.

The eldest prince was dissatisfied and ran to the Emperor Zhao Palace without saying a word. Naturally, he wanted to make a fuss with the emperor.

(End of this chapter)