The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 146
The night was bright and the stars were sparse, and Emperor Ming finally finished approving all the memorials for the day in the imperial study. He got up from the dragon chair and stretched his waist long.

Li Dequan hurriedly bowed his waist and entered, squinting his eyes and asked, "Which palace does Your Majesty want to drive?"

Emperor Ming glanced at Li Dequan, and replied: "Why don't you ask, it's naturally Shangyang Palace."

Shangyang Palace is the bedroom of Concubine Meng Gui and the Eighth Princess. Today, the Eighth Princess just got angry and left here, so Emperor Ming would naturally coax her.

Emperor Ming entered Shangyang Palace, Concubine Meng Gui greeted him, bowed down to greet the emperor, Emperor Ming hurriedly helped his concubine up, stretched his neck to look inside, and asked, "Is Qing Yuan here?"

The Eighth Princess poured all her grievances to Concubine Meng after she came out of the Hall of Qinzheng. Concubine Meng naturally knew that the father and daughter were having trouble, so with a gentle smile on her face, she said softly: "Kids! The family's tantrum will pass after a while, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it."

Emperor Ming took Concubine Meng to sit down, and explained: "It's not that I want to break my promise to my daughter, but that there are indeed difficulties now. If the five cities in the south are not taken back as soon as possible, it will take a long time, and the Chaozhou area will also be in danger. To fight a war requires flowing silver."

Emperor Ming sighed: "It is possible to build a palace for my daughter, but now that this batch of military salaries has been paid, the treasury is really empty."

Concubine Meng is the one who can understand the Sacred Heart the most. His Majesty is worried about money, so how could she make trouble for him again.

Meng shi got up and gave a slight salute to Emperor Ming, and said softly: "It's all because the concubine has no way to teach the daughter, and it's embarrassing for His Majesty."

Emperor Ming hurriedly supported Concubine Meng, and joked: "Qing Yuan is our beloved daughter, if there is no way to teach a daughter, then I will also take responsibility."

Concubine Meng lay in Emperor Ming's arms, and said coquettishly, "This concubine comes from a humble background. Your Majesty cares so much about my concubine and children. It's true that I am a concubine."

As she spoke, Concubine Meng started to choke up, with thin teardrops hanging from her fan-like eyelashes, she looked very pitiful: "Your Majesty loves me so much, I really can't repay her."

Concubine Meng Gui was born as a female concubine, but she is a natural stunner with an overpowering appearance. Even though she is in her early thirties, she still has a lot of charm when she smiles.

Emperor Ming couldn't stop himself from being attached to her. Over the years, among the three thousand beauties in the harem, none of them could compare with Concubine Meng Gui.

Emperor Ming lovingly caressed Meng's beautiful hair, with a gentle smile in his eyes: "My beloved concubine has raised a pair of good children for me, which is the best reward for me."

Speaking of children, Emperor Ming couldn't help sighing again: "Qing Yuan has already reached the age of Ji, and she will marry in a few years, thinking that she will leave me."

Emperor Ming said sadly: "I feel very uncomfortable in my heart."

Hearing Emperor Ming mention her daughter's marriage, Concubine Meng Gui remembered the young son of Zhongshun Hou's mansion whom the Eighth Princess came back to mention to her today. Naturally, her daughter's family's concerns could not be kept from her mother's.

She asked Emperor Ming: "The name of the eldest son of the Zhongshunhou family is Zhou Jin?"

He had just brought him for an audience at noon, and Emperor Ming naturally would not be unfamiliar with it. He replied, "Are you talking about the son of Marquis Zhongshun and Princess Lanling?"

Concubine Meng Gui nodded and asked Emperor Ming: "Is His Majesty the Zhou family's eldest son familiar? How is his character and temperament?"

Hearing what Concubine Meng said, Emperor Ming remembered that his daughter was waiting outside the palace when Zhou Jin met today, so he guessed eighty-nine times. He looked at Concubine Meng and asked, "But Qingyuan mentioned him to you."

Meng Shi nodded.

Emperor Ming replied: "The eldest son of the Zhou family looks very talented, and he looks stable, but he is still young, and he should not be weak. He is now just a deputy under the patrolling Si Boyue."

The Meng family angrily said to Emperor Ming: "What's the matter with this official position? It's not a matter of your words to appoint an official."

Hearing Meng's words, Emperor Ming laughed twice, put his arms around his concubine and said: "If the eldest son of the Zhou family is really lucky to be my son-in-law, I will naturally not treat him badly, but I see that he is just an old man now. Lieutenant general, I'm just worried that he won't be capable enough to humiliate our daughter."

He looked at Meng Shi: "We are just such a precious daughter, so naturally we should marry a son who is both talented and beautiful, and who is outstanding in everything."

Concubine Meng said angrily: "If you talk about both talent and appearance, none of the young talents in Beijing can surpass the Li family son. Back then, the concubine asked His Majesty to leave him to Qingyuan, but you refused."

Mrs. Meng sighed: "It's such a good son, but he finally married the daughter of a small family. Hey! It's really a pity."

She glared at Emperor Ming: "If you had left him to our daughter, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds."

Concubine Meng Gui repeatedly encouraged Emperor Ming to marry his daughter to Li Ling. She really fell in love with Li Ling as a rare figure, and she also hoped that through marriage with the Li family, she could climb to the backing of the Duke of Zhen's Mansion and pave the way for her son's future as King Jin.

Concubine Meng Gui is an ambitious woman. It has always been her wish to let her son ascend to the ninth five position.

Emperor Ming naturally also took a fancy to Li Ling, a nephew. He never wanted his precious daughter to marry such a man of both civil and martial arts, but he didn't dare to mention this idea to his eldest sister.

The eldest princess has never waited to see Concubine Meng, so how could she agree with her son Shang Meng's daughter.

Emperor Ming perfunctorily said to Meng: "My nephew is cold-tempered and doesn't know how to hurt others. I'm afraid I've wronged our daughter."

Concubine Meng is like a fine person, how can she not understand this matter, since she has not climbed the big backer of the Duke of Zhen's mansion, there is no need for her to dwell on the past, although the Marquis of Zhongshun's mansion is not as prestigious as the Duke of Zhen's mansion , but it is also a well-known family in Beijing, and the owner of Lanling County is also the daughter of the prince, so it is of great help to his son to win over the clan.

She made up her mind and said to Emperor Ming: "Since my daughter has taken a fancy to the eldest son of the Zhou family, Your Majesty should pay attention to it. If the child has a good character and temperament, it will also be a good marriage."

Emperor Ming agreed: "Even if our daughter is married, she can't marry too far away. Since the eldest son of the Zhou family likes his daughter, I will pay attention to it."

Emperor Ming didn't have many sons, only three, but he had nine daughters. Among these nine daughters, Emperor Ming loved the eighth princess Qingyuan from the Meng family the most.

Emperor Ming already had six concubines, all of whom were married far away.Those daughters are hard to see once in a lifetime when they get married. Even so, when he married his daughters back then, he had no inseparable feelings for them. Only the eighth princess, when he thought of her getting married, felt like Gouging out the flesh in Emperor Ming's heart generally made him uncomfortable.

Now that his daughter was about to get married, Emperor Ming couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and sighed: "Tomorrow, I will come to the Ministry of Officials to ask how much money is left in the treasury. It is really impossible to save other places. It’s better to comply with my daughter’s request and build a bigger palace for her.”

(End of this chapter)