What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 35 Whose Daughter Do You Want?
Xie Chenyu went to Jiangnan.

Before leaving, he didn't tell anyone, not even Lin Ximeng, he only knew that his master was away.

The days passed day by day, from February to early March.

In the late spring, the weather has been getting warmer, and the grass is luxuriant and the flowers are in full bloom.

In the imperial garden, the queen is holding a spring banquet.

In addition to concubines, the concubines were also invited, as well as concubines from the prince's mansions, and concubines who were favored and respected.

According to the rules, concubines are not eligible to attend such a banquet.

But only the queen knew that most of these concubines had their own people, so they also invited them.

At the same time, the wives and noble daughters of the imperial clan and ministers of the court also came.

Everyone sits in seats according to their status and rank.

In such an occasion, even if Lin Ximeng could barely make it, she would always be at the very edge.

Not only do they sit on the side, but they also keep getting up and saluting to sit down.

When everyone arrived, her knees were already sore.

If Wei Wei wants to move her body, Zhao Liangdi will give her a warning look, and Lin Ximeng will not dare to move again.

"It's not a big deal today, but I just want to see that the flowers are blooming well, and my palace has just recovered, and my heart is empty, so I called you all to have a lot of fun."

The queen smiled and talked, and invited everyone to taste the latest melon and fruit snacks and tea.

"Your Majesty is kind, the ministers should come in more often to have a look without waiting for your Majesty to be summoned, but they are afraid that your Majesty will be tired, so even if they are worried about you, they dare not come in to disturb you."

"That's right, where is this palace just a piece of paper?"

the Queen laughed.

Everyone below laughed.

Someone also joked that the queen was so busy that she delayed the marriages of several princes.

The queen thought for a while, and said seriously.

"To tell you the truth, this palace is holding this banquet for the sake of these children in the palace, especially the second child, Ke'er."

"There are people in charge of the third and fifth children, and Ke'er's biological mother died early and he has no plans. This palace must make more plans for him."

The queen smiled.

The wives of aristocratic families, especially those with marriageable daughters, are extremely sensitive to the queen's words.

It is not difficult for them to know from the queen's words and deeds that the real purpose of the queen this time is to choose Xie Chenke as a concubine.

In addition to the news from the past few days, and the recent situation between North Korea and China.

It's hard for them not to think of Xie Chenke and the crown prince together.

Who would not understand a childless queen and a motherless eldest son.

"Your Majesty is really kind, the second prince is so handsome and handsome, I don't know what kind of girl is worthy of him?" Some wives began to want to move.

"Yeah, the lady's vision is naturally good, and it also opened our eyes."

"The second prince is not only filial, but also has both civil and military skills. I heard that he has already started to participate in the government affairs, and the ministers in the court all praise him."

The queen smiled, as if the one being praised was her own son.

"Look at what you people said, all the children in the palace call me the queen mother, and they are all the same in my eyes."

They asked and answered.

Or praise the second prince, or praise the girl of a certain family for her filial piety, talent, beauty, etc.

Lin Ximeng got tired of hearing it and started to wander into the sky.

No wonder Xie Chenyu traveled far away, it turned out that he had never competed for the second prince.

That's right, he is a dude, ignorant and incompetent, looking for flowers and asking willows, what is ambition alone?

Without the support of strength, ambition will only bring disaster.

She sighed slightly, she didn't know where Xie Chenyu went, why she didn't come back yet.

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The flower viewing party went well.

At the end, the queen specially left her mother, Mrs. Wang, to speak.

"Mother, I'm enough for the Wang family, don't let Mr. Xiang come in again"

"what are you talking about"

Mrs. Wang suddenly raised her crutches.

"If you have a child of your own, why would I come to this kind of banquet when I'm old? It should have been made a long time ago."

"The Wang family has lasted for a hundred years, and your father's generation is already extremely wealthy, like cooking oil in a raging fire."

"The tree attracts the wind, if you are not careful, you will be defeated, so I can't sleep every day, because I am afraid that something will happen in the future"

Mrs. Wang was very panicked.

"What's the case? I'm not dead yet. After all, I'm the emperor's first wife. No matter how confused he is, at most he won't enter my Jiaofang Palace, and he won't take away my rights."

"There are so many princes in the harem, all of them call me Queen Mother"

"No kids I can adopt"

The queen is stubborn.

The life in the harem is already hard enough, she will never let her own niece come in and spend her whole life.

The second child is rebellious and unruly, with cruel methods and deep scheming, definitely not a good match.

She had no choice but to deal with it carefully.

Mr. Xiang doesn't have to jump into such a quagmire.

"After all, the empress has plans, so she won't listen to what my old lady has to say."

"Forget it, I'll leave right now, so I won't cause trouble for the Empress."

Mrs. Wang leaned on her cane and left angrily.

The queen got up to see her off, and when she came back she was already exhausted.

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After the lunch break, the queen flipped through the roster of the daughters of the aristocratic families in the capital.

Suddenly someone came to report that Xie Chenke asked to see him.

"Call in"

As soon as the words were finished, Xie Chenke strode in, dressed in royal blue uniform, making him look even more talented.

"Greetings to the Queen"

"Why is Ke'er here?"

The queen closed the roster with a smile, asked him to sit down and asked Fang Rui to serve tea.

Xie Chenke was holding the tea, fidgeting, his face was embarrassed, sometimes red and sometimes white.

"Queen Mother"

He spoke nervously.

"I heard that you are hosting a flower viewing feast today, but it's actually... for Erchen"

"What? You don't want to?", the queen asked with a smile.

"You are already twenty, as the ancients said, twenty weak crowns, you are already a real gentleman, you should marry a wife and set up a household"

Xie Chenke rubbed his big hands, put down the teacup and stood up to bow.

"Thank you for your mother's plan for my son. My son should be grateful, and I will repay my mother's kindness with all my heart."

The queen was silent, playing with the fragrant tea in her hand, but didn't cry out.

After a while, he suddenly got up and walked towards him.

"It's a pleasure to talk to a smart person. Presumably, you also know my intentions."

She stretched out her hand lightly, helped Xie Chenke up, and pulled him to sit beside her.

Mother and son are as close as their own.

"I have no son, and you have no mother. If we want this country not to fall into other people's hands, our mother and son can only get along well. You think about me, and I plan for you. What do you think?"

Xie Chenke is like a great favor.

"My son knows the mother's intentions. From today on, you are my biological mother. I thank Chenke and swear that if that day comes, I will treat you as my own mother."

With the expected attitude, the queen was not surprised, but just smiled.

"get up"

"If I say that I don't believe it, it would be too false. Since I have chosen you, I will do my best to support you."

"You have what you want, and I also have what I want. I hope we can live up to each other"

"Yes, thank you, Queen Mother!"

Xie Chenke knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

The queen stretched her brows and opened the roster.

"Choose, there are so many powerful ministers in the capital, whose daughter do you want?"

(End of this chapter)