The prince does not fight for the heir

In the sixth year of Yuan'an in the Darong Empire, on the twelfth day of the ninth month, the Holy Order was abolished.

The entire capital city seemed to come alive in an instant. The once dull colors disappeared. Many people happily changed into their brightest clothes. The women put all kinds of beautiful silk flowers and hairpins on their hair.

The servants of Fu's mansion were also busy taking down all the plain and white paper lanterns, laughing and laughing from time to time, and even the backyard was full of little girls chatting and laughing, as if it was lively during the New Year.

Fu Xuechen also changed herself into a light-colored light-yellow dress, fiddled with the newly embroidered purse in the room, placed decorative silk ribbons and jade beads, opened the old purse, took out the half dragon pattern jade pendant, and put it Into the new purse.

Jinghuayuan will officially resume school tomorrow, and she feels that [-]% of Yunzuo will be waiting to see her in Jinghuayuan, and Zhiling, who has not seen her for almost a month, must have held back a lot of words, just waiting to meet her Shi chi chi chi quack right?

I am humming a ditty in a happy mood!The cat milk tea lying on the table let out a "meow", and the footsteps of Fu Rong came from behind, and when she opened the curtain, she called out: "Miss! Madam is here!"

Um?Fu Xuechen turned around in surprise, and she saw Mrs. Xie walking in.

"Mother! Why did you come here in person?" Fu Xuechen quickly asked her mother to sit down and ordered Furong to serve tea.

Mrs. Xie took a sip of tea, looked at her daughter with a smile, and said, "There is something I haven't told you. There are too many taboos during the national mourning period, and it's inconvenient to mention it. Now that the sacred decree has been lifted, I can talk about it!"

"What's the matter?" Fu Xuechen asked curiously.

Mrs. Xie said: "When my mother entered the palace to attend the funeral, I took a break in the middle and had the opportunity to meet with the imperial concubine in private. The imperial concubine asked a few words secretly, asking if our family would like to be an in-law with the royal family."

"Mother thought, with your current status as the daughter of Duke Jing, it is enough to be a prince and concubine, so as not to humiliate you, but I don't know, are you willing to marry the prince?"

Fu Xuechen was startled, could it be that Yunzuo quietly asked Concubine Xie to propose marriage to him as soon as he returned to Beijing?Should it be so sudden?She still couldn't believe it, and asked in amazement: "Mother! Are you sure what the imperial concubine and empress mean?"

Mrs. Xie laughed: "Can it be any other meaning? Here! The invitation from the imperial concubine is here with my mother. My mother came here to ask you what you mean first. If you don't object, you can enter the palace with your mother tomorrow." The imperial concubine said that she is waiting for us to meet tomorrow! At that time, I will let you meet with His Royal Highness."

Fu Xuechen was a little confused: "The Sixth Prince and I still need to go on a blind date in the palace?"

Xie said with a smile: "We all know that you once entered the palace as the prince's companion for more than two months under the identity of Yuchen, and you have known the sixth prince for a long time, but the imperial concubine doesn't know about this! Of course you must I want you to formally meet, besides, although you know the sixth prince, the sixth prince doesn't know you well, right?"

Ah yes!The sixth prince knew the secret of the exchange of identities between the two brothers and sisters. The two brothers and sisters did not tell the Xie couple about this matter, and although Fu Xuechen entered the Jinghua Garden to study first and then teach, the Xie couple also did not care about the matter of the sixth prince as the manager of the Jinghua Garden. I know, but it didn't take long for the sixth prince to go back to Qiang. How did the Xie couple know that she and the sixth prince had met many times?
Fine!Fu Xuechen agreed: "Mother, it's fine to enter the palace with you tomorrow, but you want me to meet with His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince and chat for a few words first, whether you want to marry him or not, you can wait for me to think about it before you talk about it, and you are not allowed to do it for me." Promise first!"

"Okay, okay! Mother knows!" Xie scolded with a smile: "You are willing to enter the palace to meet each other, why don't you agree first, think about it carefully, are you playing reserved?"

Fu Xuechen hummed lightly, Yun Zuo dared to cut first and play later, why not let her "reserve" for a while?

The next day, Fu Xuechen washed and dressed neatly, had breakfast, followed her mother Xie, got into the carriage and went to the palace.

Entering the side door of the imperial palace, Mrs. Xie passed the post to the little yellow gate: "Mr. Jingguo's first-rank wife, Mrs. Xie, and her eldest daughter, Fu Xuechen, have an audience with the noble concubine as promised."

The little yellow gate didn't dare to be negligent, and after checking the post, he said with a smile: "Madam Fu doesn't know yet, does she? Today the imperial decree has been issued, and the noble concubine will be promoted to the imperial concubine soon!"

A noble concubine is promoted to an imperial concubine. This is the promotion of a concubine in the harem. According to the rules of the Darong Empire, the canonization document is generally divided into two parts, one for the concubine herself, and one for the clan mansion. Inform the officials again that this is not the establishment of a queen, so there is no room for the officials to comment, it all depends on the emperor's word.

Of course, the promotion of a concubine will have related etiquette and feasts, and the etiquette will be held in the palace, and the feast will invite the wives to enter the palace to congratulate, and by the way, announce the new status of the concubine to the outside world.

Under normal circumstances, the layout of the harem is one queen, one noble concubine and four concubines. The four concubines are in order of virtue, delicacy, tranquility, and appropriateness. There is no queen, and if the emperor does not plan to make a new queen for the time being, the noble concubine will be promoted to The imperial concubine, this move is similar to the promotion of concubines as equal wives in ordinary people's homes, so the imperial concubine will be eligible to replace the queen in charge of the harem.

At the same time, the prince born to the imperial concubine also has the same status as the first prince, and his status has been elevated.

Hearing the news revealed by Xiao Huangmen in advance, Mrs. Xie was very pleasantly surprised. Concubine Xie Guifei already had a very high status, second only to the queen, and now she is even more powerful!Emperor Yuan'an promoted her position so quickly, if all the court officials were willing to come forward and ask for a new queen, it would not be impossible for Concubine Xie to become the new queen of the Darong Empire.

The family of the first empress of the Zhang family is no better than that of Concubine Xie Guifei's natal family, but Emperor Yuan'an valued the Zhang family more. Older than Qi Ge back then, if this Grand Master Xie is willing to work hard, it will not be difficult to elect Concubine Xie Guifei as the new empress.

But Fu Xuechen's heart sank slightly. She did not expect Concubine Xie to be so valued by the emperor, and looking at this trend, it was almost predictable that Concubine Xie would be promoted to imperial concubine first, and then be made the new empress. Isn't Yun Zuo going to become the first prince?

Emperor Yuan'an has always shown his appreciation and love for Yun Zuo without hesitation. Could it be that Yun Zuo is the best candidate for the crown prince in the emperor's mind?

Yun Zuo was young and still needs to grow and hone, so Emperor Yuan'an has been pressing down on the queen, dragging his feet and refusing to establish a crown prince, is he waiting for Yun Zuo to grow up?So just after the empress passed away, he couldn't wait to mention the position of Concubine Xie first?

Will Yoon-joo be crowned prince?Become emperor in the future?please do not?
Fu Xuechen hesitated, she didn't want to be a queen at all!what to do?Do you still want to agree to marry Yoon-joo?
Unknowingly, when they arrived outside Yanxi Palace, they saw Nanny Zhao standing on the front steps of the hall, smiling and looking towards them, Mrs. Xie hurriedly greeted, "Mother Zhao! Is the imperial concubine here?"

"Madam Fu is here!" Zhao Mama hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty is already waiting, please come with your slaves!"

Entering to meet the noble concubine, the noble concubine was as approachable as ever, she first gave the two of them a seat and served tea, looked at Fu Xuechen carefully, smiled and said: "Time flies! In a blink of an eye, the little girl has grown up." !"

"I don't need to worry when I grow up, there are still many things to worry about!" Mrs. Xie said, and then said: "It is a great joy to hear that your mother has been promoted to the imperial concubine, and I want to congratulate you!"

Concubine Xie smiled wryly and shook her head: "This matter! Don't mention it! I could have stayed away from common affairs and lived a leisurely life, but unexpectedly, the former queen passed away suddenly, and all the affairs in the palace were all on my head at once, and there will be no peace in the future. Already!"

This is not the first time for Mrs. Xie to see Concubine Xie, and she knew her indifferent and peaceful temperament quite well, so she immediately comforted her and said: "Your Majesty, you are still young, so it will not be a problem if you work hard for a few years, leave the minor matters to the people below. That's right."

Concubine Xie nodded, and said: "I think so too, now! I hope that the Holy One will establish a crown prince soon, and many concubines will come to help me."

"There will be!" Mrs. Xie didn't want to discuss the topic of Lichu in depth, so she simply responded and went to drink tea.

Concubine Xie knew the position of the Fu family, so she didn't intend to continue this topic with Xie, so she changed her mind and said: "The empress left suddenly, some of the children's marriages have already been settled, and some have not yet. The fate, now it all falls on the head of Ben Gong, who is here to take care of the former empress."

She glanced at Fu Xuechen appreciatively again and said: "The newly promoted Duke Jing, a minister of meritorious deeds, is also serious about serving the court, and it is just right for him to marry the royal family, so as to preserve wealth and honor for a long time."

"It's rare that Mrs. Fu and Ling Ai are both willing to give me this opportunity. Miss Fu is so graceful and famous. I love her more and more!"

Fu Xuechen blinked, stood up and said, "Thank you for your love!"

"This child doesn't know how to be modest, he's really rude!" Mrs. Xie hurriedly made amends.

Concubine Xie smiled and said: "Don't say that! Miss Fu is really temperamental, and I really like it! No wonder even the Holy Majesty judged her, saying that she is 'a beautiful woman with a phoenix beauty', and the former Empress is even more appreciative of her." meaning……"

Just as Mrs. Xie wanted to be more humble, Concubine Xie's next words made her stunned on the spot.

"Her last wish is to marry Ms. Fu for the fourth prince Yunzhen. Naturally, this palace has to do its best, so today is specially arranged for Ms. Fu and Yunzhen to meet formally. Let's see this Is there any hope for things?"

Just as he was talking, the eunuch outside announced loudly: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince will see you—"

Concubine Xie quickly signaled: "Let him in!"

Outside the gate of the palace, Yunzhen strode towards Concubine Xie, who was seated on the throne, to salute: "Yunzhen greets the imperial concubine!"

Concubine Xie got up slightly, and stretched out her hand to help: "Hurry up and get rid of the courtesy!"

"Thank you, ma'am!" Yun Zhen straightened up, only to see Mrs. Xie and Fu Xuechen sitting on the side seat, and couldn't help being startled.

At this time, Mrs. Xie and Fu Xuechen saluted together: "Duke Fu Xie/Fu Xuechen has met His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!"

Yun Zhen hurriedly replied: "Mrs. Fu is free! Miss Fu is free!"

Concubine Xie waited for them to see the ceremony, and immediately said with a smile: "I still have something to say to Mrs. Fu, and I feel a little wronged to ask Miss Fu to accompany and listen to the nagging of us elders, so I troubled the Fourth Highness to replace this palace. Say hello to Miss Fu, and take Miss Fu to the Imperial Garden for a walk!"

Yun Zhen looked at Concubine Xie in astonishment, and then at Fu Xuechen, who was also looking at him in astonishment. He had received a call from the Palace of Yanxi Palace early in the morning, and Concubine Xie asked him to have an audience at the Palace of Yanxi Palace. How could he know that such a scene happened? , isn't this a blind date? !What does Concubine Xie mean?How could he and Fu Xuechen be on a blind date?

……

In the Jinghua Garden, Yun Zuo came to the garden early in the morning and entered the office that belonged to him, the secretary.

Although he hasn't been here for several years, the office is still cleaned every day, and it is spotlessly clean.

Today, Yoon Zuo specially changed into a white and silver embroidered tuanlong uniform, recreating the gentle and jade-like demeanor of the past, no longer the cold and stern aura of armor when he returned to Qiang. He was close to an adult man, as if he was no different from the boy back then.

Li Zhen was talking to him about the situation of various industries, but found that he didn't listen to what he was listening to. He held a cup of tea by his mouth and didn't move for a long time. The water was cold and he forgot to drink it.

"Huh? Why didn't you say anything?" Yoon-joo recovered and found that Li Zhen hadn't spoken for a long time.

Li Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The maidservant has finished talking! Your Highness, why are you bothering? Tell the empress early, let the empress come to propose marriage for you as soon as possible, and make a name with Miss Fu, wouldn't it be good?"

Yoon Zuo shook his head and smiled: "You don't understand, she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and she hates someone arbitrarily mastering her. I have to get her approval before I can go to my mother and concubine to propose marriage for me. Only then can you be sure."

"I don't understand." Li Zhen's mouth twitched, unable to complain.

The clear bell rang outside the window, and the noisy girls from all over the campus came into the classroom one after another and quieted down.

Yoon Jo frowned: "Is the second class starting now? Why hasn't anyone come yet?"

Li Zhen also didn't understand, and hurriedly said: "Slave maid, go to inquire again?"

Yoon-joo waved his hand: "Go!"

Li Zhen rushed away, and Yun Zuo got up anxiously and walked around the room twice, always feeling that something was wrong, Fu Yuchen's return home meant that he had also returned to the palace. No entertainment or anything, even the Jinghua Garden is suspended from school, so it's understandable that I can't contact her.

It's hard to get rid of it, and the Jinghua Garden reopens. Does Fu Xuechen know that he must be waiting to meet her in the Jinghua Garden today?Will you hide and don't want to see yourself?can't you?What the hell happened?

The more Yoon Zuo thought about it, the more disturbed he became, and he wished he had to go straight to Duke Yasukuni's mansion to ask about the situation.

Just as he was getting restless, Li Zhen finally came back. He didn't know where this guy came running back from. He was panting on his knees, and he couldn't finish his sentence: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Yun Zuoji asked: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Li Zhen swallowed his saliva, and finally reported: "Miss Fu, Miss Fu just entered the palace! I heard that the empress summoned her, and Miss Fu entered the palace with Madam Fu!"

"My concubine called them into the palace to meet?"

Yoon-joo was stunned, the answer was somewhat beyond his expectation!Just at this time, why?