Author: Qing Yunmo

While Xiao Changyin stopped attacking, the emperor sent four generals directly under him, each with 50,000 troops, to go to Chu.

After several generals left, the emperor was thinking about who should take over the Chu Kingdom.

The emperor of Chu does not need to stay, but a few members of the royal family can stay to prove his benevolence.

However, these people must not have real power.

And the surrounding area must be guarded day and night to be safe.

In the past two days, he would also mention in court that the faces of the two princes who were still in Lanjing were a little anxious.

The emperor also knew their thoughts.

After all, they have little chance of winning in a fight with the prince.

Rather than being rewarded with a fiefdom and becoming a prince in the future, it would be better to go to the Kingdom of Chu.

But now that the overall situation is uncertain, it's not like they have lost the possibility of becoming princes and emperors.

Therefore, self-recommendation at this time is equivalent to them taking the initiative to leave the battlefield for the inheritance.

They are unwilling to do so.

However, they really had a lot to think about. The emperor even considered his own brothers and princes from several clans, but did not consider his two sons.

After thinking about it for a few days, the emperor finally called several ministers to the Xuanzheng Pavilion to discuss it together.

During this period, Wan Meiren was at the door and insisted on going in. How could Shou'an dare to let her in, so she quickly dissuaded her.

When Wanmei heard Shou'an's words, she thought that he looked down on her and was trying to stumble her, so she cursed "damn eunuch" and tried to break in.

After hearing this, Shou'an's expression did not change and he still looked respectfully, but quietly poured out the water.

But his mouth was not idle at all, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Wanmei! Your Majesty is discussing important matters with the ministers! No one is allowed in."

His shout was heard by the emperor and ministers who were discussing important matters inside.

The emperor frowned and looked at the door, and saw Wanmei running in hurriedly, followed by Shou'an who looked frightened.

Shou'an hurriedly knelt on the ground and said with a grimace, "Your Majesty, Wanmei is pregnant, and I don't dare to take action."

This is true, but it's not quite true either.

Shouan had his own way to avoid touching Wanmei's belly and letting the palace maid grab her, but he was too lazy to do it.

It just so happened that he also wanted to know how much position this beauty occupied in His Majesty's heart.

The emperor's face was frighteningly dark, and most of the ministers standing below him were veterans who had been highly valued by the late emperor when he was still alive. Their contributions to Bei Xiao were astonishing.

Their years of experience and contributions to Beixiao made them qualified to look at the emperor with critical eyes at this time.

They had heard that the emperor was very fond of a beautiful woman recently, and they had also heard some ridiculous things.

But today this is too ridiculous. Xuanzheng Pavilion is a place where only kings of the past and those with the king's will can enter.

Now a little concubine thinks that this place is her palace, and she can enter it whenever she wants?

Facing the disapproval in the eyes of several people, the emperor's veins twitched in his forehead, "Shou'an, why didn't you stop me?"

Shou'an kowtowed hard, but the grievance could be heard in his tone, "Your Majesty, Wanmei is pregnant, and she points at the child in her belly and threatens her. I don't dare to do anything too harsh."

Wan Meiren also felt something was wrong at this time. Why couldn't she come to this place?

But she was so loved that even the queen had to make way for her when walking on the same road as her.

One of the courtiers' expression darkened, he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please deal with Wanmei."

"Your Majesty?" Wanmei's eyes were slightly red in front of so many people, and she quickly thought of an excuse, "I just heard that Your Majesty has not had a good meal for a few days, so I came to advise Your Majesty to take care of yourself."

The minister snorted coldly, "If Your Majesty does not punish me, anyone can come to the Xuanzheng Pavilion in the future."

Although the other courtiers did not speak, their expressions were equally ugly.

The emperor first asked the two guards outside to escort Wanmei away, then looked at a few people and said, "I will punish him after the matters here are discussed."

The emperor didn't come out of the Xuanzheng Pavilion until it got dark.

Even more courtiers entered the Xuanzheng Pavilion.

In addition to the first few veteran ministers, the emperor also pointed out several younger ministers.

Even though there were many people, they didn't solve the emperor's problems. Instead, they all had different opinions and the quarrel was fierce.

The emperor's head hurt after hearing this. In the end, seeing that there was no result, he asked everyone to leave first and discuss it again tomorrow.

He drank half a cup of tea before he remembered Wanmei.

"How did she come here?"

Shou'an: "..."

"Your Majesty, you said before that Wanmei can go wherever she wants in this palace."

"Meimei Wan went to Fuying Tower the day before yesterday, to Yongning Palace yesterday, to the Empress Dowager this morning, and at noon to the Princess's Fanghua Palace for dinner."

Shouan fell silent after he finished speaking. In fact, he thought this beauty was quite interesting.

If nothing else, his ability to commit suicide is not that great.

Concubine Zheng holds grudges the most, and she can remember a thing for several years. As for the Queen... Although Shou'an doesn't think it's because of the Queen's temperament, he feels that Wanmei will bite her back sooner or later.

The more your Majesty loves her now, the more ruthless he will be in the future.

As for the Crown Princess... She has done this so many times, Shou'an doesn't understand at all, why Wanmei wants to fight with the concubines in the harem for the sake of His Majesty and status.

But why does she always have trouble with the Crown Princess?

"Going to the Queen Mother? What do you mean?"

Shou'an's expression became more complicated, "There are two more maids serving the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother was taking them to say a few words in the imperial garden, Wanmei heard them."

All she said was that the Queen Mother would find a way to call the Emperor out and give these two girls a chance encounter so that they could seize the opportunity.

Wanmei was also strange in doing things, so instead of exposing her in person, she followed her to the Queen Mother's palace.

Then he mocked the Queen Mother for being shameless in front of all the people in the palace, and sent the girl to the palace for the sake of power, just like the madam in the land of fireworks.

Shouan picked some words and briefly described them.

Emperor: "...how is the Queen Mother...?"

Although he has no feelings for the Queen Mother, he doesn't want the Queen Mother to be angry to death for the time being.

Shou'an: "... He vomited blood and fainted on the spot. The imperial doctor went to check his pulse and said that he was angry and heartbroken, because His Majesty and several ministers had important matters to discuss, and I didn't want to disturb him."

The emperor rubbed his brows and asked Shou'an to call Doctor Chen over.

Doctor Chen only knew that the emperor was looking for him, but he didn't know what was going on. He shook his head when asked about his longevity.

So he carried the wooden box towards Guangming Palace anxiously.

There were various speculations in my mind about the reason why His Majesty summoned him.

Not to mention that Your Majesty already knows about the child in Wanmei’s belly...

Thinking of this, Doctor Chen quickly shook his head, no, no, he just thought it was unlikely that Wan Mei was pregnant, but it was unlikely but not absolutely impossible.
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