She looked at Yuan Qingling and said, "So, I really envy you and the prince. For so many years, the prince has never thought of marrying anyone else, but only lives with you."
Yuan Qingling said softly: "Well, yes, I think I am quite happy."
Yuan Qingling said this, but she felt a little ironic in her heart. She felt happy not because Lao Wu only guarded her, but because Lao Wu was good to her, they loved each other, and they were together.
Being loyal to one's partner is the most basic thing, but in this era, it has become synonymous with happiness.
Concubine Hu then smiled again, "However, I can't have any resentment in my heart. This is my own choice. When I made the choice, I already knew that I would face such a thing in the future. It's just that the emperor has been good to me these years. I
I can't help but think wildly. It would be really great if he doesn't have a woman around him in the future. Am I greedy? After all, it's still inevitable."
Yuan Qingling forced a smile and said, "Every woman hopes that her only man will be her. It's not greed."
"But he is the emperor. Even if the emperor loves a woman deeply, he cannot just keep her. If the royal family wants to continue to have descendants, it must enrich the harem. Which emperor does not have three thousand beauties? And this is the ancestral system." Concubine Hu.
He only cares about his own injury, but he doesn't know that these words are quite unpleasant for Yuan Qingling to hear.
After leaving Concubine Hu's place, Yuan Qingling went to visit the empress. The empress was now taking Chinese medicine and seemed to be getting better. She was talking to Concubine Di and Concubine Huang inside.
And coincidentally, they started talking about the draft.
Although the queen now no longer has the right to manage the harem, the imperial concubine saw that she had changed a lot and always respected her as the queen, so she came in person to report the matter to her.
Yuan Qingling originally wanted to say hello and then leave, but the queen asked her to wait for a while, and after finishing the matter, she asked her to help check if there was any improvement.
Yuan Qingling had no choice but to sit down temporarily and watch the eighth prince and tenth prince playing nearby, but it was impossible to pretend not to hear what they said.
The queen said: "Originally, it should have been done the year the Queen Mother passed away, but it was not appropriate at that time. It has been postponed to this year. I have no objection to it, and the ancestral system is here, so I can't disobey it."
Concubine Di said: "It's just that the emperor didn't agree with the draft before. He always pushed it away because of busy state affairs. Will he agree now?"
The queen said: "Whether he agrees or not is another matter, but it is up to the palace to deal with it. If he really disagrees, the emperor will stop it. I have heard that many senior ministers in the court have actually written to the emperor to choose a concubine.
It's just that the emperor ignored it. However, those who know will say that the emperor is diligent and not bothered by the harem. Those who don't know may say that the concubine Hu confuses the monarch or that the imperial concubine in charge of the harem is jealous, so he will not give it.
The emperor chooses a concubine."
The queen said, looking at the imperial concubine lightly, and added, "I wonder if the imperial concubine is willing to bear this crime."
The imperial concubine is now pregnant and everything is ready. After listening to the queen's words, she smiled lightly and said, "I don't have to bear this crime. I just listen to the queen. If you want to do it, I can do it. It's just that I am old and born.
....." She said this herself, but burst into laughter, "I can't do it, how about leaving it to the noble concubine? Of course, now you have to decide whether to do it first, and if you do, then you can do it.
Decide who will host it.”
Concubine Di originally did not agree with the selection of concubines, but after hearing the words of the concubine, she quickly raised her eyes, "Since it is an ancestral system, then you must listen to the Queen and do what you have to do."
"In this case, I will adopt Concubine Qin's opinion and make preparations first before reporting to the emperor." The queen said.