The home of Censor Zhao.

"It was said before that the imperial decree granting the marriage of the Crown Prince's concubine would be issued soon. How come it hasn't been issued yet? It's already been half a month since the news came out." Zhao Yushi's wife, Wang, pulled her husband aside and asked.

When Emperor Yun was selecting the candidates for the Crown Prince's concubine, he had leaked the news to the Li, Zhao and Ming families. Otherwise, how could the news of the Emperor's selection of the Crown Prince's concubine be so easily obtained?

If the emperor's news can be easily found out in the palace, then what secrets does the emperor have?

Zhao Yushi's wife, Wang, also knew that this was a signal from His Majesty to her family and the other two families. Ever since she received the news, she had been looking forward to the imperial decree for her daughter to become the prince's concubine.

As a result, half a month has passed until now. When will the imperial edict be issued?

"Husband, please say something!" Wang Shi pulled Censor Zhao and said, "What should we do with our Mei'er?"

It was clearly agreed that her daughter would be the prince's concubine, but she still hoped that if the prince ascended the throne one day, her daughter could become a noble concubine or a concubine of other ranks.

If possible, her daughter could become the queen.

Miss Lin from the Taifu family is the Crown Princess. Even if the Crown Prince ascends the throne, should she be the Queen?

So what?

The struggle for the position of queen in the harem is not as peaceful as the harem of an ordinary family.

The harem is full of twists and turns, and the power struggle is no less intense than that in the court.

If her daughter Mei'er could become one of the four concubines, she didn't believe that her daughter couldn't become the queen with her own means.

But now, all expectations have been dashed.

Where is the imperial decree granting marriage?

Censor Zhao looked at his wife and sighed, "Don't even think about it. Mei'er will never become the Crown Prince's concubine."

His daughter Mei'er is already 28 years old this year. If she doesn't enter the prince's harem and become a concubine, she will have to prepare for her marriage early.

The Crown Prince refused to give in, and His Majesty granted his wish. Of course, his daughter would not be able to become the Crown Prince's concubine.

"What's going on?" Wang asked anxiously, "Could it be that someone is framing our Mei'er? Is it Lin? Or Li? Or Ming?"

Lin was the Crown Princess. She didn't want her daughter to become a concubine, so she framed her daughter Mei'er. That was very likely.

Li and Ming were also other candidates for concubines. It was normal for them to frame Mei'er because they wanted to attack their opponents.

But she didn't expect that these people couldn't start fighting in the palace until they entered the house, but had already started fighting before the emperor issued an order.

"How can they do this? My Mei'er...what will happen to my Mei'er in the future?" Wang was angry and sad.

Her eyebrows were carefully brought up, dignified, virtuous and kind. A woman with such character is very rare.

But what should she do with her eyebrows now?

If her reputation is damaged, it will not only affect herself, but also the other girls from the Zhao and Wang families.

It may even affect men's careers.

"Don't cry, it's not what they did." Censor Zhao frowned tightly and gritted his teeth, "It was the Crown Prince and His Majesty who requested it. The Crown Prince asked His Majesty not to grant him a concubine for two years."

"What?" Wang was shocked when she heard the news. "What is the prince going to do?"

"He is the crown prince, and His Majesty personally allowed him to take four concubines! But now he doesn't want any of them?" Wang was very puzzled.

In fact, Wang felt that her daughter Zhao Yunmei could even be the Crown Princess, and she felt that it was unfair for her daughter to be the Crown Princess.

If Censor Zhao hadn't been so incompetent and only a third-rank censor, her daughter would definitely have become the Crown Princess.

Didn't she expect that now even her daughter can't be the Crown Prince's concubine?

"Father, what did you say? Your Highness the Crown Prince asks His Majesty to revoke the imperial decree to take a concubine?" Zhao Yunmei heard that her father had returned. It was rare for her father, who had been going out early and coming back late recently, to come home early, so she came to visit her father.

As a result, she heard such news.

Zhao Yunmei was a little confused and dissatisfied.

Like Li Mengxue, Zhao Yunmei is also full of longing for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Which young girl who is just beginning to fall in love has not fantasized about marrying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

When she knew that she had the possibility of becoming the Crown Prince's concubine, although she was somewhat disappointed that she was not the Crown Prince's concubine, she was also very happy.

Zhao Yunmei believed that with her means, she could gain favor, suppress the Crown Princess Lin, and control the entire Crown Princess's backyard.

But unexpectedly, she didn't even have the chance to marry the prince?

"Father, what is going on? Why would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly decide not to take a concubine?" Zhao Yun frowned, a sad expression on his face.

Wang knew that her daughter was deeply in love with the prince, and she felt very distressed when she saw her daughter so sad.

"My dear, my precious baby, don't worry. I will make sure you get what you want even if it means risking my reputation." Wang said while hugging her daughter.

Censor Zhao looked at Wang and said helplessly, "What do you want to do? Force His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to marry Mei'er?"

"Or do you want to force His Majesty to grant the marriage?"

Even if his wife is the daughter of the Langya Wang family of Taiyuan, the Langya Wang family is not as prominent as before. What else does she want to do?

"What should we do now? What should we do with our Mei'er?" Wang glared at Censor Zhao angrily.

"Everyone knew before that our Mei'er was going to become the prince's concubine, but now they don't plan to let Mei'er marry the prince. What will happen to Mei'er in the future?" Wang was full of worries for her daughter, as well as for Wang's daughter and Zhao's daughter.

"Don't even think about it. His Majesty and the Crown Prince will never agree to it no matter what." Censor Zhao sighed.

"The Lin family is lucky." Censor Zhao told his wife and daughter that Wushuang had taken out the prescription for treating smallpox in exchange for the prince's promise not to take concubines from His Majesty.

Smallpox, a terminal disease that has plagued the world for many years, can actually be cured and prevented. No emperor who wants to be a wise ruler can refuse such an auspicious sign.

Their Majesty just wants to be known as a wise ruler throughout history, so how could he possibly refuse treatment and prevention methods for smallpox?

Censor Zhao was also very excited when he learned that there was a prescription to treat and prevent smallpox. Like countless people, he fantasized about the day when smallpox would be eradicated.

Even though he now knew that this was the bargaining chip that Ms. Lin used to negotiate with His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he just felt a little complicated and did not think it was wrong to use this thing to exchange for the Crown Prince's promise not to take a concubine for two years.

On the contrary, Censor Zhao felt that this promise was not as important as the prescription for preventing and treating smallpox.

"Don't even think about His Highness taking a concubine now. Don't even think about it within the next two years."

"Perhaps, this time limit will be even longer." Censor Zhao had a premonition that not only would his Royal Highness the Crown Prince not take a concubine within the next two years, but he might not take a concubine in the future.