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Chapter 1162 A Loss-Making Deal

In order to take better care of Xixi and the prince in her belly, Luo Qinghan specially had two health nurses selected and placed by Xixi's side.

The two nurses' surnames were Luo and Xi.

Nanny Luo and Nanny Xi are both veterans in the palace. They have served pregnant concubines and are very experienced in taking care of pregnant women.

They had already received the news that the imperial concubine would soon be crowned as queen, so after arriving at Yunxiu Palace they did not dare to be negligent at all, let alone act in a pretentious manner by relying on their own qualifications.

Both of them worked very hard, wanting to take this opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in the hope of being retained to work in Yunxiu Palace in the future.

During the morning court session, Luo Qinghan once again brought up the matter of enthroning the queen in front of all the civil and military officials.

There are still people who oppose it.

There is only one reason for their opposition:

Women from other races cannot be queens!

Luo Qinghan looked at the court officials below with cold eyes and spoke coldly.

“There’s something you may not know yet.

After the civil strife in Nanyue ended, the imperial concubine inherited the throne of King Nanyue as Princess Nanfeng.

In other words, the imperial concubine is now the king of Nanyue Kingdom.

She is the ruler of a country and she came from afar to marry me. Can she only be my concubine?

Do you think this is appropriate, my dear ministers?"

Everyone present was shocked.

They only knew that the imperial concubine had returned to Nanyue, and guessed that it might be because of the civil strife in Nanyue, but they did not expect that the imperial concubine actually inherited the throne of King Nanyue.

If the imperial concubine was still just a princess of Nanyue, she could only be a concubine after marrying into Dasheng. But now that she has become the King of Nanyue, her status and position are different from before. If she is still only allowed to be a concubine, it would indeed be a bit humiliating.

Although Nanyue is a remote small country, it is still a country after all.

It would be unreasonable not to give her the status of legal wife since the king of another country has married her personally.

Those ministers who had been shouting that the imperial concubine was not worthy of being the queen now felt a little embarrassed and did not dare to speak any more.

There were also people who thought very quickly and immediately stood up and spoke.

"Since Prince Nanyue is going to marry here and become the queen, where is the dowry?"

When the others heard this, they immediately became active.

Yes, since she is going to marry here and become the queen, she must bring the dowry with her.

There are many good things in Nanyue. Let’s not talk about anything else, just the two large salt lakes are enough to make countless people jealous.

Although the salt lake cannot be moved, its output can be moved. As long as King Nanyue can bring all the salt produced by the salt lake to Dasheng, the Dasheng court can make a lot of money just by selling the salt.

Luo Qinghan sneered: "Since you mentioned the dowry, why not discuss the betrothal gift as well? As a great country, the betrothal gift we offer cannot be less than the dowry offered by a small country, right?"

These words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the excitement of everyone present.

They only thought about taking advantage of others, but forgot that they also had to give a betrothal gift.

In this back and forth transaction, Dasheng will not only fail to gain any advantage, but may even end up losing a large sum of money.

Who would be willing to do a business that will lose money?

The courtier who had asked for a dowry earlier quietly returned to his seat.

The others also shut up in dismay.

There was a brief silence in the court.

All the officials have realized that the emperor is partial to the imperial concubine. As long as the emperor is around, they can forget about getting any benefits from the imperial concubine.

After the morning court session ended, the cabinet ministers followed the emperor to the imperial study.

Luo Qinghan sat down at the top, his posture as straight as a pine or cypress. He glanced deeply at the five ministers in front of him and asked in a calm voice.

"Just say whatever you want to say. There are no outsiders here, so you can speak freely."

The cabinet ministers exchanged glances quietly.

Finally, the oldest among them, Elder Feng, stood up as a representative and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty's love for the Imperial Concubine is a private matter of Your Majesty, and outsiders like me should not interfere.

However, enthroning a queen is no joke. The position of a queen not only concerns the reputation of the Great Sheng Dynasty, but also the peace of the entire harem, and even affects the choice of the heir to the throne.

Even though the imperial concubine has now become the King of Nanyue, it cannot change her identity as a woman of a foreign race.

Your Majesty, there is an old saying that those who are not of our race must have different hearts. I hope Your Majesty will think twice before acting!"

Luo Qinghan: "You mean, the imperial concubine might betray me and Dasheng?"

Elder Feng: "Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine have a deep bond and loyalty. The Imperial Concubine will definitely not betray you. However, given your Majesty's love for the Imperial Concubine, when the Imperial Concubine gives birth to a prince for you in the future, you will most likely appoint him as the Crown Prince. However, that prince has not only the blood of Dasheng, but also half of the blood of Nanyue. Do you think it is appropriate to let a prince with foreign blood inherit the throne?"

Luo Qinghan finally understood what he meant.

It seems that Lord Feng doesn't care who becomes the queen. He only cares about whose son will become the next emperor.

He is really an old fox and thinks long-term.

Luo Qinghan: "Since we are talking about the prince, I can tell you a good news. The imperial concubine is pregnant."

The five cabinet ministers present were all shocked, and then overjoyed.

They bowed and congratulated the emperor in unison.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

The emperor is already 23 years old this year, and he doesn't have a son or even a daughter. It's really strange.

Although no one said anything, everyone was actually secretly speculating in their hearts, wondering if the emperor had any hidden problems with fertility?

If the emperor is really infertile, then who should inherit the throne?

This is an important issue concerning the great country of Sheng.

Everyone was worried at first, fearing that there would be no one to succeed the throne, but now they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the imperial concubine can get pregnant, it means that the emperor has no problem with fertility.

But at the same time, they were a little worried. What if the imperial concubine gave birth to a little prince? What if the emperor wanted to appoint the imperial concubine's son as the crown prince? How could the crown prince of Dasheng have foreign blood in his body? !

Luo Qinghan knew very well what they were thinking and sneered.

"You are still here hesitating, worried that the concubine's child will take the position of crown prince.

Little did they know that the people of Nanyue had already made an agreement with the imperial concubine that when her child was born in the future, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, they would inherit the throne of King Nanyue.

If those people from Nanyue knew that we didn't want the imperial concubine's son to be the crown prince, I'm afraid they would be so happy that they would die.

They are all ready to take over the princes and princesses.

Once they learn that the imperial concubine has given birth, they will immediately dispatch a division to Shengjing to pick her up."

The cabinet ministers were all stunned.

Elder Feng cried out in amazement: "How could the people of Nanyue do this? They are our Dasheng princes and princesses, why should we give them to them?"

It is one thing that they themselves do not want the imperial concubine's son to become the crown prince, but it is another thing for others to try to snatch the imperial concubine's children away.

(End of this chapter)