Chapter 145 The Unpleasant Son-in-Law
At this point, Madam Sheng’s tone was full of regret.
Her daughter was obviously married not far away, and her grandson could be at home every day.
But because of the difference between the monarch and the minister, the grandson of the prince could not come to the marquis’ mansion often.
Even when the old marquis finally came back last time, the prince stayed in the palace to accompany the emperor and the queen because he wanted to avoid being alone.
So she had said long ago that there were so many men in the world, and her daughter could marry anyone she liked, but she had to marry the emperor.
Thinking of the emperor’s three palaces and six courtyards, and three thousand beauties, Madam Sheng didn’t want to say anything more.
Once, she only had one daughter, and she didn’t persuade her daughter.
Now, she only has one granddaughter, and she will never let her granddaughter follow her daughter’s old path.
Women from their Xiao family will never enter the palace again.
What makes Old Lady Sheng feel fortunate is that Xiao Miluo is different from her aunt. She has neither
fallen in love with someone she shouldn't love nor has such great ambitions.
In this regard, her granddaughter is much more obedient than her daughter.
"Thank you, grandmother."
The prince is still very close to the relatives of the Yongjing Marquis' Mansion in private.
Otherwise, where does his trust in Xiao Jingzhan come from?
In the palace, the prince can't feel the existence of family affection.
The brothers are scheming for the throne.
Even if the emperor's younger brother is young, he has learned all the skills before the age of five.
The prince has been calculated and framed by his little brother who is three or four years old more than once.
Fortunately, the prince is not stupid. He has no intention of harming others, but he still has the intention of guarding against others.
In addition to the teachings of the queen, the prince will not look down on his younger brother because of his young age.
With such psychological preparation, the prince avoided the calculations of these people time and time again.
But after so many times, the prince couldn't help but feel disappointed, so he cherished the relationship with the people of Yongjing Marquis Mansion more and more.
Let's put it this way, the five sons of Yongjing Marquis Mansion all grew up with the prince. The
prince has good feelings for the five brothers of the Xiao family, but his feelings for Xiao Jingzhan are a little deeper.
In the past, the prince was afraid that the emperor would misunderstand that the Xiao family had rebellious intentions, and control the entire court by controlling him as the heir.
What the royal family hates most is the power of foreign relatives. Yongjing Marquis
Mansion is such a foreign relative.
In order to prevent Yongjing Marquis Mansion from getting into such trouble, and also for fear that his own succession to the throne would be in jeopardy, the prince avoided it in various ways.
Fortunately, because of the appearance of Zhu Xuntao recently, the prince's concerns can be reduced.
As for such an important glass business, it is natural that the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, must personally negotiate with Zhu Xunxiao.
If such an important matter is handed over to other princes to handle, leaving the Crown Prince on the sidelines,
wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the Crown Prince, showing others that the Emperor does not think highly of the Crown Prince, and
that the Crown Prince's position as Crown Prince is already unstable.
The Emperor could not be confused about such a simple matter.
Not only is the Emperor not dissatisfied with the Crown Prince, on the contrary, he still likes the Crown Prince, the legitimate son, very much.
Look, thanks to Zhu Xuntao, the Crown Prince has had two or three meals in the Marquis
's Mansion. For this reason alone, the Crown Prince directly attributed the credit to Zhu Xuntao.
It was a rare opportunity to see the prince, her grandson. Madam Sheng showed her emotions and pulled the prince to sit next to her:
"Prince, tell me honestly, how is your mother... recently?"
When asking this question, Madam Sheng's throat was so dry that her voice was hoarse.
The prince sighed:
"Grandma, you know everything?"
He clearly asked Xiao Jingzhan to keep it a secret from his grandmother.
In fact, this was also his mother's intention.
Madam Sheng was angry and distressed:
"Your mother has always been so stubborn and doesn't like to listen to advice. Back then..."
Madam Sheng couldn't help but mention the things that had been blocked back then.
She didn't want her daughter to marry into the royal family, especially to marry a prince who was very likely to become the emperor. She didn't
want to be the emperor's mother-in-law at all.
The men of the Xiao family have the ability to protect their country, but they have no ambition to monopolize power.
If the royal family is worried about the Yongjing Marquis's holding of military power, the Xiao family is willing to hand it over.
At most, if there is a problem on the border, the emperor needs the men of the Xiao family to help, and the men of the Xiao family will never refuse.
In order to prove this point, the royal family intends to make Zhu Ruyan the prince's principal wife.
Before the matter was officially finalized, the old marquis took the military power directly into the palace,
handed over the military token with both hands, and wanted to return it to the late emperor.
However, the late emperor did not accept this military token and insisted on granting Xiao Ruyan and the current emperor a marriage.
The late emperor also asked the old marquis to return to the marquis's mansion and personally ask his daughter Xiao Ruyan for her opinion before making a decision.
The final result is that Xiao Yanru had secretly fallen in love with the current emperor and promised to spend her life with him.
Because of this, Madam Sheng was so angry that she didn't eat for a day and didn't say a word to Xiao Yanru for three days.
If Xiao Yanru married the emperor and became the empress, her life would be really good, and Madam Sheng wouldn't say anything.
Let the past be the past.
But in fact, some things can't be let go.
How much is the emperor's true love worth?
Nowadays, the emperor is very old, but there are never a lack of new colors in the harem every year.
This year, the newcomer to the palace was promoted to the fourth concubine in just half a year, which is completely against the ancestral system.
Madam Sheng couldn't help but wonder, when this young lady is pregnant with a dragon heir,
should the position of noble concubine belong to this young lady?
What if the young lady gave birth to a prince? Who can guarantee what the emperor would think? In short,
as for the emperor's behavior of taking new people into the harem every year,
Madam Sheng was a hundred, a thousand times dissatisfied with the emperor and refused to admit that she had such a son-in-law.
She and the emperor could only be monarch and subject, not relatives. If
her relative had such a philandering man, she would have gone to the door to settle the score.
Knowing that Madam Sheng was worried about his mother, the prince took Madam Sheng's hand and comforted her:
"Grandma, don't worry about my mother. My mother told me that she has got what she wanted."
"So... she doesn't regret her choice."
The prince understood why Madam Sheng didn't finish her words.
If Madam Sheng had succeeded in stopping Xiao Yanru from marrying the Emperor and hadn't become the Empress,
how could there be a child called the Crown Prince today?
Even if the Crown Prince is still Xiao Yanru's child, he would have to change his status and it would be impossible for him to be the Crown Prince.
But can you just say this casually?
Madam Sheng herself doesn't care, and she can't say that the Empress and the Crown Prince don't care either.
"No regrets, no regrets... Even if she regrets, it's useless."
Madam Sheng sighed again and again, and the words she said were just angry words, which had no effect at all. If she
marries someone else and her life is not satisfactory, the Marquis' Mansion can still support Xiao Yanru . At worst,
they can divorce and let Xiao Yanru take the child back to the Marquis' Mansion.