Chapter 61: The Royal Concubine in my palace is enough

Gao Zhenyuan had just noticed in the court that the emperor treated the eunuch beside him differently.

He even asked Cheng Yishou about it, and Cheng Yishou thought so too.

Cheng Yishou advised him not to think too much, so he stopped thinking about it.

But if he hadn't just forgotten something in the court and came back to look for it, he would naturally not believe what he saw.

When the emperor was talking to Cheng Yishou, he put his arm around the eunuch's shoulder and whispered something, without paying any attention to Cheng Yishou in front of him.

Gao Zhen was far away and couldn't hear clearly what they talked about. He only heard Cheng Yishou trying to persuade the emperor that it was "not in accordance with the rules".

The emperor didn't think anything of it. Instead, he said something like "I feel anxious and uncomfortable when I leave", and asked the eunuch to follow him next time.

Although Gao Zhen was far away, he could clearly see that Cheng Yishou's face turned pale with anger.

Cheng Yishou was the most honest and upright person in the court, but the emperor ignored the harem and doted on a little eunuch.

How could this be possible?

If the previous events could still be explained, now he saw with his own eyes that Chu Chengye raised his hand and pinched the face of the little eunuch.

The action was so intimate, how could it be an action that a master would make to a servant.

Perhaps the emperor had already favored this little eunuch without them knowing.

Gao Zhenyuan did not dare to think about it.

If the emperor really devoted himself to this little eunuch, then there would be no successor for Nanqi!

Gao Zhenyuan was so anxious that he stomped his feet on the spot, but he could do nothing but watch Chu Chengye and Cheng Jin quarreling and walking away.

No, no!

Now the emperor has an empty harem and no children. According to the current development of the situation, the emperor will be childless.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhenyuan made a decision secretly.

Because Nanqi would be extinct if it didn't stay with Chu Chengye, he would persuade Chu Chengye not to keep the little eunuch and to favor the concubines in the harem even at the risk of being beheaded.

After Gao Zhengyuan thought it over, he said it directly at the morning court five days later.

He just raised his head and saw that the emperor was indeed with the little eunuch.

Not only that, the emperor seemed to have more eye contact with the little eunuch, and it was more tender.

According to this development of the situation, the situation that Gao Zhengyuan imagined was about to happen.

He knelt in this hall with the determination to die.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Chu Chengye nodded slightly.

"Master Gao, just speak directly. Why do you need to go through such a big ceremony?"

Chu Chengye also knew Gao Zhenyuan. He was good friends with Cheng Yishou and was particularly concerned about the affairs of the court.

He was a loyal person.

Gao Zhenyuan was reluctant to get up, "I hope the emperor will forgive me for my death."

Not only Chu Chengye was puzzled, but even Cheng Jin was confused.

[Gao Zhenyuan did not commit any mistakes and was a loyal man. What is he doing? ]

[Could it be that what Chu Chengye did a few days ago scared him? ]

Chu Chengye personally went down and helped Gao Zhenyuan up, "Master Gao, just speak directly. I never wrongly accuse loyal ministers, nor will I let a treacherous person go."

Gao Zhenyuan dared to speak.

"Your Majesty, please consider the country and favor the concubines in the harem, so that the Southern Qi will not be without successors."

After hearing Gao Zhenyuan say this, Chu Chengye subconsciously glanced at Cheng Jin who was sitting next to the dragon chair.

Cheng Jin lowered her head very low, and didn't think anything of what Gao Zhenyuan said.

It is common for the censors in the court to ask the emperor to take more concubines to prolong his offspring, but those people didn't say it before because they thought Chu Chengye would not be able to sit on the throne for a few years.

Now Chu Chengye has made great efforts to reform the court, and gradually eliminated those who have evil intentions, leaving only ministers who are devoted to the country. Naturally, for the sake of long-term considerations, it is inevitable to fill the harem and prolong his offspring.

Gao Zhenyuan saw that Chu Chengye was indeed looking at the eunuch again, and immediately knelt down again and raised his voice, "I also ask the emperor to consider the country and the people, favor the harem, and prolong the offspring."

"No, no..."

Gao Zhenyuan hesitated for a long time, and did not dare to say that Chu Chengye might be a homosexual, so he had to change the subject.

"If the emperor feels that there is no one in the harem that the emperor likes, you can choose some women of the right age from the court officials' families."

Cheng Jin lowered her head and glanced at Chu Chengye quietly, with the intention of watching the excitement.

[This tyrant is very lucky. ]

Chu Chengye frowned and glared at Cheng Jin.

The ministers in the court were shocked when they heard Gao Zhenyuan say this.

Who else in the court wants to send his daughter and family to the palace?

Except Cheng Yishou who has the guts to do so.

As the saying goes, wealth and honor must be sought in danger, but after Cheng Yishou's daughter entered the palace, although she was given the title of a noble concubine, she did not receive the emperor's favor. Instead, he hated her more and she was deposed at some point.

Everyone knows that the emperor is moody. Not to mention in the harem, even in the previous dynasty, there were many cases where he would find evidence to drag someone out and chop them off if he was not happy with them.

Who would be so cruel as to send his daughter to the unfathomable harem?

Even if there is no wealth and honor, if she stays by his side for a lifetime, he can protect his daughter's safety, which is better than being unable to see or touch her in the palace.

Before Chu Chengye opened his mouth to refuse, a minister couldn't stand it.

"Mr. Gao said it lightly. I remember that Mr. Gao's youngest daughter is only sixteen or seventeen years old. Why not send her to the palace?"

Gao Zhenyuan got anxious when he heard it. He wanted to change the subject, but he didn't expect to change the subject to the ministers' sore spot.

He immediately refused, "I am still young, poorly educated, and vulgar. If I enter the palace, it will displease the emperor. It is difficult for me to take on such a big responsibility."

Someone in the court immediately agreed.

"I think so too."

"Your servant is weak and sickly."

"Your servant is plain-looking."

"..."

All the ministers knelt down and left themselves alone, fearing that the fact that they had daughters of marriageable age would be reported to the emperor by someone who knew about it. So they explained everything clearly in advance to put an end to the possibility of their daughters entering the palace.

Cheng Jin couldn't help laughing beside them.

[I didn't expect Chu Chengye to be so disliked.]

[I guess they are afraid that their daughters will be wronged in the palace.]

[They have to serve Chu Chengye, a psychopath.]

[Even if I have another chance, I still wouldn't want to do it.]

I don't know what the original owner was thinking. She rushed into the palace with a stubborn head, something that others avoided.

She wanted to be the queen, wanted this unique honor in the world, and to be with Chu Chengye. She didn't know if she would live to enjoy it.

Seeing that everyone refused to let his daughter enter the palace, Cheng Yishou thought of Cheng Jin.

If he had been tougher at the beginning, could he have stopped Cheng Jin from entering the palace?

Look at what kind of life Cheng Jin is living in the palace now.

Chu Chengye looked at the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground with a dark face.

It was not that they did not send their daughters to the palace that made Chu Chengye angry, but the disgusted tone in Cheng Jin's heart.

Is he so unbearable?

Chu Chengye waved his hand to let everyone stand up.

"Don't say anymore, I will not take in any more concubines."

"One Rong Guifei in my palace is enough."