Wan Qiuyu's planning did achieve his wish.
A concubine was different from a principal wife; all she had to do was choose an auspicious date for her wedding, and the Ministry of Rites didn't need to make any extra preparations. Xiao Minghuan was eager to have Wan Qiuyu marry into the family, and the auspicious date she chose was just a few days after Wan Muxing and Pei Zhiheng's wedding.
Even the concubines could only wear pink wedding dresses, and the sedan chair could not enter the palace through the main gate, but had to go through the side gate. Even the scale of the wedding banquet was pitifully small. There were only two tables set up in the palace, and there were not even a few guests.
On the day Wan Qiuyu entered Prince Duan's mansion, Wang Minghui smashed a set of tea sets in the Wang family.
She had already anticipated that her life in Prince Duan's mansion would not be peaceful. Wan Qiuyu had used a trick on her to not only enter the mansion, but also successfully made Prince Duan dislike her. Her life in the mansion was bound to be difficult.
Wang Minghui cried again, feeling that her life was so miserable. She was treated as an abandoned child by the Wang family and was disliked by Prince Duan before she even entered the palace. There was no one more pitiful than her.
But she was also proud and planned to have a good fight with Wan Qiuyu after entering the mansion in July. She didn't believe that a concubine's daughter who grew up outside could always suppress her by relying on her ability to calculate people.
Wan Qiuyu was very calm about the scene on her wedding day. After all, she had experienced more embarrassment in her previous life.
The dowry given to her by the mansion was quite standard. Her aunt gave her all the five hundred taels of silver she had saved over the years. Her brother never came back from the southwest, but he also asked someone to send her some silver.
Although she has never met her biological brother in this life, she has no intention of giving up maintaining her relationship with him.
Her brother was very good to her in her previous life. After she entered the palace, he secretly gave her some banknotes and was also very good to Feng'er, the daughter she gave birth to.
In this life, although she wants to rely on the power of the mansion, she also knows that the mansion has little affection for her. If she wants to rely on others, she still has to rely on her own brother.
She had already written a letter to her brother to maintain their relationship, and also vaguely mentioned that she wanted her brother to pay more attention to the movements of her second uncle.
At this time, Xiao Minghuan was wearing a red dress and used a wedding scale to lift up Wan Qiuyu's veil.
Under the red candlelight, Wan Qiuyu, dressed in a pink wedding dress, looked so stunning that even Xiao Minghuan was dazzled.
He had to admit that he was satisfied. Women should be obedient and gentle, and Wan Qiuyu in front of him had a kind of fragile and pitiful temperament.
When most men look at a woman, they first look at her appearance. If the appearance is not satisfactory, they may not explore her inner qualities.
But Wan Qiuyu and Xiao Minghuan are a little different. They each have their own plans in mind.
Speaking of feelings, Wan Qiuyu does have some for Xiao Minghuan.
She still remembered the scene in her past life when Xiao Minghuan stood in front of her to protect her and Feng'er. He also said that if possible, he would definitely make her Feng'er the crown prince.
Xiao Minghuan in front of her was dressed in red and looked extraordinarily handsome. He gently took her hand and sat her down at the table, and the two of them drank from the wedding cup.
Wan Qiuyu said, "Your Highness, this is against the rules."
Xiao Minghuan looked at her intently: "In this palace of my king, I am the rule."
Wan Qiuyu's cheeks blushed and a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
After the two drank the wedding wine, Wan Qiuyu took the initiative to bring up the matter of Prince An and Concubine Min.
Xiao Minghuan had people paying attention to the movements of Prince An and Prince Shun recently. With his careful planning, he discovered the affair between Prince An and Concubine Min. Prince Shun, who had been keeping an eye on Prince An, naturally discovered it as well.
Prince Shun has been quiet these days, and Xiao Minghuan guessed that he was probably looking for the right opportunity to strike.
Xiao Minghuan didn't say much to Wan Qiuyu. After all, he didn't really trust Wan Qiuyu in his heart.
"You told me last time that His Majesty already has a candidate for the crown prince in mind?"
Xiao Minghuan was of course extremely concerned about this matter. He had thought about it countless times and had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.
Wan Qiuyu asked, "Your Highness, should you know Consort Lai?"
Prince Duan nodded, "Of course."
Consort Lai Zhaoyi was a somewhat prominent but not particularly high-ranking concubine within the palace. Compared to Consort Wan Guifei, who reigned supreme for over a decade, Consort Lai Zhaoyi, despite having a prince and a princess, was favored but not as highly regarded. Her sixth brother, already a young man, had yet to be crowned a prince or established a household, and even the eighth princess lacked a title.
"What do you mean...?" Xiao Minghuan already understood in his heart, but he didn't expect that it was really his sixth brother.
But this was too unbelievable. Concubine Lai's mother's family was not prominent, and she was not much favored by the emperor. Her sixth brother was also weak. He had never realized how much the emperor favored his sixth brother.
Wan Qiuyu saw a look of doubt on Xiao Minghuan's face and said seriously, "Your Highness can check the Jingshifang records to see if His Majesty visits Consort Lai's palace every month."
"How can I read the Jingshifang Records? If I were to pry into the emperor's privacy, my future would be over."
Xiao Minghuan stared at Wan Qiuyu and held her hand tightly. "Now that you have entered the palace, you and I are one. I don't want you to hide anything from me. How do you know all this?"
Wan Qiuyu knew that he would definitely ask, and he had already thought of an answer.
"I'm afraid even if I tell you, Your Majesty won't believe me."
"You can say whatever you want."
"I once had a serious illness that nearly killed me, but I recovered. During those days of confusion, I had a dream. Everything in the dream seemed to have happened before, and it was incredibly real. I was able to return to the mansion because the dream taught me that I was a concubine's daughter who had been lost by the mansion."
"In my dream, I also dreamed of the prince." At this point, she whispered in his ear: "The prince in my dream did not end well, and I was a concubine in the prince's mansion."
Wan Qiuyu also has her own selfish motives. If in her dream, Xiao Minghuan is the future emperor, then if she joins him at this time, she will naturally be suspected of currying favor with the powerful. How can she show her value?
Xiao Minghuan narrowed his eyes and was indeed skeptical about her words.
"A good woman will never marry a second husband. Your Majesty treats me well, so I thought, if what I dreamed of were true, I would definitely use it to help Your Majesty."
Xiao Minghuan raised her chin and said, "Since you said that you were my concubine in the dream, then you naturally understand me. Why don't you tell me what I like."
Wan Qiuyu smiled charmingly and shyly, lowering her eyebrows. "Your Highness has a red burn on his waist. It was caused by a palace maid accidentally knocking over a teacup when he was young."
"The prince likes to drink hot tea, and his favorite is cloud tea."
"The prince doesn't like spicy food and prefers sweet food. When he was young in the palace, he had no mother to rely on, so even eating a piece of cake was a luxury."
"Your Highness likes docile women. You once told me personally that of all the women in the mansion, I am the one who suits your taste the most."
Wan Qiuyu's words one after another successfully shocked Xiao Minghuan.
The burns on his body were caused when he was a child. At that time, he was still an ignored prince in the palace. After being burned, it was difficult for him to even get medicine, so he was left with scars.
And Wan Qiuyu described his preferences exactly!
He began to believe what Wan Qiuyu had said before.
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