Empress Chen asked softly, "Whose family is this girl from? Tell me, if she's good, I can marry her into the palace as a concubine."
Liu Xuan wanted to say something, but Empress Chen glared at him and he could only mumble, "She's the daughter of Li Qingya, the editor of the Hanlin Academy."
Empress Chen was so angry that she clutched her chest and said, "You, you, a daughter of a fabricator, are not even qualified to be a concubine."
Liu Xuan knelt before Emperor Dongling and Empress Chen and begged, "Please grant me your blessing, Father and Mother. I love her, and she said she doesn't want a formal marriage."
Empress Chen was speechless.
"You don't want a formal status? That's fine. Mother will send someone to find out. If she's truly a good girl, then we'll take her into the palace as a concubine."
Liu Xuan refused: "Mother, didn't you just say that you wanted her to be a concubine?"
"That's strange. Didn't she ask for no status? The Queen Mother even gave her the status of a concubine. What else does she want? Could it be that she wants to enter the palace without any status or title?"
Seeing that Empress Chen was furious, Liu Xuan pleaded, "Mother..."
Empress Chen waved her hand and said, "Let's wait until we send someone to investigate. Not everyone can enter our royal family."
If you find out that she has bad character, you should just give up on it.
Did you know that a bad marriage can cause unrest in the family?
As a grown man, if you spend all day worrying about the trivial matters in the backyard, what great things can you do? Think about it carefully."
"Mother, Qingya won't do that. She is sensible, well-behaved, and very considerate. I guarantee she won't!"
Queen Chen smiled.
"Ask your father, is Concubine Zheng Shu also well-behaved, sensible, and considerate in front of him?"
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