Chapter 298 The Past
The carriage passed by the sign and stopped for a moment. Chen Wan saw the portrait of the woman on the sign. Her beauty was so beautiful that even the word "beautiful as a queen" was not enough to describe it.
The beauty is breathtaking.
Not to mention the onlookers, Chen Wan was also very curious.
Three thousand taels of silver is a huge reward, not to mention gold.
Such a thing had never happened in the previous life, but the portrait was so beautiful. If the real person didn’t know how beautiful he would be, Shen Wan really wanted to see it with her own eyes.
Fengyi Palace.
Queen Song was looking at her daughter Princess Shouzhen's forehead. "Fortunately, there is no scar left."
The scar healed, but Princess Shouzhen's anger remained unchanged.
Princess Shouzhen gnashed her teeth in hatred, "Father loves the Crown Prince of Jingbei more than his own daughter! I won't accept this!"
The phoenix crown originally belonged to her, but was awarded to Chen Wan by her father. She even wore it into the palace to show off, overshadowing her as a princess. Princess Shouzhen was very angry.
Song Nanyue used the self-torture tactic, and even with the support of the empress dowager, no one could do anything to her. She was poisoned for no reason and lost tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Those people in Jingbei Palace were even more stupid than each other. They gave Shen Wan a sterilizing drug, but she took advantage of the situation and made the other person pregnant. However, they were stripped of their imperial edicts and demoted.
The punches he threw out were not hitting cotton, Shen Wan was unharmed, and they were defeated miserably.
Princess Shouzhen was getting angrier and angrier as she thought about it. At that moment, a palace maid walked in and first reported to Empress Song, then said, "Today, the Dali Temple has posted notices throughout Kyoto, offering a reward of 3,000 taels of gold for a woman of breathtaking beauty..."
Princess Shouzhen asked, "Amazing beauty? Is she really that beautiful?"
The maid said, "Of course, she cannot compare to the Empress and the Princess."
Princess Shouzhen didn't take it seriously, and Queen Song didn't care either. For a woman, appearance is important, but it is far less important than power and status.
She holds the position of queen that is envied by all women in the world, and she does not need to envy anyone. As for her stunning beauty, without sufficient status to match it, her beauty is like a sharp blade and arsenic.
The palace maid was just out of the palace on business. When she encountered such a thing, she reported it to Queen Song. Queen Song reacted indifferently and the palace maid didn't say anything more.
At this time, a eunuch came in with a painting in his hand and came forward to report, "Your Majesty, the Duke of Song sent someone to deliver a painting..."
Why was she brought into the palace for no reason?
She has never liked these things. Could it be that she is being asked to use them to please the emperor?
"Open."
When the eunuch unfolded the painting, Queen Song saw a face so beautiful that it made her heart beat faster.
The palace maid said, "Your Majesty, the Dali Temple posted a notice looking for this woman..."
Queen Song frowned instantly.
Why did her brother send the person the Dali Temple had offered a reward for into the palace to show her?
Empress Song glanced at her father-in-law, "Besides this painting, did the visitor say anything else?"
The eunuch said, "The one who asked the Dali Temple to offer a reward for finding the person is——"
"emperor."
Queen Song's expression changed again and again, and she was overwhelmed by a huge sense of crisis.
Although the emperor has many concubines in his harem, he is not someone who would be seduced by beauty. But this woman can make the emperor mobilize such a large number of troops. This is the first time in twenty years. How can Queen Song not be worried?
No matter why the emperor is looking for this woman, he must not let her enter the palace alive!
Her stunning beauty, coupled with a reward of three thousand taels of gold, became the talk of the town in teahouses and taverns as soon as the notice was posted.
That’s three thousand taels of gold!
If they can find the person, the reward will be enough for them to live a life of luxury.
Civil and military officials had also heard about it, and when they heard that it was the emperor who offered the reward for the person, they became even more curious.
At the next morning court session, half of the court officials arrived at the palace a quarter of an hour early to ask each other for news, but they found nothing.
At the morning court, after discussing several important matters, a minister stepped forward and said, "Yesterday, a notice from the Dali Temple caused a stir in Kyoto. There are rumors that it was the emperor who ordered the Dali Temple to post the notice to find someone..."
Before the minister could finish his words, the Duke of Song interrupted him, "You knew it was just gossip, yet you still dared to spread it to the Emperor? The Emperor hasn't held a beauty pageant in years, so why would he make such a big fuss to find a woman?"
The minister said, "I know rumors are not to be believed, but most people don't have the courage to spread rumors about the emperor..."
All the civil and military officials looked at the emperor.
The emperor raised his hand and said, "Can't I ask the Dali Temple to post a notice to search for the person?"
Although it was a rhetorical question, he also admitted that it was him who asked the Dali Temple to look for someone.
A group of ministers looked at each other in confusion.
The Left Prime Minister asked, "Who is the Emperor looking for?"
"Let's talk about it after we find the person," the emperor said with an expression that seemed unwilling to say more.
The Imperial Censor stepped forward and said, "Rumors are spreading about this matter, and have already damaged the prestige of the Emperor. I hope the Emperor will inform us, and we will do our best to help find it."
Several ministers agreed and wanted to find out the identity of the woman.
The Emperor said, "I don't know who she is either. Sixteen years ago, I was drugged while out of the palace. This woman sacrificed herself to help me detoxify. Afterwards, I wanted to take her into the palace, but I haven't heard from her since. I've had dreams these past few days where I dreamed she gave birth to a son and a daughter. I've been searching for her secretly for years, but there's been no news. That's why I sent the Dali Temple on a grand scale to look for her."
Duke Song said, "How can you take a dream seriously?"
The emperor asked, "What if it's true?"
Duke Song was unable to respond.
A minister said, "The royal bloodline must not be lost outside."
The emperor said, "Whether the dream is true or not, we will know once we find the person."
Another minister wanted to speak, but the emperor waved his hand and said, "There is no need to discuss this matter further."
All the officials found the emperor's attitude a little strange.
Although the emperor took this matter seriously, his attitude was somewhat cold. It didn't seem like he particularly wanted to find the person, but rather that he was leaving it to fate.
Even if he said he didn't take it seriously, he still asked the Dali Temple to post a reward for finding the person. With such a large reward, there must be brave men. As long as the woman is alive, they will definitely find her.
Duke Dingguo reported his farewell and directly changed the subject, and no one mentioned it again.
What happened at the morning court soon reached the ears of Queen Song.
Queen Song was afraid that the emperor would be distracted by the woman in the painting and would enter the palace and threaten her position. However, she didn't expect that the woman had already been the emperor's woman sixteen years ago. The emperor had been searching for her for sixteen years but couldn't find her.
But isn't it Lin Qingyin that the emperor likes? Isn't it her that he's looking for?
Something flashed through my mind.
Queen Song's face suddenly turned cold, and then she became angry and threw the teacup beside her heavily to the ground.
The palace maids, including Nanny Zheng, were all shocked. She was fine just now, why did the Queen suddenly become so angry?
How could Queen Song not be angry? !
The emperor made such a big fuss, not to find someone, but just to recognize the Prince of Jingbei's wife as his daughter with full legitimacy!
The past between the Emperor and Princess Jin was against moral principles. If it were to become known, it would be detrimental to the Emperor, Lin Qingyin, and the Princess of Jingbei.
But the emperor wanted the princess consort of Prince Jingbei to return to her ancestral home, so he had to change her biological mother, that is, the woman in the portrait!
A fictitious person!
No!
The emperor mobilized such a large army not for the Crown Princess of Jingbei, but for that prince!
If the emperor wants the wife of the Prince of Jingbei to call him "Father", he can just make her a princess, an adopted daughter with the status of a princess. The emperor can pamper her, protect her and support her. The Prince of Jingbei is not yet a real prince consort, and can control military power. It is a true return to his ancestral home, which is not a good thing for the Jingbei Palace.
Only that prince needs to trace his ancestral roots!
The emperor can adopt a daughter and make her a princess, but he cannot adopt a son, let alone pass the throne to his son!
What a pity.
That evil creature died fifteen years ago.
No matter how much the emperor does, it will be in vain.
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