Chapter 132 If Line: If Yuanyuan Becomes a Concubine (23)
When these words came out, Yang Manyan felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue, and a chill ran down his spine.
For nearly half a year, they had tacitly agreed not to mention the Crown Prince again, so why did they suddenly...
She had been forced to accompany the emperor to deal with memorials every day recently, but she knew that the prince was often sent out of the capital to perform official duties.
His half brother, King Han, was recalled to the capital and often went to the palace to meet the emperor and also entered the Ministry of Personnel to study.
Therefore, rumors spread in the court that the emperor intended to appoint King Han as the crown prince.
The emperor explained to her frankly why he was doing this and that he was planning to arrange a marriage between King Han Xiao Min and her sister Jing Zhen.
His queen was young and charming. If it really came to the point of deposing the crown prince, he would not appoint a young man like the King of Han, who was already nearly twenty years old, as the heir.
After all, the lessons from the past are there.
The purpose of the arranged marriage was simply to list their future children as candidates for heirs.
After more than a year in the palace, Yang Manyan still had no news of pregnancy. She had previously suffered a serious illness, and the imperial doctors all said that it would very likely affect her ability to have children.
So the emperor set his sights on his nephew and her sister. After all, her sister's child was related to her by blood, and it would be closer to her if he adopted her in the future.
Seeing that she was slow to respond, the emperor nibbled her pink earlobe again, "How is it?"
Outside the bed, on the golden nanmu table stood a large red dragon and phoenix candle as thick as a child's arm, the flames flickering and shadows flickering.
Yang Manyan's lips trembled slightly, and her throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton. She almost suffocated and her eyes turned red instantly.
"I dare not..." she stammered in a trembling voice.
"I'm not joking. If you see him, you'll be happier. I can order him to come from the East Palace." The emperor said word by word patiently.
He knew he had gone completely crazy.
As long as she was in a better mood, it seemed that it would not be impossible for him to watch her meet the prince more often.
The emperor hated indulging in love the most. He guarded against it for many years, but in the end he still failed completely.
"I dare not..." Yang Manyan murmured with sobs, "Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
She looked frightened, her whole body was trembling and tears were streaming down her face.
There was no greater pain than being stabbed by thousands of arrows. The emperor felt as if his whole heart was broken by her.
"Don't be afraid, my dear." He continued to lick the side of her neck, his tone urgent, "Good baby, I will never scare you again."
"We are husband and wife, please don't be afraid of me, okay?"
The effect of the wedding wine just now rushed up again, and her head felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds and was dizzy.
They hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year since the Winter Solstice Banquet, but he knew that she had been bedridden and was not doing well.
He had just been summoned to Kunning Palace, and his father had ordered him to undress and get on the bed, which he found unbelievable.
But after hearing the reason, he did as he was told without hesitation.
Over the past year, Xiao Yan often dreamed of him getting married to Yang Manyan. In the dream, even if she successfully became the Crown Princess, she was still related to her father.
A heavy bitterness spread through his heart, but he also noticed that she was obviously much more relaxed in the dream...
He knew that his position as crown prince was in jeopardy, and even his life was in danger, but he still wanted to help her resolve her feelings.
Of course, maybe tonight could be the last time in their lives.
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A few days after the wedding, the emperor and empress went to Nanyuan for the spring hunt, accompanied by Crown Prince Xiao Yan and King of Han Xiao Min, and the whole procession was grand.
Also present were Empress Yang's mother, Lady Changguo Xue Shulan, and the Empress's sister, Lady Le'an Yang Jingzhen.
In this dynasty, only the daughter of a prince could be given the title of county princess. This was the first time that a county princess had a different surname. This showed how favored Empress Yang was by the emperor. Even her sister was given the title of county princess.
In addition, on the eve of the ceremony to establish the Queen, His Majesty posthumously conferred the title of Prince of Chang and Princess of Chang on all of Queen Yang's grandparents, great-grandparents and nine generations back at once.
Even the Empress' maternal grandfather, the Xue family, received a hereditary earldom, and all other distant relatives of the Yang family received more or less honors.
Yang Manyan's reaction to this was one of shock and panic.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Yang family was also like this: "Sisters and brothers were all in high positions, but it was a pity that the family was not so prosperous."
In the end, she ended up with "her beautiful face was buried in the mud at the foot of Mawei Slope, with no trace of her dead body."
But after meeting her mother and sister again in a year, she managed to cheer herself up and spent the whole morning chatting and laughing with them.
While her mother was away changing clothes, Yang Jingzhen hugged her sister's arm and rested her chin on her shoulder, acting coquettishly.
"Sister, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now eighteen years old. Will there be another East Palace talent show this year?"
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