At the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Xu Mengqi's eyes were fixed on the palace gate, looking forward to the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
However, by the end of noon and the Hundred Flowers Banquet was about to end, there was no sign of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the banquet.
Xu Mengqi couldn't help feeling a little lost.
The wife of the Duke of Wei also whispered to Wei Xi, "What's going on? Why hasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet today?"
Wei Xi's eyes were fixed on Yun Xiangye, who was holding Nuonuo. It took her a while to come back to her senses. "Perhaps His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was delayed by some official business."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
Following the eunuch's loud shout, everyone looked at the approaching Crown Prince. Today, Crown Prince looked a little uneasy, but his handsome and heroic appearance could not be concealed.
When Empress Wei saw Zhao Yun coming, she looked slightly displeased: "How unexpected of you to come here when the Hundred Flowers Banquet is about to end."
Zhao Yun walked up to Empress Wei and said softly, "Mother, I have a request. Could you please come to the side hall to discuss it?"
Queen Wei followed Zhao Yun into the side hall of Shaohua Palace.
After entering the side hall, Empress Wei asked, "Just now you said you had a candidate for the Crown Princess? Whose daughter is she?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "Mother, I want Wanhe to be the Crown Princess."
Upon hearing this, Queen Wei said angrily, "Wanhe? Ye Wanhe? Did you know she's just a maid?"
Zhao Yun hummed, "I know, I want to marry her as the Crown Princess."
Queen Wei couldn't help but feel angry when she heard this, "Yun'er, I always thought you were clear about your own identity, but I never thought you would be so confused that you actually let Ye Wanhe be the Crown Princess?
Since the founding of the Great Sheng Dynasty, every queen mother has come from a noble family. You are now letting a maidservant become the Crown Princess. It is simply a joke!"
Zhao Yun whispered, "So I want to ask you to ask my uncle to recognize Wan He as his daughter, and let Wan He become the Crown Princess as the daughter of the Wei family."
When Queen Wei heard this, she still frowned, but her expression relaxed a little.
Queen Wei said: "Zhao Yun! There are so many daughters in Chang'an, why do you insist on having her? Ye Wanhe is not young anymore, she is already 25 years old, not to mention that she has difficulty in having children.
If you want to keep her by your side, your father and I can turn a blind eye and do whatever you want. Why do you have to let Ye Wanhe be the Crown Princess?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "Mother, Wanhe is already two months pregnant."
Queen Wei was startled when she heard this: "What did you say?"
Zhao Yun said, "Wanhe is already two months pregnant."
Queen Wei frowned and asked, "Didn't you ask her to drink contraceptive medicine? How could she be pregnant at this time?"
Zhao Yun said, "Last time, my aunt said that if Wanhe continued to take contraceptive pills, she might never get pregnant again. So I asked Li Quan to replace the contraceptive pills with some women's health-boosting medicine."
Empress Wei frowned and said, "Even if she has a child, she doesn't necessarily have to be made the Crown Princess. When the fetus is a little older, have the imperial physician check its pulse. If it's a girl, keep the child. If it's a boy, give him an abortion pill. There's never been a precedent in the Great Sheng Dynasty for a palace maid to be made the Crown Princess."
Zhao Yun said, "There has never been a precedent in the Great Sheng Dynasty where there was only one queen in the harem."
Upon hearing this, Queen Wei couldn't help but said angrily, "Are you blaming us for not allowing you to have three wives and four concubines?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "I didn't mean that. This is the Empress Dowager's last wish, and I will definitely abide by it. But I can't bear to see my beloved's child die again. If this child can't be saved, I'm afraid Wan He won't be able to survive either..."
Empress Wei listened to Zhao Yun with a hint of surprise and asked, "Another death? So you had a child before? When?"
Zhao Yun said, "Six years ago."
Queen Wei sighed deeply. Six years ago... she should have had a grandson who was several years older than Nuonuo.
Empress Wei sighed again and said, "Yun'er, you are the crown prince of Dasheng after all. It is really inappropriate to marry a palace maid as the crown princess."
Zhao Yun said, "Mother, after you asked your uncle to recognize Wanhe as his daughter, Wanhe entered the palace as a young lady from the Wei family and became the Crown Princess. She is no longer considered a palace maid."
Queen Wei said, "Well, then, I'll just follow your lead. Come on."
The palace maids and eunuchs waiting at the door entered and saluted, saying, "Empress."
Empress Wei ordered, "Tell the ladies outside to go home, and then summon the wife of the Duke of Wei to come to the audience."
"yes."
The Hundred Flowers Banquet has come to an end.
After the palace maid beside Queen Wei announced the order to adjourn the banquet, everyone left.
Xu Mengqi sat in her original seat somewhat unwillingly.
Madam Xu said softly to Xu Mengqi, "Qi'er, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't come here yet. Perhaps he already has a Crown Princess chosen. I'd better find a good marriage for you. A husband doesn't necessarily have to be high-ranking and powerful. The most important thing for him is someone who treats you sincerely."
Xu Mengqi retorted, "Mother, you're wrong. A husband's sincerity is important, but if I ever run into trouble, what good will it do a powerless husband to have sincerity?"
Madam Xu said, "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. It's not uncommon for them to fly away separately when disaster strikes. You are so stubborn, you won't listen to any advice."
Xu Mengqi straightened her back and said, "My daughter is born into a noble family. Why can't I marry a noble man in the world?"
Mrs. Xu sighed.
Xu Mengqi saw the maidservant beside the Queen walked to the side of the Duke of Weiguo and whispered a few words. Seeing the Duke of Weiguo's smiling face, Xu Mengqi could not help but clasped her hands.
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