“King Ming doesn’t seem very bright. Are you sure he can really become emperor?” Yokoyama Eiko always gets to the heart of the matter. Although she is vain and enjoys pleasure, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t know anything.
She's not like that brainless guy Yokoyama Ichiro. She might not realize things at first, but she'll understand them later.
She had previously fantasized about making Ming Wang the emperor. All she had to do was capture Ming Wang's heart, and then secretly kill the empress. After Ming Wang ascended the throne, the empress's position would be hers, Yokoyama Eiko's.
However, after spending several months with Ming Wang, she gradually came to her senses. Ming Wang was not cut out to be an emperor. Let alone whether he could sit on the throne after becoming emperor, whether he could even become emperor at all was still a question.
Actually, life is pretty good now. You don't necessarily have to be an emperor. Being a prince is a stable life, but fighting for the throne is much riskier. You might even lose your life.
Back then, her brother Yokoyama Ichiro fought with the other concubines and princes in order to seize the throne. In the end, the four of them, mother and sons, almost died in the dungeon.
Eiko Yokoyama trembled at the thought of the suffering she endured while imprisoned in the dungeon, and the year she spent adrift at sea after being expelled filled her with hardship. She was truly terrified, as were her mother.
So when her older sister made empty promises, she became much calmer, even considering directly refusing her sister's requests. Now, it was her sister's turn to be honest and dutiful, not hers. She didn't want to do anything; she just wanted to hold onto her current wealth and status.
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