Consort Chen and the Emperor were in love with each other. The Emperor was willing to risk his life for her, so how could she bear to hurt him? In order to be with the Emperor forever, she was willing to give up her position as the Empress.
King Cheng's scheme not only failed, but also helped the emperor.
Next came the discussion of marriage. The Empress Dowager wanted her niece from her maternal family to marry into the family first, while the Emperor wanted them both to marry into the family together.
The Emperor had disobeyed the Empress Dowager too many times for Consort Chen. The Empress Dowager realized that both of her sons were obsessed with Consort Chen. She originally wanted the late Emperor to take back the marriage decree he had given to the Emperor and Consort Chen, and then have the late Emperor bestow Consort Chen upon the son of Grand Secretary Han.
Neither of your two sons should marry Consort Chen.
Ke'er was completely independent of her mother; none of them listened to the Empress Dowager, and each one had their own ideas.
Before the wedding date could be set, the late emperor passed away.
After the late emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, the decision on how to arrange marriages was entirely up to the emperor.
On the same day, the Emperor married Empress Wei and Consort Chen, neglecting Empress Wei and favoring Consort Chen exclusively.
The Empress Dowager also showed no kindness to Consort Chen. Knowing that her niece was not favored by the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, following ancestral rules, urged the Emperor to take a concubine in order to ensure the continuation of the royal family line.
Empress Song entered the palace around that time.
As for Prince Cheng and Empress Song, the Empress Dowager had been kept in the dark for many years. All she knew was that Prince Cheng was obsessed with Consort Chen, so much so that she was afraid they would run into each other at banquets and that the Emperor would discover Prince Cheng's infatuation with Consort Chen.
In other words, last time, in order to save Xie Jingyin, Empress Song had no choice but to beg the Empress Dowager to save Xie Jingyin. Only then did she reveal that back then, when Prince Cheng went to the palace for a banquet, he got drunk and forced himself on her in the rockery of the Imperial Garden.
Because she was wearing a dress similar to the one worn by Prince Cheng when he first met Consort Chen, Prince Cheng, in his drunken state, mistook her for Consort Chen.
It was on that occasion that the Prince of Jin came into being.
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