"Enter the palace?" Chu Yansheng frowned. "When will she return?"
Chu Yansheng assumed that the gatekeeper's mention of entering the palace meant being summoned by a noble person to enjoy flowers and a banquet.
Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper said, "My young lady received a favor and entered the palace to accompany the Emperor. She is now the Emperor's concubine. Don't you know, Prince Chu?"
With a loud bang.
Chu Yansheng seemed to have been struck by lightning.
Yun Chaoxi entered the palace as a concubine in just ten days?! Who will he marry? How can he gain the support of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion? Yun Chaoxi's entry into the palace has completely disrupted his plans.
He quickly arranged to meet Lin Zhirou and told her about it.
"Rou'er, what should we do now?"
It was Lin Zhirou who suggested that she approach Yun Chaoxi and marry him to gain the support of the Prime Minister's faction. She and Chu Yansheng met and fell in love by chance, but her family background was poor. Her father was only a minor official of the fifth rank and could not bring any benefits to Chu Yansheng, so she was destined not to marry him as his principal wife.
Lin Zhirou then proposed to marry someone of similar family background first, and she could be his concubine. Chu Yansheng was very moved and promised her that if he could ascend the throne, he would give her the position of empress.
Therefore, upon learning that Yun Chaoxi had entered the palace, Chu Yansheng's first thought was to ask Lin Zhirou.
Lin Zhirou said, "Based on your time together and my observations, Yun Chaoxi likes you very much. She must have had no choice but to enter the palace. If you go to the palace and talk to her about your relationship, and ask her to put in a good word for you in front of the emperor, she probably won't refuse."
"As for choosing a wife, we can only look for someone else."
Chu Yansheng nodded, "Alright, I'll go to the palace first and see if I can find a way to see her."
So he went to the palace without stopping.
Once inside the palace, he faced another dilemma. The harem consisted entirely of the emperor's women, and as a mere subject, he had no way to enter. After much deliberation, he decided to first go and see the emperor.
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