The Empress Dowager and the Empress felt a pang of sorrow when they thought of Prince Ming.
The mother and her two children relied on each other for survival during the difficult years of the late emperor's reign, when powerful concubines held sway and no one could rival their influence. The Prince Ming was of utmost importance to them, unmatched by anyone else, especially now that he was in this state, which caused them great worry.
Both mother and son were shrewd people who had been navigating the palace for decades, so they naturally understood what the Empress meant by those words.
However, both of them couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted, as they were both heartbroken by the suffering Mingwang had endured in the past and the lingering effects he was now experiencing.
At that time, Prince Ming was still a prince, and he had reached the age to teach others about human affairs. The Empress Dowager attached great importance to this and specially selected a beautiful woman with a clean background.
But none of them expected that the woman had already been bribed by the seductive concubine. Just as the Prince was about to have a more intimate encounter with her, the woman grabbed him by the neck and nearly killed him. Fortunately, the Prince had practiced martial arts since childhood. Although he wasn't particularly diligent in this area, he wasn't completely without skill. At least he managed to kill the palace maid in that situation. But from then on, he developed an extreme aversion to women, and no woman could get close to him.
Seeing that all the men of the same age as the Ming King had wives and children, the Ming King married three wives in a row, but accidentally killed them all on their wedding night, which almost made the Empress Dowager and the Emperor turn their hair white with worry.
Thinking of the Prince Ming, who resolutely refused the marriage arranged by his mother and brother before the selection of candidates, the two felt a pang of sorrow.
Although Ming Wang appeared no different from an ordinary person, he was exceptionally capable, assisting the emperor both in court and in public, deeply trusted by his elder brother, and wielding considerable power.
However, only a handful of people knew his specific, hidden symptoms, and even the Empress could only vaguely guess at them.
It must be said that the Empress's cunning strategy was exceptionally successful.
The Empress Dowager glanced at the stunningly beautiful Su Han before her and wondered if letting this woman stay with her youngest son would help her recover.
Her heart was filled with anticipation, but she hesitated because her eldest son also liked this young lady very much.
"Emperor, you..." The Empress Dowager was torn. Both were her children, and she stopped after saying a few words.
"Mother, how about we bestow this young lady upon my younger brother as his princess consort?" The Emperor gently patted the Empress Dowager's hand and said with a smile.
The emperor's words were not forced at all. He was not a man who cared much about women. Otherwise, he would have had more than just these few women in his harem back then. Although the circumstances were not easy back then, as the crown prince, he could still easily obtain women.
His love and care for his younger brother was no less than that for the Empress Dowager. After hearing the Empress's words, although he knew that she had ulterior motives, his love and care for his brother made him forget all his previous thoughts in an instant.
Although the woman's stunning beauty stirred his heart, it didn't reach the point where he couldn't live without her.
He would rather his younger brother recover than have another concubine in his harem. He wouldn't want to miss even the slightest chance.
The emperor looked up at Eunuch Zhao and said, "The candidate, Lady Su, shall have her nameplate kept."
Zhao Dabao, who was standing beside the emperor, immediately bowed and agreed. He then turned around, picked up a wooden plaque from the tray held by the eunuch, stepped forward a few paces, and handed it to Su Han, whose expression remained unchanged.
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