Chapter 240 That's it
As soon as Taoist Tianyi left, Queen Qin left with a heavy heart.
Princess Hua An still had doubts in her heart: "Brother, is it true that the Crown Prince is destined to be unlucky in marriage? No matter how I think about it, I feel that this matter is suspicious. How about we send someone to investigate?"
The emperor said leisurely.
"No need to investigate, just leave it at that."
Princess Hua An looked confused: "Brother, don't you want to know the truth of the matter?"
"It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is that the outcome is in my favor."
The reason why the emperor wanted the girl from the Jing family or the Duke of Duan's Mansion to marry the prince was to prevent someone from the Qin family from taking away the position of the crown princess.
Today, the power of the Qin family's in-laws is so great that they are becoming too powerful to be eliminated. If a Qin family girl is allowed to become the Crown Princess, it would be like giving the Qin family another life, and it would become more difficult to get rid of the Qin family in the future.
Now, because the Crown Prince is unlucky with his wife, he has to delay the appointment of the Crown Princess for three years, which means that the girl from the Qin family will not be able to take the position of the Crown Princess in a short period of time.
This just happened to be in line with the emperor's original vision.
Since his goal has been achieved, why should he delve further into it?
People should be confused when they need to be confused.
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Inside the Pepper Room.
Queen Qin met with Madam Qin again.
Madam Qin couldn't believe it: "How could the prince be unlucky in marriage? Did Taoist Tianyi make a mistake?"
Queen Qin said coldly: "No matter whether he made a mistake or not, the emperor has believed what he said, and the prince was indeed cured by him. The matter is a foregone conclusion. Shi Niang will definitely not be the crown princess."
Madam Qin was anxious: "How could this happen? A good marriage is gone, what about our Shi Niang?"
"Shi Niang is only fifteen years old this year. She is not very old. Plus, given her family background and appearance, there should be many people who want to marry her. Even if she cannot marry the prince, she can still choose another good husband."
Madam Qin sighed helplessly, "How can it be that simple? Ever since we knew that we were going to marry Shi Niang to the prince, we have rejected several families who came to propose marriage.
Now, everyone in the aristocratic circles of Shengjing City knows that Shi Niang will marry the prince, and this matter has somewhat affected Shi Niang's reputation. If she were to find another husband for him now, it would not be Shi Niang choosing her husband, but her husband choosing her.
Furthermore, Shi Niang has been secretly in love with the prince since she saw him at the banquet. She only wants the prince now, and she would definitely not be happy if she were asked to marry someone else."
Queen Qin frowned slightly: "From what my sister-in-law said, you still want to marry Shi Niang to the prince? But they are not compatible, and the emperor will definitely use this as an excuse to prevent Shi Niang from marrying into the East Palace."
Incompatibility of the eight characters is indeed a problem.
Madam Qin said with a headache: "Forget it, this matter cannot be rushed, I will go back and discuss it with the master."
Queen Qin nodded: "Yes."
After seeing off Madam Qin, Zhenzhu returned to the house and saw that Queen Qin looked tired. She asked softly, "Do you want to go to bed and sleep for a while?"
Queen Qin rubbed her forehead and said, "I can't sleep."
Originally, she had already planned to let the prince marry Qin Shiniang as the crown princess. In the future, when the prince ascended the throne, Qin Shiniang would be the queen. When Qin Shiniang gave birth to a prince, she would immediately enthrone her son as the crown prince.
In this way, the Qin family will be the maternal family of the future crown prince, the relationship between the two sides will become closer and closer, and the status and power of the Qin family will become more and more stable.
But who would have thought that this plan would fail at the stage of appointing the Crown Princess!
(End of this chapter)
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