Chapter 396: The Child Full of Expectations
When the court requested to appoint a crown prince, naturally everyone had their own opinions. This matter would not be decided all at once, and it still depended on Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling was just as Chen Qing had thought at the beginning. It was inevitable that a crown prince would be appointed sooner or later. Logically, he should have been appointed long ago. If the queen had not had a legitimate son, someone would have mentioned it a few years ago.
Now that it was mentioned, in fact, not all people in the court were unanimous in asking him to make King Huai the crown prince. However, King Huai was the eldest son, and it had been a tradition since ancient times to make the eldest son the crown prince, so most people were suggesting making King Huai the crown prince.
King Huai didn't dare to look at Xuanyuan Ling's expression during the court session. After the court session, he returned home and could not suppress his anger.
Yu came here to welcome Prince Huai back to the palace, but she didn't expect to see Prince Huai in a state of irritability. It was an unfortunate time for her to come.
King Huai looked at Yu's annoyance and said, "Go away."
Yu was frightened and felt more and more sad the more she thought about it. She ran away and started crying when she returned to her room. Why is it so difficult to be a royal wife?
The nanny who followed also felt distressed and blamed King Huai in her heart. This attitude would be fine if you were treating a concubine or a concubine, but as a princess, why should you suffer such injustice?
After all, she was raised in a pampered family. Now, it is hard to say what the relationship between the prince and the princess is. I can only advise Yu: "Princess, don't be sad. As long as the palace is well organized, the prince will always respect you more. Don't think about the rest now. After all, you are newly married now. Princess, think about how to get pregnant first, and the rest can be discussed later."
The relationship between the young couple may not be that good, but they have to hold on to the child. Once they have a child, they won't have to be afraid of someone else entering the backyard of the palace in the future, as they can always keep it under control.
Yu had never expected that at such a young age, she would have to take such a path. She was very sad, but there was nothing she could do. What the nanny said was right. For her to gain a foothold in the palace in the future, she had no choice but to do this. Fortunately, she had just gotten married and there was no one else in the palace. Looking at the way Prince Huai was acting, it was only a matter of time before there were other people in the palace. She could not hold on to any luck. It was proper to have a child as soon as possible. When she had a legitimate son, she could let him do whatever he wanted.
King Huai really couldn't care less about Yu at the moment. As for the crown prince, the other princes were still young, and he was the eldest son who was married and entered the court. If his father really made him the crown prince because he was the eldest son... In fact, he had seen the situation in the court today.
Concubine Shun had made it clear to Prince Huai that she wanted him to be the crown prince ever since he entered the imperial study. However, the scene of the ministers asking him to establish a crown prince in the court today still made Prince Huai's emotions fluctuate. The feeling of being praised by the ministers made Prince Huai's heart beat fast.
That is, he felt that his father would not decide on him so quickly, and he felt that his hope was very slim. He was afraid that if the court officials brought it up, his father would be embarrassed, and that he would not be welcomed when he entered the court.
He was still able to keep his composure, but now he was worried that Concubine Shun could not. Thinking of this, Prince Huai became even more annoyed.
King Huai was afraid that Xuanyuan Ling would become suspicious about something because of this. Emperors have always been suspicious. However, he could not help feeling uneasy. The source of his irritation was the uncertainty: would the crown prince be appointed?
Thinking about it carefully, King Huai was also looking forward to this matter. He had witnessed the competition in the court. After entering the court and seeing Xuanyuan Ling's final say, he truly understood what it meant to be above everyone else. When he thought that he was also qualified, how could he not be yearning in his heart?
Every word that Concubine Shun said really touched his heart. He was the eldest son, so naturally there were people in the court who recommended him to be the crown prince. He was qualified to be the crown prince.
However, although he had his own thoughts, Chu Linglong's words were very useful to him in this regard. The first time he received praise from Xuanyuan Ling was because of Chu Linglong's advice. Now he also believed that what Chu Linglong said was right. Just as Chu Linglong said, Concubine Shun was originally too conspicuous. In recent years, after he entered the imperial study, Concubine Shun's whole mind was on her face. I'm afraid only she thinks that others don't know it.
He had warned Concubine Shun, and now he was thinking that if his father summoned him, he would have to think of an excuse.
After the court was dismissed, Xuanyuan Ling went to the imperial study as usual. He did not summon King Huai or other princes. It seemed that the court officials' suggestion of appointing a crown prince had no effect on him.
Xuanyuan Ling really didn't have such a big idea about this matter in his heart, because he had thought about appointing a crown prince several years ago. Maybe not the earliest, but it was definitely the most serious one. He didn't think about it occasionally, nor did he speculate, but he had thought about it seriously.
At that time, he was worried about whether Shen Qing would be wronged because he favored others. He didn't want to see Shen Qing sad, so he thought about how many sons he needed to pick out a prince who could shoulder the heavy responsibility. He thought that the children were too young to see anything, so for the sake of safety, he told Shen Qing that if he had two more princes, he would not let her worry about the other concubines in the harem.
He knew in his heart that it was imperative to appoint a crown prince, and that doing so would also help stabilize the court. However, now only King Huai had grown up, and the others were still young. Since it was unclear who was the right material, it was better not to appoint one first and wait and see. At this point in time, he could still suppress the situation. First, he had an excuse, and second, he was not too old, and he had always been in good health.
In fact, when it comes down to it, he doesn't think that King Huai is so outstanding that he can make a decision immediately. In the past few years, King Huai has been pretty good in his eyes, but just pretty good. It's not to the point that Xuanyuan Ling feels he can trust him. He has to wait and see. As for expectations, he is partial to Xiaoliu. He is looking forward to what Xiaoliu will be like after entering school.
How could he not be partial? This child was the one he looked at the most and held the most. Besides, who in the harem could compare to Shen Qing? This was the child he had been expecting, how could it be the same as the others?
But Xiaoliu also needs to have his own abilities, otherwise, even if he is given this position, he will not be able to keep it.
Xuanyuan Ling knew best what would happen if he didn't have this ability and sat on the throne of the crown prince. Didn't he never sit on the throne of the crown prince? But now, wasn't he the one sitting on the throne?
What about the former crown prince? He was imprisoned to death.
So, let’s wait and see. Even if Xiaoliu really doesn’t have that ability, he should at least pick someone who won’t be harsh to his brothers, right?
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