Chapter 203 203. Princess Wanchun
Crown Prince Fengming complained, "That Madam Xu was recorded in unofficial history because of her special status. In fact, this wasn't the first time my father had done this. There were many married beauties in his harem. Princess Wanchun's mother, Concubine Wang, was a widow when she entered the palace."
"Princess Wanchun?" It's no wonder Shi Liu was surprised. This princess's identity was quite special. She was the grandmother of the emperor of the Xin Dynasty.
"Yes. My sister is as resourceful and scheming as any man. Unfortunately, she is trapped in her female body and cannot soar into the sky. However, the grandson she personally raised has helped her achieve her wish."
Prince Fengming said with some regret, "Perhaps the later Great Zhou Dynasty learned from Princess Wanchun's lesson and prohibited the prince consort from having real power. This also led to a lot of miserable marriages for many princesses."
Shi Liu really didn't know what to say about this. If he had no ambitions and became a prince consort, his life would definitely be comfortable. However, those who were favored by the princesses were either talented or had a great family background. There were very few such people who were not ambitious. In the end, even the princesses rarely had a harmonious relationship with their sweethearts.
Princess Wanchun's husband was the second son of the prominent Zhou family. He had no other job except an idle position. Fortunately, the prince consort had a good attitude and the couple had a harmonious relationship. They gave birth to four sons in a row, the eldest of whom was adopted by the eldest son of the Zhou family.
Although Shi Liu had never met Princess Wanchun, she knew that anyone who could make Crown Prince Fengming look admiring must be quite capable.
Prince Fengming smiled and said, "Princess Wanchun's biological mother was not favored in the palace because she was a widow who remarried. Feng Zheng's biological mother, Concubine Shu, had mocked them many times. I think Princess Wanchun's final rebellion was probably related to this incident."
He looked down on Emperor Feng Zheng and his son. The history of Concubine Shu's ascension to the throne was not glorious. He had heard his mother say that Concubine Shu was originally a maid of Imperial Concubine Liu. At that time, Imperial Concubine Liu did want to recommend her own maid to be favored, but the one she chose was not Concubine Shu. Imperial Concubine Liu thought Concubine Shu was too charming. However, Concubine Shu, who was a maid, learned the news in advance and found a way to be favored.
It has to be said that the Imperial Concubine is worthy of being the favorite concubine. She really understands his father's preferences. Since Shufei caught his father's eye, her popularity has soared to the sky, directly suppressing the Imperial Concubine, her former master.
His mother once suspected that the death of Imperial Concubine Liu was related to Concubine Shu, but unfortunately, she had no evidence and could only watch Concubine Shu become more powerful.
When Shi Liu heard this, she thought of the Crown Princess's warning. Although she would never need it in her lifetime, it did not prevent Shi Liu from feeling that it made a lot of sense.
There are few concubines in the harem who don't rely on others to curry favor with them, but there are certain considerations when it comes to recommending the right women. Many concubines like to recommend their own maids, but they don't know that it is often these maids who will deal them the fatal blow in the end, simply because they are the ones who truly understand the concubines.
As the mother of a country, Prince Fengming's mother had such a lustful husband, so naturally she had recommended others. However, she only recommended those ugly beauties who were selected through the selection. Even if such concubines were finally favored, they would not have much killing power.
Shi Liu said in surprise: "Your Highness actually knows quite a lot about the affairs of the harem." Normally, men don't take care of the affairs of the inner chamber.
Crown Prince Fengming twirled his thumb ring and explained, "If a prince doesn't understand the ins and outs of the inner chambers, it's easy for him to be tricked. Therefore, every adult prince will have a special course."
As for what the course was, although Prince Fengming did not say it explicitly, Shi Liu had some guesses in his mind and secretly sighed: From ancient times to the present, the training of heirs by real aristocratic families is really similar. Zhou Pan also went through similar courses, and even had to go through real seduction many times before he was qualified.
When Shi Liu first learned about this, she was disgusted. If Zhou Pan hadn't given up on her long ago, she might have been the victim of several other people's affairs. Fortunately, Zhou Pan, like her, was obsessed with love and didn't like the many flirtatious people out there.
"Your Highness, the history books record that there were countless beauties in the Eastern Palace. Is it true that you favored your concubine over your wife?"
Prince Fengming was so angry that he collapsed backwards. He gritted his teeth and said, "Among all my brothers, I don't have the most women in my backyard. Moreover, I have never had any women in my backyard myself. Those concubines were all given by my father. As for favoring concubines over wives, that is nonsense. Feng Zheng is really shameless. He thinks everyone is the same as him and treats his wife as a decoration."
How can I refuse the gift of someone by my father? At most, I can pamper the one I like for a few more days, and throw the one I don't like aside.
Shi Liu felt that some of the historical records were really disgusting, and were all fabricated nonsense. After all, if it was only Prince Fengming who said this, Shi Liu could still think that he was flattering himself, but the Crown Princess had also said so before, so she couldn't think too much about it.
Prince Fengming continued to complain: "In fact, the number of women in my brothers' backyards is about the same. After all, no prince with ambitions to seize the throne wants to be labeled as a lecher. Among all my brothers, my backyard is definitely the cleanest."
"Don't be fooled by how much Emperor Feng Zheng is praised in history books. In fact, he also has a concubine."
Furthermore, according to Prince Fengming's investigation, the woman was taken advantage of by Feng Zheng. After entering the palace, she died in a backyard brawl within a short year. Don't ask why he knew so much; it was probably because the woman's brother later took refuge with him, and only then did he learn of Feng Zheng's despicable behavior.
Prince Fengming received an orthodox education as a crown prince. In his eyes, the legitimate wife and legitimate son are the most important. However, Feng Zheng said that he respected his legitimate wife and valued his legitimate son, but his actual behavior was contrary to this.
After Xu gave birth to a legitimate son, Feng Zheng seemed to have completed his mission and began to favor his concubines wantonly. The concubines in the backyard had their bellies bulge and deflate, but only Xu, his legitimate wife, was pregnant once from beginning to end.
She was even stricter with her legitimate son, but doted on her illegitimate son. Prince Fengming guessed that Feng Zheng was probably feeling sorry for himself and thought that life was not easy for illegitimate sons, but how could he know that life was not easy for her and their legitimate sons either.
It's hard to say who is right or wrong in this matter. After thinking about it, Shi Liu felt that it was all the old emperor's fault.
If he hadn't been unable to control his lower body, he wouldn't have had a bunch of illegitimate sons, making Prince Fengming's situation even more difficult; of course, if the old emperor hadn't been partial to Thailand, those princes wouldn't have all turned their swords against Prince Fengming.
Shi Liu asked carefully, "Now that your throne has been taken away from you, do you still feel bad?"
Prince Fengming looked at Shi Liu deeply. His disciple was truly without character. It was fortunate that she had found such a well-mannered husband. "The brothers who fought with me for the throne have long since died. Moreover, due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, the Feng family bloodline was almost wiped out at that time, especially Feng Zheng. His bloodline was cut off very early."
So no matter whether they are successful or unsuccessful, in the end they will all return to dust. Moreover, Emperor Feng Zheng, who caused his offspring to be extinct, also died without an heir, and most of the anger in his heart was relieved.
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