Chapter 21: The Draft (5)
When the time comes, Prince Cheng will probably not care.
In such a situation, she can only try her best to prevent Cheng Mengyao from entering the palace for the draft.
"Mother, go back first, I'm a little tired." Cheng Guifei saw that her "intimidation" had worked, so she no longer stayed as a princess.
It's an eventful season, and there will be fewer twists and turns.
The news of Princess Cheng's disrespect for Concubine Xian had already reached the ears of the queen, and it happened that Luo Wuxian also came to the queen's palace at this time to discuss the draft with her, and the queen pretended to inadvertently reveal the news to the emperor.
"The concubine feels that it is imperative to draft for the emperor's heir, but this candidate must be carefully selected, and it must be a virtuous woman who can afford to educate the royal bloodline. As he spoke, he put on a worried look.
"Who was rude and bumped into by the queen?" Luo Wuxian has been with the queen for nearly twenty years, so he naturally knows very well that this is the queen complaining to him.
He was in a good mood today, so he responded with a question.
"It's not that the people in the palace, the concubine heard that Princess Cheng was called into the palace, and when she met Concubine Xian, she actually asked Concubine Xian to avoid it, although Concubine Cheng summoned her, but this is really against the courtesy of the monarch and minister."
Sure enough, as the queen expected, Luo Wuxian frowned when he heard this, a mere princess Cheng dared to let his woman avoid it, and then contacted Prince Cheng who had always been arrogant, so he had a pimple in his heart.
"In this draft, Prince Cheng's Mansion doesn't have to choose women to enter the palace." One sentence condemned the prince.
"This ...... The concubine was pale. The queen pretended to be embarrassed, but in fact her heart blossomed.
There are no women of appropriate age in her family to enter the palace, so don't think about it, this time Concubine Xian is really clever, and she actually framed Princess Cheng.
"The queen works hard, and you have to pay attention to the talents and virtues of the show girls, I don't want to lead trouble into the palace." After that, Luo Wuxian got up to leave, and he shouldn't have stayed in the harem during the day.
"Your Majesty, Wuyang is about to come over to say goodbye, yesterday she also said that she hadn't seen Your Majesty for a long time, and she was afraid that rashly going to the imperial study to ask for a meeting would affect Your Majesty's handling of court affairs, if Your Majesty had some breakfast on the concubine's side, it could also satisfy Wuyang's homesickness."
Such a high-sounding rhetoric is just to keep Luo Wuxian, in this palace, Luo Wuyang is already the princess who sees the emperor most often, and when it comes to homesickness, she can't compare to other princesses.
"I've already had breakfast, I'm busy with state affairs, and I'll summon Wuyang when I'm empty." For him, a ruthless monarch is the norm.
"Yes, the concubine sends your majesty." The queen didn't hold out hope, so she sent her salute directly.
When Luo Wuxian walked away, the maids around her hurriedly came over to help her up.
"The Ministry of Rites and Rites, the list of show girls this time must be submitted to the palace, and it will be sent back to the Ministry of Rites for review after the palace makes a decision."
As an unfavored princess, she has few eyes and ears, and it was already dusk when Luo Junnian knew the news of the draft, or the news revealed by Yutuan's cousin who was on an errand in the palace of Concubine Xian.
There was no such thing as a draft in my previous life.
It seems that as she avoided Lu Zhe's disaster, the pattern in the future has also changed accordingly.
She felt that it didn't matter, there would not necessarily be an imperial heir born after the draft, and there were only four of them in the palace before she went to Northern Qi in her previous life, and those few would definitely not challenge her status, so it was not her turn to worry about this kind of thing.