noffsinger Chapter 108 A Strong Enemy Suddenly Appears
Chapter 108 A Strong Enemy Suddenly Appears
Chu Hantian only found out that he had to choose a Crown Princess after the court session.
He was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the collar of the eunuch beside him, his eyes reddened:
"Who said I need to choose a concubine? I don't need one!"
The eunuch's forehead was covered with cold sweat:
"Your Highness, this is the will of His Majesty and the Queen. I am just passing on a message to you..."
Chu Hantian's mind suddenly came to him. He pushed the eunuch who was delivering the message aside and strode towards Queen Lin's Pepper Room.
He had clearly told his mother about his thoughts before. Now Xiaolou was enough in the East Palace, and he should not have too many women around him to avoid being restrained by the previous dynasty.
The Queen Mother didn't say anything at the time, but at least she didn't object.
Xiaolou once told him that the married life she most desired in her life was to be together for the rest of her life.
He can no longer give her the position of principal wife, but at least he can't let other women enter the East Palace to bully her!
When he arrived at the Pepper Room, panting, the maidservant beside Empress Lin was already waiting at the entrance with a smile on her face:
"As expected, no one knows a son better than his mother. The Queen said you should be here by now."
Chu Hantian took a deep breath and stepped into the Pepper Room with a gloomy face.
At this moment, Queen Lin was sitting at the desk, concentrating and writing in small calligraphy with hairpin flowers.
"Mother! Why did you go back on your words and suddenly want to choose a concubine for your son?"
When Chu Hantian saw his mother, all the grievances in his heart surged up.
Queen Lin paused slightly with the brush in her hand, and a drop of ink fell on the calligraphy she had just written.
She frowned slightly, raised her eyes and looked at Chu Hantian, with a cold light in her eyes:
"You are so restless, is it because of Feng Xiaolou?"
Queen Lin gently put down her pen, walked slowly to Chu Hantian, and looked her only son up and down:
"I never thought that your father and I would give birth to a love child."
Empress Lin was born into a noble family. She was a famous talented woman in the capital before she got married. After she was conferred the title, her words and deeds were praised as a model of noble ladies in the capital.
But Chu Hantian knew that once his mother started to speak in a sarcastic tone, it meant that she was already very angry inside.
His heart tightened, and he bowed quickly and said:
"The Queen Mother has misunderstood. The reason why Feng Xiaolou is the only one left by her son's side is because she does not have a good family background and does not have the heart to fight for power and profit."
"It is reassuring to keep a woman like this who is not competitive or indifferent to fame and gain by my side."
Queen Lin stared at her son's eyes quietly, with a sarcastic smile on her lips.
Her son has looked smart since he was young and has some sophistication. Although he can't be compared with his father, he is still capable of being a king who maintains the status quo in the future.
Anyway, as long as she takes good care of herself, when her son ascends the throne in the future, with her help in the harem, her son's kingdom will be safe.
My mother's family never doubted this.
Until she found out that her son met the woman named Feng Xiaolou.
When he talked about Feng Xiaolou, his brain seemed to be eaten by a monster. All he could feel was pity and praise.
However, in Queen Lin's view, Feng Xiaolou's ambition to climb up was real.
What is this about being together for a lifetime? When she heard the prince mention it for the first time, she immediately had murderous intentions towards Feng Xiaolou.
From ancient times to the present, how many emperors dared to abandon the power of their previous dynasty for love?
The excuses Chu Hantian used to fool her made her even more disappointed in her son.
Today, she is more worried than ever.
Queen Lin picked up the cold tea on the table and slowly poured it over Chu Hantian's head.
The cold tea had obviously been prepared for a long time on the Queen's orders, otherwise who in the palace would dare to let the Queen drink cold tea.
Chu Hantian's hair and collar were soaked by the cold tea and he couldn't help shivering. Fortunately, there was a floor heating in the Pepper Room, otherwise he would have been unbearable.
From childhood to adulthood, has he ever suffered such injustice?
But the one who splashed the tea on his face was his mother, who had loved him dearly since childhood.
Chu Hantian clenched his fists and knelt heavily on the ground:
"Mother, calm down!"
Queen Lin lowered her eyes to look at the top of her son's head, sighed slightly, turned around and walked to the desk:
"In the past, I saw you and Feng Xiaolou together. Although you didn't achieve anything great, I am happy to see you use Dingbei Palace as a whetstone."
She took Mammy's hand and sat down, and changed the subject:
"But if you are willing to play the game of being together forever for her, then the Queen Mother will only have two options left."
"Either I watch you being abandoned by your father, or I marry you a crown princess with a distinguished family background to suppress the evil spirit in the East Palace and restore order!"
Chu Hantian was unwilling to accept it, but he only dared to speak in a low voice:
"Mother, it is my son who is confused. Xiaolou is really a good person..."
Queen Lin interrupted him in annoyance:
"Shut up! I see that you are obsessed with Feng Xiaolou, and you probably don't know about another thing."
"The head of the Lu family in Xiling City brought the third branch of the Lu family to the capital. As far as I know, the third branch has two daughters who are in their prime. Your third brother's mother has already made up her mind to marry a daughter of the Lu family to be the principal wife for that sickly boy!"
Chu Hantian was indeed surprised when he heard this.
"Third brother? Didn't the imperial physician say that he had a serious heart disease and shouldn't get close to women?"
He and his third brother Chu Hanyun are the only adult princes of their father.
After Chu Hanyun fell into the water at the age of ten, he was bedridden for many years. He rarely got up and took a few steps without gasping for breath.
With this kind of physique, you dare to get married?
Does Concubine De dislike the fact that her son lives too long?
Queen Lin sat on the couch, looking at Chu Hantian with a half-smile:
"Yes, but what if his heart disease suddenly gets better?"
Chu Hantian raised his head suddenly:
"impossible!"
He had personally tested it a few years ago and found that the sickly Chu Hanyun was indeed about to die of illness.
Queen Lin smiled sadly:
"Forget it. I have no right to call you stupid. I am the stupid one."
"I don't know where Concubine De found the doctor to treat your third brother. In the past few years, he actually didn't take any medicine prescribed by the Imperial Hospital."
She bit her lip angrily, and the jeweled armor in her hand almost pierced her wrist.
This is the root cause of Chu Hanyun’s recovery.
If he had continued to take the old prescription from the Imperial Hospital, the grass on his grave would be two feet high by now!
"It's so painful for Concubine De to keep this secret from me..."
Queen Lin turned her eyes to Chu Hantian's shocked face and sneered:
"How is it? It must be unpleasant to have a strong enemy suddenly appear?"
"At this time, you come to tell mother that the Eastern Palace should not admit anyone else, and that we cannot be restrained by the previous dynasty?"
"You can say these words to Feng Xiaolou in your boudoir as a hobby. I don't care about you. But if you still insist on being stubborn after knowing that Chu Hanyun has been hiding his talents, then I might as well go and ask your father to replace you with someone else as the crown prince!"