Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Li Yan was finally dragged out of the cell.

Before he left, he still yelled at Li Ying hoarsely.

"I originally thought you were a wild dog that no one wanted, but I didn't expect you to be a wild wolf. You even plot against your own brother. You will die!"

When the jailer turned back to close the door, he caught a glimpse of the fourth prince standing alone in the cell, with a red scar on his cheek, which looked like it had been scratched by a crutch.

He lowered his head and did not speak, and did not respond to the curse from his own brother.

It looked rather helpless and pitiful.

The jailer looked away and closed the cell door with a bang.

The matter was soon reported to the emperor.

The content of the conversation between the fourth prince and the fifth prince in prison was also recounted verbatim.

After the emperor heard it, he felt more and more that his previous guess was correct.

The fourth prince was probably framed by someone.

Even though the emperor didn't like to see Li Ying very much, he was his own flesh and blood after all. The emperor could ignore him, but he didn't allow others to play tricks under his nose.

In the early morning of the next day, the emperor suddenly decreed that the second prince, Li Hao, could be named the county king and bestowed the title of Dongyang.

Faced with this pie from heaven, Li Hao was ecstatic, and immediately knelt down on the ground, making a solid salute.

"I thank my father, Emperor Long En!"

After retiring from the court, all the civil and military officials surrounded Li Hao, congratulating him in one go.

Li Hao has never been so beautiful since he was a child, and he is a little smug when he is praised.

He laughed and said: "Tomorrow the king will hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate, you must discuss coming!"

Everyone responded one after another: "Certainly come, definitely come!"

Both the eldest son and the crown prince were gone, the fifth prince was abolished, and even the fourth prince, who was the only possible competitor, was put in prison.

As for the sixth prince Li Yi, not to mention his young age, but his concubine Yi Chongyuan died so disgracefully, he has already lost the qualification to compete.

What? You said there is another Seventh Prince?

That's a baby who hasn't been weaned yet, and it's still unknown whether it can grow into an adult smoothly!

Calculated in this way, only the second prince was left alone, and he became the best candidate for the crown prince.

Now the emperor suddenly canonized the second prince as the King of Dongyang, which further testifies to everyone's guess——

It seems that the emperor also values ​​the second prince very much!

The next day, a banquet was held in Dongyang Prince's Mansion to celebrate the Second Prince's canonization as County King.

There were countless people who came to the banquet, the front of the palace was full of people, and there was an endless stream of guests coming and going.

In the end, because too many people came to congratulate Qian, the street in front of Wangfu was blocked, and Jingzhao Mansion had to send people to help clear the road.

Some people in Beijing compiled this incident into a ballad and sang it everywhere.

For a while, everyone in the capital knew how beautiful King Dongyang was now.

Even the concubine Xian, who lives in the deep palace, has attracted much attention. Many concubines came to congratulate her, and even the empress dowager specially called her over to talk.

Concubine Xian was not only not happy, but even more disturbed.

There are only eight words left in her mind——

The flowers are blooming, and the fire is cooking oil.

That's never a good sign.

Concubine Xian sent a message to King Dongyang, saying that she wanted to discuss marriage with him.

Li Hao didn't doubt that he was there, so he took the time to enter the palace.

Seeing her son's proud look, Concubine Xian immediately lowered her face and said coldly.

"Do you still have me as a concubine in your eyes?!"

Li Hao was stunned, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

He hurriedly asked: "Why did the concubine mother say such a thing? But what did the son do wrong?"

Concubine Xian: "At the beginning, I told you not to deal with Zijuan's affairs. You promised well at that time, why did you forget my words in a blink of an eye?"

Li Hao was speechless.

This matter is indeed what he did not authentic.

He excused embarrassingly: "I didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. It was the people around me who happened to find out about the fourth prince's cheating feet, so I reported this matter to my father. Besides, this kind of thing has nothing to do with it." It's important, since I know it, I should tell my father."

Concubine Xian: "Just right? How do you know it must be just right? How do you know that someone else didn't dig a hole? You're too impulsive!"

Li Hao: "You think too much, the matter is indeed done by the fourth prince, the witnesses are clearly there, and the father has already ordered the fourth prince to be arrested, there can be no tricks in this matter."

Concubine Xian looked at her son's confident expression, and knew that no matter what she said, he would not listen.

She could only pray silently in her heart.

I hope everything is as Haoer said, and there will be no turning point.

Concubine Xian calmed down a little: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more, you have to be more honest in the future, and don't cause trouble again."

Li Hao obediently said: "My son knows."

Concubine Xian ordered people to take out some portraits.

"The women in these portraits are all carefully selected by me. Whether it is family background, or appearance and talent, they are all extremely outstanding. Do you see if you like it? If so, I will report it to the saint, please He will marry you."

Li Hao looked at those portraits and began to pick them one by one.

His mother and concubine were right, these women were all the best in the capital, almost perfect in every aspect.

This made him a little dazzled, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

In fact, the concubine Xian didn't set her sights on girls from these families at first.

It was when Li Hao was canonized as the Queen of Dongyang that the upper-class circles in central Beijing were moved by the news. Those who had daughters of the right age to marry at home tried to find a way to hand the portraits in front of the concubine Xian, hoping to make their daughters into the eyes of the King of Dongyang.

Now King Dongyang is the best candidate for the crown prince, once he has a relationship with him, it is like stepping on Qingyun Road.

Even though Concubine Xian was uneasy, she still accepted the olive branches offered by those people.

There is no turning back when you open the bow.

If Hao'er can be allowed to marry a concubine with a strong family background, Hao'er will have a better chance of winning when the day comes when he will compete for the position of crown prince.

After a lot of selection, Li Hao finally chose the daughter of the Taiwei as his concubine, and the granddaughter of Dr. Yu Shi as his child.

Whether it's the Taiwei or the Yushi doctor, they are all important figures in the court.

Li Hao's marriage with them will definitely benefit him a lot in the future.

That afternoon, Concubine Xian went to see the emperor and told him about Li Hao's marriage.

After the emperor learned which lady Li Hao had chosen, he was silent for a moment, and in the end, without asking any questions, he directly ordered someone to draft an imperial decree to bestow a marriage for King Dongyang.

Not long after Li Hao got the title of county king, he got a marriage gift from the emperor, and the object of the engagement was still the daughter of the Taiwei.

Such honor and favor almost surpassed the late crown prince.

After the bestowal of marriage comes the appointment and engagement.

When these processes are completed, the time has entered July.

The weather is getting hotter.

The emperor decided to go to Yuqing Mountain to escape the summer heat.