The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

After doing all this, Li Heng said: "I went to ask my father for permission to marry me this morning. My father has already agreed. Before we get married, do you want to continue living in Chengming Hall or return to the Meng Mansion?"

Still immersed in Li Heng's routine of an old couple's actions, Meng Wenyao's head was filled with confusion: "What?"

"Do you want to go back to the Meng Mansion?" Li Heng asked again.

"No, it's not only cold there, but I'm often hungry." Meng Wenyao answered decisively.

"It's just," Meng Wenyao was just happy that she could escape the sea of ​​​​fire, when she thought of Aunt Liu who was still in dire straits.

"My aunt is still in the Meng Mansion, and I am a little worried about her."

After hearing this, Li Heng frowned and thought deeply for a long time, then asked: "Do your father and mother treat your aunt very badly?"

"No, my father and my aunt were childhood sweethearts, and they were freely engaged. However, my aunt's natal family was once convicted of the former prince, so my father married another eldest lady, and then he took his aunt to his side.

My daughter's father is still very devoted to my aunt, but for the sake of the peace of the family, my father cannot interfere too much in the affairs of the back house, so my daughter and my aunt live a relatively simple life on weekdays. "

"Well, let me take the opportunity to ask Meng Shangshu how your aunt is doing. Are you deciding whether to return to the Meng Mansion?"

"it is good."

Meng Wenyao suddenly smiled and looked at Li Heng with her bright eyes, as if there were stars twinkling in them.

"Your Highness, you are so kind."

"We are husband and wife from now on, and we should help each other."

A person who has been suffering in the cold palace for ten years, once he comes out, there is no resentment or anger in him, and he looks elegant all day long.

Meng Wenyao felt that the sixth prince Li Heng was either born like this or was good at pretending.

But they share a common interest, so what if they are good at pretending.

In the imperial study, the emperor took out the portrait of the late queen from the secret room after Li Heng left.

Those long-sealed memories were instantly opened.

The legitimate daughter of a military lord, who held a large army, was attracted by a gentle and elegant concubine prince, and then devoted the whole family's efforts to support the prince's rise to power.

They had shared weal and woe, and had unquestioning love, just like many clichéd stories.

Slowly, the prince who ascended the throne gradually gained power. He felt that the queen's mother's family was too powerful and wanted to reduce power.

However, the prince had grown up and firmly stood on the side of his mother's clan, seeking power and usurping the throne for his mother's clan.

Everything happened so suddenly, and when it was over, the emperor suddenly realized that he had gained the throne, but he had lost the people around him forever.

Over the years, he has been afraid to look at their youngest son, afraid of seeing a familiar face on the face of Mother Xiao's youngest son.

It was only in the past six months, when he was in poor health and had frequent dreams, that he suddenly realized that half his life had passed and no one could replace the person he once was.

"Come, please come over, noble concubine."

When the imperial concubine came over, the emperor's dazed expression suddenly disappeared, and he returned to his usual intangible appearance.

"Since Lao Liu's marriage has been decided, you can take care of the arrangements."

The imperial concubine had known Meng Wenyao's good news for a long time. Now, according to the emperor's wishes, the sixth prince's concubine had indeed settled on Meng Wenyao. She was overjoyed. The emperor must not have taken the sixth prince to heart, otherwise he would not have agreed to marry a concubine. .

She walked forward with a sweet smile, poured a bowl of tea for the emperor herself, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I thought that the two daughters of the Meng family were good, so I thought it would be better if they both marry into our royal family. It's just right. The fourth child's marriage has not been decided yet, so why don't you make the decision and marry the eldest daughter of the Meng family to the fourth child, and let the fourth child and the sixth child arrange the marriage together."

The imperial concubine's smile was just right, and even though she was old, she didn't show any pretense.

All this is what the emperor likes. Sure enough, under the concubine's coquettishness, the emperor rubbed the concubine's cheek ambiguously and said with a smile: "I have high hopes for the fourth son. Although Meng Shangshu is good, he is indeed a civil servant who can help the fourth son. of limited.

Although your family is also a military general, after all, the family background is relatively low. I dote on you, so I don't want to give your family too much military power, lest the censors scold me for favoring my relatives.

I'm thinking of choosing a family from the army to serve as the fourth son's in-laws, so that I can give him more help in the future. "

Everyone knew that the imperial concubine doted on the harem, and the fourth prince was the emperor's most valued son. However, if the imperial concubine was not granted the title of queen, and the fourth prince was not granted the title of crown prince, there would be no conclusion.

Now that the emperor had something to say, it was almost clear that he was going to make the fourth prince a prince. The imperial concubine was so happy that she completely forgot about her plan and said incoherently: "The emperor has the final say in matters of marriage. How can I be wrong? Agreed."

If the father-in-law of the fourth prince is a powerful military prince and marries Meng Shangshu's daughter as a concubine, that will be double insurance. It will be more secure to be crowned a great treasure in the future.

"When Lao Liu gets married, you can take the time to invite the families and family members of several people in Beijing who have been ennobled with military merit into the palace, and have a good selection."

"Okay, it's just that the Sixth Prince hasn't created a royal palace yet. Does the Emperor mean that the wedding should be held in the palace, or..."

Although the emperor had meant something just now, and the imperial concubine knew that the fourth prince had a bright future, the fourth prince had not yet been crowned king.

If the sixth prince was granted the title of king first, wouldn't that mean that he would overpower the fourth prince?

If two people were to be crowned kings at the same time, wouldn't it mean that the fourth prince would have to postpone the title of crown prince?

The imperial concubine looked at the emperor in embarrassment, and heard the emperor say indifferently: "The treasury is empty, and there is really no money to hold a wedding banquet for Lao Liu, and Lao Liu is in a hurry to go to the fiefdom, so there is no need to reward him with a mansion in the capital. You are in the palace Just let him do whatever he wants."

Hearing what he meant, the emperor actually wanted to quickly hold a wedding banquet for the sixth prince, show his father-son friendship in front of the courtiers, and rush the sixth prince to the fiefdom without stopping.

The imperial concubine once again concluded that the emperor did not care about the sixth prince at all. She tried her best to hide her smile and pretended to be loving: "After all, he is the sixth prince. The emperor has no money. I will give him his private treasury to take care of." For a wedding, we can’t let people say that the emperor is stingy.”

The emperor laughed loudly, hugged the imperial concubine in his arms, and said dotingly: "The harem is indebted to you, which saves me a lot of worry."

On the other side of the Penglai Pavilion, the Sixth Prince Li Heng finished the class with the Tutor, bowed and said: "Master Tutor, I have a gracious request from you."

The Taifu was a great scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and his character and knowledge were first-rate. He did not look down upon the Sixth Prince because he was from a cold palace. He said kindly: "Your Highness, you are too polite. Please speak."

The sixth prince took a deep breath and said with some embarrassment: "My father gave the student a marriage to the concubine of Shangshu Meng. Miss Meng is now living in Chengming Palace to recuperate. She is very worried about her aunt in the palace. The student is not familiar with Shangshu Meng. Could you please ask the master to come out of the palace to inquire about Miss Meng’s aunt’s current situation?”