If An Lingrong was reborn before the draft

Hearing that the emperor had woken up, the empress dowager came to the Yangxin Palace to visit the emperor. The empress, who was attending to the emperor, paid her respects to the empress dowager and was then asked to leave the emperor's bedroom.

Seeing the Empress Dowager, the Emperor stood up and saluted. Aunt Zhuxi immediately stepped forward and helped the Emperor lie down.

"Is the Emperor feeling better lately?" The Queen Mother asked with concern as she sat down in front of the Emperor's bed.

"I'm sorry for making the Empress Dowager worry. It's my son's fault." The Emperor said with a nod slightly lying on the bed.

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and sighed, "I'm relieved that you're okay. You're my only son now. Who else should I worry about if not you?" She paused and continued, "I heard that the court urged you to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible?"

"Yes, the Empress Dowager knows everything." The Emperor did not deny that everyone in the harem knew about this major event.

"The Crown Prince's matter concerns the former dynasty and the harem. Who do you think you can choose?" The Queen Mother knew that the Emperor's offspring were dying and was afraid that the Emperor would get angry, so she asked.

"It's hard to say now. The Third Prince is dull, and it's difficult for him to be the ruler of the status quo. The Fifth Prince is not a candidate for the throne, and the Sixth and Seventh Princes are too young. As for the Fourth Prince, I want to take a closer look to see if he is a suitable candidate." The Emperor told the Queen Mother about his considerations. After hearing this, he felt that he really didn't have a candidate for the Crown Prince.

"That's good. You are still young and have the opportunity to choose. It's good for you to take a good look. You don't have to care too much about those old guys in the previous dynasty." After a pause, the queen dowager continued, "It doesn't matter if you appoint a crown prince first. Just think of it as setting a target first. Your second brother has been the crown prince for more than 20 years, isn't he still the crown prince? Now it's not you who is on the throne." What the queen dowager meant was that if they really couldn't win over them, they would just follow their wishes and appoint a crown prince and keep him there to watch, and then change him when a suitable person comes along.

"I understand, son. But my son's offspring are not as abundant as yours. I only have a few princes, and I don't want them to fight against each other in the future." The emperor said hesitantly.

"Do you want to be your father? It's just for checks and balances. How can the former dynasty and the harem escape checks and balances? Well, you are a man with a plan, so I won't nag you here any more. Just take care of your injuries." After saying that, the Queen Mother got up and left. The two purposes of seeing the Emperor and probing him were achieved. In other words, half of the Queen Mother's purpose was to see if the Emperor would make the Fourth Prince the Crown Prince. After all, the Fourth Prince was now raised by the Queen, and he was a member of their Ulanara clan.

"Yes, son, I send you off respectfully."

After the Queen Mother left, the Empress who was guarding the front hall came in and continued to take care of the Emperor, "The Queen Mother is gone."

"Well," the emperor remained silent and did not speak.

The queen did not say anything more, but did her own thing. She no longer regarded the emperor as the heaven as before, she wanted to live as a person and have her own ideas.

After a long time, the emperor suddenly asked, "Who do you think is more suitable?"

"Ah?" The Queen did not respond to his words, but asked with a question, and then continued, "Your Majesty, what did you say?" The Queen actually heard the Emperor's question clearly, but she pretended not to hear it. She did not want to respond to the Emperor's question. Who is more suitable? Of course, her Fourth Prince is more suitable, but can she say that?

"I am asking you who is more suitable for the position of crown prince?" the emperor asked again solemnly.

The queen replied solemnly, "Your Majesty, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. As the head of the harem, I must set an example by not interfering in government affairs."

The emperor looked at the queen solemnly and said nothing more, nor did he continue the topic.

The Queen really didn't care, so she avoided the question from the Emperor. After all, she was not at fault now. No matter which prince ascended the throne, she would always be the Queen Mother.

Inside the Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua held and stroked her belly with a kind look on her face.