novelaction Chapter 499: Princess in the Deep Palace 3
Chapter 499: Princess in the Deep Palace 3
Chapter 499: Princess Thirteen in the Deep Palace
The patriarch of the Liu family could only place all his hopes on the sixth girl. For this purpose, he did not hesitate to mobilize some of his connections and even specially put some people in the palace, hoping that she could give birth to a little prince, even if it was a bastard's son. However, no one took the legitimate son born by the queen seriously. The so-called bastard's son was actually the eldest son.
Situ Jin actually had some feelings for the little girl from the Liu family. After all, the daughter of the Liu family who died young was his mother's chosen fiancée, but unfortunately she had an unfortunate fate and died at a young age. He could only place his love on other girls from the Liu family, but unfortunately, although they looked similar, their personalities were completely different.
The pregnant concubines in the harem gave birth one after another, and even Concubine Rong gave birth to a little princess. Now the emperor had a total of 5 daughters. He didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.
Situ Jin lowered his eyes, thinking that it was most likely just luck. Besides, he already had a son, and he was still young and could definitely have more children. The draft period in three years would be here soon, and he could choose some women who were suitable for childbearing.
Most of the other concubines who gave birth to princesses were rewarded with some jewelry, but none of them was promoted in rank.
The sixth lady also gave birth to a princess, but this princess was much healthier than the one born to the eighth lady, and her crying was extremely loud. Although the other party felt a little regretful that the baby was not a little prince, she still loved her daughter very much and held her in her arms all day long.
Time passed day by day, and Su Tong's son is now two years old. However, because he was well raised, he speaks very smartly and his eyes are bright. Since he is the emperor's first son and came out of his own belly, his status is naturally much more noble than other concubines, and he is like a little bully in the palace.
Su Tong does not plan to have another son, because having more children does not mean that his position will be more stable. On the contrary, his son's competitors will increase. So instead of letting these sons kill each other, it is better to let his son become the emperor's only son.
Situ Jin also thought that it was because of his physical condition, especially after the winter, Situ Jin fell seriously ill again, and this time it took a long time for him to recover. He used to be able to ride a horse and shoot arrows, but now he would turn pale after walking a few steps.
Su Tong naturally knew about this. Instead of having a strong father, it would be better to have a weak husband, so that the other party can understand who he can rely on in the future.
Now that a new round of selection is about to begin, the concubines in the harem are unhappy. Although several of them have children, they are all daughters, and the highest-ranking one among them is just a noble concubine. If other concubines who enter the palace give birth to sons, then what will happen to them as old people? So they wrote letters to their families, asking the emperor to confer titles on the six palaces.
Situ Jin naturally had plans to confer titles on the six palaces. He was not a stingy person, but he hated being threatened the most. Although he had consolidated the power in the court into his own hands since he ascended the throne, there were always some disobedient courtiers who sang against him.
Situ Jin acted decisively and efficiently, and after dealing with a few disobedient people, his health became weaker day by day. Although the emperor seemed to be still healthy to outsiders, he also knew that he might not live to be 50 years old.
Su Tong would often send some of his own tonic soup to the imperial kitchen, and then pretend to casually mention that although he came from the South, he had been devoted to Jing Kingdom over the years, especially the honeycomb coal stove and the kang he had made before. It was because of the appearance of these things that the death rate of civilians in Jing Kingdom became extremely low in winter.
"Your Highness and I can only look up to the Emperor." Su Tong's eyes were full of affection when she said this, but she almost vomited in her heart.
Situ Jin thought about the recent disturbances in the court, and since he only had this one son, he was willing to be nice to the other party and give Su Tong some power.
The couple maintained a strange peace like this, but as long as Situ Jin had another son, his own son would probably become a weed. You said that Situ Jin was really a dog. He had obviously suffered from not being loved by his father once, so why did he let his child suffer the same pain?
After Situ Jin cleaned up the court, he finally promoted the concubines in the harem to a higher rank. However, most of them were concubines with children. At the same time, it was stated that any concubine who gave birth to a prince would be given the title of concubine.
This is a real piece of cake that has fallen from the sky. Even the eyes of those beauties who have not entered the palace are shining. The emperor is now at the peak of his career, so they all want to enter the palace to gain wealth and glory.
This year's talent show was more grand than previous years, and even the contestants were chosen from among thousands. However, most of those chosen were those who were good at bearing children. Many of them were beautiful, but very few of them came from powerful families.
Although the other concubines were unwilling, they could only watch the emperor favor the newcomer. Two months later, good news came from the harem again, but this time only one concubine was pregnant, which was completely different from the previous time when three or four concubines were pregnant at once.
The women in the harem focused all their attention on the concubine's belly, thinking that since she couldn't give birth to a son, she could adopt a child, and they all began to make their own plans.
That woman was also a smart person. Seeing that the situation was not right, she stayed in her own palace. In addition, Su Tong selected several imperial doctors and several experienced maids for her. Even any good things in the palace were sent to the other party's palace as soon as possible. She acted like a virtuous and decent queen and outsiders could not find any fault with her.
Situ Jin was very happy, but after the concubine gave birth to the child, everyone's hopes were dashed because the concubine gave birth to another girl.
Situ Jin was a little bit unconvinced now, so he specially found a master to do a fortune telling for him. He didn't think it was because of his physical condition, but just felt that he was unlucky. Why did he only have daughters?
"Maybe... maybe there are more women than men in the harem. If you want to solve this problem, it would be better for the emperor to release a group of palace maids." The master pretended to count with his fingers and gave an excuse casually.
Situ Jin couldn't help but not believe it. He already had several daughters and now wanted a son. He immediately released hundreds of palace maids, but he still felt that it was not enough. If he was not afraid that there would not be enough people to serve in the palace, he would have released some more.
There were a total of 18 concubines in the second batch entering the palace, 6 more than before, but only two of them became pregnant, and the first and second became pregnant two years apart.
Seeing that it was almost time for the three-year beauty pageant again, Situ Jin did not participate in the beauty pageant this time. He was not a man who was greedy for beauty. He already had nearly thirty or forty concubines in the harem, so he simply gave up the beauty pageant and selected two maids from the palace to serve. Both of them had clean family backgrounds and, most importantly, were suitable for bearing children.