Chapter 1299 - Chapter 1299: Entering the Palace!
Chapter 1299: Entering the Palace!
Translator: Lonelytree
The horse carriage slowly arrived at the Palace.
The guards stopped the carriage.” Who are you?”
“Princess Guguo!” Cai Xia took out the jade token representing the identity of the princess of Guguo and showed it to the soldier.
“Greetings, Princess!” When the soldiers saw this, they immediately knelt down and bowed!
“Get up!” Lin Yuelan’s indifferent voice rang out in the carriage.
After the soldier got up, he opened the palace door and said respectfully to Lin Yuelan,” Princess, please!”
Lin Yuelan’s carriage was allowed to pass.
The carriages of ordinary officials, princesses, or concubines were not allowed to enter the palace gates.
However, Lin Yuelan, the princess of Guguo, was a special case!
She didn’t need to follow the rules and etiquette of the palace, nor did she need to kneel to anyone. She could also directly drive the carriage into the palace and so on.
After Lin Yuelan and the others entered, the two soldiers started gossiping.
“Do you think that the reason why the princess entered the palace this time is because of the General’s rape of the Ninth Princess?”
“Maybe!’
“Hehe, if this matter is true, then is it possible for the Great General to marry two princesses and have them in his arms?”
Another soldier shook his head and said,” That’s not possible! If this matter is true, then of the two princesses, at least one of them would be a concubine. Do you think Consort De would be willing to have her daughter as a concubine?”
“Of course not!” Another person replied. “However, it is also possible that the princess of Guguo will become a concubine. After all, it was said that this princess came from the countryside. Her birth was not as noble as the ninth princess! ”
“No, it won’t!” The soldier said,” Do you think that the woman who can increase crop production, come up with a dictionary, and invent those Arabic numbers is a simple woman?”
The other one thought for a moment and said,” It’s definitely not simple!’
“So, would she easily give up her position as the official wife to someone else?”The soldier continued,” Besides, the marriage between them was decreed by His Majesty. His Majesty can’t possibly take back the decree, right?”
“Yes, you’re right!”
The two of them wanted to continue talking, but when they saw the captain of the patrolling guards coming over, the two of them quickly shut up and continued to stand guard seriously!
As soon as Lin Yuelan’s carriage entered the palace, it was quickly noticed by the servants of the imperial concubines. Then, they quickly reported it to their masters.
How could they be sure that it was Lin Yuelan’s carriage?
This was because the only person who could enter the palace on time, other than His Majesty, was the newly conferred Princess of Guguo!
Inside Shujiao Hall, a woman in a white dress and simple headdress sat on a tatami. She looked to be in her thirties.
Out of the four great concubines in the harem, two of them, Consort Zhao Xian and Noble Consort Zhou, had been removed, so only Consort Liu De and Consort Wang Shu were left.
In the past, because Noble Consort Zhou relied on the Emperor’s favor, her power in the harem was on par with the Empress.
Sometimes, even the Empress had to suffer in front of Noble Consort Zhou.
In the harem, the Empress held the Phoenix Seal and managed the harem.
However, whether it was the imperial court or the harem, they all needed a certain model, which was balance.
Now that Noble Consort Zhou had been banished to the Palace of Leng, the power of the harem was in the Empress’s hands.
However, the Emperor would never allow it.
Therefore, he would definitely support another concubine to assist the Empress in managing the harem.
Unless he filled the two positions of Imperial Consort and Consort Xian, he would definitely choose between Consort Liu De and Consort Wang Shu!
But these two concubines, in all people’s eyes, both are aloof from the world, only enjoy themselves, one piece of land, plain and elegant. The outside world’s struggle for power seems to have nothing to do with them.
This made the other concubines who wanted to take sides feel uneasy. They didn’t know how to choose, so they all watched.
“Oh, did you say that the princess of Guguo entered the palace?”The corners of Consort Wang Shu t s mouth curled up slightly as she asked the little palace maid who came to report with a smile that was not a smile.
“Yes, this servant saw with my ovvn eyes the carriage of Princess Guguo enter! “The little palace maid reported truthfully.
“En, 1 understand. You may leave!” Consort Wang Shu said indifferently.
After the little palace maid left, a middle-aged eunuch standing at the side frowned slightly and asked in confusion,
“Your Highness, Princess Gu must have come to the palace because of the General’s rape of the Ninth Princess.. However, was it really the general who raped the ninth princess?”