Chapter 1389 - 1396: Marrying Xiang Yun (6)
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Do you know about Miss Wu’s past? Are you sure you want to help Crown Prince Wanyan seek her hand in marriage?"
"Chen’er has already told me about her experiences. She is a woman who has finalized her divorce, an unfortunate girl. That man’s failure to cherish her is his loss; we won’t mind. As long as she is willing to marry, I am sure I will help my son to woo her."
Cai Wei said, "Xiang Yun is a simple and kind woman, naive and straightforward, without much cunning. Although she is good, I feel that her character is not quite suitable for marrying into the royal family. Even being married into the average Duke Li Guo’s Mansion, she was schemed against. If she were to enter the palace, I fear it would not take long before she would be harmed to the point of no return!"
"Empress Mu is being too serious. Not all palace gates are full of scheming and intrigue. The Palace of our Qing Luo Kingdom, just like that of your Great Jin Nation, has only one Empress and no other Imperial Concubines. Moreover, my son will not take any concubines in the future!"
The two walked and talked, and by the time they were finished, they had already reached the high point of the Arch Bridge. They saw sky, lake, and snow merging into one expanse of white. Not a sound was to be heard from either birds or people, leaving only the Broken red of the plum trees lining both banks, presenting a majestic sight.
As the wind arose, snow on the lake surface swirled like waves, and waves of astonishment rose in Cai Wei’s eyes, as if she had seen a ghost. Such a way of thinking from Queen Na Muhan was rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in ancient royal families!
Which emperor would not wish for a myriad of concubines and a multitude of children and grandchildren? Even the former Nangong Yi had insisted on taking her as a concubine. How did they come by such progressive thoughts?
As if she had glimpsed into Cai Wei’s thoughts, Queen Na Muhan softly said, "Empress Mu has probably heard of the Turbulence of Qing Luo Kingdom 20 years ago, right? At that time, Jing Chen’s grandfather was killed by his fourth son, Wanyan Liehong, in a struggle for the throne. Upon ascending, in order to eliminate all opposition, he carried out a large-scale massacre of the heirs left by the previous Emperor. By the time he was overthrown sixteen years later, of the thousands of heirs left by the Emperor and the Retired Emperor, fewer than twenty survived, and they were all from his own full brothers. We husband and wife are the only members of the royal family who were lucky enough to survive this horrific massacre."
"Over these years, the hardships we have faced are unimaginable to others. Hence, Jing Chen’s Imperial father once said that to avoid fratricidal conflicts over the throne among princes, from now on, the Emperor of Qing Luo will only marry one wife for life, and the emperor’s heir will be of the same mother..."