Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 351

Hearing that sweet, almost dripping voice, and watching Consort Xue clinging to the Emperor's arm and wriggling around, the three of them wished they could just go blind and deaf.

But the emperor was completely swayed by this, and he gave her a doting look that showed he couldn't do anything about her: "Alright, alright, all the chrysanthemums in the palace are yours, okay?"

Then he said to Consort Jing, "Let Xiao Jiu pick other flowers. She can pick whatever she wants except chrysanthemums."

The Emperor thought it was no big deal, and he wasn't biased towards anyone. As Consort Jing herself had just said, it was just a few flowers, nothing valuable, what did it matter?

Consort Jing: "..."

Having been emperor for half his life, he was completely oblivious to the subtle nuances of the power struggles among the women in the harem.

But Consort Jing could only smile and reply, "Since His Majesty has spoken, of course I must give in to His Majesty. I am not such a petty person."

Although Xue Pin was stabbed, she was mostly smug.

The Emperor still favors her!

Consort Jing was already middle-aged, and her only advantage was that she had given birth to a prince. But the key point is that she had given birth to a prince!

Even after giving birth, she is still so young and beautiful. How can Consort Jing compare to her?

Every man knows who he should pamper more!

Consort Xue's gaze then fell on the Ninth Prince.

A few days ago, the Marquis of Changguo came to the palace to see her.

The conversation subtly hinted that she wanted to support her youngest son in seizing the throne, but the biggest obstacle at present was Consort Jing and the Ninth Prince, because Consort Jing had the Shen family behind her.

Consort Xue understood what Marquis Changguo meant: he hoped she would get rid of the Ninth Prince in the palace to pave the way for her son.

Consort Xue was originally just a legitimate daughter of a collateral branch of the Chu family, and her status was not particularly noble. However, after entering the palace, she rose rapidly through the ranks, gained favor, was promoted, and gave birth to a prince. She was overwhelmed by this sudden honor and became arrogant, and her ambition swelled up all at once.

If her son succeeds in seizing the throne, she will become the Empress Dowager! She will instantly become the most honored woman in the entire Northern Yi!

Consort Xue tightened her grip on her sleeve and turned her gaze to Shen Lingjun.

She walked towards Shen Lingjun.

"Is this Mrs. Shen?"

Xuepin looked at the large bouquet of chrysanthemums in Shen Lingjun's hand and deliberately put on a smug look.

"His Majesty said that all the chrysanthemums in the palace belong to me, and I think the flowers in Madam Shen's hand are quite nice..."

Shen Lingjun knew what she meant and silently handed her the bouquet of flowers.

Consort Xue accepted the flowers, turned around and walked back, handing them to the palace maid beside her with a smug and arrogant expression.

The young and beautiful concubine, though a little arrogant, possessed an endearing playfulness. The emperor found her quite charming and affectionately nodded at her.

"You're so upset about just a few flowers. You're a mother now, how can you still be so childish?"

Shen Lingjun: "..."

Didn't see it.

Consort Jing gave Shen Lingjun an apologetic look, probably feeling that she had made Shen Lingjun suffer.

However, Shen Lingjun didn't take it to heart.