The Great Princess of the Warlord
chapter 62

The palace is currently busy with a wedding that will be held in a few days, and the bride is the 3rd Prince, Gong Xie with the daughter of the defense minister, Cho Hain. This wedding is predicted to make the position of the 3rd prince higher than the 2nd and 4th princes.

The 3rd prince himself could not resist what the crown prince had planned because the weakness that the 3rd prince had right now was still within the crown prince's grasp. Even so, the 3rd prince continued to live this all for the sake of even though his heart was forced, the most important thing for him was that the woman he loved would safely and peacefully live his life.

Consort Xi with a happy feeling prepared

his first son's wedding. Already since this son was only 20 years old Consort Xi had already betrothed him to many daughters of noble families. But somehow this son always refused the matchmaking he made, on the grounds that he already had the girl he would marry. But what could be expected, it had been more than a year but the son still had not brought the girl he loved to face the Emperor.

With the matchmaking initiated by the crown prince, of course Consort Xi welcomed him kindly and gratefully. Moreover, the candidate who will be married by his son is the daughter of the defense minister who has extraordinary beauty. The crown princess alone is even less beautiful and less graceful when juxtaposed with the daughter of the defense minister named Cho Hani.

" Happy Consort Xi. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask me. I must have helped with all my heart." the empress came to visit Consort Xi's place.

" Your Majesty, I am truly grateful for all the good that has been given to us so far. Without his majesty, then my two sons would never have been seen by His Majesty the emperor." Consort xi attempted to curry favor with the empress to keep her position in the harem safe.

" You forgot who we are? you're my uncle's son, obviously we're the ones this family should help each other. If there would not be many women who are aiming for harem privileges." the empress said.

Indeed the two most feared women in this harem were still brothers. Consort Xi's father was the sister of the empress' mother. What distinguishes their status is that at that time the mother of the empress married the prince, uncle of the present emperor. And for this reason, the present Emperor was so respectful and impressed that he did not want to know about all the acts of the empress that harmed him. One of them was Consort Xia's death.

" I would like to thank you and the crown prince for helping me find a mate for A Xie. If it wasn't for the crown prince asking for it, my son would not have accepted this match." Slir Xia humbled himself.

" The 3rd Prince helped my son a lot. So it's only natural that my son pays attention to your son. My hope is that they will help each other to strengthen my son's position. It's not that." said the empress trying to intimidate concubine Xi.

" Of course. How can the son of a poor woman compete with the granddaughter of the prince. Absolutely shameless." said concubine Xi in favor of the empress.

The palace harem honestly only contained women personally prepared by the empress. If any woman enters without the consort's consent, she will be expelled from the palace by the emperor himself.

Until now, there were already some concubines living in seclusion due to the cunning wits of the empress aided by Consort Xi. One of them was the mother of the 5th prince, Xia Nian.

He also began to do cunning to concubine Xia even since the content of concubine Xia was only three months old. This was all due to rumors circulating in the palace grounds, that Xia's concubine was the woman most loved by the emperor. The empress did not accept that, and she wanted to get rid of concubine Xia.

Consort Xia was forced to drink poison mixed in a tonic that is usually drunk when a woman is pregnant. A poison that has a long-term effect, and usually will be triggered by the presence of a bleeding condition in pregnant women. Then this poison will cause an effect where the human body loses the ability to freeze red blood. Eventually the bleeding will not be stopped and the person will die.

That was what happened to concubine Xia when she gave birth to the 5th prince. Consort Xia could not be helped because of the heavy bleeding, which medically there was no action that could be used to help or anticipate it.

The emperor actually knew what his empress had done to the woman he loved so much. But considering the background of the empress is higher than him, so he was silent and did not crack down on the actions of the empress. The excuse used by the emperor back then was to protect his son with the woman he loved the most.

The empress was farewell to Consort Xi because she still had interests outside the palace. The queen said she wanted to meet her father. The empress wanted to complain to her father about the 5th prince's lunge which was considered to have begun to jeopardize the position of crown prince.

The people who supported him, as well as Goryeo who was so respectful to the 5th prince and had good relations with Xili's neighbors. This alone could have made the people and ministers dethrone Gong Lie's position as crown prince. Because the endorsement of Goryeo is also an important condition for a crown prince to ascend the throne.

" Please enter your majesty, the great lord is already waiting for your arrival." a butler welcomed the empress at the eighth prince's residence.

" Well.' the empress entered the residence where she grew up and thrived with all the rules of her parents who also endowed her with all forms of parental affection.

" Daughter has come home..." Wang Erhan, Wang Haocun's father immediately hugged his daughter's body, then replaced Ling Haer, Wang Haocun's mother who hugged their daughter.

" I always wish my father and mother well and always abundant fortune from the gods." greetings from the empress to her parents.

" So is this father's favorite daughter" said Wang Erhan.

Wang Erhan was the eighth prince who was supposed to ascend the throne before the father of the current Emperor ascended the throne. However, due to the cunning of the tenth prince Gong Yan, Wang Erhan had to step down from the position of crown prince. From then on, Wang Erhan left the palace and only returned when the current emperor ascended the throne. Wang Erhan, whose real name is Gong Erhan, forces the emperor to marry his daughter or else he will uncover the cunning of the previous emperor who stole his throne. And it is because of this compulsion that the emperor now marries the empress and abandons the woman he loves.