The Noble Woman's Guide On How to Tease One's Husband

Chapter 119- Imperial Concubines' Candidates

Eunwoo is almost one year old after the Spring Festival. As the temperature warmed up, his clothes had become less bulky and he was no longer satisfied with crawling. During one meal time, he unexpectedly stood up wobbly while holding onto a small table. Here, Lisa had just mixed his porridge when she looked up and nearly died of shock that she quickly reached out to grab him, but he kept laughing happily.

Lisa then had people set up a small area in the room especially for him to practice walking. The sides were surrounded with thickened silk cloth while the ground was paved with a piece of Persian cashmere carpet and even the four log-stake corners were all wrapped in cotton so that no matter how he stumbled, he would not get hurt.

Even like this, Qu Fang and Yue'ya still did not feel at ease that they would guard by the side every time where the three of them almost formed an iron triangle to protect him tightly. Although Lisa felt this was a bit too much, there was only one such baby in the palace who would smile and bring joy to anyone who saw him. Hence, it was rather difficult for them not to spoil him.

After lunch today, Lisa took him here to learn walking as usual.

"Eun, come to Mother's side."

Lisa was sitting two meters away and beckoning to Eunwoo. Standing up wobbly, Eunwoo's chubby legs couldn't hold up after only one step and his soft body suddenly tumbled forward, and coincidentally lunged into Lisa's arms. He seemed to find this quite exciting and let out a series of happy laughter.

"His little Highness really loves to laugh and is
lively in nature. He really resembles Niang-niang."

Hearing this from Yue'ya, Lisa felt an inexplicable sense of pride and satisfaction in her heart, "It's good to be like me. If he is like His Majesty, perhaps it will be difficult to find a wife in the future."

Yue'ya snorted with laughter and said, "You can still say that. Not knowing who was the one complaining about the number of wanton bees and lascivious butterflies out there who pounced on His Majesty after returning from Hu'guo Temple?"

"That's different. They all are here for glory and wealth. If His Majesty is not His Majesty, this number will only be greatly reduced."

Pursing her lips, Yue'ya said, "What's the use of saying this? The Imperial Household Department has already submitted the primary spring election list of the imperial concubines' candidates. There will only be more and more people while you just play with His little Highness all day and don't even think about how to deal with it. Nubi is already anxious for you."

Lisa laughed in spite of herself, "What's there to be worried about, hasn't His Majesty turned it all down?"

"It was turned down but the Imperial Household Department adjusted the number of staff and sent them to the imperial study again. This time His Majesty did not reject it and even said that since the imperial examination will be held soon and there is not enough time, asking them to rush it. You didn't see it, Lord Liu from the Imperial Household Department was grinning so hard when he heard that and wished he could insert a pair of wings to fly back to let those candidates come to report without losing any time."

Lisa pursed her lips for a moment and muttered, "It seemed that he must have accepted quite a lot of money from those nobility."

"Why are you still thinking about this?" Seeing that she didn't grasp the point, Yue'ya almost jumped up with anxiety. "The list is set out according to the standard number of people. In addition to the four consorts and nine concubines, there are still various ranks of courtiers which add up to as many as hundreds of people. It's bothersome to choose just a fraction and you are still so unconcerned."