(Quick Transmigration) Meat Eating Journey

Ancient Times‧Emperor (23-24)

Chapter 23

「Empress Dowager, you have to persuade the Emperor.」

There was a graceful and beautiful woman who sat under Ye Xuan. Because she was well maintained, it was not obvious that she was an old woman who was nearly fifty years old.

This woman is Ye Xuan's mother, Concubine Guo.

Ye's status as a relative of the royal family made the Ye family always cautious. Concubine Guo rarely came to the palace to visit her daughter. This time, taking advantage of the meeting before the Emperor's birthday, the mother and daughter have some bonding time, and she lowers her voice.

「Soon, the Emperor will be twenty-three years old. Look at our Dayin, which emperor has not yet become an Empress at the age of twenty-three.」 Concubine Guo sighed, 「It's really worrying to see so much emptiness among the Emperor.」

As soon as Ye Xuan heard Concubine Guo speak, she knew what she was going to say.

Jiang Ke had already asked for a meeting a few days ago, and it was natural that he was talking about his immediate future.

Ye Xuan's heart felt like it was being fried in a frying pan. How could she not know why Xiao Ye didn't want to have an Empress?

Knowing the various reasons, how could she persuade Xiao Ye?

「Mother...」 Ye Xuan hesitated for a while, 「Jiulang is still young after all...」

「What do you mean young?!」

Concubine Guo couldn't help but excitedly say, 「The eldest son of Prince Zhao is already twelve years old!」

Realizing that she had lost her composure, she hurriedly lowered her tone, 「Empress Dowager, your mother is worried about you. Although the Emperor is in the prime of life... if something unexpected happens one day, and he has no children, he will have to choose between Prince Lu and Prince Zhao. Prince Lu is an idiot, the most suitable person is Prince Zhao...」

And Prince Zhao, on the other hand, was extremely at odds with Ye Xuan.

After the Five Kings Rebellion, the imperial court wanted to choose a new emperor.

Ye Xuan is the current empress dowager, and she has the most say in the selection of the new emperor.

Prince Lu was the first to be eliminated by the courtiers, and the choice at that time fell on Prince Zhao and Xiao Ye.

It stands to reason that since Prince Zhao is older, he should be the emperor.

Although he has a bad temper, he has good abilities after all.

The courtiers were divided into two factions, one supported Prince Zhao, and the other supported Prince Yue. The final decision was made by Ye Xuan.

One can imagine how much Prince Zhao hated Ye Xuan and the Empress Dowager.

As Concubine Guo said, if Xiao Ye really died as an emperor and had no children, there were only two solutions.

Either adopt a child from the clan to inherit Xiao Ye's lineage, but this child is young and when the young emperor is in power, she fears that the country will be unstable.

Or let Xiao Ye's brother inherit the throne, but once Prince Zhao takes the throne, although he can't take Ye Xuan as his aunt on the surface, can't he use secret means?

「Empress Dowager.」

Concubine Guo's love for Ye Xuan, the youngest daughter who entered the palace the most, made her couldn't help but shed tears, 「Mother doesn't want you to fall to the point where the former Empress Dowager Longqing...」