The Anarchic Consort (1)

418-420

Chapter 418: Wei Wei's Appearance Evaluation

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

The next day.

Inside the court, each and every one of the officials was behaving in an unusual way if compared to how they used to be. They looked nervous.

All of these abnormal behaviors were led by the unexpected appearance of the Third Prince in the morning court, which he had never attended in the past.

He chose not to stand but to lay on the carved wooden chair right beside him. He then raised his eyebrows and said to them, "Are you all lining up for the bride-show?"

The group of old officials kneeling down there had their own thoughts as they knew that the Fifth Prince had lost his power upon the fall of the Emperor Murong.

If they could bring in their daughters into the palace through the bride-show organized by the Third Prince, then they might be able to hold their position. In addition, they could prove to the Third Prince that they were standing on his side.

However, these old officials had never thought that Baili Jia Jue was unwilling to acquire a secondary consort.

"Lord Zhang," Baili Jia Jue slowly mentioned a name. "During the time when I was eliminating the Murong's subclans, one of them happened to know about you. Could you please elaborate on the story about how you both met before even mentioning the selection of the secondary consort?"

Lord Zhang had sensed the unusual response coming from Baili Jia Jue and therefore, he immediately kneeled on the floor and shouted with a pale face, "Your Highness, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life, please!"

Baili Jia Jue did not even glance at him for a second, not to mention the Emperor who had never once care about the issue in the imperial court.

None of them was brave enough to voice out their opinion inside the violet gold palace.

However, even if Baili Jia Jue refused to get a secondary consort, he was already at the age whereby as a prince, he was required to pick a lady who would be decent enough to be shown off in public to stay by his side.

For the past few generations, the emperors in power would always pick the most elegant lady as queen during the secondary consort selection. However, Baili Jia Jue was the exception. He had eventually picked a plain lady as his queen among all the ladies.

This strange behavior was unable to be justified away.

Moreover, there were still plenty of outstanding women in the capital, such as Yun Biluo and Helian Jiao Er. Therefore, it had aroused intense discontent among the people.

"I agreed that Helian Wei Wei is not as useless as she used to be. However, frankly speaking, she is not attractive at all. I am confused about the Third Prince's decision."

"Perhaps it's because of her Helian's bloodline. Don't forget that the Old Master Helian had brought several great achievements in the past."

"Forget about it. She has already been expelled by the General's residence. It is still unknown whether she will be acknowledged by her biological father."

"I've heard that the second lady of the Helian family was staying in the temple for two days a few months ago because she was having a guilty conscience. She had even gone chanting sutra. Honestly, I felt that she was kinda pity as the one who did the wrong thing was Madam Su, not her..."

To retrieve the reputation of her own daughter, Su Yan Mo had chosen to sacrifice herself. This was certainly a tough move made by her.

During these few days in the Capital, the people would keep talking about her when she stepped into the streets.