novelraw Chapter 1092: The Master Is Not Anxious, But the Eunuch Is Restless
Chapter 1092: The Master Is Not Anxious, But the Eunuch Is Restless
"About other things I’m not sure, but when it comes to rank..."After all, I am a legitimate Princess Consort who has been presented to the Royal Family at the ancestral shrine with the Jade Butterfly.
How could I be pushed aside by a few foreign women?
The Prince is somewhat reckless, but the Royal Family of the Great Chu Dynasty is not that easy to deal with.
No matter how good the relations between the Western Xia Kingdom and the Great Chu Dynasty, it’s impossible for a foreign woman to become a Princess Consort.
Let alone that the Great Chu Dynasty has no such precedent.
Even in previous dynasties, in hundreds of years before, there hasn’t been such an example either.
So...
Lady Zhu once again haughtily raised her chin.
"No matter if it’s a Consort or a concubine, once out of favor, they are nothing!"
"Only me!"
She stood up and turned around.
"As long as I peacefully give birth to a son, he will certainly be the legitimate heir!"
"The entire estate of the Prince’s Mansion will belong to us, mother and son, one day!"
"No matter how favored or capable those women are, they will have to live under my shadow!"
Ying Tao thought for a moment and persuaded again.
"My Lady, please don’t think that way!"
"Over there, there’s a perfect example!" She pointed in the direction of the Fifth Prince’s Mansion.
It’s said...
The Fifth Princess Consort is a foreign woman, isn’t she?
Lady Zhu tapped Ying Tao’s head, frustrated.
"What are you thinking?"
"How can that be the same? She is a Commandery Princess, and at one point was almost serving the Emperor!"
On one side, a Commandery Princess married from afar, on the other, singers and dancers who can’t be seen in public.
There’s simply no comparison, they are worlds apart, aren’t they?
Ying Tao rubbed her head.
"That’s true..."
"Since that’s the case, my Lady, let’s not think too much!"
"No matter who doesn’t have an easy life in this mansion, our lives won’t be bad!"
She holds all the power of the house in her hands.
Who dares to trouble her?!
Lady Zhu smiled: "Indeed!"
"Alright, let’s leave this matter here!"
"Whatever the Master wants in the future, we shall give it to him!"
Not only can we please him, but also secure our own position. How wonderful is that?
Ying Tao smiled proudly.
"Yes! The Princess Consort is wise!"
The mistress and servant had it all planned out.
Lady Zhu delightedly went out to enjoy the snow.
From then on, no one dared to trouble those three foreign women at the Sixth Prince’s Mansion again.
Life finally settled into peace.
...
When both the Fifth and Sixth Princes’ Mansions had no more lively events to watch.
The gossip in the Capital City shifted to the Seventh Master.
After all, among the ten foreign beauties, he alone had four of them.
The Seventh Master... What a fortunate fellow!
Zhao Junyan usually kept a low profile, and his maternal family wasn’t well-born either.
He had struggled in the military camps almost all his life and had little presence in court affairs.
At the banquet held in honor of the Western Xia Kingdom’s Prince Jin.
The Seventh Master defeated a Western Xia Warrior in one move and quickly rose to fame.
The people of the Capital City only realized after some time that, oh, there is such an inconspicuous Prince in the Royal Family.
Moreover, this time the Emperor bestowed a few beauties upon the Seventh Master.
The public was abuzz.
Quickly pushing the private life of the Seventh Prince to the forefront of gossip in the Capital City.
"I heard the Seventh Prince is strikingly handsome and exceptionally skilled in martial arts, comparable to our Emperor!"
"Indeed!"
"The Seventh Prince, so young, was able to defeat a Western Xia Warrior, who else has such courage and insight? Truly a fine young man of our Great Chu!"
"I heard the Seventh Prince is not only skilled in martial arts but also proficient in the six arts of a gentleman!"
"He carries himself with natural nobility, elegant and refined, truly a rare young talent!"
"Just like in the operas, wearing a long robe and holding a folding fan, he looks like an elegantly poised and refined young gentleman!"
"Wearing armor and wielding a golden halberd, he looks majestic and grand, as fierce as a tiger swallowing thousands of miles!"
"Able in both literature and martial arts, a true man of talent!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
The people, spreading this from mouth to mouth and exaggerating,
In just three or five days, they had painted the Seventh Prince as a myth-like figure of omnipotence.
Even he couldn’t help but smile wryly upon hearing it.
"What nonsense is all this!"
The Little Eunuch Bao Tong quickly stepped forward with a smile.
"Please don’t be angry, Master. If you don’t like it, I won’t mention it again!"
The Seventh Master nodded.
"Then, not a word of it in the future!"
"Yes!" Bao Tong responded.
The Seventh Master said no more, returning to his military books, and the air turned silent again.
...
As for these rumors, it’s not just the whispers of the public stirring them up.
There are... internal forces pushing them behind the scenes.
The specifics start from the day the Emperor awarded the four beauties.
That day.
The Seventh Master returned from the military camp and was reading in his study.
The Managing Eunuch led the ladies in, seeking instructions from the Seventh Prince on how to arrange them.
Bao Tong, delighted by the beauty of the women, quickly reported.
"Master... what should we do with the four ladies...?"
He looked eagerly at the Seventh Master’s face.
Hoping to hear him say, ’Arrange them in the rear courtyard.’
After all, Master doesn’t have a Chamber Maid yet.
How can this be, Master is turning twenty soon.
The Empress Dowager mentioned marriage for the Master before.
But who knows what happened, and it wasn’t mentioned during the selection either.
Even Empress Dowager Zhen was arranging Consorts for her son.
While his own Master is already twenty with no arrangements made.
Truly the plight of a child without a mother! Pitiful indeed.
The more Bao Tong thought about it, the more he felt sorry for his Master.
To the point where he felt like crying on his behalf.
But unfortunately...
His Master wasn’t in a hurry!
Truly the Master isn’t in haste, but the eunuch is worried sick!
Zhao Junyan was unaware of his urgency.
He slowly raised his head from a stack of military books, thought for a moment, and said.
"Let them go and sweep the rear courtyard!"
Bao Tong: "..."
"Master..."
"Are you sure?"
Zhao Junyan was taken aback.
"What is there to be unsure about?"
"Did you not say last time that our rear courtyard needs a few maids for cleaning? Now they can be put to use!"
Bao Tong: "..." speechless again.
This time, he really didn’t know what to say.
Stunned for a while, he finally sighed deeply.
"Master!"
"Don’t you need a Chamber Maid?"
"This is a gift from the Emperor, you are already..." quite grown up.
Bao Tong hinted strongly, inwardly lamenting, as the Master didn’t seem to understand at all.
Future Seventh Princess Consort, where are you really!
Truly.
The Master, a real man, isn’t worried about anything.
While a eunuch, without roots, is worried beyond measure!
Ahem!
Bao Tong didn’t dare to think further.
He could only grit his teeth and say.
"Yes, I will handle it!"
The Seventh Prince nodded in satisfaction and continued with his military books...
Bao Tong touched his forehead and looked to the sky.
He suddenly felt that in this lifetime, getting the Master to become aware on his own would certainly be hopeless.
So...
Bao Tong decided to help his Master.
For a child without anyone arranging things, a servant must have resolve!
Thus that night.
Bao Tong found a lot of gossipy Palace Maids, eunuchs, and old Sisters.
He rewarded them with a large sum of money.
Telling them to praise his Master tirelessly and spread it as far as possible.
Thus... the events that followed unfolded (the forefront of gossip).