Chapter 936: The Fourth Princess Consort

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It seemed that as soon as the reward from the palace was sent to Little Yaoer, it had already spread throughout the capital.

Things like conferring t.i.tles and rewards had never been hidden. Otherwise, how could the royal family express to the world that the Imperial Court rewarded and punished clearly, intimidating everyone?

However, the Empresss extraordinary rewards and generous gifts were intriguing.

Even he could sense the deeper meaning behind this.

How could others not notice?

She was afraid that after this reward was received, Little Yaoer and the Empress would be connected.

However, on the surface, the Empress Dowager was on the same side as the Empress, but there was also the Fourth Prince involved. Now that the compet.i.tion for the position of heir was becoming more and more intense, it was definitely impossible for the Fourth Prince to only think of himself. Was it easy to deal with this?

Old Master Xie was worried.

Yu Youyaos heart skipped a beat. She said calmly, Since the Empress has rewarded me, Ill accept it. In any case, she cant surpa.s.s the Empress Dowager. Shes the Empress, and the Yi Kun Palace has opened its doors. As the mother of a country, its only right for her to reward her contributing relatives.

Yu Youyao had been given t.i.tles several times. However, the Empress sealed the palace and never expressed anything. Now that the gates of the Yi Kun Palace had opened, the Empress would definitely express twice as much to show her motherly demeanor.

The Empress was a model woman of the world. She ruled over both internal and external mingfu with virtue. She rewarded meritorious family members to show her motherly etiquette.

It was only right to reward her handsomely.

That made sense, However, Old Master Xie shook his head. In the eyes of others, such a heavy reward is still a little too out of line. There are also certain rules for the palace to reward the family members. Since the Empress is the mother of the country, she wont expose the reward. Itll make others think that shes overstepping the rules. After all, the reward should come from the palaces inner vault.

The inner treasury was equivalent to the government. It had to follow the old rules.

No matter how slow Yu Youyao was, she still sensed that something was amiss.

The Empress wouldnt break the rules knowingly. Clearly, such a heavy reward doesnt come from the inner vault, but from the Empresss private vault. It belongs to the Empress herself. However, theyre unrelated. Why would the Empress reward you generously with the things in her personal vault? What will others think?

Moreover, the rewards were very expensive.

This clearly did not make sense.

Old Madam Xie held her breath and almost knocked over her teacup. Clearly, she had already understood something.

Yu Youyao looked at her grandmother in surprise, confused. Didnt you just say that the Empresss intention to rope me in was obvious?

Indeed, she also felt that the Empresss attempt to rope her in was a little too shallow, so she couldnt help but feel strange.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she did not feel that there was a problem.

The Yu Clan and the Empress belonged to the royal faction. It made sense for the Empress to want to rope her in further on this basis.

Yu Youyao did not have any room to refuse the reward sent by the palace. It was not wrong, but whether she would accept the Empresss attempt in further roping her in was not something the Empress could control.

She was far away in Liaodong and was not under the Empresss control. As long as she remained respectful to the Empress, the Empress could not do anything to her.

To put it bluntly, this shallow attempt to further rope Yu Youyao in did not affect her much.

Therefore, Yu Youyao did not care too much.

You Seeing her confused expression, Old Master Xie hesitated and looked helpless. He could only glance at Old Madam Xie.

She did not even think about it. If it was just to rope her in, the Empress would definitely not bypa.s.s the Yu Clan. In the face of the clans interests, it was not up to Little Yaoer to decide who she would join.

Everyone knew that this shallown method of further roping Yu Youyao in would not affect Yu Youyao much. How could the Empress not know?

It was a thankless task. Could it be that she was doing this just to give Princess Shaoyi benefits for free?

How could there be such a good thing in the world?

Old Madam Xie sighed softly. Little Yaoer, youre already 14 years old. Its the age to talk about marriage. Its because youre mourning, so its not appropriate for others to visit, let alone mention it. However, with your current reputation and talent, I think there must be many people eyeing you. Since ancient times, almost all the daughters of foreign ministers and women who were conferred the t.i.tle of imperial family member have married into the imperial family.

It was said that the Empress and the Fourth Prince were as close as mother and son. It couldnt be wrong.

The Fourth Prince in the palace was already 18 years old, and he had just reached the age to talk about marriage. After Little Yaoers mourning period pa.s.sed, one of them would just reach adulthood, and the other would just reach the age of maturity. It was time to get married.

Yu Youyaos eyes widened in shock.

In a flash, she suddenly remembered that she had been in the capital a long time ago. After she was conferred the t.i.tle of County Head, she had gone to pay her respects to her foster father in the clan. She had happened to hear a rumor that the Empress Dowager had wanted to make her the Fourth Princes princess consort a long time ago. Later, it had been disrupted by the Duke Rongs Residence. That was why the palace was so angry and severely punished the Duke Rongs Residence.

At that time, she did not take it seriously and thought to herself, The emperor severely punished Duke Rongs Residence. Isnt he thinking about how the Duke Rongs Residence has been managed for many years and is rich?

The Fourth Prince was the son of a concubine and didnt have any power in the palace. She also knew that with her status at that time, she was still a little lacking as the princess consort.

After all, Yu Zongzhengs official position and skills were not prominent. Although the Yu Clan was placed in an important position, they had still been in dire straits for many years. Their reputation was still a little lacking.

Although Yu Youyao was the eldest daughter of the first wife, her status was not as high as Yu Shuangbais. It made sense if it was Yu Shuangbai.

Even so, princes and princess consorts were usually chosen from those old n.o.bles with deep foundations.

This was so that it would not insult the bloodline of the royal family.

But now, after hearing her grandmothers words, she suddenly realized that this was very likely not groundless. The Empress suddenly took things from her own private vault and rewarded me without any reason. This is clearly unreasonable. If shes interested in the Fourth Princes marriage, then everything will Everything would make sense!

It was the Empress who had taken a fancy to her, so it was like a mother who was in charge of her marriage for her son. For the sake of the Fourth

Prince, she wanted to reward Yu Youyao generously and express her att.i.tude. Everything was reasonable and smooth.

Every move, word, and action of a superior carried a deeper meaning and purpose.

As long as others thought about it for a moment, it was very easy to guess what the Empress meant behind the heavy reward.

In addition, early on, there were rumors in the imperial family that the

Empress Dowager wanted to make her the Fourth Princes princess consort. Today was different from before. With her current status, she complemented the Fourth Prince even more, so everything made sense.

The Empress had used this method to forcefully rope her in.

Seeing that she had understood, Old Madam Xie heaved a sigh of relief. Think about it carefully.. When Eunuch Li read the reward list just now, what was the first thing the Empress gave you?