Didn’t Love You Enough 108

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Chapter 108 – Inspection Tour, Part 1

In the end, both Zhang Chun Wei and Wen Wen Qian’s nameplates remained, while everyone else was eliminated.

When Wen Wen Qian returned home, her mother – Jing Xi Bo’s* wife – quickly asked: “How was life in the palace? Did you live well? Did the empress converse with you often? Have you met His Highness the crown prince?”

[*T/N: In the raws, his name was previously written as Xi Jing Bo, and now it’s changed to Jing Xi Bo. The characters are still the same, but the order of the first two characters is switched. (translator scratches head and shrugs)]

“No, the empress always conversed with several candidates at the same time. But the momos and eunuchs in the palace took extra care of me…” Wen Wen Qian replied.

“Rumor has it that His Highness will take a new crown princess this time. Since they kept your nameplate, perhaps…” Jing Xi Bo’s wife thought that her daughter was the best candidate for the crown princess regardless of her family background…

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“Mother, let’s wait, we will know when the decree comes out.” Wen Wen Qian knew that her family had great expectations for this talent selection, but she didn’t feel like the empress treated her as special.

One day later, the imperial decree was issued. The Assistant Minister of Rite’s di daughter would become the crown prince’s imperial concubine, and the date was set for next month. As for Jing Xi Bo’s di daughter, she was appointed as the wife of the second prince, and the wedding would be held in February of the coming year.

Assistant Minister of Rite Zhang and his family were not surprised when they received the imperial decree. After receiving the decree, they thanked the emperor for his grace. Then Assistant Minister of Rite Zhang and his wife breathed a sigh of relief.

After receiving the imperial decree, Jing Xi Bo’s family was stunned for a while. How did it suddenly become the second crown princess? But when they recovered their senses, the Wen family was still very happy. To be the main wife of a prince was also a great grace.

In April, Zhang Chun Wei used all of her willpower to pretend that her sickly body was all right and entered the palace. That same evening, she was bedridden and comatose.

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng blocked the news and only told the public that Imperial Concubine Zhang was a little tired on the day she entered the palace and therefore she got sick.

The empress was secretly critical of this, and felt that this Zhang Chun Wei was too delicate. She never thought that Imperial Concubine Zhang would be sick for a long time and not get any better. Instead, she got more and more ill, and finally passed away one morning in late April.

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The news of Zhang Chun Wei’s death surprised everyone inside and outside of the harem. She clearly seemed well during the talent selection, but she died of a serious illness after marrying the crown prince. All of a sudden, the imperial court and the ordinary people could not help raising eyebrows at the situation. The previous rumors about His Royal Highness invoking the furies of the heavens spread again.

In Yong Shou Palace, the empress was in a terrible rage, “Is the imperial physician doing his job? How could she die?” The empress was very angry. She already told her son that Zhang Chun Wei was weak, but the crown prince still wanted to marry her. Now talk of the crown prince having a hard life would make a comeback.

“Imperial Mother, please calm down. Perhaps it’s because erchen killed too much in the past, so Imperial Concubine Zhang took the harm on my behalf.” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng said weakly, trying to comfort the empress.

The empress heard the crown prince’s weak tone and immediately retorted, “Crown Prince, don’t listen to those things. It’s because that Zhang Chun Wei’s fortune is ill fated. How could it be your fault? Just look at Jia Bao, isn’t he perfectly well? And just a few days ago I saw that Jia Bao has grown a bit taller.”

“Jia Bao has Imperial Mother’s sincere love and protection, so naturally his fortune would be good.” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng said to the empress.

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After hearing this, the empress’s mood also improved a little and she said to the crown prince, “You’re going on an inspection tour next month, how are the preparations? Jia Bao will also go with you, so you need to bring more people along to serve you.”

“Thank you for your concern, Imperial Mother. Everything is ready.” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng thought that since Jia Bao’s birthday was in June, he would prepare a surprise for him. His darling was finally going to turn sixteen. He really couldn’t wait to devour him.

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