NOVEL NEXT Chapter 93 - A Dejected Prince with a Cold Outside and Tender Inside (ending)
Chapter 93: A Dejected Prince with a Cold Outside and Tender Inside (ending)
Translator: asassin
The first year that Zhao Yin was chosen as the crown prince, many ministers had submitted their requests to send the crown prince more consorts since there weren’t many in Eastern Palace.
Emperor Huizong glanced at Prince Beiding who was standing in the front of all ministers then at the crown prince who looked not interested at all and dismissed all the requests.
On that day, after court was adjourned, Prince Beiding visited those ministers himself and nobody dared to bring that up in a long time.
On the third year that Zhao Yin was chosen as the crown prince.
Many ministers requested that the crown prince took more consorts since the royal family needed offspring while the princess hadn’t given birth to a son for years.
This time, Emperor Huizong kept silence.
However, the crown prince wasn’t easy to persuade and accused those ministers of setting the crown prince and princess against each other.
A coincidence came after the court was adjourned that the crown princess was pregnant.
The next year, Ah Zhao gave birth to twins of mixed sex.
During that time, the winter snow had continued for half a month and no area was able to spare from it.
When the first cry of the babies sounded from the Eastern Palace, a ray of sunshine went through the could.
That was a sign of good fortune.
After that, nobody spoke of getting the crown prince more consorts any longer.
When the emperor’s grandchildren reached five, someone brought it up that the crown prince didn’t have many women around him.
Emperor Huizong who had understood what Zhao Yin was thinking about let his son solve the problem himself.
He couldn’t determine his son’s fortune after all so he wouldn’t play the bad guy here.
At this time, the crown prince and princess were almost 30.
The ministers thought that though the crown prince and crown princess loved each other deeply as a couple, that love would wear down as time passed.
Besides, though the crown princess was exceedingly beautiful, she was no match for those young and fresh girls.
However, the crown prince didn’t show them any respect and announced directly that he would not marry any other woman except the crown princess.
The whole court was surprised.
During their time, it was normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines. Merchants of average wealth would take one or two concubines, let alone royals, nobles, and the emperor of a nation.
Some ministers didn’t believe what the crown prince said and gave him beautiful women as a gift at a banquet while the crown prince turned him down at once and left the banquet.
The next day, that minister was dismissed from office.
Until then did those ministers stop their proposals.
A few more years passed.
Emperor Huizong considered that the crown prince could assume the responsibility as a emperor so he had made the order to give up the throne. Then he lived in a temporary imperial residence and enjoyed a life of leisure in retirement as the father of the reigning emperor. All he did were watching traditional operas and fishing with Prince Beiding.
The crown prince succeeded to the throne as Emperor Mingzong and made the crown princess Qin-shi the empress.
When the Board of Rites prepared to give the consorts of imperial harem their titles it suddenly realized that His Majesty didn’t have a harem.
The crown princess and crown prince had always lived and ate together like normal couples. The sleeping chamber of the crown prince was totally a decoration.
At the moment, the ministers accustomed themselves to His Majesty’s deep love towards Her Majesty therefore nobody had ever proposed to replenish the imperial harem and add more sons to the royal family. Even if anyone proposed that, his proposal would have dismissed by His Majesty. What’s more, His Majesty would even bear him grudges. Only a fool would keep running into a rejection.
Those ministers who had served on Emperor Mingzong’s court found it inconceivable recalling it after they retired.
His Majesty, the emperor of a nation had really lived his whole life having only Her Majesty by his side.
No other woman with extreme beauty would draw any attention from him.
A gossip had circulated among the noble ladies in the capital of Yan that Her Majesty was a jealous woman.
Every time that an ambitious little girl asked about this, some experienced ladies would warn them with an envious tone:
“Jealous? That was only a lie made by those gossipy women who were really jealous.”
“No jealous woman could tame her man.”
“There was no other woman in His Majesty’s harem simply because he only has Her Majesty in his heart.”
A little word from the translator:
I’ve enjoyed translating this easy-to-read little love story. Plus, I love a happy ending where the good guys didn’t go through much pain and the bad people suffered the consequences of their own deeds.
As a reader you can start reading at any time and with any part of the story while still having a fun reading experience.
Though the story of Zhao Yin and Ah Zhao has ended, the story of the male lead and Ah Zhao of another incarnation continues. What will happen next, let’s find out together.