Chapter 853

Empress Dowager Zhou slowly nodded and sat down. She said, "Continue."

"After the emperor gets married, the Empress Dowager will slowly choose a suitable girl for him to take in as a concubine. Once the emperor knows of the benefits of this girl, even if the Empress Dowager doesn't help him, the emperor will impatiently want to take in more concubines."

Su Jin had been in the palace for a long time, so she knew the history of the royal family. Since ancient times, there had never been an emperor who only had one empress. Which emperor couldn't wait to bring in all the beautiful girls in the world into their harem.

In fact, it was not only the Emperor who was like this. Even the princes, dukes, ministers, and nobles who only had one wife in their family was as rare as a phoenix feather or a unicorn horn.

In the West Chu Country, men were superior to women, so men took pride in having many wives. The more prominent a person was, the more beautiful wives they had. It was as if the number of concubines was directly related to a man's face.

If the respected emperor only took one girl as his empress and didn't take in any concubines, he would be laughed at by everyone.

So Empress Dowager Zhou was this angry and anxious.

But when she heard Su Jin's words, she felt that it was reasonable, so she said, "You're right, this widow can't be too hasty. Everything has to be done step by step, we can't force the emperor too much. It's rare that he's willing to get married, so this widow has to take this chance to strike while the iron is hot and quickly marry an empress for him. Once he has a beauty to accompany him, he will slowly forget her."

As for who this "her" was, Empress Dowager Zhou and Su Jin were both well aware of it.

Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it and then said, "The emperor likes talented girls, he doesn't care about their family background. How about this, bring in all the talented girls in the capital who haven't been betrothed yet. As long as the girl has talent, their family background can be ignored. This widow will choose a good empress for the emperor."

Su Jin agreed and left.

Empress Dowager Zhou sat in the chair and rubbed her forehead. Not knowing why, she suddenly thought of Chen Ning at this time. This girl's talent was second to none, no one could compare to her. Her son's eyes were indeed not normal, the girl he liked was the most outstanding.

It was a pity, a pity, that this girl had to marry someone. If she was only married, it wouldn't matter. As long as the emperor liked her, a divorce letter would solve everything, but she had to marry the emperor's nephew. If it was just a nephew, it wouldn't matter, but Chu Shao Yang was the previous emperor's son!

How her son obtained the throne, Empress Dowager Zhou was very clear on it.

If it wasn't for her son taking Mo Chuan's throne in the past, she wouldn't be able to face her ancestors.

But now her son was the emperor. Although Chu Shao Yang was given the title of king, he would still be criticized by everyone. So no matter what, Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't let her son steal Chu Shao Yang's throne and steal his princess, otherwise Empress Dowager Zhou wouldn't be able to face her ancestors after she died.