Afterward, Jin Moli questioned several more people.
Most of them agreed with Grand Tutor Su's proposal, while a few had other suggestions. Several proposed Gu Jun's daughter, Gu Wanting—in other words, Consort Wan—as a suitable candidate for Empress.
Jin Moli took a careful look at them. All of them were usually quite close to Gu Jun.
With that, he began making calculations of his own. At the same time, he grew wary of the Gu Family and developed a slight misgiving toward the woman he loved.
Qi Kun's reminder had indeed been right.
What kind of family raised what kind of daughter.
Jin Moli recalled Gu Wanting's attitude toward him when he had visited Minghe Palace a few days earlier. It had clearly been different from before.
In the past, she had been quiet and lovely, as though there were nothing in the world worthy of her notice.
But that time, she had changed. She had become like all those ordinary, vulgar women—getting angry, turning jealous, and making unreasonable scenes.
She was even less sensible and magnanimous than Su Qiao.
Had he simply never seen her clearly before, or had she hidden herself too well?
Or was it truly only because she cared too much about him and had momentarily succumbed to jealousy?
In the end, Jin Moli stalled the matter of appointing an Empress on the pretext that he still needed to discuss it with the Empress Dowager.
A few more days passed before word suddenly spread throughout the Imperial Palace that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager both intended to choose either Consort Ying or Consort Wan to be Empress.
It was like a drop of water falling into a pot of boiling oil. Everyone in the Imperial Palace grew restless.
Although on the surface, everything still appeared