Even Eunuch Yu, who had followed him for over a decade and was also a veteran attendant of the Empress Dowager, had betrayed him. He no longer knew whom among the people around him he could trust.
"Good." Since it concerned the Emperor's life, Su Qiao also felt that the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
The next day, the Emperor suddenly issued an Imperial Decree granting the Fourth Prince a marriage. At the same time, he bestowed upon him a Primary Consort and two Secondary Consorts.
One of the Secondary Consorts was Su Yuxin, the legitimate Second Miss of the Su Prime Minister's Estate. It was said that the Fourth Prince had personally gone to the Emperor to request an Imperial Decree for their marriage. The other was the daughter of the Minister of Works.
As for the Primary Consort, she was a granddaughter of Grand Tutor Jiang—a typical young lady of a distinguished family, and one quite skilled in schemes and manipulation.
Of course, that was not the most important point. The most important thing was that Grand Tutor Jiang and the Fourth Prince's maternal grandfather, Grand Tutor Yun, had always been at odds. It was said that they had begun competing against each other during the Imperial Examination in their youth and had continued to this day.
The younger generations of the Grand Tutor Yun and Grand Tutor Jiang families were also on poor terms because of this, and that had created a rift with the Fourth Prince's faction.
When Su Qiao heard the news, she was drinking water and nearly sprayed it all over Xiao Lan's face.
"The Emperor is incredible. That move was really slick."
Imperial Noble Consort Yun and the Fourth Prince had always wanted to marry a woman who could help