After a pause, Song Yaoyao continued:
*[What was a Grand Commandant? In modern terms, he was the highest military official in the central government, the leader of all military officials under heaven.*
*The Seventh Prince really knew how to scheme. The beads of his abacus were practically flying into our faces.]*
Guagua: [Exactly. That was precisely what he was thinking.
The Seventh Prince felt that having the Grand Commandant's support as a military official still wasn't enough!
He needed the support of civil officials too.
Among all the civil officials, he finally settled on Lord Zeng Shenbin, the Left Assistant Minister of Shangshu, a Subordinate Second Rank official.
That post was a little lower than Minister of Shangshu, but a concubine-born daughter of the Zeng Residence had just the right status to become the Seventh Prince's secondary consort.
The Seventh Prince learned that the Zeng Residence had a concubine-born daughter named Zeng Bifu, whose mother was greatly favored by Lord Zeng, so he chose her.]
Song Yaoyao scoffed:
*[Heh, honestly, wasn't the Seventh Prince a little too full of himself? The women of the Capital weren't cabbages for him to pick through at will.*
*What did he take us women for?]*
Guagua: [Host, have you forgotten? In this ancient era, all it took was a little scheming to ruin a woman's chastity, and she would have to marry him whether she wanted to or not!]
A chill swept through Song Yaoyao. It wasn't worry for Zeng Bifu, but sorrow for the women of this era. Gritting her teeth, she asked:
[Did the Seventh Prince scheme against Zeng Bifu too?]
Guagua: [Yes.
It was still the same old medicine in a different broth.
At a banquet, he arranged for everyone to see him and Zeng Bifu lying together.
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