Song Yaoyao: [Hurry up and tell me! What juicy gossip could there possibly be about such a stunning beauty?]
Guagua: [There's quite a lot tangled up in this, especially the struggle between political factions.
Host, let me tell you the whole story.
Let's start with Weng Hanmin.
As I mentioned earlier, Weng Hanmin holds the Principal Second Rank post of Secretary of the Central Secretariat at court. He belongs to the neutral faction and is loyal only to the emperor.
The emperor of the Heavenly Mystic Kingdom is getting on in years, and his health is growing worse.
The princes' struggles are becoming more and more fierce, too.
They're trying every possible means to win over the court officials.
At a time like this, many officials become all the more cautious. They won't readily choose a side. If they make one careless mistake and choose the wrong side, their entire household could be put to the sword.]
In the video, the princes of the Heavenly Mystic Kingdom spent every day with their advisers, dreaming up all sorts of ways to win over the court officials.
They courted them, flattered them, and fawned over them. If none of that worked, they resorted to underhanded methods: controlling them with poison, sending them beauties, arranging marriage alliances...
Their schemes came one after another, making Song Yaoyao's scalp prickle.
Song Yaoyao: [This is terrifying. One careless moment and you could fall into their trap.
But what does any of this have to do with Weng Chuchu?]
Guagua: [A great deal.
The Weng Family dotes on its daughters, and Weng Hanmin especially cherishes Weng Chuchu, his daughter by his principal wife.
Not only is she beautiful, but her scholarly accomplishments are also outstanding.
The Weng Family never intended to use Weng Chuchu in a marriage