Ye Jiu was puzzled, "You mean..."
"This time, Prince Jing taking a woman from the Wang Family as a secondary consort isn't actually his own wish; he was forced by the Emperor.
The situation with Qin Zhou at the Wanlai Gambling House was also manipulated by the Emperor using the Crown Prince, with the purpose of forcing Prince Jing to comply, taking the matter of marrying a woman from the Wang Family as leverage to exchange for the Crown Prince.
The Emperor had initially negotiated with the Wang Family to have the Wang Family woman enter the door as the Chief Consort, but Prince Jing didn't agree. Moreover, since the Princess Consort didn't have a son, the Emperor promised that if the Wang Family woman bore a son, he would be made the Princely Heir, which is why the Wang Family could only settle for the next best thing.
