Lin Jingyue choked, then suddenly raised her head to look at Zheng Yue. "Is this true? If the Emperor is promoting you, surely he would grant you a title? Or does he intend for you to be… the Crown Princess?"
Zheng Yue gripped her chopsticks uneasily and let out a slow breath. "Given the status of the Zheng family, even if the Crown Prince doesn't fancy me, there is still the Third Prince born to the Empress, the Fourth Prince born to Consort Shu, and the Sixth Prince born to Imperial Concubine Mu."
In other words, after the Xunfang Banquet, Zheng Yue would either become the Crown Princess, the wife of one of the other princes, or a secondary consort. It all depended on luck.
Chapter 36