Chapter 84 Returning to the capital

　　Ever since the Yan family, which had been standing in the court for many years, was suppressed, the Fourth Prince's Mansion became full of people, and invitations flew in like snowflakes, all of whom wanted to establish a relationship with the Fourth Prince.

　　Nowadays, the status of the fourth prince was rising, but many people couldn't find a way to establish a relationship, so they tried to think up every possible method. For example, they tried to establish a relationship with the fourth prince through Shen Mingyun.

[想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ: to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other]

         Shen Mingyun now had become a fragrant steamed bun, and everywhere he went everyone would praise him. Even with his figure, everyone would praise his figure for being plump and beautiful. He was the number one beauty in the capital, Yang Guifei in the contemporary era. Many people blindly imitated Shen Mingyun by eating more and gaining weight, trying to enter the fourth prince's mansion.

[Yang Yuhuan, often known as Yang Guifei, she was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years. She is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.]

　　The fourth prince looked at the extremely round girls and gers sent by the officials below, and all of them were returned.

　　After he got rid of those women and gers, some people believed that the fourth prince had a deep affection for the fourth prince's imperial concubine, and the fourth prince really had a special love for his imperial concubine. He was the representative of liking fat beauties.

　　The fourth prince sighed privately: Do you have any misunderstanding of my aesthetics?

　　As for Shen Mingyun, he lived in the flattery of others every day. He had a big heart and a fat body, and it was difficult for him to lose weight. The system kept urging him to lose weight. However, Shen Mingyun looked at the price of the pills to lose weight and found that they were too expensive, so he was still reluctant to buy them.

        Everyone kept flattering him, and he also had successfully completed some small tasks, but the points were not high, so he still needed to save some points. As for the matter of him being fat, everyone said that being fat was beautiful, everything was good, even very good, so there was nothing wrong with it.

　　Shen Mingyun was now claiming to be Yang guifei in the contemporary era, so he was even more unwilling to spend this point to lose weight.

　　Everyone thought the fourth prince was the best candidate for the future crown prince and emperor. Now that the right prime minister had been pulled down, and the left prime minister had been supporting the fourth prince all the time. For a while, there was no one in the limelight, and no one could shake the fourth prince's position for the time being.

　　It was the 21th year of Tiansheng, and the 60th birthday of Emperor Tiansheng was about to come.

　　After Concubine Lin and the Empress were defeated, they never appeared in front of people again, and Emperor Tiansheng had no intention of pampering the new concubine anymore. The only ones around him who could talk now were Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei.

　　Concubine Mei had always been ignorant, even though Emperor Tiansheng respected her more now, but she still loved farming more, and Emperor Tiansheng was also willing to accompany her.

　　Now, the authority to manage the harem was in the hands of Concubine Wei. He had no children of his own. In terms of management of the harem, he was always clear about right and wrong. He was very fair, so the concubines in the harem had no complaints. The harem now was harmonious like never before.

　　The fourth prince had many supporters in the court, however the few big shots still hadn't made clear their feelings until now.

　　Although The Left Prime Minister supported the Fourth Prince, however when it came to the establishment of the Crown Prince, his mouth was like a clam shell, it couldn't be pried open. The fourth prince could understand his prudence, because the left prime minister always stood in Emperor Tian Sheng's sidw, this was well known

        It must be because of Emperor Tiansheng's favor, therefore he supported the fourth prince against the Yan family and the crown prince before, however now his attitude towards the fourth prince was naturally good, but he was not too enthusiastic. The object of his service was still Emperor Tiansheng.

　　It was not without reason that he had been trusted by Emperor Tiansheng for many years.

　　Who would take the position of the crown prince was put on hold for the time being, the important thing was to make sure that Emperor Tiansheng's 60th birthday was properly arranged.

　　In the Daxia Kingdom, the big birthday begins at fifty years old, and Emperor Tiansheng still had the Empress Dowager, so it couldn't be called a big birthday for the time being, it could only be said celebrating a birthday (生辰).

[大寿 dà shòu: big birthday, birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)]

　　Celebrating the emperor's birthday was a big event, not only officials would go to the palace to have a feast with Emperor Tiansheng on the same day, even the neighboring countries would send envoys to give gifts.

　　Emperor Tiansheng's birthday was a big event.