When Xie Yan stepped into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Eunuch Huang stood at the door of the inner hall and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are back."
Xie Yan nodded slightly and stepped into the palace, "How is Auntie?"
Huang Eunuch said: "I just woke up again. The princess and the little princess are inside with me. The Queen Mother heard that you went to the Luo family and was very happy. Your Majesty, this..."
Xie Yan nodded and confirmed Eunuch Huang's guess. Eunuch Huang's old face was also overjoyed, "That's good, that's good."
In fact, Eunuch Huang doesn't take any happy events seriously. He is a man who has experienced ups and downs for most of his life. Who really believes this?
I just wanted to make the Empress Dowager feel at ease when she left.
In the dormitory, Qin Ning, who was lying beside the bed talking to the Empress Dowager when she saw Xie Yan walking in, quickly stood up and said, "Uncle."
Princess Changling also turned around to look at him, "Zhi Fei."
Xie Yan walked to the bed and sat down, leaning forward to see the Queen Mother, "Auntie, how do you feel?"
The Empress Dowager was lying on the bed, nodding slightly and her voice was so weak that Qin Ning, who was standing behind Xie Yan, couldn't hear her clearly.
Although Xie Yan could hear clearly due to his profound internal strength, he still leaned forward and listened carefully to what the Empress Dowager was saying.
"Luo, General Luo..."
Xie Yan nodded and said: "General Luo agreed."
Qin Ning opened her eyes wide: Yao Yao is really going to marry her uncle?
There was a bit of joy in the eyes of the Queen Mother, and she held Xie Yan's hand and said: "That's good, that's good. Huang..."
"The Empress Dowager, this old slave is here."
The Empress Dowager raised her hand and said: "Give Zhifei... what I prepared earlier... and ask Taihua... Princess Taihua to take care of the wedding."
Eunuch Huang said yes, turned around and went to the back.
After a while, Eunuch Huang came back holding a long box.
Putting the box into the hands of the chamberlain who was following behind him, Eunuch Huang opened the box himself and took out a roll of bright yellow silk, saying: "Your Majesty, this is the decree prepared by the Empress Dowager in advance."
Then he turned around and took out another roll of silk and said: "This is the empress dowager's decree to confer Miss Luo Er as the Princess of Chu. The golden book and gold seal have been sealed. This will be sent to the Luo family along with the wedding edict.
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With this edict and the golden book, Luo Junyao will be the legitimate Princess of Chu, no matter whether there is a wedding or not.
Qin Ning was stunned into silence. Even Princess Changling next to her didn't expect that the Empress Dowager had such a thoughtful idea.
Xie Yan stood up and took the edict with his own hands, "Thank you, Mr. Huang."
Eunuch Huang said sadly: "The Empress Dowager has been thinking about this since the day the prince invited Princess Taihua back. She was afraid of any accident... so she prepared these in advance."
After saying that, Eunuch Huang took out another booklet and said: "The wedding is so urgent that the Luo family may not have time to make complete preparations. This is the dowry prepared by the Empress Dowager for the princess. The prince can make the final decision on the rest."
Eunuch Huang finished speaking for the Empress Dowager what she wanted to say, and then respectfully stepped aside.
Xie Yan handed those things to Qin Ning and sat back on the bed again. Qin Ning held those things in her hands and felt a little trembling as they were as heavy as a thousand pieces.
Xie Yan held the Queen Mother's hand and whispered: "Auntie, just don't worry."
The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "Don't worry, you are... doing well, Auntie, you can still hold on. I will definitely... see you get married."
Princess Changling turned her head and suppressed the sourness in her eyes. She turned back with a smile on her face and said, "Mother, not only can you see Zhifei get married, but you can also hold Zhifei's child with your own hands."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Okay, okay."
After talking for a while, the Queen Mother fell asleep again.
Doctor Xue's medicine had not yet been prepared, so the Empress Dowager slept like this for a while, woke up for a while, then fell asleep again, and so on.
After leaving the dormitory, the guards outside came to report that the Queen Mother and her Majesty had come to pay their respects to the Queen Mother.
Now the Empress Dowager's palace is still blocked by Xie Yan. Even if the Empress Dowager takes Xie Cheng with her, she must obtain Xie Yan's consent if she wants to enter.
Xie Yan said calmly: "The Queen Mother, please take Ah Cheng back first. Just say that the Queen Mother has just fallen asleep."
The guards responded and went. Princess Changling frowned and said, "Zhifei, isn't it a good idea for you to keep her out of the palace? She is the Queen Mother after all."
Xie Yan said: "The poisonous scorpion has not been caught yet. The fewer people coming in and out of Auntie's palace now, the better. Princess Chang Zhao and other royal wives should not be allowed to enter the palace to serve her."
Princess Changling was frightened when she remembered the truth about the Queen Mother's sudden illness. She immediately nodded and said, "That's fine. I'll stay in the palace these days. It's enough for me to take care of my mother."
Xie Yan said: "Don't worry, there won't be any danger in the palace now, but it's not appropriate to let outsiders know too much about my aunt's condition for the time being. Let's wait until Doctor Xue prepares the medicine and see how aunt's condition is."
Princess Changling nodded. Now she didn't know what else to do besides doing her best and obeying fate.
"Now that I am in the palace, I can't help with other matters. Our mother asked you to find Aunt Taihua to handle the marriage, so we can rest assured. If there is not enough manpower, you can just go to my house to transfer people." Princess Changling warned.
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Xie Yan nodded, "I know, Sister Huang, don't worry."
While the two were talking, Doctor Xue quickly walked in from outside carrying a bowl of medicine.
As soon as he approached the palace gate, the three people in the palace noticed a strange smell of medicine.
It doesn't smell bad, the slightly bitter medicinal aroma has a hint of fragrance.
As soon as he came in, the three people's eyes fell on the medicine bowl in his hand.
"Doctor Xue, is this a new medicine?" Princess Changling asked expectantly.
Doctor Xue nodded and walked in without stopping, "It's a new medicine, it's hard to say how effective it will be."
Princess Changling did not dare to say anything and quickly turned around and followed in.
Qin Ning looked at her mother's back, then bowed slightly to Xie Yan and followed her in.
She actually doesn't like taking care of patients. It's not that Qin Ning is unfilial, but that she has spent more than half of her life of more than ten years in the smell of various medicines.
Whenever she smells the medicine, she can remember the days when she was a child, lying in bed unable to move, not knowing which day she was going to die.
But she couldn't tell anyone about this. Her grandmother was so ill, her mother was sad and her uncle was worried about her, so she had to accompany her mother to take care of her grandmother.
Xie Yan did not follow him in. He walked to the main hall and sat down, "Here comes someone."
"Your Majesty." Duiying and Xiying came in from the door and bowed.
Xie Yan asked: "Is there anything unusual happening in the palace today?"
Xiying said: "Your Majesty, everything in the palace is peaceful and peaceful. Only the Queen Mother sent someone out of the palace this morning to the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion. In addition..."
Xiying hesitated for a moment, then Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "Speak!"
Xiying said: "The Queen Mother...seems to be quite harsh on Your Majesty."
The shadow next to him glanced sideways at Xiying, wondering why he was still talking such nonsense at this time.
Your Majesty is young and the only son of the Queen Mother, so it is inevitable to be strict with him.
It's better than the Queen Mother doting on His Majesty too much, right?
Xiying quickly explained: "The people sent to investigate the situation around His Majesty said that Your Majesty is not as lively in his palace as he is in front of the prince. On the contrary, he rarely talks. There are strict rules in every move.
There is no room for error. If Your Majesty falls slightly short, the maids around you will criticize the Queen Mother and the rules. Your Majesty looks..." a bit miserable.
Even the guards sent to monitor felt that the little emperor was miserable, which shows that it was really miserable.
A child who is only six or seven years old has no freedom at all. The maids and maids around him have no tenderness, and the little emperor's words and deeds seem to be their puppets.
"This morning, the Queen Mother ordered Her Majesty to copy scriptures for the Queen Mother all morning. During lunch, perhaps because of pain in her arm, she accidentally dropped the soup bowl. The Queen Mother neither comforted Your Majesty nor asked anyone to re-serve the soup. She even scolded her.
Your Majesty had a meal and immediately ordered the food to be taken away."
Xie Yan's face darkened, "In other words, Ah Cheng hasn't had lunch yet?"
Xiying nodded in agreement.
"A child who is not yet seven years old is copying scriptures!"
Xiying also criticized this. It is good to teach His Majesty to be filial, but what is the point of letting a six or seven-year-old child copy things that even he himself cannot understand all morning?
Not to mention His Majesty, adults like them wouldn't be able to stand copying books without doing anything all morning.
"The Queen Mother just brought her Majesty here, and she brought the scriptures copied by Your Majesty. She said that they were to be enshrined in the Buddhist hall of the Queen Mother's palace so that the Buddha could bless the Queen Mother." Xiying said.
Xie Yan lowered his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment and said: "Duoying, just say that the Queen Mother is awake, and please ask the Queen Mother to take care of the Queen Mother."
Duoying nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, are you coming with your Majesty?" If the Queen Mother came over, she would definitely take Your Majesty with her.
Xie Yan said: "I would like to invite Grand Tutor Su to the palace. Also... pass on the king's order to order the clan and officials of the third rank and above in the court to select the legitimate son of the family under ten years old to accompany him to the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Duiying said yes. He thought to himself, has the Queen Mother really angered His Majesty?
