Empress Dowager Zhu and Xie Cheng were overtaken by Die Ying's men before they returned to her palace. They felt even more strange after hearing what Die Ying said.
But it was customary for a daughter-in-law to attend to her mother-in-law's illness, so she had nothing to say and had to hold Xie Cheng's hand again to prepare to return to the Empress Dowager's palace.
"Your Majesty, today the prince has invited Taifu Su to come to the palace to give lectures to His Majesty. We don't want to keep Taifu waiting for a long time. Your Majesty may have to go to the Imperial Study Room first," Duoying said.
Empress Dowager Zhu lowered her head and glanced at her well-behaved son, frowned and said, "Taifu Su personally entered the palace?"
Although Taifu Su was one of the four auxiliary ministers and the emperor's teacher, because he was old and Xie Cheng was still young, he would not go to the palace every day to teach Xie Cheng.
Xie Cheng's classes were usually taught by several bachelors from the Hanlin Academy in turns. Only every few days would Grand Tutor Su come in person to check on Xie Cheng's homework and give lectures. Now that he was still laying the foundation, the Tai Fu had to teach in person.
, at least after the little emperor is nine years old.
Duoying lowered his head and said: "Yes, Your Majesty said that His Majesty was frightened yesterday and asked the Taifu to come into the palace to comfort Your Majesty."
Since Duiying said so, Queen Mother Zhu naturally could no longer object.
I had no choice but to give Xie Cheng some instructions and ask the chamberlain beside Xie Cheng to take him to the Imperial Study Room to meet the Grand Tutor, and then I turned around and followed the shadow back to the Palace of the Empress Dowager.
Naturally, Empress Dowager Zhu did not actually see the Empress Dowager when she arrived at the Palace, because the Empress Dowager fell asleep "again".
The Empress Dowager had just taken Doctor Xue's medicine and her complexion looked much better, but she was still asleep.
Doctor Xue looked at Princess Changling who looked a little gloomy, sighed and said: "I have tried my best. Fortunately, I have Snow Jade Royal Ginseng. As long as I am careful, the situation can still be stable."
Qin Ning couldn't help but said: "Miracle doctor, since that... Snow Jade Royal Ginseng is useful, then let's find more, can we..."
Doctor Xue glanced at her and said, "What are you thinking about, little girl? Where is it so easy to find Snow Jade Royal Ginseng? Besides...it's hard to say how many times the medicines I'm preparing now can be used. Any more would be a waste. It's too much.
The Empress Dowager's current situation is that her body is too weak and needs nourishment. But it is also because her body is too weak and cannot be nourished. The effect of nourishment is far from keeping up with the speed of her loss of vitality. All we can do is try our best to delay her
It’s just a time when vitality is completely exhausted.”
Doctor Xue was also very helpless about this.
As the saying goes, curing a disease cannot cure a life.
When the fate comes, no matter how powerful the miracle doctor is, there is nothing he can do.
Princess Changling wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Thank you for the miracle doctor."
Doctor Xue shook his head and said nothing. Being called a miracle doctor in vain, he was not in a good mood because he could not cure his own patient.
Princess Changling raised her head and looked at Xie Yan who was sitting on the side and said: "Zhifei, my mother-in-law and I are taking care of you. You still have many things to do, so go out of the palace quickly. You will leave Xiying behind, what else?
I will ask him to leave the palace immediately to inform you of the matter."
Xie Yan nodded and said, "That's fine. Gu Jue and Xiying will stay in the palace. Auntie will have to work hard for the imperial sister and the imperial sister-in-law."
Princess Changling said: "This is our duty, why bother? It's up to you to tell Aunt Taihua and Chang Zhao that they don't need to worry about the Queen Mother. Please ask them to help get the business done quickly."
Empress Dowager Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and she frowned slightly and looked at Princess Changling.
Princess Changling was startled, and then she remembered and said: "The emperor's sister-in-law doesn't know yet, but the queen mother has issued an edict for Zhifei and the second girl of the Luo family to get married on October 15th. I'm afraid I'm going to be busy now. I'm going to take off my clothes now."
I couldn't get out of here, so I had to ask Aunt Taihua and Chang Zhao for help."
From the beginning to the end, no one thought about the people from Prince Mu's palace.
Empress Dowager Zhu paused while holding the teacup. She quickly lowered her eyes to steady her mind and slowly put the teacup back on the table.
"My mother is ill now. Isn't this too urgent?" said the Queen Mother Zhu.
Princess Changling smiled bitterly and said: "What my mother is most worried about now is Zhifei's marriage. I have to let her... have a cup of niece-in-law tea."
Empress Dowager Zhu stood up suddenly and said: "What did the emperor sister say? The empress is just... a little bit seriously ill for a while. Let's think about it again, and it will always be fine. If you say this, people who don't know will think that
you……"
Queen Mother Zhu swallowed back what she said, but everyone present knew what she meant.
People who don't know may think you are cursing the Queen Mother.
Qin Ning was a little angry and whispered: "Auntie, it's my grandmother who wants my uncle and Yao Yao to get married as soon as possible. What do you say my mother did? If it wasn't for my grandmother, how could my uncle and Yao Yao get married so quickly? The Luo family still has it.
I feel aggrieved."
"Ah Ning!" Princess Changling called her daughter. Even if she was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was still the Queen Mother, and Qin Ning, a young princess, could not blame her casually.
Qin Ning was a little depressed, but she still lowered her head obediently, "Ah Ning is wrong, please punish me."
Empress Dowager Zhu was equally displeased, but she could not punish Qin Ning for just one sentence in front of Xie Yan and Princess Changling.
He could only force a smile and said, "What are you talking about, A Ning? My aunt is just in a hurry. Xian Yu, don't take it to heart."
"The emperor's sister-in-law said something serious." Princess Changling said with a smile.
Xie Yan listened silently to the exchange between the three women, and then said: "Now that the hidden danger in the palace has not been eliminated, Emperor Lao and Sister Huang are here to take care of my aunt in the past few days. The rest of the clan and the court ladies do not need them to enter the palace for the time being.
, so that no one will be distracted and anything will happen. I still have something to do, so I left the palace first."
Princess Changling did not wait for Empress Dowager Zhu to answer, then said decisively: "Go quickly, there are still many things going on. Although it is said that urgent matters should be followed, we should not be too aggrieved to the Luo family girl."
Xie Yan nodded in agreement, stood up, said goodbye to the two of them, and then turned around and went out.
After he left, Queen Mother Zhu reacted belatedly.
They just ignored her and made the decision again!
Even...she is now forced to stay in the palace of the Empress Dowager to attend to her illness, which is equivalent to being under house arrest in disguise.
Moreover, she could not express any dissatisfaction.
Empress Dowager Zhu always advocated that women should abide by their boudoir precepts and be virtuous and filial. If they did not want to serve their mother-in-law, it would not be considered virtuous and filial.
Empress Dowager Zhu glanced at Princess Changling and her daughter sitting aside, and pinched her palms with her fingers hidden under her wide sleeves.
What does it mean for her to be the Queen Mother?
At noon the next day, the Luo family once again opened the central door to welcome the messengers from the palace.
This time, the Ministry of Rites, the Zongren Mansion and the chamberlains around the Empress Dowager arranged the guard of honor and sent two decrees.
One is the decree of the Empress Dowager personally specifying the wedding date for the Prince Regent and the second girl of the Luo family, and the other is the edict of canonizing the second girl of the Luo family as the Princess of Chu.
Along with the edict, the golden book and seal of Princess Chu were sent.
Although it is customary for royal families, princes, and princes to marry wives, the royal family will formally issue an edict to canonize the princess, but the actual canonization and sealing of the princess are all after the wedding.
It is extremely rare for the gold book, gold seal and canonization edict to be sent directly to the future princess before the wedding.
Even if the bride or the prince is extremely unpopular with the superiors, they may not be awarded the gold book and gold seal.
Of course, this situation is extremely rare. After all, not granting the seal to the princess who is being married by the official media will not only make the bride look ugly, but also the royal family itself. However, there are also princesses who have their seal taken back after marriage. Princess Mu was almost killed back then.
Emperor Gaozu took back the gold book and seal of the princess, but it was for the sake of His Highness the Regent that Emperor Gaozu took back the decree.
Once a princess is deprived of her seal, she is considered to be in the cold palace even if she is not divorced. But if a woman has the royal seal, she is still a legitimate princess even if there is no wedding.
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict said: Yuxiu, the second daughter of the great general Luo Yun of Dingguo, is from a well-known family, and is of a smart and intelligent nature... Now, with the kindness of the empress dowager, I have sent Cao Hong, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Xie Zong, the imperial magistrate of the Zongren Mansion, as the right and left envoys.
You are the Princess of Chu. I appreciate this!"
As the right minister of the Ministry of Rites said "I appreciate this" for the last time, Luo Junyao, who was kneeling next to Luo Yun and followed him to receive the order, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As for the imperial edict, everything else is good but too shaky.
She had to recite things that could be said in two sentences for almost a quarter of an hour. Ninety-nine percent of them were meaningless words of praise. She didn't even know that she had so many advantages.
The right minister of the Ministry of Rites who read out the edict put away the silk and said to Luo Yun with a smile on his face: "General Luo, princess, please get up quickly. I would like to congratulate General Luo."
Luo Yun stood up, and everyone in the Luo family around him also stood up.
"Thank you, sir." Luo Yun cupped his hands and said with a smile.
The right servant respectfully sent the imperial edict to Luo Yun. Although she had not yet been married, she was the legitimate Princess of Chu from now on. Naturally, she could not be treated as a simple second girl of the Luo family as before.
"Congratulations, Princess."
Luo Junyao took the edict and the princess's seal, turned around and handed it to Lan Yin and Lan Zhen behind him, "Thank you, sir."
After they finished speaking, the Zongling of the Zongren Mansion who was waiting on the side came forward and also presented a booklet and said: "This is the makeup that the Empress Dowager prepared for the princess. I hope the princess and General Luo will accept it.
"
The Luo family had long seen the long team carrying various boxes and cages that followed them in, and they naturally guessed what they were.
Luo Yun stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Please also ask Prince Kangcheng to thank the Empress Dowager for your kindness on behalf of Luo."
The Zongren Mansion has always been held by relatives of the royal family. Although Xie Zong, Prince of Kangcheng County, is only in his fifties, he is the clan uncle of Emperor Gaozu. Although they are separated by a few houses, he has a higher seniority.
He had always stayed on his own terms, but now that the royal family was withering and unable to choose anyone, he was allowed to take the position of Zong Ling.
Prince Kangcheng naturally responded with a smile. In fact, they were also very surprised that the Empress Dowager valued the Princess of Chu.
It is indeed customary in the palace to reward the girls of important ministers with extra make-up, but most of the so-called extra make-up is just like the way Miss Luo came out of the palace, and it was enough to give her a few things.
The value of something is not the important point, the important thing is to express the royal attitude.
But this time, the additional dowry given by the Empress Dowager was almost equal to half of the dowry given to the daughter of a noble family in the imperial city.
But no matter what, it is always right to hold the beloved daughter of General Luo and the concubine of His Highness the Regent.
Therefore, Prince Kangcheng did not mean to be arrogant at all because of his superiority. He was approachable to both Luo Yun and Luo Junyao.
After some pleasantries, Luo Yun, Luo Jinyan and Luo Jinxing invited everyone who had delivered the decree to the hall for tea, while Su accompanied Luo Junyao and returned to Nuanxinyuan with the edict and the seal.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion came to the Luo family with a large group of people, which naturally attracted the attention of countless people in the imperial city.
Before all the boxes of makeup were delivered to Nuanxinyuan, the news had already spread throughout most of the inner city.
Most of the dignitaries in the imperial city knew that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, but the sudden appointment of the immediate marriage between the Prince Regent and the second girl of the Luo family shocked many people and disrupted many people's plans.
It seems that the Empress Dowager is determined to tie the Luo family and the Regent's Palace together.
It was because he was afraid that the marriage would change if he died suddenly, so he hurriedly issued edicts and gifts.
Regarding this sudden situation, no matter what the dignitaries in the court thought, the owners and shopkeepers of various shops in the Yonghuang City were already excited.
The second daughter of the Luo family is getting married to the regent. What a joyous event this is.
As long as they can get a small part of the business from it, it will be enough for them to live for more than half a year, and they will have unlimited success if they go out.
Immediately, the bosses and shopkeepers summoned their most elite stewards and craftsmen to dig out the best treasures in their warehouses, thinking about what to make that would please the Luo family and the Princess Regent.
This sudden marriage is indeed a good thing for them. If the Luo family and the Regent's Palace had enough time, they could spend time collecting good things from everywhere, but now the range of choices is smaller, and their chances of being selected are natural.
It's also much bigger.
Of course, they will not deal with it casually. On the contrary, they will have to bring out their best goods. After all, this is the business of the Luo family and the Prince Regent's Palace.
As long as they can gain the favor of Mrs. Luo and the second girl, they will have no worries about business in the imperial city from now on.
The self-recommendation letters sent to the Luo family and the Prince Regent's Mansion were like snowflakes, and even the chance of being encountered by the stewards of the two families when they went out suddenly increased by ten times.
