Jiang Changning's health has been improved after years of careful nursing. Even if she has some minor ailments, she can recover with a dose of medicine.
There has never been a person who has been in a coma for three days like now.
Emperor Xuanzhi panicked and said, "Issue a general amnesty and pray for the queen."
Xiao Yu'er tugged at the prince's sleeve anxiously, "Brother Prince, mother, mother will be fine, right?"
"Mother will be fine. She is just tired. She will take a nap and will be fine when she wakes up." The prince pretended to be calm.
"It's okay to sleep a little longer. Mother always likes to sleep in." The shipping king smiled with pretended ease.
"Second brother, don't talk nonsense. Mother is not sleeping in. She is deficient in energy and blood, and she is tired. She needs to sleep for a long time." The prince defended his mother's face.
"Brother is right." Bao Wang agreed.
"Prince brother, Prince brother, I heard from Xueer that the Buddha in Huangjue Temple is very effective. Let's go burn incense and pray to the Buddha to make mother wake up soon, okay?" Xiao Yuer asked with tears in her eyes.
She was very scared. She was afraid that her mother would die of illness like her grandmother.
"Let's go, right away." The shipping king said anxiously.
Except for the children, the three brothers, their wives, and Xiao Yuer, a total of seven people left the city and went to Huangjue Temple.
I don’t know if it was the Buddha’s spirit, but when they came back they found out that Jiang Changning had woken up.
Xiao Yu'er thought the sedan chair was too slow, so she ran all the way into Qiyuan Palace. Once she entered the bedroom, she started shouting, "Mother, Mother."
Jiang Changning had just taken the medicine and was leaning against the head of the bed listening to Emperor Xuanzhi talking. When he heard his daughter calling him, a smile appeared on his face.
"Keep your voice down, don't scare your mother." Emperor Xuanzhi walked out to stop his daughter, "Go to the fumigation cage to warm yourself up and get rid of the cold air before going in."
"Got it." Xiao Yuer had taken off his cloak and obediently went to the fumigation cage to warm himself by the fire.
After warming up her body, Xiao Yuer ran into the hall, rushed over to hug Jiang Changning, and cried loudly, "Mother, Mother."
The passing of her grandmother made her experience the pain of losing a loved one.
Jiang Changning hugged her and said, "Little Yu'er, be good and stop crying. Mother is just too tired and slept a little too long."
"Well, mother, please don't sleep so long in the future." Xiao Yuer was also reluctant to say that she was sick.
Then the prince and his companions came in and reported to the king, "Mother, my son, my brother and sister went to the temple to draw lots, and the lot was auspicious."
"Prayering to Buddha is still useful." The shipping magnate decided to donate more incense money to Huangjue Temple.
Jiang Changning woke up, but the illness still kept her bedridden for a month.
The New Year's Eve palace banquet that year was cancelled due to the death of the Empress Dowager.
The absence of the Queen Mother in the palace has little impact on everyone's lives.
In April of the twenty-first year of Xuanzhi, the seventeen-year-old Xiao Yuer went to Fengtai to choose a husband.
Throughout the dynasties, there were only a handful of princesses who were able to choose a husband in Fengtai.
You should know that the marriages of princes and princesses are mostly decided by the emperor after careful consideration.
It was already very rare that Emperor Xuanzhi did not interfere too much in his children's marriages, and now, out of his love for his daughter, he held a grand Fengtai son-in-law selection ceremony.
But Xiao Yu'er was not happy about it. "I have already chosen Xia Jingran. Why should I help Fengtai choose a son-in-law?"
"You evil daughter!" Jiang Changning tapped her forehead, "You don't understand your father's love for you at all."
Xiao Yuer stuck out her tongue, hugged Jiang Changning's arm, and rubbed her head against her shoulder, "Mother, don't tell father."
"I don't need to tell your father." Jiang Changning smiled, "Then what are you going to bribe me with?"
"Mother, I am your precious daughter, the most well-behaved little princess." Xiao Yuer held her face with both hands and acted cute to her mother.
"Mother, don't you love me anymore?" Xiao Yuer kept acting coquettishly and finally coaxed Jiang Changning into agreeing not to tell Emperor Xuanzhi that she didn't want Fengtai to choose a son-in-law.
April 16th is the day when Fengtai chooses a son-in-law.
The Phoenix Terrace, built of white marble, is extremely spacious. The open hall with carved dragons and phoenixes is hung with pearl silk curtains on three sides and a thin shark silk gauze curtain that reaches the ground on the front.
In front of the gauze curtain, there is a sparse bamboo curtain. Standing behind the curtain, you can clearly see the person standing in front, but those people cannot see the person standing behind the curtain.
The Empress, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, the Shipping King and his wife, the Bao King and his wife, and Xiao Yuer sat down in the hall.
In the open space in front of the open hall stood a dozen young talents, all of whom were men of great reputation and talent in the capital, and Xia Jingran was among them.
They are both around 20 years old, with outstanding appearance and good personalities.
The prince consort of this dynasty could not only obtain a noble title like a member of the royal family, but also participate in state affairs, and even hold military power and be entrusted with important tasks.
This also makes it less difficult for princesses of this dynasty to marry than princesses of previous dynasties.
"Xuan Yi, go ahead. All the good men of Daqin are here. Go and pick them." Jiang Changning patted Xiao Yuer on the shoulder.
Xiao Yuer slowly stood up and walked behind the bamboo curtain. She glanced at the young men and soon found Xia Jingran standing in the crowd. She pursed her lips and smiled, and said to her personal maid, "Go and ask Master Xia to come over."
The personal maid came out from behind the bamboo curtain and passed on the message, "Master Xia, the princess invites you to come over for a chat."
Under the envious and jealous eyes of the men around him, Xia Jingran took a step forward.
"This princess has the first line of a couplet, and I'd like to ask Mr. Xia to come up with the second line," said Xiao Yuer.
Although Fengtai's selection of a son-in-law is just a formality, it cannot be done perfunctorily.
"Princess, please." Xia Jingran bowed.
The first line of the couplet given by Xiao Yu'er is: "The wind warms the red peppers and the bluebirds dance against each other."
Xia Jingran smiled slightly and said loudly: "The Sun-Rich Cypress Mirror has just opened."
Xiao Yuer asked with a smile: "I heard that Master Xia is a man of both literary and martial talents. I wonder if Master Xia is willing to perform a spear dance for me?"
"Your humble servant is willing." Xia Jingran already holds a sixth-rank official position.
Two young eunuchs brought a silver spear and Xia Jingran held the spear in his hand.
In the first few shots, you could still clearly see his gun movements, but later on, there was only a ball of light and shadow, and the gun was no longer visible, flying up and down as fast as the wind.
Like a silver snake spitting out its tongue, or a golden dragon swinging its tail,
It can pierce people's throats and kill them, and it can attack people's crotches and scare ghosts and gods.
Wait until he stops and becomes calm and composed.
Emperor Xuanzhi praised with a smile: "The silver spear is held high in the sky, and the sun and the moon shine together to give off light."
"Thank you, Mr. Xia. You have worked hard." Xiao Yuer said in a sweet voice.
Then, she turned around and said, "Father, Queen Mother, I have chosen a prince consort."
Emperor Xuanzhi announced in public, "My beloved daughter Xuanyi is the empress's legitimate daughter. Now Fengtai is selecting a husband. I have chosen Xia Jingran and will marry him on a chosen date."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xia Jingran knelt down and thanked the emperor for his grace.
Xiao Yuer also bowed and said, "Thank you, father."
The next day, Emperor Xuanzhi ordered the Ministry of Works to renovate the princess's mansion, ordered the Imperial Observatory to select an auspicious day using the couple's horoscopes, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to arrange the princess's marriage.
(End of this chapter)