Chu Tiankuo heard someone calling her, glanced at her indifferently, ignored her, and walked towards Fengling Palace.
Princess Changle was dumbfounded when she saw Chu Tiankuo was so cold and indifferent, completely different from when they met in the reception building before!
My cousin the prince clearly seemed to care about me before!
She saw that Chu Tiankuo was walking in the direction leading to Fengling Palace, and couldn't help but chase after him: "Brother Crown Prince, are you going to see Princess Zijun? I was planning to go see my cousin too."
Chu Tiankuo thought that Yue Feng was in Fengling Palace and that the emperor sister was in no mood to greet outsiders, so he said, "No need. The emperor sister just came back and needs to rest. She doesn't like to be disturbed!"
After saying that, he strode away!
Princess Changle looked at his cold back and couldn't help wondering, could it be that he was in a bad mood because of the eldest princess? Was he in no mood to pay attention to her
It must be like this!
Princess Changle did not disturb him. She stood there until Chu Tiankuo disappeared, then turned around and went to the Queen Mother.
After Princess Changle paid her respects to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother waved to her and said, "Come over here quickly!"
Princess Changle then sat over there.
The Queen Mother smiled and asked, "Why did it take so long to get here?"
She heard the eunuch come and say that she had handed in a sign to ask for an audience in the palace, and calculated that she was walking half a quarter of an hour slower than usual.
Princess Changle smiled and said, "I met my cousin the Crown Prince on the way and we talked for a while. Grandmother, when will my cousin be canonized?"
The Queen Mother shook her head: "I don't know yet. The Imperial Observatory hasn't chosen a date yet."
Princess Changle added, "It should be in February before the title is conferred! After all, isn't there going to be a beauty pageant in the palace at the end of February? Will my cousin the Crown Prince take this opportunity to choose a concubine?"
The Queen Mother then remembered that this year was the general election held every five years, and according to convention, the talent show would indeed be held at the end of February.
In general, in addition to expanding the harem, the general election will also select concubines for adult princes.
"I think so."
The Queen Mother thought of something and looked at her granddaughter again. Seeing her eyes light up, she thought to herself, "Is Changle willing to be Tian Kuo's concubine?"
Changle blushed and lowered her head: "This is what the Royal Grandmother said, not Changle!"
The Queen Mother thought that if Changle became the Crown Princess, she would live in the palace, and she would be in charge. She would not have to worry about her family bullying her if she did not marry well, so she said, "The Crown Prince is not young anymore. As the crown prince, it is time for him to get married. If you are willing, I will go and ask the Emperor to grant you a marriage. Are you willing?"
Princess Changle was delighted, her face getting redder and redder: "Changle has been without a mother since she was young, so the royal grandmother will decide on her marriage!"
If it was before this year, she would naturally hesitate, not knowing whether to marry the second prince or the crown prince. Although she did prefer the handsome crown prince who had been erudite since childhood, he was half-disabled at that time and could hardly protect himself. But now the second prince was under house arrest, and the crown prince was about to be canonized, so she didn't have to consider it at all.
The Queen Mother laughed: "You kid! All right, I will tell the Emperor about this today! You didn't come to the palace just for this matter, did you?"
Princess Changle pretended to be angry and said, "The Royal Grandmother is so mean. I didn't bring this up! I came to the palace to visit the Royal Grandmother!"
The Queen Mother laughed: "Haha... OK, you are here to visit me!"
After the Queen Mother finished laughing, she said to the nanny beside her: "Go and invite the Emperor to come for lunch at noon!"
The nanny smiled and agreed, then stepped back.
Purple Palace
The emperor took a look at the two imperial edicts of marriage drafted by the Hanlin Academy. No problem, he directly took the imperial seal and stamped it.
The emperor was worried that the eldest princess would change her mind: "Pass it down immediately!"
"Yes! I'll arrange it right away!" Eunuch Lao respectfully took the four imperial edicts, put one in a box, and ordered a young eunuch to lead a team of guards to ride at full speed to Futai County to issue the edict.
Eunuch Lao thought of going in person to issue an edict to the Crown Prince and the eldest princess.
He went first to issue an edict to the eldest princess, and on the way he happened to meet the old nanny beside the Queen Mother.
When the old nanny saw the imperial edict in Lao Gonggong's hand and saw that he was smiling, she knew it was a good thing. Good things could be used to find out, so she smiled and asked, "Where is Lao Gonggong going?"
Eunuch Lao smiled and said, "Fengling Palace."
The old nanny's heart moved. The whole harem knew that General Wei had knelt in Fengling Palace for a whole day yesterday. They also knew that it was the emperor who agreed.
So now the emperor has issued an edict to grant the marriage
She sighed in her heart that Wei Feng was truly a rare lover in the world.
Seven years!
The eldest princess had already been married, yet he had waited for seven years!
Since she had seen the eunuchs around the emperor, she didn't have to walk so far. She smiled and said, "I just happened to see Eunuch Lao. Please tell him that the empress dowager invites the emperor to have lunch at the Cining Palace at noon."
Eunuch Lao smiled and agreed: "Okay, then I will go and pass on the order first!"
The old maid smiled and said, "Please, eunuch. I will go back and report now!"
So Eunuch Lao hurried to Fengling Palace.
The old nanny originally planned to leave, but everyone has a gossipy nature, so after thinking it over, she decided to go and listen to the contents of the imperial edict and then go back to tell the empress dowager.
Although the emperor was not the empress dowager's biological son, the empress dowager was not very close to any of the emperor's children. She only truly loved her grandchildren.
But the Queen Mother did a good job on the surface and seemed to care about her grandchildren.
When the eldest princess came back, she immediately sent many things to Fengling Palace. When the eldest princess paid a visit to the queen mother, the queen mother pretended to be heartbroken and wiped away tears.
Anyway, the Queen Mother is very interested in knowing about the affairs of the princes and princesses.
The old nanny hid outside Fengling Palace to listen to the imperial edict.
Eunuch Lao arrived at Fengling Palace and saw that the Crown Prince was also there. After he respectfully paid his respects, he first announced the Crown Prince's imperial edict.
After all, the crown prince is the heir to the throne, and when the two are present at the same time, the crown prince's status is higher.
"Your Highness, Crown Prince, Princess, receive the order!"
The two men knelt down with the palace maids and eunuchs of Fengling Palace.
Eunuch Lao began to read the imperial edict: "In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that the Crown Prince is twenty-one years old, has both literary and military skills, is both intelligent and brave, and is suitable for marriage. It is appropriate to choose a virtuous match for him. Lord Shen is extremely intelligent, has both good fortune and wisdom, and is extremely clever. He and the eldest prince are a match made in heaven. Lord Shen is hereby betrothed to the Crown Prince, and the wedding will take place on a chosen date! I decree!"
"Your Highness, please accept my order!"
Chu Tiankuo raised his hands high: "Thank you, father! May you be blessed with great fortune!"
Chu Zijun originally thought that it was her imperial decree granting marriage, but unexpectedly it was from the prince. She breathed a sigh of relief but couldn't help feeling a little disappointed at the same time. But she quickly shook her head and thought, this is good!
Then Eunuch Lao said, "Grand Princess, please accept the order!"
Chu Zijun: “… .”
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that the Grand Princess will benefit all people and the world..."
Outside, the old nanny couldn't stand it any longer, so she hurried back to the Cining Palace and said, "Empress Dowager, it's bad! The marriage has been granted!"