flstandardbreds Chapter 140: Selecting a Day for Marriage
Chapter 140: Selecting a Day for Marriage
When he came back from the side hall, Lu Jingning was still lying on the chaise longue. When Bu Yan walked over, he gently touched her delicate nose with his fingertips.
"I heard it all."
Lu Jingning opened his eyes, put his arm around Bu Yan, and rubbed his head against him: "I didn't mean to eavesdrop."
"It's okay. I shouldn't have kept it from you. I just haven't been in the right mood to see her."
He was afraid he would kill her.
Always trying my best to be patient.
Lu Jingning understood, and finally realized why Bu Yan had not gone to see Old Madam Bu for several days after returning. She asked in confusion, "Are you Madam Bo's son or Concubine Yuexian's son?"
Bu Yan shook his head, but he had the answer in his heart.
There are no two people in this world who are so alike.
"When I was studying with the Sixth Prince, I happened to have injured my face, and I had never met the Third Prince. But then one day, the palace suddenly forbade me to study with the Sixth Prince."
"The Third Prince grew up in the Imperial Mausoleum. He returned to the palace when he was six years old. He was raised by the Queen, who praised him to death."
The queen already has a prince, so how could she allow the third prince to have a chance to compete with the prince?
Zhao Zhen was raised to be a playboy who indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and had a bad reputation in the capital.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is here."
The Empress Dowager?
Lu Jingning looked at Bu Yan and said, "I'll go out for a while, you wait here."
Fearing that he would disappear again, Lu Jingning walked a few steps and turned back: "You once promised me that you would protect the throne for me. I am alone now. If you can take the throne of Northern Qi, you and I will be considered a perfect match."
After saying that, Lu Jingning quickened his pace and left.
When the Empress Dowager in the main hall saw her coming, she stepped forward impatiently and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you. Princess Liuhe has contracted a strange disease, and the eldest princess of Danyang is extremely anxious. She wants to ask Your Majesty to allow her to go to her fiefdom to recuperate."
Today's Grand Empress Dowager is the former Queen Fang, who is as gentle as a chrysanthemum and does not fight or compete.
This is the first time I come to ask her for help.
"Princess Liuhe was fine when I met her two days ago. How come she fell ill in just a few days?" Lu Jingning raised his voice and asked Doctor Zhong to visit the princess's residence immediately.
"Don't worry, Grand Empress Dowager. Princess Liuhe is so young, she won't get any strange disease."
Hearing her say this, the Empress Dowager was no longer anxious, and sat down and explained: "The Grand Princess of Danyang came to me yesterday and talked about this matter. I have some old feelings for the Grand Princess of Danyang, so I have no choice but to come here with a thick face."
As for whether Princess Danyang could accomplish what she was asked to do, she couldn't guarantee it.
Lu Jingning suddenly remembered that the eldest princess of Danyang went to Northern Qi to marry, so he looked at the Grand Empress Dowager and said, "There is one more thing I want to ask the Grand Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager immediately put down the teacup in her hand and said, "You tell me everything I know."
"I want to know about the story of the Danyang Grand Princess marrying into Northern Qi."
The Empress Dowager's face froze. After thinking for a moment, she said, "When Northern Qi came to choose a princess for marriage, the one they chose was not Princess Danyang, but Princess Ziyuan. Princess Ziyuan died suddenly, and Southern Liang had no choice but to send Princess Danyang to marry. Less than two years later, the late emperor sent someone to bring Princess Danyang back."
"It is said that the death of the previous emperor of Northern Qi was related to the Grand Princess of Danyang."
"Huh?" Lu Jingning took a breath of cold air. The Grand Princess of Danyang killed the former emperor of Northern Qi?
If that were the case, Lu Jing would have looked at the Grand Princess Danyang with a new respect.
The Empress Dowager said, "I have heard from the late Emperor that after Princess Danyang arrived in Northern Qi, she became the most favored of the six palaces and became the public enemy of the harem. She lost three children in two years, and the culprit was not punished. Danyang did something foolish in anger."
Lu Jingning guessed that the former emperor of Southern Liang must have promised the current emperor of Northern Qi great benefits, which was why the emperor of Northern Qi released Danyang.
Otherwise, for the crime of regicide, dying a thousand times would not be too much.
"The late emperor gave Northern Qi a hundred thousand cavalrymen, as well as countless gold, silver and jewels. After the late emperor of Northern Qi died, the late emperor personally went to Northern Qi and brought Danyang back."
Lu Jingning was even more surprised. The Emperor of Southern Liang was so cautious, how could he go to Northern Qi for Danyang?
Not only was she surprised, the Empress Dowager was also shocked when she first learned about this.
"The late emperor and Danyang were born of the same mother and had a very good relationship." The Empress Dowager said, "Back then, the late emperor almost married Danyang's eldest daughter to your father as the Crown Princess."
Lu Jingning was shocked again.
Princess Liuhe was the daughter that Princess Danyang kept by her side. Unexpectedly, she had an older daughter. The Empress Dowager said, "It's a pity that the child died young. She didn't have this blessing."
The Empress Dowager then changed the subject and started talking about the past.
Doctor Zhong happened to rush back at this time, carrying a medicine box, limping, with blood flowing from the left shoulder and his face pale.
"Your humble servant...your humble servant greets Your Majesty." Imperial Doctor Zhong knelt on the ground.
Lu Jingning frowned: "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, I was ordered to go to the Danyang Grand Princess's residence, but was kicked out." Imperial Physician Zhong was ashamed. Not only was he kicked out, but he was also chased and stabbed with a sword. He almost died.
Thinking back to the arrogant look of Princess Danyang holding a sword in her hand, Imperial Doctor Zhong still feels a lingering fear.
Lu Jingning's face darkened slightly.
"After the death of the previous emperor, Danyang's temper became irritable and restless. He was the same when he came to see me. He seemed to be greatly stimulated."
"Since you have been stimulated, how can you go to your fiefdom?" Lu Jingning raised his chin and ordered someone to bandage Doctor Zhong's wound.
The Grand Empress Dowager said everything that needed to be said. As for what to do, she would never interfere and left quickly, only reminding her that the late emperor had left many people to protect Princess Danyang, and advised her not to take action against her and just put her under house arrest.
After the Empress Dowager left, Bu Yan came over from the side hall. He heard everything that had just been said. Bu Yan approached with a serious face and said, "The eldest princess of Danyang secretly left the palace and went to the imperial mausoleum in the early morning yesterday, and pried open the coffin of the late emperor."
"What?" Lu Jingning's face changed drastically.
The body had already been burned beyond recognition, and it happened in public, so why was Danyang trying to pry open the coffin?
The only explanation is that Dan Yang is very likely to have discovered the truth and wants to take the opportunity to leave the capital.
Lu Jingning immediately found several memorials on the table, picked up a cinnabar pen and wrote a "approval" and quickly wrote an imperial edict, conferring the title of Princess Liuhe as a princess of peace and marrying her on a chosen day.