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Chapter 180 The Little Transparent in the Princess and Prince Consort Story (45)

A month later, the fifth princess Li Handan's coming-of-age ceremony was still held in Qianju Garden.

However, before the coming-of-age ceremony, the Thousand Chrysanthemum Garden had already been bestowed upon Li Handan by Emperor Zhaohui as her back garden.

From now on, anyone who wants to hold a garden party or banquet here must pay fees to the Fifth Princess Li Handan, and these fees are the cosmetics money that Emperor Zhaohui gives to his daughter.

In addition, several royal estates outside the capital were also granted to the fifth princess Li Handan.

To show favor, two more words were added to her title - Zhao Yuan.

Therefore, after the coming-of-age ceremony, the title of the fifth princess Li Handan was officially changed to: Princess Zhaoyuan Rui'an Huguo.

Zhao is the "Zhao" of Emperor Zhaohui, and Yuan is the "Yuan" of Yuan Yaochao.

Some people also discussed privately that if all titles were not two-character titles, the emperor would probably add the "Xia" of the Great Xia Kingdom to the name of the Fifth Princess Li Handan.

Unlike the third princess Li Danruo, the fifth princess Li Handan's coming-of-age ceremony was fully handled by the Ministry of Rites, the date was chosen by the Imperial Observatory, and even the guest of honor was Emperor Zhaohui's aunt, Princess Jiayi.

Princess Jiayi is the elder sister of the late emperor and is currently the most senior legitimate princess in the Yuan Yao Dynasty.

As for the Queen, she wanted to help with the arrangements, but Emperor Zhaohui simply did not give her such an opportunity.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, the arranged marriage between the Fifth Princess Li Handan and the Duke of Anguo's second son Chu Yuxuan was made public. Emperor Zhaohui directly wrote in the marriage decree that although the marriage was arranged, it would not take place until two years later, and Li Handan had to wait until she was seventeen years old before she could get married.

Chu Yuxuan originally thought that Emperor Zhaohui would wait until he had firmly established himself as the chief official of Yongjing City before granting him a marriage. He had been prepared to wait for his jade ring for another two years, but he had never expected such a great thing to happen to him.

When the Anguo Duke's family received the imperial decree granting the marriage, they all had ecstatic expressions on their faces. Even Chu Yuhe gritted his teeth and congratulated his younger brother.

The third princess Li Danruo did not attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the fifth princess Li Handan because she was pregnant.

Li Danruo did not attend her sister's coming-of-age ceremony on the grounds that she was in the early stages of pregnancy and the fetus was unstable. Of course, in such occasions, the protagonist was Li Handan, and no one would really care about what happened to an unpopular princess.

However, in order to prevent her husband Xu Wenyang from having any suspicion about her, Li Danruo rushed to her fiefdom the day after she slept with Chu Yuhe, wanting to meet her husband.

It was precisely because her itinerary was kept secret that she discovered Xu Wenyang's affair with a mistress.

However, unlike her previous life, she did not have much affection for this prince consort in this life, so she did not propose a divorce.

In the eyes of Li Danruo in this life, Xu Wenyang is an excellent shield. At least now is not the time to abandon him.

Li Danruo looked at the trembling little Baihua Meng Yingyue kneeling in front of him, and then looked at the pale-faced Xu Wenyang, and chuckled, "I thought the prince consort was a coward, but I didn't expect him to be so bold.

We have only been married for a few years! You dare to keep a concubine. Not to mention the rule that a prince consort cannot take a concubine before he is 40, officials of this dynasty are forbidden to keep concubines.

She, a little girl, doesn't understand. Don't you, a well-read man, understand the laws of this dynasty?"

"Princess, I was wrong." Meng Yingyue knelt forward, hugged Li Danruo's legs, and cried for mercy, "Xu Lang and I were childhood sweethearts, but later we separated due to misunderstandings. Now I am like a floating duckweed, and I am able to survive thanks to his care.

I do not ask for any status, I just want to be able to serve Xu Lang, I hope the princess will grant my wish."

"How dare you." Before Li Danruo could finish her words, the nanny started to scold her, "You foolish woman, you think that the prince consort can take care of you. Whose power do you rely on? Without the princess, your Xu Lang is nothing.

Do you think it's great to be a third place winner? The exam is held every three years, and there are countless scholars in the world. If you lose your Xu Lang, the princess can still choose another third place winner. What will happen to you and your Xu Lang? Think about it yourself!"

Meng Yingyue didn't say anything, but just looked at Xu Wenyang standing aside with tears in her eyes.

Xu Wenyang had been shrinking his neck like a quail because of the wet nurse's words, but when he saw Meng Yingyue's eyes, he couldn't help but become bolder. Before he could open his mouth, he was blocked by the guards beside Li Danruo.

Li Danruo remembered the purpose of her coming here, so she had Xu Wenyang escorted into the room, and had Meng Yingyue taken outside the room, and made her kneel beside the door.

She then winked at the nurse.

The wet nurse took out a pill from the medicine bottle she carried with her and stuffed it into Xu Wenyang's mouth regardless of his struggle.