"Rest assured, Your Excellency, I will certainly not mistreat the princess. I will immediately order the troops to be dispatched. As for the matter of marrying the princess, I still need to make some preparations. I must give the princess a grand ceremony to confer her the title of imperial concubine."
The envoy had no affection for Sang Jiang, the princess he had just found, and now that he heard Long Jingchen was going to send troops, he had no interest in Sang Jiang anymore.
He smiled and said to Long Jingchen, "Then thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Long Jingchen nodded: "Envoy, please return. I will have the imperial decree conferring the title of Imperial Concubine delivered to the Prime Minister's residence shortly."
The envoys, having achieved their desired result, were all grinning from ear to ear, their mouths practically drooping with the weight of two children: "We take our leave."
As soon as the envoy left, Long Jingchen ordered Yang Qi to come in and prepare pen and ink so that he could draft an imperial edict.
Yang Qi gave him a strange look and couldn't help but sigh inwardly that a man's heart is truly unfathomable.
The Emperor was just feeling quite annoyed about the matter of bestowing titles upon concubines, so why is he starting to draft decrees to bestow titles upon concubines now?
Sure enough, you can never guess what the emperor is thinking.
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The Prime Minister's Residence.
When Sang Jiang woke up, it was already evening. She looked at the dim sky outside and couldn't help but yawn. Just as she was about to lie down again to go back to sleep, Chunhe pulled her back.
"Princess, you're finally awake! A royal eunuch has come to deliver a decree and has been waiting outside all afternoon. You should go and see him."
Sang Jiang squinted her eyes, yawned again, and then slowly asked, "Why didn't you call me all afternoon?"
Chunhe lowered her head: "That eunuch told me that the Emperor knew the princess was still sleeping, so he ordered him to wait outside until the princess woke up before issuing the decree."
Sang Jiang was wide awake now. She raised an eyebrow at Xian Chunhe and asked, "How did Long Jingchen know I was sleeping?"
Chunhe shook her head: "This... this servant doesn't know either."
"Alright then." Sang Jiang sat up. "Let's go take a look."
After saying that, she stood up and, with Chunhe's help, put on her clothes one layer at a time.
Sang Jiang then took the veil and put it on her face before walking into the main hall.
Upon hearing footsteps, Yang Qi quickly stood up from his chair. As soon as Sang Jiang appeared, he knelt on the ground: "This servant greets the princess."
"Get up." Sang Jiang lifted her skirt and walked to the head of the table to sit down.
Yang Qi stood up and said with a smile, "Princess, this old servant has come to deliver an imperial edict on behalf of the Emperor."
Sang Jiang raised her eyebrows, looking somewhat annoyed.
Yang Qi glanced at her and quickly spoke: "By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Princess Mingyue, Nangong Jiang, is gentle and modest, graceful and charming, with unparalleled talent and beauty, and virtuous and upright. She is hereby granted the title of Imperial Noble Consort. A date will be chosen for her to marry the Emperor and secure the borders forever."
Yang Qi was slightly stunned when she read about Princess Mingyue, Nangong Jiang. Only at this moment did she realize why the emperor was in such a hurry to confer a title on a concubine. It turned out that the person to be conferred the title on a concubine was Princess Mingyue.
It looks like things are going to get lively in the palace this time.
While he was still in a daze, he had already handed the imperial edict to Chunhe. Chunhe took the edict and bowed to Yang Qifu, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, sir."
As she spoke, she took out a bag of silver from her pocket and handed it to Yang Qi.
Yang Qi quickly returned the silver to her, saying, "Miss, you're too kind. How could I possibly accept this?"
"Father-in-law, you're too kind. It's just a small token of my appreciation." Chunhe stuffed the gift back into his hand again.
As the two pushed and shoved each other, Sang Jiang grew impatient. She understood the situation the moment she heard Princess Mingyue's name...
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