Chapter 372 Unsolved Case
As Qi Yuxuan had expected, everything that happened at Funing Palace quickly subsided.
After three days of national mourning, Crown Prince Qi Jun ascended the throne in a time of crisis. He executed the retainers and remaining followers of Qi Huan who had participated in forging the imperial edict, and imprisoned a large number of powerful officials and nobles in the capital on charges of "regicide and usurpation."
The Zou family, the maternal family of the Imperial Concubine, was the most guilty. Their influence was almost completely eradicated, and the entire family would soon be executed.
Half of the palace guards and the Qilin Guard were affected, and a thorough purge was carried out from the commander down. From then on, all those entering and leaving the inner court were new faces.
However, no matter how severely Qi Huan and his cronies were tortured, they insisted that Qi Jun and Qi Yuxuan's fall off the cliff that day was not their doing.
They also suddenly received news that the Crown Prince and Princess Chang Le had been ambushed by a group of bandits on their way back to the capital, fell off a cliff, and tragically died, their bodies never to be found.
Even Qi Huan and his retainers, not daring to believe it easily, sent people to search for their bodies. They found their tattered clothes and jewelry at the foot of the cliff, which finally put their minds at ease, and they decided to take their place.
This matter seems to have become an unsolved mystery.
Zheng Yanling divorced the thirteenth son of the Marquis of Zhongyong and returned home. Two days later, she bid farewell to her friends in the capital, saying that she was going to visit Old Master Zheng and Princess Pingyin to relax before returning to the capital.
The Zhao family was quite astute; they sensed something was amiss a little over a month ago and pulled off a clever escape, sending the entire direct line of the Zhao family back to Qinghe.
Funing Palace has now been renamed Changle Palace.
The new emperor decreed that he and the future empress would reside here, while the Kunning Palace, originally built for the empress, would remain the residence of the empress dowager.
Chang Le Palace, Chang Le Palace, the same title as the future empress when she was a princess, which shows how much the new emperor loves his future wife.
This beautiful story of the emperor and empress was not only circulating in the palace, but also among the common people.
From the time she was brought back to the Xiao family at the age of fourteen, everyone who heard about it could only sigh and lament that her fate was full of twists and turns, but fortunately, she eventually saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
However, in just six months, she was ostracized by the Xiao family and their adopted daughter. Fortunately, she was adopted by the Princess and was granted the title of Princess for saving a time of plague.
For the first time as a woman, she was appointed as the temporary governor of Longxi, where she solved the case of the Lin family in Lancheng and also found evidence of Prince Duan's disloyalty.
Originally, they were supposed to go on a marriage alliance, but the alliance failed. On their way back to the capital, they were assassinated along with the Crown Prince. In the end, together with the Crown Prince, they quelled the rebellion of the fourth prince, Qi Huan.
Each of these items would be something an ordinary woman could boast about for a lifetime, but for Princess Chang Le, they were practically everyday occurrences.
If the Crown Prince's benevolence and martial prowess had long been deeply ingrained in people's hearts, then Princess Chang Le's ability to weather so many storms in just two short years and handle everything so well made everyone re-evaluate her.
Some families with many daughters almost wished to enshrine the princess after her death, hoping that their daughters would all be as fortunate as the princess, surviving desperate situations, turning danger into safety, and achieving success in everything they did.
Even the alley where the Ye family used to live was once bought by many wealthy and powerful people who rushed to buy houses there, hoping that the place was blessed with outstanding people and that they could raise a golden phoenix in their own family.
The common people gradually began to deify Qi Yuxuan, without her knowledge.
She is troubled by her wedding dress.
In the bright and spacious flower hall, six wedding dresses were neatly arranged, each with its own unique style. Two of them were hastily made by dozens of embroiderers in the palace, while the other four were samples from well-known clothing shops outside.
Unfortunately, the first two pieces were made in a hurry by the palace embroiderers, and the sizes were based on the measurements Qi Yuxuan took when she left the capital half a year ago. They are now a bit too small and need to be altered. The same applies to the last four pieces.
Lanxin earnestly advised from the side, "Princess, you should make a decision quickly. The wedding is in three days, and it's getting late."
If this is delayed any longer, neither the clothing shops outside nor the embroiderers in the palace will have time to make the changes.
Qi Yuxuan looked at the wedding dresses one by one, but still couldn't decide which one to choose.
The imperial edict appointing her as empress was sent to the Grand Princess's residence along with two wedding gowns. Qi Yuxuan wasn't interested in the edict she had personally written, but she was very curious about what the empress's wedding dress would look like.
Back when she was sent to marry a foreign ruler, she wore a royal wedding dress, but perhaps because so much time had passed, she had forgotten what the dress looked like.
Qi Yuxuan looked at the two items sent from the palace and decided to choose one of them.
Actually, the regulations for the Queen's ceremonial robes of the State of Qi are there, and the two wedding dresses are roughly the same. However, there are still differences in the density of the patterns, the embroidery techniques, the edging, etc., so it is still worthwhile to choose one.
She asked, "Lanxin, do you still remember what kind of wedding dress I wore when I was married off to a foreign power?"
Lanxin was taken aback. The marriage alliance had failed, which wasn't exactly a good thing. Why was the princess asking about it?
She also glanced at the two wedding dresses and said, "I think the wedding dress you wore at the time was more like the one on the left."
As for the details, she couldn't say, only that they were all gorgeous and beautiful, and the princess looked like an immortal in them.
Qi Yuxuan immediately made her decision, "Then I want to..."
"Princess!" Suddenly, an urgent voice came from outside.
Qi Yuxuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Bi Sui walking briskly, her head covered in sweat.
She asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Bi Sui paused for a moment before saying, "Princess, an envoy from Yue has come to pay homage. It seems to be related to you, and the Emperor has urgently summoned you to the palace!"
Upon hearing this, Lan Xin stepped in front of Qi Yuxuan, her voice sounding like she was about to cry: "Princess, which one will you choose? Please tell me before you enter the palace!"
Qi Yuxuan casually pointed: "The one on the right!"
Why would someone from Yue Kingdom come, and why is it related to her? Could it be about a marriage alliance? Qi Yuxuan was puzzled as she did her makeup.
She couldn't think of any other reason.
But wasn't it said that the Yue Kingdom itself was in serious internal strife, and that the Nangong family and other powerful families had installed a puppet emperor who was not worth worrying about at all?
Lost in thought, she boarded the carriage heading to the palace. Soon, the carriage rolled along the neat bluestone bricks of the palace road, making its way into the palace.
This was a privilege granted by the new emperor specifically to the Grand Princess and the future Empress. Ordinary people had to dismount from their horses and carriages and remove their shackles before entering the palace.
Soon, Qi Yuxuan saw the envoy from Yue Kingdom in a side hall of Hanyuan Hall.
It turned out to be a young woman disguised as a man!
The other person was dressed in the clothing of a man from the State of Qi, and his hair was combed into a neat bun and held up by a jade crown. Judging from his appearance alone, he was quite heroic and had a bit of the charm of Sister Zheng.
She was sizing up Nangong Nian, and Nangong Nian was sizing her up too.
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