Chapter 303 Prayer
The Queen Mother came out of the palace to pray for blessings with great fanfare.
The Huguo Temple cleared out idle people and welcomed the empress dowager and the accompanying Queen Song and others.
The Queen Mother knelt on the cushion and prayed sincerely.
Queen Song, the wife of Duke Song, Song Nanyue and others knelt behind the empress dowager.
After the Empress Dowager finished praying, Empress Song said, "The fortune sticks at Huguo Temple are very effective. It's rare for the Empress Dowager to leave the palace, so why not ask for a fortune stick?"
"Okay."
The monk from Huguo Temple handed the fortune stick box to the nanny, who respectfully handed it to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother held the fortune stick, prayed sincerely, and then shook the stick.
For a while.
A stick fell off.
The nanny picked it up and presented it to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother just took a glance and frowned.
A good lottery.
The lottery draw was average.
It's not a very good fortune, there are always some things that need to be avoided, and the Queen Mother is not very satisfied.
The Queen Mother didn't quite understand what was written on the fortune stick, so she handed it to Queen Song and said, "Ask someone to interpret it."
The monk who interpreted the divinations at Huguo Temple came over and saw the divinations. He said, "The divinations say that the Emperor will adopt a daughter within the next six months. The Empress Dowager is in danger of her life..."
Queen Song frowned and looked at Nanny Gui behind her.
Aunt Gui shook her head.
She didn't know what was going on. This was not what she had told Duke Song, but if the Queen Mother's life was in danger, the Emperor would not adopt a daughter.
Huguo Temple is a royal temple. Even if the emperor knows that there is fraud, he cannot investigate further and damage the reputation of the empress dowager and Huguo Temple.
The Queen Mother asked, "What about half a year later?"
The monk replied, "Within a year, if the emperor can find a princess who will not be stranded abroad, he must adopt an adopted daughter to ensure the eternal survival of the country."
Queen Song's face darkened. "Asshole! The Ning Dynasty's prosperity is supported by the Emperor and all the civil and military officials, not by women, and certainly not by adopted daughters!"
The monk was terrified, "This is what it says on the fortune stick..."
Queen Song took the sign back.
The fortune was not as straightforward as what the monk said, but the meaning was pretty much the same.
How on earth do you do this?!
What she wanted was that the emperor would not adopt a daughter, but this fortune was good, it helped the emperor adopt a daughter!
If she hadn't been unable to recognize him within six months, Queen Song would have been furious.
In the main hall, besides them, there were palace maids and several monks, so the matter of the fortune sticks could not be concealed at all.
She persuaded the Queen Mother to go to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings, and finally dug a hole to bury herself.
Queen Song was so angry that she breathed in more than she exhaled.
The Empress Dowager rarely visited the Huguo Temple. She listened to the lectures given by the eminent monks and had a vegetarian meal in the temple before returning to the palace.
While the Empress Dowager was still on her way back to the palace, the news that she had drawn a lucky lottery ticket at the Huguo Temple spread and reached the ears of the Emperor.
Queen Song did not like this fortune, but the Emperor thought it was good.
Although he wanted his daughter to recognize her ancestral roots immediately and hear her call him "Father Emperor", the emperor also knew that this matter could not be rushed and had to be done slowly.
In order to achieve his wish as soon as possible, he could only adopt her as his daughter. However, for him as an emperor, adopting a daughter was not a trivial matter. Even if it was just a title of princess without a fiefdom, it was not something he could give casually. In fact, any reward could not be given at will.
Otherwise, the emperor would have issued an edict the day he knew that Shen Wan was his biological daughter.
The emperor has been worried about this matter these days. Although he asked the Dali Temple to post a notice offering a reward for finding the person, it will take a few months for the incident to die down before he can deal with it again to avoid arousing suspicion.
Now that the Empress Dowager has drawn such a lot, the Emperor has given up the idea of adopting Chen Wan as his adopted daughter and can only wait patiently. Right now, finding the prince who is stranded outside is the top priority.
When Shen Wan heard about the fortune, he was eating grapes and frowned.
Xie Jingyu could clearly foil Queen Song's plan and help the emperor adopt a daughter, so why did he leave room for Queen Song?
Shen Wan didn't like to speculate, so she went straight to the study to find Xie Jingyu and said, "You don't want the emperor to adopt a daughter either?"
Xie Jingyu looked at Chen Wan, "Do you want the emperor to adopt you as his adopted daughter?"
Shen Wan, “…???”
Shen Wan asked, “Why would the emperor accept me as his adopted daughter?”
Doesn’t this woman feel at all that the emperor treats her like his own daughter?
Thinking of how Chen Wan had repeatedly misunderstood that he had a lover and how insensitive she was, he didn't even have time to feel sorry for himself, let alone the emperor.
Xie Jingyu said, "The only person Queen Song is targeting like this is you and no one else."
…Shen Wan couldn’t refute this.
Shen Wan asked, “What if you guessed wrong?”
Xie Jingyu held Shen Wan and sat her down on the desk. “So your husband left room for the emperor to adopt a daughter in half a year, and the empress dowager can’t stop it.”
Chen Wan thought that Xie Jingyu had guessed correctly, and the emperor really adopted her as his adopted daughter. Queen Song and Princess Shouzhen would be so angry that their noses would be crooked.
However, Chen Wan was only secretly happy in her heart. If the emperor really wanted to make her a princess, Queen Song would definitely not agree and would join forces with the civil and military officials to oppose it.
Not only is the hope of success slim, but if it really succeeds, Queen Song will have to help Xie Jingze fight for the position of crown prince.
A goddaughter is a daughter, and a godfather is still a godfather.
It is really uncertain whether Xie Jingyu can continue to be the crown prince and hold military power. There is no such precedent before.
It's no wonder that Xie Jingyu took precautions. There are so many troubles going on right now that he can't cause himself any more trouble. It won't be too late to free up his hands to deal with this matter after he has dealt with the people in Prince Jingbei's Mansion.
Chen Wan didn't think any more and wanted to get down from the desk, but getting on the desk was easy but getting off was difficult.
Chen Wan didn't get pregnant, but in the past two days, a certain master didn't dare to torment her anymore. However, as a person who has started to eat meat, her endurance is not as good as before. After restraining herself for two days, she couldn't bear it anymore.
Looking at Shen Wan's delicate and tempting lips, a certain gentleman's throat rolled and his breathing became tight.
Shen Wan saw what this guy was going to do at a glance, and put his hand on his chest to prevent him from getting close, "It's still broad daylight..."
Xie Jingyu said, "It's true that we can't indulge in lust during the day, let's do it at night."
Shen Wan, “…”
I almost fell into his trap.
Shen Wan quickly made amends, "Not at night..."
Before he could even utter the word "No", Xie Jingyu interrupted him.
Shen Wan's eyes were blurred after being kissed, and Xie Jingyu's voice bewitched her ears, "Is it now or tonight?"
"Evening, evening..."
Even so, the gentleman was not very satisfied and bit Shen Wan's ear as a punishment.
Chen Wan felt pain, and at this moment, there was a knock on the window.
Shen Wan was startled, pushed Xie Jingyu away, and quickly got off the table.
Shen Wan wanted to leave, but she was afraid that the maids in the yard would see her blushing face, so she simply hid behind the screen.
"Come in."
Xie Jingyu sat down, opened the window, and a secret guard jumped in.
Xie Jingyu, "Why did you come back so late?"
The secret guard knelt down and apologized, "My subordinates and I failed to kill the Third Prince of Beiyue. We were also seriously injured and had to rest for half a month..."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Didn't hurt him?"
The secret guard replied, "A hidden arrow shot into the shoulder of the Third Prince of Beiyue, and his arm was scratched during the fight..."
Xie Jingyu said, "It's not a wasted trip."
Xiahou Yi came all the way to Ning Dynasty to kill him, so he must have made every possible preparation. Xie Jingyu sent people to North Vietnam to ambush, but he didn't expect to kill Xiahou Yi directly. He wanted to make him suffer some physical pain, knowing that Xie Jingyu was not someone to be trifled with, and they would meet on the battlefield in the future.
He would take his head himself.
"Get up."
The secret guard stood up and retreated. After taking two steps, he remembered something and turned back to report to Xie Jingyu, "There is another strange thing——"
"What's the matter?" Xie Jingyu asked.
The secret guard said, "When the Third Prince of Beiyue passed by Yizhou, he sent his secret guards to kill a man. The man was young and his clothing didn't seem to belong to a wealthy family. I found this strange, so I saved him..."
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