Chapter 227: Marriage Decree
After hearing Chu Youning's thoughts, the Emperor and Empress froze in their tracks.
"I'll go see her."
Seeing that her daughter was fine, Wu Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and walked step by step to the bed.
The man with dark eyes and sleeping posture lost some of his sharp rage and looked gentle and peaceful.
Chu Wenzong and Cui Zhaoan finally stood together in front of the bed, their expressions showing pity and complexity.
Compared to the complicated emotions among the older generation, Jiang Wanrong, Chu Lange and Xiao Wukong, who also hurried over, were much calmer.
The three people's eyes fell on Chu Youning, and Chu Lange began to grab Chu Youning's sleeves and pull them.
"Chu Youning, are you not hurt? Did that woman bully you?"
"What are you thinking about? Nothing."
Chu Youning raised his hand and touched Chu Lange's head, and then looked at Jiang Wanrong: "Sister, the eldest princess said that everyone was poisoned. Please check your pulse to see the situation."
"After you left, everyone felt that something was wrong, so I secretly checked my pulse. My family also checked it, and there was nothing wrong."
Speaking of this, Jiang Wanrong couldn't help but frown.
In this case, either the Grand Princess did not poison the girl at all, or the poison she used was too strong and she was not well-trained enough to detect it.
"Is that so?"
Chu Youning nodded lightly.
[Alas, today is also a day that I want to **. ]
[My dear little baby, when you are well again, I will never make fun of you again.]
Baby? What baby? My sister has a new baby?
Jiang Wanrong couldn't help but hum in her heart.
The banquet was still going on, and Chu Wenzong and Cui Zhaoan soon returned to take charge of the situation.
When Wu Qingyi came out again, he looked a lot more tired.
"Yu'er, Zhaohua must have told you a lot of stories."
When Wu Qingyi looked at Chu Youning, she said a statement without hesitation, but with determination.
"Um."
Chu Youning nodded lightly.
"Then... Mother will take you somewhere else? I'll tell you another story."
Wu Qingyi looked at Chu Youning lovingly.
This time, she didn't bring anyone with her and went out alone.
That figure seemed even more lonely.
"Aunt, why is the Royal Grandmother suddenly so unhappy? Does she dislike that aunt?"
Little Wukong held Chu Youning's hand, with confusion in his eyes.
Chu Youning shook his head gently: "No, my mother likes her."
[Chu Zhaohua's first half of life was filled with ups and downs, which really deserves sympathy.]
[But when a person is prejudiced against another person or a thing, all the words that come out of his mouth will be full of strong personal emotions. Such words are acceptable but cannot be completely trusted.]
[Looking at the appearance of the old fairy and Chu Wenzong, and the portrait of Chu Zhaohua hanging in the old fairy's ancestral hall, it is clear that it is impossible to be just what she said. I just don't know what kind of situation the Yu Kingdom encountered at that time that they were willing to let Chu Zhaohua marry. ]
Jiang Wanrong listened to her sister's words and began to think silently.
There are not many descriptions of this eldest princess in the public. Most of them are praises for her colorful life in the first half of her life, and sighs about her later marriage.
Logically speaking, she should have left this royal secret, but...
Before she walked out of Cining Palace, she suddenly remembered the booklet about evil fragrance that her sister had given her some time ago.
There was a brief description in the booklet that the evil fragrance had also appeared in Jialan.
The Grand Princess may be an important clue!
Wu Qingyi led the four children along the increasingly desolate palace road.
After an unknown amount of time, Wu Qingyi took out a key from his sleeve and opened a palace door that Chu Youning had never been through before.
The palace gates are open.
Although the interior is much more desolate and the introduced pool water has dried up, it is still clean and bright.
In the courtyard there were several large trees with luxuriant branches and leaves, all decorated with small yellow flowers, like drooping lanterns.
Under one of the trees, which was so big that it was impossible to hug it with one person, there was a swing that looked quite old.
"Auntie...what kind of tree is that? Why is it blooming now?"
Little Wukong looked around, feeling extremely curious about this palace which had a completely different layout from other palaces.
This question was answered by Wu Qingyi. She looked at the big trees with a gentle look in her eyes:
"That's a persimmon tree. Every autumn it bears fist-sized fruits that are fragrant and sweet."
"That was... the fifth year after I entered the palace. I watched the late emperor and Zhaohua plant it together."
Next.
Wherever he went, Wu Qingyi would tell everyone an old story.
She remembered everything about Chu Zhaohua clearly.
Finally, Wu Qingyi opened the palace door. The hall was clean and dust-free, with a faint fragrance remaining.
The furnishings in the hall are mostly machinery, weapons, books and the like.
It can be seen that the owner here is a casual person.
"Sit anywhere."
Wu Qingyi casually pulled out a throne and sat down, looking outside the hall with a dim gaze.
Chu Youning and Jiang Wanrong didn't show any emotion and just found a place to sit down.
Chu Lange and Xiao Wukong couldn't sit still, and started looking around.
Wu Qingyi didn't say anything, and no one else said anything either.
After an unknown amount of time, Wu Qingyi spoke slowly:
"Yu'er, after listening to the story told by your aunt, do you think the royal family is cold-blooded?"
"Mother, I like the saying, 'Don't comment without knowing the whole story.'"
Chu Youning smiled obediently and spoke out.
Wu Qingyi couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chu Youning, with praise and relief in his eyes: "Good! What a good sentence! I won't comment without knowing the whole story!"
Wu Qingyi added, "The Jiang family has taken great care of you."
"yes."
Chu Youning nodded lightly.
"I don't know where to start, so I'll just tell you about the time when Zhaohua told me that he had a lover."
"I still remember that was the happiest time for Zhaohua. She told me immediately when she found her lover.
I was worried and I personally checked him out. He is indeed a good kid, willing to work hard and very motivated. "
"In fact, at that time... I had already asked the late emperor for an imperial decree granting Zhaohua marriage."
Having said that, Wu Qingyi stood up and walked inside step by step.
Not long after, she came out with an old imperial edict that showed traces of time, and spread it out carefully on the table.
"Zhao Hua probably doesn't know that this imperial decree of marriage has been placed on her jade pillow, and she keeps it under her head every day.
Originally... I was planning to tell her about the surprise on her 18th birthday and let her go back to her room to find it, but I didn't expect...
This time, it has been put away until now, and it has never had a chance to see the light of day."