Chapter 425: The Situation in the Capital
The succession ceremony of the Great Shaman of Miaojiang was very solemn. Everyone present wore the intricate white formal clothes unique to Miaojiang. The white robe worn by Nan Sheng made her look more holy, and she wore a hair crown with white feathers on her head.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Nan Sheng first offered sacrifices to the Eternal Heaven, and then took over the scepter symbolizing the Great Wizard. From now on, he will be the new Great Wizard of the entire Miao Territory.
Then, all the people from Miaojiang knelt down, worshipping both Changshengtian and Nansheng.
Su Chenyu and his companions did not enter the area of the succession ceremony, but just watched from the outside. After their things had been packed up and loaded onto the carriage, they would leave directly after watching Nan Sheng's succession ceremony.
At this moment, seeing Nan Sheng accepting the worship of the people of Miaojiang, they felt relieved. After Su Chenyu and Baili Yanqing boarded the carriage, they looked back again.
Coincidentally, Nan Sheng also looked in their direction, and their eyes met.
Nan Sheng didn't say anything, and even his expression didn't change, but Su Chenyu understood what Nan Sheng meant. May you have a safe journey!
Su Chenyu smiled back, and got into the carriage with Baili Yanqing. They lowered the curtains, and the carriage slowly drove away from Miaojiang...
At the beginning, when Su Chenyu and Baili Yanqing led the Western Xia envoys to leave, it was autumn. When Ruo came back, it was already March.
By the time Su Chenyu and his party returned to the capital, it was almost the end of spring. They first returned home and then went to the palace to meet the emperor the next day.
Inside the mansion, Madam Xu had already prepared everything and was waiting for the two to return.
Standing in front of the mansion, Su Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief: "We are finally back."
"Thank you for your hard work on the journey, my Lord." Aunt Xu had already led everyone to greet them at the door. "Did your trip to Miaojiang go smoothly?"
Su Chenyu nodded: "It went well. Xuan Lingru has fully recovered. You can arrange for him to stay in the mansion first and let Zhu Yi take care of him."
"Yes." Aunt Xu knew that Su Chenyu wanted to keep Xuan Ling.
"He's not that old, and he's been through so much before. Mammy, you guys should pay more attention to him, just like you did to Civic."
"The old slave is pale."
"How is the situation in Ruojing?"
Aunt Xu was thinking about what to say. Seeing Aunt Xu's hesitation, Su Chenyu guessed that the situation in the capital would not be very good: "Aunt Xu, just tell the truth."
"The Lian family is on the rise again."
Su Chenyu hadn't thought about this: "How to reply?"
Nanny Xu explained in detail that when Su Chenyu left the capital, there were not many concubines in the harem, and the empress dowager had just passed away, so it was not convenient to hold a large-scale beauty contest. So Emperor Jing of Wei ordered the imperial concubine to select women from officials' families to enter the palace.
The Lian family presented two stunningly beautiful daughters, Yuanzhi and Xianglan, saying they were twin sisters from their cousins' families. As soon as the two girls entered the palace, they were quite favored by Emperor Jing of Wei, who even had sex with both of them in one night. The status of the two girls was also promoted again and again, for example, the elder sister Yuanzhi was named Yuan Guipin, and the younger sister Xianglan was Xiang Guipin.
As Emperor Jing of Wei had said before that members of the Lian family were not allowed to enter officialdom, he did not appoint anyone from the Lian family as an official, and instead promoted Yuanzhi and Xianglan's brother Fan Heng.
During the spring hunt a few months ago, Emperor Jing of Wei awarded the first place winner the title of Marquis of Wuling. Fan Heng won the first place in that spring hunt and was named Marquis of Wuling. For a while, he became very famous.
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