Chapter 765 Phoenix Robe
The news that Xiahou Ling was beaten with a stick and confined to his house, and that Beiling had temporarily stopped sending troops, had reached Luoyan Pass before dawn.
"Did Hang Li and the others leave Beiling Imperial City safely?"
"He must have left, otherwise it would have been mentioned in the letter."
Di Shuangcheng nodded upon hearing this. "Indeed, if they had really been left in Beiling, Xiahou Ling wouldn't have had such a smooth life."
Thinking of the one-eyed old man being beaten with a stick and the Imperial Master's Mansion being suppressed, Di Shuangcheng couldn't help but smile on his rough face. Even though he knew it was only temporary, it was still a happy thing to let that bastard suffer a big loss.
Di Shuangcheng handed the secret letter to his confidant: "Send a pigeon back to the capital and inform His Majesty of the news."
"Will there be any problems sending messages by carrier pigeon in this weather..."
"Won't."
Di Shuangcheng said, "Long ago, His Majesty had a group of pigeons specially trained. They are cold-resistant and heat-resistant, and can fly very fast. Moreover, there are places to resupply and replace them along the way from south to north. It's just that ordinary people don't know about it. Otherwise, how do you think we could have known the news from the capital and Southern Qi so quickly in the past few times?"
Emperor Taizu was so brave and valiant that the Wei Dynasty had a vast territory with great distances between the north and the south. If there were no special methods to transmit messages, how could horses and manpower alone gather news from the south and the north to the capital in time and then make arrangements as quickly as possible?
He had started making preparations long before Xiao Yan seized the throne, and later with the participation of the Gu family, the communication route between the north and the south had already been opened.
When Di Shuangcheng thought of the current emperor, a big smile appeared on his face. Although he was shocked for a few days when he first learned that his "brother" who had once hit it off was the emperor's eldest grandson, he later thought about it carefully and felt that it was understandable that the emperor had concealed his identity before.
To Di Shuangcheng, it doesn’t matter who Xiao Yan is.
The Great Wei has been weak for many years, and its military generals have been suppressed. As long as the new emperor is not as incompetent as Emperor An, and can pay attention to the army and give them enough confidence to fight on the battlefield, the Great Wei will be able to beat those bastards in Beiling back to their lair, just like when Emperor Taizu was alive.
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Great Wei, the capital.
In order to welcome the remains of the late Crown Prince and Crown Princess back to the court, Tang Ning, Xiao Yan and all the important officials in the court were busy as a whirlwind.
They went to the Cao family's ancestral tomb to pay homage, moved the former prince's coffin back to Beijing and buried it in the imperial mausoleum, and opened the Taimiao. The tablets of the two were placed back in the ancestral hall. The ministers paid homage and asked the monks to pray for the souls to be reborn. It took two full days for everything to be done.
Not to mention some elderly ministers, even those strong and young court officials were exhausted. They had followed the emperor and empress's carriage for almost two days and had no time to even enter the palace. They finally waited until the former crown prince successfully became the emperor and moved into the imperial mausoleum.
But no one has time to rest because tomorrow is the coronation ceremony of the new emperor.
Rong Yue stood aside, combing Tang Ning's long hair while saying, "You didn't see those ministers? They were all exhausted. As soon as they came out of the Taimiao in the evening, they hurried back to the palace. The horses on the street were almost galloping."
Tang Ning raised her red lips and said that it would be better to let those people be tired. When they are tired, they will not have the mind to think about things that they should not think about, nor will they have the time to notice some "changes" that should not be known to others.
There was a bronze mirror on the dressing table in front of her. Tang Ning let Rong Yue straighten her long hair. When Rong Yue left, Tang Ning, dressed in a gorgeous dress, appeared in front of the people in the room.
She was wearing a bright yellow phoenix robe with intricate peony and cloud patterns on the cuffs and lapels. The phoenix embroidered with gold thread on the robe was lifelike, with the phoenix head on her shoulders and the crown feathers on her head turning into gorgeous decorations on her shoulders, while the body and tail feathers spread from the back all the way down along the waist to the end of the long skirt.
The phoenix feathers were inlaid with many tiny gems, and under the light, they seemed to have a soul, as if there was really a phoenix entwined around Tang Ning.
Tang Ning did not tie her hair up, and her long black hair fell behind her like silk, making her fair skin look slightly reflective.
Hua Wu held her heart and widened her eyes: "So beautiful."
Qian Qiyue and the wife of Marquis Wenxin, mother and daughter, were also stunned.
They had long known that Tang Ning was extremely beautiful, even more so than Rong Yue, who was once famous in the capital. However, Tang Ning always wore elegant clothes without makeup in the past. Although she looked beautiful, she was far less gorgeous than the one in front of them. That face shocked people at a glance.
Rong Yue pulled her up and looked around: "This phoenix robe fits her perfectly."
"Of course. I heard that the entire weaving department was busy for almost two months, rushing to make this phoenix robe, and the embroidery on it is so exquisite."
The wife of Marquis Wenxin stood aside and said with emotion, "The original embroidery on this phoenix robe was done by the palace embroiderers. Although it looks exquisite, it is far inferior to the current one. It was more than ten days ago that dozens of embroiderers from the south hurried to the capital and sent two dragon and phoenix embroidered robes to the palace. They said it was to celebrate the new emperor's ascension to the throne and the great joy of the emperor and empress."
Qian Qiyue also said, "I've heard my father talk about this too. He said that those women are already in their forties or fifties, and they are the best embroiderers in Shezhou, Langzhou, and Raozhou."
"During the flood, many people lost their families in vain. Your Majesty previously redressed the cause of that year's events and later ordered the construction of a cemetery for the people to provide relief to the families of those who died in vain."
"They voluntarily embroidered these to send to the capital out of gratitude for your majesty's kindness. Upon hearing this, your majesty ordered the weaving department to replace the previous patterns with these."
Tang Ning touched the cloud pattern on his body and said softly, "They are not only grateful to my brother, but also to the Crown Prince who spent all his wealth to help the victims of the disaster but was framed and died innocently."
The old events of twenty years ago had already been made known to the world, and what the deposed emperor Xie Tianyong had done was now known to everyone. Xie Tianzhao, who had once been full of injustice and stigma, had also restored his good reputation.
Tang Ning heard that after the remains of the retired emperor and his wife were moved back to the imperial mausoleum yesterday, many people went to the foot of the mountain where the mausoleum was located to pay their respects. The originally barren snowfield was covered with burnt paper money and incense sticks, and the people guarding the mausoleum could even hear faint crying.
After all, not everyone has forgotten the Crown Prince, who was kind and loving to his people like his own children.
The people in the room couldn't help but quiet down when they thought of the former crown prince.
After a moment, Rong Yue said, "Fortunately, everything is back on track now, and everyone has returned to where they should be."
Although everyone in the room felt a little regretful about the talented person in the past, they were unwilling to let the past events disturb today's celebration. The depressing atmosphere was suppressed in an instant. Qian Qiyue laughed and made a few noises, and the atmosphere in the room became lively again.
Several people surrounded Tang Ning and watched Nanny Xi putting on makeup for her interview. By the time they finished all the busy work, it was already late at night.
After everyone else in the room left, only Tang Ning and Rong Yue were left.
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