Besides the marriage and the bestowal of the title of Empress, Xuanyuan Peng also did not forget to have Xuanyuan Zhan acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan.
After the sacrificial ceremony, Xuanyuan Peng and the Bai family went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Since Xuanyuan Peng had already mentioned Xuanyuan Zhan's recognition of his ancestry in court, no one dared to object at this moment.
However, Prince Kang did not agree with this matter, but he knew he was powerless to stop it, so he could only look at Bai Shi and say: "Are you sure you want to change the name of the Holy King to the Emperor and re-establish his ancestral lineage? Then the former Crown Prince will have no descendants."
As husband and wife, she's gone too far.
Seeing that King Kang was still bringing up these things at this point, Xuanyuan Peng was instantly displeased: "Just change it when I tell you to, why are you talking so much nonsense!"
Seeing this, Lady Bai also spoke up: "Zhan'er was originally the Emperor's son. Now it can be considered that the wrongs have been corrected. I believe the late Crown Prince would understand even in the afterlife."
Since the Bai family had said so, King Kang dared not offend Xuanyuan Peng over this matter. He could only take out the family genealogy and rewrite Xuanyuan Zhan's name below Xuanyuan Peng's name, after Xuanyuan Zhi, as Xuanyuan Peng's third son.
Since Xuanyuan Yu is not Xuanyuan Peng's biological son, his name has been removed from the family genealogy.
Xuanyuan Zhi, also because of his treason, had his name marked as demoted to a commoner.
After revising the family genealogy, King Kang also wrote Su Xuening's name next to Xuan Yuanzhan's.
Upon seeing this, Xuanyuan Peng reminded her, "Besides being the legitimate daughter of General Su, the Holy Princess is also the Crown Princess of Western Liang, and she has already changed her surname to Duanmu."
King Kang was stunned; he had heard about this before.
Who would have thought that General Su married not some orphan girl, but the Empress of Western Liang!
Thinking of that person's appearance, King Kang felt relieved.
No wonder she's so beautiful and has such an outstanding presence; that's what she's all about!
Even if the Holy King were useless, now that his wife has risen from the daughter of a general to the Crown Princess of Xiliang, no one in Dongchu can compete with him anymore. The throne of Dongchu belongs to the Holy King.
Considering that the First Prince has been demoted, the Second Prince has been reduced to a commoner, and the Third Prince is not the Emperor's biological son and is about to be torn apart by five horses, the only capable successor to the throne in Eastern Chu is the Holy King. The other princes are simply not up to par.
Even if the Holy King is truly the biological son of the former Crown Prince, he would probably have to be adopted by the Emperor to succeed to the throne.
Therefore, we can assume that the Holy King was adopted.
After thinking it through, Prince Kang quickly changed Su Xuening's name and then asked the two of them, "What is the little prince's name?"
I heard that the Holy Princess has given birth to the eldest grandson of the Emperor, so it's a good time to add the little grandson to the family genealogy.
Su Xuening and Xuan Yuanzhan exchanged a glance but remained silent.
Xiao Bao's surname is Duanmu, so how can he be included in the genealogy of the Eastern Chu royal family?
Xuanyuan Zhan understood Su Xuening's meaning and said, "The little prince is in Xiliang now. We can make a note of it after he returns."
Without much thought, the Prince of Kang nodded and said, "Very well, the young prince still needs to make a copy of the Xuanwu mark, and it won't be too late to add him to the family genealogy later."
Xuanyuan Peng did notice something amiss, but he didn't say much about it in the ancestral temple.
After the ancestral recognition ceremony concluded, everyone returned to the altar.
Zong Jiu directly produced the imperial edict that Xuan Yuanpeng had prepared long ago, and everyone knelt down in unison.
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Since I ascended the throne by the will of the Retired Emperor, I have never been weary or complacent in any important military or state affairs, personnel appointments, or major administrative matters. I have diligently continued the great legacy of my ancestors, day and night, bearing the weighty responsibility entrusted to me by their illustrious legacy. The succession and celebration rest in the hands of my virtuous son. My third son, Xuanyuan Zhan, is intelligent and capable in governance, and is favored by Heaven. Therefore, in accordance with the initial decree, following proper rites, and respecting public opinion, I hereby solemnly inform Heaven, the ancestral temples, and the state, and hereby bestow upon him the imperial seal and establish him as Crown Prince, to be placed in the Eastern Palace! The Crown Princess of Western Liang, Duanmu Xuening, is Zhan's principal wife. She is beautiful, gentle, virtuous, elegant, and dignified, with impeccable manners. Furthermore, she has rendered meritorious service in giving birth to the eldest grandson of the Emperor, and is hereby conferred the title of Crown Princess! This is proclaimed throughout the land, so that all may know."
"Long live the Crown Prince! Long live the Crown Princess!"
"Long live the Crown Prince! Long live the Crown Princess!"
The sound spread downwards from the Imperial Ancestral Temple, layer by layer.
Xuanyuan Zhan and Su Xuening exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.
Mu Lingchen, Ling Lang, Bai Ying, and the others were also deeply moved.
The prince has finally become the crown prince of Eastern Chu. His journey has been far from easy.
Fortunately, all the hardships are over now, and all that remains is a smooth road ahead.
After the sacrificial ceremony, Xuanyuan Peng took Bai Shi on a patrol of the streets.
When the emperor and empress paraded through the streets, it naturally attracted crowds of onlookers.
Su Xuening and Xuan Yuanzhan did not go with the parade; instead, they went to deliver the child to Zi Shu.
Ye Xue led the two to Zi Shu's residence.
As soon as she entered the house, Su Xuening sensed that something was wrong.
The gate to the house was wide open, and the yard was in a mess, as if it had just been ransacked.
Ye Xue rushed into Zi Shu's room and saw Zi Shu lying on the bed with blood flowing from all seven orifices and foaming at the mouth, as if she was on the verge of death.
Ye Xue was shocked and quickly shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness!"
Su Xuening and Xuan Yuanzhan immediately entered Zi Shu's room.
Seeing Zi Shu's condition, Su Xuening quickly handed the child in her arms to Ye Xue, examined Zi Shu swiftly, and then used silver needles to seal several of Zi Shu's acupoints.
After a series of emergency treatments, Zi Shu finally caught her breath and slowly opened her eyes.
Zi Shu stared at Su Xuening with dazed eyes for a while before recognizing her and weakly said, "Young Miss~"
Seeing the blood still gushing from her seven orifices, Su Xuening frowned deeply: "How did you become like this? Who poisoned you?"
Zi Shu gave a bitter smile and said weakly, "Miss... brought my child into the palace... confusing the royal bloodline. Even if I... don't take the poison myself, I will still die..."
She took the poison herself, and it was fortunate that she did, otherwise she would have been taken away by those soldiers just now.
The soldiers said that the young lady had confused the royal bloodline and that she was to be torn apart by five horses.
Then there's Consort Su. The Third Prince and Imperial Physician Liu are both going to be torn apart by five horses. She's terrified. Rather than die a gruesome death like them, she'd rather commit suicide by poison. At least that way, she'll at least have a whole corpse.
Su Xuening didn't want to judge what she had done.
She was a servant girl, and even if she didn't want to, Su Feiling would force her to do these things. Moreover, how many people could resist the temptation of having their child become emperor?
It's not surprising that someone like Zi Shu would have such delusions when faced with such an opportunity.
"His Majesty is merciful and has not implicated your child. I have brought your child out for you." Su Xuening turned around and placed the child in Ye Xue's arms next to Zi Shu.
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