We arrived at the Imperial Ancestral Temple soon.
After Su Renzhong stepped off the imperial carriage, he looked at the long stone steps, suddenly turned around and picked up Duanmu Junyu in his arms.
"oh!"
The onlookers screamed with delight at the sight.
Feeling inferior, Xuan Yuanzhan started stealing glances at Su Xuening beside him again.
After giving him a warning glare, Su Xuening immediately shoved Xiaobao into his arms, forbidding him from having any wild thoughts.
Seeing Su Renzhong carrying Duanmu Junyu and rushing up the stone steps, Xuan Yuanzhan and Su Yun'an were both helpless.
Xuan Yuanzhan was no match for his father-in-law, so he could only hold his son in one arm and Su Xuening in the other, escorting the mother and son up the stone steps.
Su Yun'an admired his father's ingenuity and could only sigh as he climbed the stone steps.
Only after the whole family had climbed the stone steps did Su Renzhong put Duanmu Junyu down.
Before the sacrificial ceremony, Duanmu Junyu had Jinzhu read out the imperial edict: "His Majesty has decreed!"
With a loud shout from Jinzhu, all the civil and military officials above, the soldiers on the stone steps, and the onlookers below all knelt down in layers.
Only Duanmu Junyu's family did not kneel.
Seeing that everyone who was supposed to kneel had knelt, Jinzhu began to read the imperial edict.
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: There is now the Crown Prince of Northern Wei, Helian Ci, who is my husband. He and I have two daughters, Duanmu Xuening and Duanmu Yun'an. Helian Ci is of noble birth and of virtuous character, and he is very much to my liking. I love him deeply. I hereby confer upon him the title of Imperial Consort of Western Liang and formally bestow upon him the imperial seal and edict. This is hereby proclaimed to the world so that all may hear of it. This is the imperial decree!"
Duanmu Junyu personally bestowed the crown and imperial seal belonging to the Emperor's consort upon Su Renzhong.
No one dared to object, and they all offered their congratulations: "Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Duanmu Junyu smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Jinzhu.
There was also an imperial edict.
Jinzhu continued reading: "By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: The husband of Crown Princess Duanmu Xuening is Emperor Xuanyuan Zhan of Eastern Chu. He and Duanmu Xuening have a grandson, Duanmu Xi. Xuanyuan Zhan is of excellent character and appearance, and has the bearing of an emperor. He is hereby conferred the title of Crown Princess and bestowed with the imperial seal. This is hereby proclaimed to the world, so that all may hear of it. This is the imperial decree!"
Duanmu Junyu also personally bestowed the title and seal of the Crown Princess upon Xuanyuan Zhan.
Surprisingly, Xuanyuan Zhan was quite happy.
He originally thought that his father-in-law was the only protagonist today, but he didn't expect that his mother-in-law had also prepared a little surprise for him.
This can be considered as legitimizing his position, making it more legitimate for him to assert sovereignty in the future.
One was the crown prince of Northern Wei, and the other was the emperor of Eastern Chu. Which of the officials and common people of Western Liang dared to have any objections? They once again offered their congratulations in unison: "Greetings to the Crown Princess! Long live the Crown Princess! Long live the Crown Princess!"
After the imperial edict was read, Duanmu Junyu and Su Renzhong began the formal sacrificial ceremony to Heaven.
After offering incense to Heaven, the two went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Duanmu Junyu had the Western Liang royal family officially record Helian Ci's name in the Western Liang royal family's genealogy. Next to Helian Ci, Su Renzhong's name was also written, indicating his future status.
Similarly, Xuanyuan Zhan's name was also recorded in the genealogy of the Western Liang royal family, and his identity was also written down.
Su Renzhong was a little jealous when he saw that Duanmu Xuening and Duanmu Yun'an's names had been recorded in the royal family genealogy of Xiliang long ago: "How come your daughter and son's names were already in your family genealogy long ago, but mine are only being recorded now!"
Duanmu Junyu smiled and gave him a reproachful look: "You should be glad that I regained my memories of you, otherwise you still wouldn't have a formal status."
When she was recording her daughter and son, didn't she have no memory of him at all? Naturally, she couldn't possibly have recorded him in the family genealogy!
...Su Renzhong had nothing to say: "Alright, it's not too late to write it down now."
Anyway, it's been recorded.
He should indeed be thankful that she regained her memories of him, otherwise he would have nowhere to turn to cry now.
Speaking of this, he also had to thank Ning'er and An'er's master. If it weren't for his help in restoring A'yu's memories, the couple might not have been able to reunite.
Even the fact that he regained his memory was thanks to him. If he hadn't taught Ning'er medicine, how could Ning'er have made the antidote to restore his memory?
When he sees them again, he really needs to thank them properly.
As the family left the ancestral temple, they saw three mythical beasts circling together in the sky.
Everyone looked at the divine beast in the sky, extremely excited.
"Look! The three mythical beasts have appeared together again!"
"It's spectacular!"
"This is the most spectacular scene I have ever seen in my life!"
"Our Emperor Consort is a member of the Northern Wei royal family, and the Crown Princess is the Emperor of Eastern Chu. That's why the Black Tortoise and Azure Dragon divine beasts appeared together with the Vermilion Bird divine beast. They must have come to congratulate the Empress and Emperor Consort!"
Duanmu Junyu and Su Renzhong exchanged a glance and then laughed.
After their visit to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the family returned to the palace in the imperial carriage.
The appointment of Duanmu Junyu as imperial consort was essentially the same as a grand wedding.
Today, Duanmu Junyu also prepared a grand banquet, inviting all the imperial relatives and officials.
Unlike in the Northern Wei Dynasty, everyone was now toasting Duanmu Junyu and Su Xuening.
Of course, Su Xuening doesn't drink alcohol, and since she's still breastfeeding, she drinks honey water instead, and no one dares to say anything.
Duanmu Junyu was very generous; she would accept any toast offered to her by ordinary people.
You can tell she's genuinely happy today, much happier than when she married that royal consort.
Overjoyed, Duanmu Junyu inadvertently drank a few extra cups of wine. By the end of the banquet, she was quite drunk and clung to Su Renzhong, refusing to walk.
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