Two major events occurred in mid-April.
First, the eldest princess Ling Shujiao was imprisoned in the eldest princess's mansion for life because she harmed her siblings.
The second is that the palace selection and re-selection are over.
Pei Jiusheng, the son of the Minister of Personnel, was unsurprisingly canonized as the Princess Royal.
Si Jiangzhi, who was originally going to become the princess's concubine, was promoted to concubine first, so he could only be conferred the third rank Si Jun like Chen He'an.
Shen Hean's original title was Liang Jun, and Si Jiangzhi is now ranked behind him with the title Shu Jun.
Although the virtuous and virtuous Si Jun were all of the third rank, and logically there was no distinction between high and low, there was a difference in the order of titles. Si Jiangzhi, who received the imperial edict of conferring the title, was so upset that he wanted to twist the handkerchief in his hand.
However, Shen Hean, who received the news, breathed a sigh of relief. With Si Jiangzhi accompanying him, his mother and father should not be so angry.
But it turned out that Shen Hean still didn't know his mother well enough.
General Shen Qiaoxi was still furious. "Chen Hean, you really don't have any ambition at all. Apart from Si Jiangzhi, can't you see anyone else? Why don't you think about how to find out more about the newly promoted Lu Cejun? He's standing here, looking like he breathed a sigh of relief. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"
Shen Qiaoxi subconsciously wanted to slap Shen Hean in the face, but was eventually stopped by (Shen Hean's father) Li. "He's about to marry into the Eastern Palace and become a good ruler. If you slap him now, what will Her Highness the Crown Princess and the other masters of the Eastern Palace think when they see it? He's already embarrassed enough, and if he gets another slap on his face, he'll become a complete joke."
Chen Qiaoxi snorted coldly, "If it weren't for this rebellious son's disappointment, why would I be so angry?"
Li gave Chen Hean a cold look. "Why don't you kneel down and apologize to your mother? Why are you standing here like an idiot? You don't think that just because you've become the Princess and the Good Lord, you can ignore me and your mother, do you?"
Chen Hean was still the same as usual, not daring to argue. He knelt straight down, almost dropping his head to the ground.
Shen Qiaoxi and Li kept on complaining about Shen Hean, but they didn't notice that the veins on Shen Hean's arms were bulging and his eyes were full of madness.
They were so used to scolding and beating their son that they had long forgotten that even a rabbit will bite when it is angry. Shen Hean was not a dumb object, he was a flesh-and-blood person.
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April 20th, the tenth year of Zhaoping.
The Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace gets married.
As soon as Pei Jiusheng got into the bridal sedan, she pulled off the red veil.
He took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and poured the entire bottle of small white pills into his mouth.
Pei Jiusheng's attendant was horrified. "Sir, are you crazy? This small porcelain bottle of painkillers is two months' supply. Every time you take this medicine, it will damage your lifespan. Your husband has told you that you should endure it if you can, but never take this painkiller unless it is absolutely necessary..."
Pei Jiusheng had already put the red veil back on at this time. His voice was as cold as the top of a snowy mountain or a glacier that hadn't melted for thousands of years. "If I don't take painkillers, my face will feel hot and stinging all the time, as if it were splashed with boiling water.
By doing this, I can live a little longer, but my life is worse than death.
Before I got married, my father refused to give me painkillers, fearing I would overdose due to the pain. But now that I'm getting married, he has no choice but to give me all the medicine, as much as I want.
Rather than living a life worse than death for ten or twenty years, I'd rather be a normal person. Even if it's only three to five years, at least I won't be scalding in hot oil every moment.
Pei Jiusheng said this with a strong smile in his voice, "My dear mother, let my half brother Pei Jiuyuan follow me to the East Palace as a dowry.
She wants to see Pei Jiuyuan give birth to a daughter of the Princess Royal, and then have me, the Princess Royal, protect her granddaughter. But why should I do as she wishes? I want to see, after I die, without the protection of her husband, whether her precious granddaughter can survive in the cannibalistic East Palace?"
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