Chapter 147: Granted Marriage
Qingyue looked back at the wise king and nodded cautiously.
The heavy palace gate slowly closed. The imperial concubine asked Qingyue to step forward. She obediently stepped forward and stood in front of the imperial concubine, neither saying a word nor being humble, looking straight ahead.
"You are Lord Lu's daughter. How come I have never heard of you? And you are so beautiful. I am afraid that your family will have to break the threshold of marriage proposals."
"What the imperial concubine said is true. It's precisely because of my appearance that my father doesn't like me going out. Therefore, only his old friends and a few close relatives know my appearance. My father always says that a woman who is too beautiful will bring disaster to the country and the people, and he doesn't allow anyone around him to go around talking about my appearance or my talent. In Ruzhou City, the most famous is the young lady of the Zhang family in the Zhang Mansion. She is a talented woman for more than ten miles around."
Qingyue spoke.
When the imperial concubine heard about this talented woman from the Zhang family...who could socialize with Lord Lu's family, she was probably from an official family. She asked again, "Do you know the young lady from the Zhang family?"
"We're not old acquaintances, but we've heard each other's names. Others think I'm not very sociable. Mr. Zhang is the prefect of Ruzhou."
Qingyue also understood what the imperial concubine was thinking. It was nothing more than... that the young lady from the Zhang family was a talented woman, and she had to be dragged out to compete with the princess, so that... the Southern Dynasty could regain its reputation.
As the imperial concubine, she also has the right to do this!
This matter is now the most important thing in the minds of all the people of the Southern Dynasty! Everyone should contribute their efforts.
As the future Consort of the Virtuous King, she should also be sensible and at least gain a reputation as a virtuous king like him...protect her own reputation and that of the Virtuous King, and wait for the day when she will go to her fiefdom.
Seeing that she was so considerate, the imperial concubine nodded and asked her to stand up. She then instructed the palace maid beside her, "Go to the dressing table and bring me my jade bracelet."
Soon, a palace maid came with a tray. The imperial concubine walked down from her seat, took Qingyue's hand, and put the jade bracelet on her hand.
He said, "I brought this from my parents' home. My mother gave it to me when I got married! She said it was left by the Emperor's mother and passed to her. This represents the recognition of the royal family! I hope that you can go through all the ups and downs with the wise king and never leave him."
"Thank you for your gift, Your Highness. The virtuous prince and I are in love with each other, so we will naturally share the joys and sorrows!"
She bowed deeply to the imperial concubine, kowtowed three times, and then bowed deeply.
Seeing her like this, the imperial concubine felt relieved and told her to go by herself! She went into the inner room, asked the palace maid to prepare the emperor's favorite food, put it away, and set off for the southern study.
Qingyue walked out of the palace gate. The virtuous king was waiting anxiously not far away. When he saw him come out, he was overjoyed!
He went straight up to her and asked, "How's it going? Is Mother giving you trouble again?"
Qingyue suddenly felt that the virtuous prince was somewhat adorable, and said, "Noble Concubine, why are you making things difficult for me? Let's go! Princess, I'm afraid we'll get anxious if you wait for us."
She took the wise king's hand and walked out together, straight to the palace gate.
The ministers also saw the actions of the two people after leaving the court, but they were even more stunned by the jade bracelet on Qingyue's wrist. That was the jade bracelet that the emperor's mother gave to the current imperial concubine.
The thing has gone through many twists and turns, so everyone knows it. It is a translucent emerald green bracelet. When worn on the hand, it looks like a pool of water, very beautiful.
There's no mistake! There hasn't been any jade of this quality in the Southern Dynasties in recent years. This is a jade you only see once in a century! But don't make it into a bracelet!
So, it is impossible for anyone to make a mistake!
The bracelet was on her wrist, so that meant...she was the future virtuous princess? The world was changing too fast, and they couldn't keep up.
After walking out of the palace, the two of them got on a carriage and quickly went to the princess. They accompanied her to tour the scenery of Kyoto and learn about the history of the Southern Dynasty.
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In the evening, Qingyue was sent back to the palace by the virtuous king. Imperial edicts came one after another. Lord Lu knelt on the ground with a confused look on his face. He had received the emperor's grace just a few days ago, so why was it today?
He knelt on the ground. The eunuch was slow to read the imperial edict. He looked up and saw the eunuch asking, "Master Lu, where is your daughter? Ask her to come out and receive the edict."
"Eunuch, why did you ask Qingyue to come here? I will take over the imperial edict! It's all court affairs anyway." Lord Lu just thought that it was the emperor who had some new task.
The father-in-law said, "This is an imperial decree granting a marriage. How can I read it out if the person being married is not here?"
Lord Lu's eyes rolled back and he almost fainted from anger!
He had been on guard against everything, but he couldn't have prevented the old emperor! He was really an old cow eating young grass... He trembled and asked the servants in the mansion to call the young lady.
Qingyue came quickly and knelt on the ground very pious.
At this moment, Lord Lu also saw the jade bracelet on his daughter's wrist. He didn't expect that this man was the virtuous king, but thought he was the emperor. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and his old face turned red.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the eunuch began to read the imperial decree, "By the will of Heaven... Lu Qingyue and the virtuous prince are in love... I grant them marriage, and the wedding will be completed in three months."
Lord Lu fainted when he heard this!
Isn't this virtuous prince the prince who played a trick on his daughter? How come the emperor suddenly granted them a marriage?
His stupid brain finally figured it out. The jade bracelet was for his daughter-in-law, a royal heirloom. Even though it was only a hundred years old, everyone knew what was going on.
What does emperor mean?
The previous dynasty had the Crown Prince and Prince Rui to stabilize the government, so why did they give the jade bracelet to Prince Xian?
That jade bracelet is usually chosen for the future queen. Because she was a noble concubine back then, the emperor also liked her the most at that time, but something happened and the noble concubine failed to become the queen.
But now the position of the imperial concubine is only slightly lower in rank than that of the queen. The emperor also feels a little apologetic towards the queen and visits her from time to time.
this?
Lord Lu received the imperial edict in bewilderment. His father-in-law jokingly said, "Lord Lu is so lucky! Once Miss Lu becomes the virtuous princess, she will be a member of the royal family."
Who cares?
After sending the father-in-law away, Lord Lu took his daughter into the main hall and asked, "What's going on? Aren't you going to tell Dad?"
"I've reconciled with the virtuous king. It was all a misunderstanding back then... The love was deep, the hatred was intense. He loved me so much back then that he couldn't bear to hear me get engaged, nor could he bear to hear you talk about my in-laws..."
Qingyue spoke slowly.
This matter is still due to the wise king being too cowardly. If he had been braver, their children would be crawling on the floor now.
Lord Lu saw his daughter like this, and fortunately, the two still had feelings for each other. If he found out on the wedding night that Qingyue was not a virgin, there would be... a big fuss.
If I had married a wise king, all these problems would have been avoided.
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