Chapter 425: Is She Deserving?
Everyone started talking and laughing again. Except for the few people who first spoke to Minister Qiao and praised her, no one took the initiative to speak to her.
Qiao Yihuan stood quietly beside Jin and Minister Qiao, watching what Qiao Wanyan and Jiang Qiyun were talking about. Her face was very calm, without any strange expression.
Jiang Qiyun is not important. If he is willing to be close to Qiao Wanyan and is willing to walk down a path of no return, that is her own business.
The most important thing for me now is to restore our relationship with His Highness He and be with him.
Just like in the dream, she reached the pinnacle of power with him and became the mother of the nation that everyone admired.
However, Qiao Yihuan looked around several times but did not see He Zhiyu.
Because today, he didn't come.
"The Emperor and Empress have arrived~"
As the palace servants shouted, the people outside the Baohua Palace suddenly stopped talking and laughing.
The ministers stood in an orderly manner on one side, and their families stood on the other side.
When the emperor and empress arrived, everyone knelt down and bowed to them.
In the incense burner on the upper level, ambergris was burning vigorously. In such hot weather, the smoke rising from the incense burner would wrap the hot summer air and slightly distort the air.
Jingxin stood beside the incense burner in his robes as if he couldn't feel the heat, and he recited scriptures and prayed devoutly, praying for peace and prosperity in the underworld.
The court officials and their wives below the high rank followed the shrill voice of the palace servants and performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.
The sound of scripture recitation continued to ring out, and it sounded like a criminal law to Qiao Wanyan. If she had known that the prayer ceremony was so annoying, she should not have come today!
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but after I finished reciting scriptures in silence for an hour, the sun suddenly penetrated the clouds on the sultry cloudy day. The golden sunlight poured down like a tide, and the fragmented golden light seemed like a blessing from the gods, reflecting an almost dreamy glow.
One of them happened to shine on Qiao Yihuan.
Qiao Wanyan tilted her head to look, her delicate and flawless face filled with a coldness that was completely different from the hot weather.
"Your Majesty, a golden light suddenly appeared in the sky, and auspicious clouds turned into auspicious dragons circling. This is because the heavens have sensed your kindness for the country and the people, and have blessed Dayu and your Majesty."
The emperor was immediately delighted and said, "God bless our dynasty, God bless our dynasty!"
All the ministers knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty's kindness is so great that it moves Heaven. May Heaven bless our dynasty, Heaven bless our dynasty..."
The emperor stroked his beard and smiled, "Dayou has been plagued by disasters for a while. I thought it was a disaster sent by God, but I didn't expect that it would be bitter first and sweet later. The short-term disaster has brought Dayou a hundred years of prosperity and peace!"
Jingxin clasped his hands together and said: "Your Majesty, I have also heard of the name of the Disaster Demon. I have heard of it but I don't take it seriously."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "What is Abbot Jingxin's opinion?"
Jingxin said: "Donor Qiao has been caught in the vortex of the evil spirit for no reason, but I felt before this incident that Donor Qiao has wisdom and is a noble lady blessed by heaven. Living beings are close to her, her temperament is kind, and she is a kind person."
Upon hearing this, the emperor turned his head and asked Su Xiao, "Is the daughter of the Qiao family here today?"
Su Xiao immediately pointed in a direction, "The two young ladies from the Qiao family are here today."
The emperor looked in the direction he pointed and saw Qiao Wanyan, whose beauty could be spotted even in a crowd, and then Qiao Yihuan, who was alone in the sunlight.
Su Xiao said, "Your Majesty, I heard from one of the Taoist priests who entered the palace a few days ago that he used to do some fortune-telling business in the capital, and he accidentally became acquainted with the eldest daughter of the Qiao family while they were hiding from the rain under the eaves."
The emperor looked at him, and Su Xiao said truthfully: "The Taoist priest said that Miss Qiao once told him by accident that she had had many very real dreams."
"It is said that the Great Youhui encountered disasters one after another, such as heavy rain in the capital, drought in Liuzhou, and plague in Minxian. One after another, they all came true."
The emperor's gaze fell on Qiao Yihuan again, "Are you dreaming?"
Su Xiao said: "That's what the Taoist priest said. He said Miss Qiao herself said that an immortal told her in her dream that Dayu would encounter disasters one after another, and when the disasters were over, Dayu would usher in a prosperous and peaceful era."
"Did he say anything else?" asked the Queen.
Su Xiao said, "I also heard from the Taoist priest that on the day of the blessing ceremony, there will be news from Ding'an, saying that Ding'an has caused ice damage to many crops. Miss Qiao said that the immortal in her dream guided her, and the disaster in Ding'an will end, and Dayu will be completely safe."
The emperor didn't believe it, but the guards who came running over in a hurry made him really begin to doubt whether there was really an immortal guiding him.
But if the immortal wanted to guide, why didn't he guide himself, the emperor, but a good-for-nothing little girl?
The guard knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, urgent news has come from Ding'an, eight hundred miles away. Ice balls have been falling from the sky for several days, causing crops to be destroyed and houses to collapse, resulting in heavy losses."
The queen frowned and looked at Qiao Yihuan in the distance.
It came true.
Jingxin said calmly, "I heard that there was a woman who was guided by an immortal in the previous dynasty a hundred years ago. She not only conveyed the immortal's will to the emperor, but also saved the emperor's life. The emperor ordered her to be worshiped as a saint and the emperor knelt down to worship her."
The emperor looked at Qiao Yihuan in the distance. In the previous dynasty, there was indeed a saint girl whom the emperor knelt down to worship. She was the elder sister of the current emperor.
Because she had saved the emperor's life, the emperor ordered her to be worshipped as a saint by all people.
He said he didn't believe it, but those words were said by the alchemist and they did come true.
Ding'an is quite far away from here. Even if the daughter of the Qiao family knew it in advance, she would not have traveled faster than 800 miles.
It couldn't be that the daughter of the Qiao family planned this deception in advance, and so it couldn't be that the old man Qiao Rushi planned it intentionally.
Immortal guide...
The Queen's expression moved slightly. Qiao Yihuan used to have a deep friendship with her prince. If this girl was named a saint, with her origin from the Qiao family and the status of a goddess, she would be no less than Qiao Wanyan.
And it’s even worse than before!
At the very least, Qiao Yihuan has no feelings for that woman’s son!
There will be no He Yanli to interfere.
"Your Majesty, the eldest daughter of the Qiao family has received guidance from an immortal. If the immortal has another will in the future, wouldn't it be great if it is a blessing that benefits our Dayu?"
The queen said, "To make her a saint, there is no need to give her so many gifts or have the emperor kneel down to her. Just giving her a status can make the common people respect the royal family more. The emperor is so kind that even the immortals know about it and find a medium to guide Dayue towards prosperity."
The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, watching his ministers kneel down.
Saint?
The status of the Qiao family is unmatched in the court. With such a prominent status, what will it take to bring up a saint?
Wouldn't it be self-defeating to get rid of the Qiao family?
How can a concubine's daughter who is good for nothing and can't even be said to be worthy of the position of saint?
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