"Go and measure Madam Xie's body." Eunuch Wang instructed the palace maid.
The maid walked up to Chen Heng and bowed, "Madam, I am an embroiderer in the Imperial Clothing Department. I want to tailor a dress for you. Please go to the inner hall."
As soon as Eunuch Wang left, Madam Feng began to order Achan and the others to clean up a side room specifically for receiving the imperial edict.
On this day, everyone in the Xie family was extremely excited.
When Xie Jianyi arrived, Chen Heng was already asleep.
Seeing that Ah Heng's face still lacked some of its rosiness, Xie Jian didn't expect that more than ten days had passed and she still hadn't recovered. Thinking of what the witch doctor said that she would be fine after sleeping for a day or two, he sneered a few times and kept talking nonsense.
"Ajian, are you here? I am already a first-rank imperial lady." Shen Heng was not asleep. She woke up when she noticed the noise and said with a sleepy smile.
"Yeah. I have to bow to you when I see you." Xie Jian joked.
"Is this what you asked for me?"
Xie Jian nodded: "This is what you deserve. In another decade, I will go and get an imperial decree for my sister-in-law." Two decades ago, he had told his sister-in-law that Yu had to perform the ceremony when she met her, with a limit of five decades.
But in less than two months, so many things have happened. Yu is dead, and my eldest brother is also gone. Life is so unpredictable.
"Tuo."
In the following days, Chen Heng received many invitations, but she declined them all on the grounds of being unwell.
When May came, the imperial capital welcomed a big happy event. Prince Qing's daughter Liu Xinyue was finally going to get married, and the man was a son-in-law of Prince Qing's family.
For a while, rumors spread everywhere.
There are various versions.
Chen Heng was already old, but she still felt tired after being outside for a long time, so she did not attend the wedding banquet. She only asked the nanny and the eldest sister-in-law to take her blessings to celebrate. She stayed at home and listened with relish to Achan telling the version of the story that was circulating outside.
"They say Ouyang is the illegitimate son of some aristocratic family's patriarch?" Chen Heng laughed as she heard this.
Ah Chan also said happily: "No one wants to believe that Prince Qing would marry his precious daughter to a nobody. Talking about Master Ouyang's identity is really mysterious."
"Master Ouyang is truly blessed," said Xi Que, "as he becomes the son-in-law of Prince Qing, he will surely become a general soon."
"Given Ouyang's personality, he wouldn't want such a general." Chen Heng knew Ouyang too well.
Ah Chan and Xi Que started talking about their old friends again.
Chen Heng felt a little tired after listening to it, so she went to the inner room to take a nap.
When she woke up again, it was already late at night.
"Achan."
"Madam, you're awake." Achan came in to serve.
"Sir, sister-in-law, and nanny, are they all here?"
"Madam Xia and Nanny are here. After the master came, he went into the palace." Achan helped the lady to dress.
Tan Yun came in with a basin of water.
"What are you doing in the palace at this time?" Chen Heng asked casually. Usually, there was nothing wrong with going into the palace late at night.
"At dusk, General Gongsun was ambushed by the enemy and died in battle after traveling eight hundred miles."
Shen Heng was stunned for a moment. The news had only just arrived, which meant that General Gongsun had died at least four or five days ago. "What's the current situation in Changzhou?"
Ah Chan shook her head: "I don't know."
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