The emperor really cared about the eldest princess's marriage. A few months later, he personally selected a handsome, unengaged, and eligible scholar from a poor family as the third place in the imperial examination.
After that, before he was appointed as an official, the emperor issued an imperial decree to recruit him as a son-in-law.
Of course, the eldest princess also refused to accept the imperial edict. She cried, made a fuss, and even tried to hang herself. She even took off her hairpin and knelt in the imperial study.
After completing the entire process, the eldest princess also understood what it meant that the emperor's orders could not be disobeyed.
Even though she fainted on her knees in front of the imperial study, her father did not change his mind.
The eldest princess didn't really want to die, so she finally accepted her fate.
It was a month later when the Empress Dowager received the news from the palace. Especially when she knew that Li Shihuan was still thinking about Rong Ge'er, she wished she had been in Yuan'an at that time and sent her granddaughter directly to Mount Wutai to practice Taoism.
However, even though the Queen Mother was angry, she had no intention of going back. If the Emperor really dared to let Rong Ge'er marry the eldest princess, she would have plenty of ways to make trouble.
Then the Emperor should not force her to dig up the bones of his true love.
Time flies when you are free outside. No matter how much the Queen Mother doesn't want to go back to Yuan'an, the mourning period for Marquis Cheng'en has ended, and the Emperor immediately arranged a job for Zhou Wencan in Yuan'an.
Zhou Wencan couldn't refuse, so of course he had to take Jin back to Yuan'an to take up his post.
As soon as Zhou Wencan was leaving, Zhou Qiongyue also prepared to return to Yuan'an. The main reason was that Yuan Chaochang had already passed the imperial examination and would take the imperial examination after two years of preparation.
Even the brothers Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang are sixteen years old and it is time for them to meet someone else.
Zhou Qiongyue was reluctant to delay her son's future for her own comfort, so she also planned to accompany her son back to Yuan'an for a few years.
My eldest brother and niece are going back to Yuan'an, so the empress dowager has no choice but to go with them.
The Queen Mother also had her reasons for returning! After the national mourning period was finally over, it was time for her youngest son to marry a wife!
Prince Rong is going to marry a wife, and the Queen Mother must go back to preside over this matter. She can't let the eldest son give the younger son a monster.
Zhou Qiongyue, the Queen Mother and others were all quick-witted. Since they had decided to go back, they ordered people to find a day suitable for departure, packed up their things and headed back.
However, when Zhou Qiongyue helped the empress dowager leave the yard and get on the carriage, the empress dowager looked at the house where she had lived for three years with reluctance, her eyes red.
The Queen Mother looked at the gate with the sign of Prince Rong's Villa hanging on it, and thought that many of the things in this mansion were bought and decorated by her when she was shopping with her niece and son. She was really reluctant to leave.
The Queen Mother thought to herself that perhaps this was the last time she would come to Hong County in her life, and she would never have the chance to come again.
The Empress Dowager has been really happy living here for the past three years. Here are her relatives, her elder brother and sister-in-law, Yue'er and Yu'er, and she can go out whenever she wants.
Not many people sent her invitations to visit her, as they all thought she was just a relative of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion.
The return journey was very fast, and halfway through, everyone felt a little eager to go home again. They all tacitly accelerated their return journey.
When the Empress Dowager and her entourage arrived in Yuan'an, the Emperor and all the officials personally came to the gate of Yuan'an to greet them.
As Zhou Qiongyue and Jin helped the Queen Mother get off the carriage, they saw a huge crowd of people kneeling down. "Your Highness, we respectfully welcome the Queen Mother back to the palace. May the Queen Mother live a thousand years!"
Zhou Qiongyue, Jin and others also knelt down immediately.
The empress dowager, who had originally only wanted to go to the palace for a formality and return to the royal villa after two or three days, was speechless about this.
The emperor has made such a big fuss, it would be appropriate for her to live in the palace for at least half a year!
The Queen Mother cursed the Emperor's son in her heart for causing trouble, but on the surface she had to put on a dignified and kind look, "My dear ministers, please get up!"
The emperor waited until everyone was up before rushing out and kneeling before the empress dowager, "Your son respectfully welcomes you back to the palace!"
The Queen Mother originally missed her son a little, but when she came back she saw him playing tricks on her, and she really wanted to give him a feather duster.
But in front of all the ministers, the Queen Mother still gently helped the Emperor up and said, "Let's go! Return to the palace."
"Yes!" The emperor happily held his mother's hand, got on the luxurious carriage specially prepared by the emperor, and went to the palace.
The ministers and Zhou Qiongyue followed the emperor and escorted the empress dowager and the emperor into the palace, and then everyone returned home.
Zhou Qiongyue and her family of four returned to the palace after a long absence, and they were still happy.
Yuan Bohua took Zhou Qiongyue around the palace to see if there were any changes.
Yuan Chaochang was directing people to move things into the mansion, while Yuan Chaokang was sitting on a chair next to him, watching Yuan Chaochang give orders.
Yuan Chaokang sat in a chair, eating, looking drowsy. In fact, he was sensing the surrounding atmosphere, and he sensed the presence of two secret guards.
Yuan Chaokang was quite curious. They had just returned to Yuan'an after three years. What was the emperor so eager to know?
Before Yuan Chaokang could figure out anything, he was interrupted by Sun Yuancheng's impulsive voice, "Brother Chang, Brother Kang, I heard you're back?"
Before Yuan Chaochang looked up and saw anyone, he felt his younger brother Yuan Chaokang put his arm around his shoulder.
Yuan Chaochang also had a good understanding of the situation. He immediately changed his standing posture to a casual one and lifted the hem of his clothes to tuck it into his waist.
Yuan Chaokang imitated Yuan Chaochang's usual style and directed his servants to continue moving the luggage to the palace.
As soon as Sun Yuancheng entered, he saw a strange sight: Big Brother Chang looked a bit like Second Brother Kang, and Second Brother Kang looked a bit like Big Brother Chang. It wasn't that they looked alike, but it was as if they had changed their styles.
Sun Yuancheng touched his hair doubtfully and said to himself, "It's over. Mother was right. I'm not familiar with Brother Chang and Brother Kang anymore. I can't even tell them apart."
Yuan Chaochang looked at his cousin and good friend, who kept muttering to himself in a daze and refused to come over. He imitated his second brother's way of speaking, "Cousin Chengcheng, don't you recognize your elder brother?"
Sun Yuancheng immediately ran over and circled around the two of them several times before asking in confusion, "Brother Chang, why do you look like Brother Two?"
Yuan Chaochang said in the tone Yuan Chaokang used: "Cousin Cheng, haven't I always been like this?"
Sun Yuancheng immediately ran away, shouting as he ran to the backyard: "Stepmother, stepfather, come and take a look, there's something wrong with my two cousins, something's really wrong..."
For a moment, the entire palace was bustling with activity, and it seemed that even the flowers, plants, and trees came alive.
When Yuan Chaokang sat back in his previous position, he no longer felt the presence of the two secret guards.
Yuan Chaokang's sitting posture returned to his usual comfortable one. Although that dandy sitting posture looked comfortable, Yuan Chaokang actually didn't like it very much.
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