"The Emperor actually named Yao'er the Queen?"
Mrs. Bei was surprised and happy.
"Humph, I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse."
Minister Bei looked at his knees that had been treated with medicine. He knelt outside the imperial study with a group of ministers until Prime Minister Yu fainted, and then he was carried back.
"How could it be a disaster? If it weren't for what happened back then, Yao'er should have been the queen."
Mrs. Bei felt very uncomfortable every time she thought about it.
"Putting aside the opposition of the ministers, the emperor doesn't even consider me his father-in-law. The imperial edict doesn't mention the word 'Bei' at all."
Minister Bei's face was filled with displeasure.
He would not blame Emperor Yongxi, but felt that it was that evil girl who was trying to deceive him and the Bei family.
"Yao'er is too willful. She can't even write two characters for 'Bei' with one stroke. Does she really think that if she becomes the queen, she can secure the throne?"
Mrs. Bei couldn't help but complain a little, thinking that Bei Lingyao was ignorant.
"Master, what should our family do?"
Mrs. Bei has never had her own opinion and always obeys her husband.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even want his daughter, not only wouldn't he dare to open the door, he wouldn't even dare to see her in private.
Now she blames her daughter, but doesn't think about how disappointing they are.
"Don't do anything. Wait until that evil girl returns to the capital."
At this point, Minister Bei paused and said, "I don't know if I can return to Beijing safely by then."
Mrs. Bei was frightened and said, "Then the master must send someone to protect Yao'er."
"Why send someone? Let's wait until she returns to Beijing safely."
After Shangshu Bei finished speaking, he closed his eyes. Madam Bei tucked the quilt in for him, gave some instructions to the servants, and left.
"There's no movement from the Bei family?"
"Your Majesty, Minister Bei said we'll wait until the Empress returns safely to the capital before we discuss this."
Emperor Yongxi was dissatisfied. He had even named Bei Lingyao the empress. Although he deliberately did not mention the Bei family and the surname Bei, he was still trying to warn the Bei family.
But Shangshu Bei and a group of ministers knelt down and begged him to revoke his decision. It is understandable that this was just a gesture.
But after returning home, he did not ask where Bei Lingyao was and quickly sent people to greet her and protect her.
"Forget it, I never counted on the Bei family."
Emperor Yongxi felt pity for his child. The mother of his child was so pitiful.
Emperor Yongxi couldn't help but feel resentful towards the Bei family. In his opinion, the incident did damage their reputation, but Bei Lingyao had already married into the Taifu Mansion.
The Bei family shouldn't be so ruthless.
He thought the Bei family would be more sensible, but he didn't expect them to be blinded by one thing.
Bei Lingyao knew the Bei family's character too well. They were too embarrassed to bring themselves to ask for help at this time, waiting for her to return to Beijing to beg them.
But the original owner had already given up, not to mention Bei Lingyao, as Emperor Yongxi's edict was exactly what she wanted.
This was the first time in this world that she wanted to abandon the surname Bei.
It doesn’t matter what her surname is, and being surnamed Bei has nothing to do with the Bei family, but in ancient times, as long as your surname is Bei and you are a descendant of the Bei family, you are inseparable from the name of the Bei family.
Bei Lingyao couldn't help laughing when she saw the letter from Emperor Yongxi, which said that she had the same surname as him.
In ancient times, women really took their husband's surname.
The family tree and tombstones all have the surname XX, with the husband's surname first and the own surname last.
Emperor Yongxi's surname was Mu, and his name was Mu Xichuan.
Bei Lingyao will marry into the Mu Bei family.
However, Emperor Yongxi meant to give her a surname instead of Bei.
Mu Lingyao, Mu Jinghua.
It actually sounds nice.
Okay, that’s settled.
Bei Lingyao also felt disgusted with the Bei family in this world.
Princess Fu'an came over and said, "I have arranged for more than twenty teams of carriages to escort you and your son to the capital."
"More than twenty teams of carriages?"
This is too exaggerated. Bei Lingyao is actually not afraid and can protect everyone.
But she also understood the thoughts of Princess Fu'an and Emperor Yongxi.
She couldn't hide what happened between her and Princess Fu'an in Jizhou, not to mention that she was pregnant. By the time she returned to Beijing, her belly would be obvious.
"Let's take the official road."
Princess Fu'an was also furious. She wanted to see which blind people dared to show up.
The emperor's younger brother has already informed local authorities to welcome the empress back to the capital, and if anything happens, the local officials will be held accountable.
Only in this way can we prevent some villains from making any plans.
However, they still used a sleight of hand, with more than 20 teams of carriages setting out from various routes, some taking water routes, some taking mountain roads, some taking detours, and so on.
The arrangements made by Emperor Yongxi and Princess Fu'an were still useful. Bei Lingyao and her group walked along the official road openly. Wherever they arrived at a place, local officials rushed out to escort them. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they arrived safely at the next place.
In this way, Bei Lingyao entered Beijing safely, and although some scoundrels appeared on the way, they were all dealt with.
No one expected that Emperor Yongxi would attach so much importance to Bei Lingyao.
When Bei Lingyao was on her way to Beijing, the palace was already decorated with lights and flowers, ready for the wedding.
The Queen Mother was making a scene in the palace, "You are going to piss me off to death."
The Empress Dowager sent out many people, but they were all dealt with by Emperor Yongxi. She was so angry that she almost had a stroke.
Emperor Yongxi's expression was not much better. "Does your mother know that Jinghua is pregnant with my son, your grandson?"
"She's pregnant, who knows..."
"It's mine. I have to thank my mother for her help. She let Jiang give me the drug, which allowed me to have my own flesh and blood."
When Emperor Yongxi said this, the Queen Mother's face froze. After a long while, she reluctantly said, "She is pregnant, so she can be made a noble concubine. Why is she made the Queen?"
Moreover, the palace was decorated with lights and colors to welcome the queen, but she didn't even get this kind of treatment.
"My first child is naturally a legitimate son."
Emperor Yongxi not only issued an edict to crown her as queen, but also ordered the palace to prepare for the wedding, so that he could marry her into the palace before Bei Lingyao became pregnant.
"Your Majesty, you should know how important this child is to me, and to you as well."
The Queen Mother said nothing.
Emperor Yongxi added, "If anything happens to Jinghua's pregnancy, I will never have another child in my lifetime, and the throne will be passed to my eighth brother."
The call of "Eighth Brother" gave the empress dowager a chill.
The eighth prince of the previous emperor was the King of the Sea, and his adoptive mother was Concubine Li.
It can be said that she is the biggest threat to the Queen Mother.
Concubine Li looks somewhat like Empress Yuan, is good at imitating, and is willing to be Empress Yuan's substitute.
Although the late emperor and the empress dowager had a good relationship, they had been married to Empress Yuan for many years. After her passing, the past conflicts disappeared, and there was even a hint of nostalgia.
Concubine Li was favored because of this, but it was too disgusting for the Queen Mother.
Although Concubine Li was unable to give birth, she raised the King of the Sea.
If Emperor Yongxi really wanted to pass the throne to King Hai, Concubine Li would become the empress dowager, but how could the empress dowager agree?
Among the late emperor's many princes, Emperor Yongxi had a good relationship with the King of the Sea, so the empress dowager did not dare to gamble.
I can only accept it with a pinch of my nose.
Concubine Yu, who was waiting for the Empress Dowager to ask Emperor Yongxi to revoke his decision, was very disappointed when she learned that the Empress Dowager had returned to the Cining Palace.
What a waste! No wonder my mother looks down on the Queen Mother.
The late emperor was truly blind. The empress dowager has nothing but an alluring face and the ability to give birth to children.
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