"Yes, Your Majesty, even if you love me and my family, this grace is too great!"
They gave the child a name and a reward. If they didn't know that Tu Qingyu had only entered the palace once, they would have doubted whether this child was from the emperor.
"Big? I like a younger generation, and I want to adopt an adopted daughter. Is that also called big?" The old emperor glanced at the people below, and then slowly said, "Actually, it's okay if I don't adopt an adopted daughter."
The ministers thought the old emperor was so easy to persuade this time and were just breathing a sigh of relief when they heard him speak again: "Shen Liao is a child with both literary and martial talents, a genius. I have always thought how wonderful it would be if he were my own child."
"If I don't adopt a daughter, I can adopt a son. Then Ningde will be considered a member of my royal family."
There are more people kneeling this time. Does adopting a son mean that he will be made a prince?
Sure enough, the next moment the old emperor spoke again, "I still feel that for a genius like Shen Liao, being a marquis is too unfair. It would be better to make him a prince."
He spoke lightly, but the ministers below were sweating profusely and were extremely anxious.
Minister: "Your Majesty, please think twice. Since ancient times, titles have been obtained through military merit. Lord Shen has achieved the status of a third-rank official at such a young age. This is already a great favor from the Emperor."
The old emperor said: "The emperor's grace is indeed great, but he achieved the position of a third-rank official mostly by himself."
Minister: "Your Majesty, the title of a prince is not just talk. He is not a royal family member, how can he be made a prince so easily?"
The old emperor said: "This is not okay, that is not okay, then what do you want from me? Ah? Do you think this Daqi Kingdom is yours?"
Minister: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty really likes the Tu family daughter, it is not impossible to make her a princess."
God bless you, a princess listed in the imperial genealogy is easier to accept than a prince of a different surname.
The old emperor was finally satisfied. He stroked his beard and smiled, "That's right. I just think that child is blessed. Look at the strange phenomenon that appeared in the sky this morning."
"To be honest, the reason I want to make her a princess is because a while ago, an immortal appeared in my dream and told me that she is a person of great fortune. Treating her well will ensure the prosperity of my great Qi dynasty."
This reason is really ridiculous.
But apart from this explanation, there seems to be no other reason to explain why the old emperor suddenly wanted to adopt Tu Qingyu as his adopted daughter.
There was a hint of rationality in the absurdity. After the old emperor made such a fuss, most of the ministers accepted this explanation.
After all, Tu Qingyu's fate is indeed very strange.
The concubine's daughter of a minor official married a nobleman from a wealthy family. She was the only one who was not cursed by his wife, a fate rarely seen in a century.
I got pregnant as soon as I got married, with two boys and one girl.
There were strange phenomena in the sky when he was born.
Maybe, it really is a lucky star that only appears once in a century?
The fourth prince, standing in front of all the officials, looked up at his father.
The scene from that day's dream also emerged in my mind.
An hour later, he went to pay his respects to the queen.
"I really don't know what His Majesty is thinking. He hasn't even met that Tu, yet he wants to adopt her as his adopted daughter?" The Queen sighed and put down the teacup in her hand.
"Listen to what His Majesty said. The eldest and the second? What about Brother Chen in the front?"
"The names given are both Cong and Zhang. Whose second son is named Cong?"
This word can be directly associated with the ancestral temple.
She was really worried that in the end the prince of the marquisate would directly bypass Chen Ge'er and become Chen Cong's son, born to Tu Qingyu.
The Fourth Prince sat at the bottom, and after the Queen had rambled on for a while, he finally said, "Mother, please be nicer to Tu from now on."
The Queen's face froze, and she looked at the Fourth Prince in disbelief, "My Prince, what did you say?"
"Your son says that you should be more polite to Mrs. Tu from now on. Brother Chen is my cousin's child, and Brother Cong is also my cousin's child. I hope that your mother will treat all the children equally in the future."
"How can it be the same?"
"What's the difference?" He glanced at the palace maids around him, and the palace maids were very tactful and quietly retreated.
When the hall was clear, he continued, "Your Majesty, you want to adopt Tu as your adopted daughter. In the future, she will also be your adopted daughter, and your younger sister. Wouldn't this make our relationship even closer?"
"But I, I just can't figure out why this is happening?" And she doesn't like Tu Qingyu.
Perhaps it was because Tu Qingyu was too beautiful, and it was out of a woman's subconscious jealousy.
Or perhaps it was because of preconceived notions from the beginning, and he was prejudiced against a concubine's daughter from a small family.
She was always afraid that the other party would abuse the children left by the original wife.
After all, Chen Ge'er is her sister's eldest grandson. She has loved him very much since he was a child and has spent a lot of time and effort on him.
How can we not consider them?
The Fourth Prince leaned towards the Queen and whispered, "The Master said that Tu is a blessed person rarely seen in a thousand years. She and her children will make Daqi even more prosperous."
This was a fabricated statement, but he couldn't say that he and his father had the same dream.
However, this statement is more convincing to the queen.
The Queen was stunned and frowned, "Can a woman make the country more prosperous?"
Why doesn't she believe it?
The Fourth Prince said, "Your Majesty, please don't disbelieve me. You may not know this, but since Madam Tu became pregnant, disasters have decreased significantly across the country. In previous years, there would always be floods in the south at the beginning of spring, but not this year."
He spoke with such confidence that the queen was stunned.
The Queen was somewhat convinced that Tu Qingyu was the man of great fortune, but, "What about Brother Chen and Sister Yao? What should they do?"
The Fourth Prince: "No matter what, they are the eldest son and daughter of the Marquis' Mansion. No one will treat their mother badly."
The queen nodded blankly and said nothing more.
In the Marquis' Mansion, Tu Qingyu had just given birth and could not receive the imperial edict, but the rest of the people in the Marquis' Mansion had to go to receive the imperial edict.
When the eunuch who announced the decree said that Tu Qingyu would be named Princess Ningde and adopted as the emperor's daughter, everyone was shocked.
Now the fact that the emperor bestowed the name was not so surprising.
Only Chen Chen kept chewing the word "Cong" in his mouth.
He is already seven years old. In four or five years, he can start taking the imperial examination. He must understand the meaning of the word "Cong".
Like the queen, he wondered if the emperor wanted to bypass him and directly appoint Chen Cong as the prince of the marquisate.
Chen Yao's attention was completely on the princess.
She simply couldn't believe that the concubine's daughter whom she used to look down upon had now become a princess.
Princess Ningde...
This means that he will be oppressed by his stepmother for the rest of his life.
Then can she take revenge on Tu Qingyu again?
The two of them remained there in a daze until the eunuch who announced the decree left.
It was the old lady who came to her senses first, fearing that the two of them would do something to displease Shen Liao again.
Shen Liao also noticed the emotions of the two. Although he felt that they had behaved immaturely before, they were still his children after all.
So after placing the imperial edict in the ancestral hall, he went to talk to the two children.
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