Master Chen awoke from his dream with a complex expression in his eyes. He asked the people around him and learned that the Empress had been settled back in her palace. He sighed inwardly, thinking that from today onward, the Empress's palace would become the Cold Palace.
He was trying to figure out how to persuade the emperor, who had already come to invite him.
Zhengde Hall.
The emperor frowned, while Master Chen stood respectfully to one side with his hands at his sides.
After a long pause, the emperor spoke in a low voice: "Celestial Master, I ask you, can the events in the dream be taken as true?"
"To be frank, most of the things ordinary people dream about are not real, but emperors are blessed by heaven and earth and often dream of extraordinary things. In ancient times, King Wu Zhao dreamed of a fairy maiden teaching him the art of governing the country, and more recently, Emperor Yuan Zhao Ling dreamed of the birthplace of a phoenix and thus met the Spirit Queen. It can be seen that the dreams of emperors cannot be judged by ordinary standards." Master Chen suppressed his surprise, thought for a moment, and answered seriously.
The emperor nodded, his voice laced with coldness, "I wish to choose a new empress. What does the Heavenly Master think?"
Master Chen instantly understood. The emperor had already made up his mind, but choosing another empress was a major matter and required a reasonable reason. The emperor was asking him to find a reason, so he immediately said, "Although the empress and the emperor are compatible according to their birth dates, the empress is born with a yin constitution and is prone to attracting evil spirits. She is indeed not suitable to be the head of the harem."
"Very well! You may leave now!"
Master Chen said goodbye and carefully withdrew from Zhengde Hall. He wiped the sweat from his brow. The fact that the emperor was able to make the decision to change the empress so quickly was probably inseparable from the female ghost, in addition to the two exorcism incidents.
Not long after.
The edict to depose the empress was then issued, stating that the empress was seriously ill and voluntarily relinquished the position of Imperial Concubine, requesting that her second younger sister, Consort Wan, be brought into the palace to manage the affairs of the inner palace.
Having two empresses in one family is an unparalleled honor. No one pursued the matter of the empress being deposed anymore, and everyone was happy.
Wedding night.
The emperor was still somewhat traumatized. He stared blankly at the red veil, recalling the dream he had that day.
In his dream, he still saw scenes of meeting Wanrong, only now there was another pair of eyes that had been following him – Wanyi.
In his dream, he met Wanrong under a flower, and Wanrong asked him sweetly, "Brother, what kind of flower is this?"
He said, "Crabapple blossoms!"
Because it was a dream, he saw Wanyi hiding behind a pillar behind him, watching the two of them play together with a look of envy on her face.
His subsequent dreams were largely the same; his gaze was fixed on Wanrong, and Wanyi's gaze was entirely on him.
Until that day, Wanrong was carried away in a bright red sedan chair.
Wanyi was punished by being forced to kneel in the ancestral hall because she told her grandmother, "I will never marry in this life."
The emperor was somewhat moved.
Choosing Wanyi as empress was partly due to the greater good, partly due to the unavoidable situation of having to confront the fact that the empress was possessed by a ghost, and partly due to some pity for Wanyi.
Out of pity, Wanyi entered the palace and became his empress.
The emperor mustered his courage and lifted the veil. Under the veil, Wanyi's face was smiling, and her eyes were filled with tears. There was no frightening, eerie smile. He was finally relieved.
Everything that followed went smoothly. Without Linghu Lan's interference, the ceremony was completed without any problems.
He paid homage to the Empress Dowager and received the homage of the imperial concubines.
Wanyi became the true empress, and she and the emperor were deeply in love. Apart from some people secretly mocking her for having a sister who was possessed by a ghost, there was almost nothing wrong with her.
Her life was complete.
Her childhood dream was fulfilled in one day, something she never dared to imagine. She always thought she would spend her life in seclusion in the ancestral hall. Unexpectedly, things took an unexpected turn, and she became the mistress of the harem.
Upon closer examination, all of this remains unbelievable.
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