Chapter 286: Naming the Prince

He used himself as a bargaining chip to reach an agreement with Xu Meier, but it was just a matter of each getting what they wanted.

In Beiling Country, no one is more powerful than Ling Fengxun, so he had no choice but to seek external help.

But he didn't trust this external help.

All he wanted was the child in her belly.

Xu Meir was delighted to hear that Ling Changyue was going to confer the title of Empress. She immediately bowed shyly, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ling Changyue's eyes fell on her belly, and his voice became calmer, "I will issue the imperial decree when I get back. The Empress should stay in the palace to take care of the baby. I will definitely arrange enough doctors to protect the Empress and the baby in her belly."

Xu Meir suddenly thought of something, "Your Majesty, in two days, it seems that the selection will be held. I am pregnant now. Can you postpone this day? What if those women who have just entered the palace bump into the baby in my belly?"

She lowered her head, her voice was soft, and she was worried.

Ling Changyue also remembered that there was such a thing.

Selecting beauties is a tradition of successive dynasties. If he wants to control the government again, marrying the daughter of an official is an essential process.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager had already chosen the candidates for him, and the names were all pre-selected. As for the others, if he likes them, he can stay, and if he doesn't like them, he can kick them out.

Ling Changyue didn't have any thoughts about selecting beauties in the first place. Now that he has the excuse of Xu Meir's pregnancy, he feels that he can worry less.

"I will discuss this matter with the Empress Dowager."

When Xu Meir heard Ling Changyue mention the old woman, there was a little more haze in her eyes.

Ling Changyue listened too much to the Empress Dowager.

Although the Empress Dowager doesn't manage the trivial matters of the harem now, many things are handled by the Empress Dowager, but she has a huge influence on the harem.

The most important thing is that she doesn't give her a good face at all.

Once when she went to pay her respects, she stood outside the gate of Cining Palace for more than an hour, and her ears were almost frozen off, before the other party let her in.

Xu Meir had long resented this show

of power. Now that she is the empress and has the power to manage the six palaces, she will definitely find a way to make that old man look bad!

Xu Meir rolled her eyes and suddenly tugged at Ling Changyue's sleeve: "Your Majesty, I have another favor to ask of you."

Ling Changyue was a little impatient in his heart, but he didn't show it because he was pregnant.

"What's the matter?"

Xu Meir said, "It is said that the chief supervisor of Qintianjian can predict natural disasters and turn misfortune into good fortune. Can I meet him so that the baby in my belly can be infected with the auspicious aura of this virtuous person? And let him help calculate whether the child will have a safe and smooth future?"

The Qintianjian of Beiling Kingdom, with its superb skills, deduced the calendar and set the order of the four seasons for the people's farming and daily life. It can also observe the changes in the celestial phenomena and predict the signs of wind and rain.

Ling Changyue had never heard that the people in Qintianjian were also fortune tellers .

"Shouldn't we ask a Taoist priest for this kind of thing?"

Xu Meir immediately explained, "Don't misunderstand, Your Majesty. I also heard from people outside that the supervisor of Qintianjian is so amazing. For such a big happy event, you can just let me meet him once. It won't affect anything."

Ling Changyue hesitated.

The supervisor was really weird.

He had never heard of anyone who could know that a disaster was coming half a month in advance.

Some powerful ones could at most see some clues two or three days in advance and use past experience to avoid some disasters.

But this range was only calculated around the capital. He had never heard of anyone who could calculate so far ahead.

"Come here, please ask the Qintian Supervisor to come over."

The Qintian Supervisor's real name was Song Zong. After the previous supervisor left, he handed over the Qintian Supervisor to him.

He did have some skills, and learned a lot of experience in observing the weather and stars from the previous supervisor.

However, the Qintian Supervisor was not very useful, because even if it was observed that it was going to rain, it would not have any effect on the bigwigs in the imperial city.

Unless there was a real storm, they were just idle in the eyes of the officials.

As a result, the snow disaster made the entire Qintian Supervisor either silent or shocking.

Song Zong was also a little bit proud during this period, and many colleagues sent him heavy gifts.

He was sitting at home, accepting gifts with his hands full, completely because of the great honor.

In the middle of the night today, the emperor suddenly called him to the palace, which made Song Zong a little confused, but he still dressed neatly and came to the palace.

Eunuch Xu led the way and brought Song Zong to Ling Changyue.

Ling Changyue's eyes were serious. Although the emperor in front of him was young, he was also quite impressive, so Song Zong did not dare to neglect him: "Your humble servant greets the emperor!"

Just as he was about to kneel, the emperor suddenly said: "My dear minister, there is no need to be polite. I called you into the palace today for some trivial matters."

"Your Majesty, please speak, I will do my best!"

"Follow me."

Ling Changyue's eyes scanned the other person's body for a few times.

He had doubts about this person's ability, so he just wanted to test him.

Let's see, is it the snow disaster predicted by Ling Fengxun, or is it him

In fact, Ling Changyue already had the answer in his heart.

But who knows, is Ling Fengxun intentionally hiding talents?

Song Zong was trembling in fear, but thinking of his recent achievements, it was definitely shocking to the heavens and the earth, and even the emperor had to consider his current reputation and must not touch him easily.

He followed Ling Changyue to the Meifei Palace.

Xu Meier was dressed neatly, with a red dress that dragged on the ground, and her face was beautiful and gentle, which was very consistent with her title.

She sat upright on the bed, smiling at Song Zong who was paying respects below, and then said, "Master Jianzheng, there is no need to be polite. You observed the snowstorm in the north in advance, which is a great contribution. Come, please give me a seat."

Song Zong did not expect that this queen would be so easy to talk to.

He carefully sat on the chair brought by the palace maid, and then asked, "I wonder why the queen called me here so late at night?"

Xu Meir smiled, raised her hand and gently touched her belly.

"I am also willful. I heard about your great deeds, so I wanted to ask you to give a name to the baby in my belly."

"That's not allowed!"

Xu Meir's words brought out too much news.

She was actually pregnant!

Considering the identity of the princess of the Southern Qi Kingdom, the child in her belly was quite extraordinary.

The key is, how could he have the courage to name the prince?

Xu Meir immediately comforted him: "Don't panic, sir. The emperor also agrees with this matter and will not embarrass you."

Song Zong swallowed his saliva and said: "I am ashamed to accept such an honor."

Ling Changyue said in a deep voice: "You can choose it if I let you."