King Jing was made the crown prince, and Li Yu was subsequently named the crown princess.
Li Yu was born without any background in this ancient time, and he thought he would be blamed. The crown prince even made preparations, and if anyone disagreed with the crown princess, he would fight back on the spot. Who knew that no ministers objected.
It's not that some people don't want the position of crown princess. After all, once you become a crown princess, once the crown prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, the crown princess will be the empress. If possible, who wouldn't want to fight for it? But these people have been busy until now. King Jing and his wife have a very good relationship. King Jing doesn't even have a concubine, let alone a concubine. The emperor obviously followed King Jing. Now that King Jing has become the crown prince, they go and fight for the position of crown princess. Can they win it?
I was afraid of angering the crown prince, which would be a loss. When marrying, you marry relatives, not enemies.
It is true that Li Yu was born in a poor family, but he already has four sons, and all four are very popular with the emperor. When they were just born, the emperor gave them titles and often held them on his knees. His favor is obvious. If I dream of becoming a crown princess, will I offend these little grandchildren?
The ministers did not dare to do so, so no one dared to stop the decree to confer the title of crown princess.
The Crown Princess was thus appointed. The Crown Prince originally lived in the Prince Jing's Mansion. The Emperor originally wanted the Crown Prince to move into the palace, but the Prince said that the original mansion was fine and there was no need to make a big move. The Emperor thought that the Crown Princess was still pregnant and it was indeed inconvenient to move the palace. The Crown Prince of this dynasty did not have to live in the palace. The Emperor listened to the Prince's words and changed the Prince Jing's Mansion into the Prince's Mansion. The Prince and his wife were still allowed to live there, and guards were added according to the Prince's regulations.
The Emperor was very satisfied with what he had appointed. After the appointment, he suddenly discovered something. Dabao was originally the Prince of Jing. Now that King Jing became the Crown Prince, Dabao's position as the Crown Prince was gone.
Although the son of the crown prince has a much better future than the son of the prince, other princes still have titles, but Dabao does not. The emperor stubbornly believes that Dabao has been wronged, and the emperor is reluctant to give up. He waved his hand and gave Dabao another title of the third-rank Qingche Duwei.
Originally, the emperor wanted to make him a king. It would be a good story to give Dabao the throne that the crown prince used to hold. When Luo Ruisheng said this, Luo Zongguan was so scared that his legs went weak. He persuaded again and again. The emperor changed his mind and reluctantly chose Qingche Duwei. Even so, the emperor still felt that Dabao was wronged.
When Li Yu received the imperial edict, his mouth twitched. He thought that this was okay. He was really afraid that the emperor would spoil Dabao and lose his mind. What if he gave Dabao the title of Taisun? Fortunately, the emperor still had a trace of reason.
Dabao is also a very lucky fish cub. He has been lucky since he was born. He also conquered his grandfather for his father. A baby who is more than one year old but less than two years old has a third-rank title. What else can this be?
Look, who is the real kinki in their family? It is obviously Dabao.
After receiving the title, he had to go to the palace to thank the emperor. Li Yu packed up and prepared to go out. He didn't go out much in the first place, and he was even more careful after getting pregnant. But there was no way to go to the palace. Li Yu sent a letter to the crown prince early in the morning to inform the crown prince.
He also brought a crystal bottle with a fish substitute in the bottle. The emperor gave him the title of "the best fish in the world", which was also a thank you. It was a good thing.
Wang Xi personally accompanied Li Yu into the palace. The Crown Princess was now in poor health, so Wang Xi specially picked a round-faced maid who was good at martial arts and medicine, and she stayed by Li Yu's side.
Just as he was about to leave, a message came from the Crown Prince, saying that the Crown Princess must wait in the mansion.
The eunuch who came to deliver the message only got this unclear news. Although Li Yu felt strange, he still followed his husband's instructions and delayed entering the palace for a while.
After waiting for only an incense stick of time, the Crown Prince rode back to the mansion on a fast horse.
"Why are you back?"
Li Yu was surprised at first, and then asked his husband with a smile.
"I came to take you into the palace." The Crown Prince also smiled back.
"Really, it's too troublesome..."
Li Yu kept muttering, but his mouth was wide open, a typical hypocrite.
Who doesn't like their significant other to always think about them?
In the past, in the hunting ground, King Jing would personally pick him up to go east and west. Now that he is the crown prince, this habit has not changed. The
crown prince has been very busy in the Ministry of Rites these days, and he specially rushed back home because he is going to enter the palace.
"Will this... affect you?" Li Yu was very happy in his heart, but he also knew that the old man would cause criticism if he was not careful now.
The crown prince smiled lightly: "No, I have asked for leave from the minister."
Since I have asked for leave, it's okay. Li Yu nodded ignorantly, thinking that this minister seemed to be very considerate of his subordinates.
He didn't think at all that according to his status as an old man, even if he didn't ask for leave, no one in the Ministry of Rites would dare to stop him.
Since the crown prince came back specially, he went out with the crown princess.
The Crown Princess was pregnant and could not ride a horse. When the Crown Prince returned home, he rode a fast horse. When he sent the Crown Princess to the palace, he rode in a carriage with the Crown Princess.
The carriage moved very slowly. When it arrived in front of the palace gate, the Crown Princess had already slept comfortably in the Crown Prince's arms.
"We're here so soon?"
Li Yu used to think that there was a distance from home to the palace, but this time it went by very fast.
Wang Xi, who was following the carriage, tried his best to hold back his laughter. The Crown Prince was the one who knew best whether it was really fast or not.
The Crown Prince helped Li Yu get off the carriage. In front of the palace gate, a follower of Luo Zongguan was already waiting. When he saw the Crown Prince, he hurried over to pay his respects and led the Crown Prince and his party to the Qianqing Palace.
Because the Crown Princess was physically disabled, the eunuchs specially prepared a soft sedan for her.
The prince glanced at the sedan chair, shook his head, and ordered Wang Xi to carry in the small green sedan chair that had followed him all the way from the mansion.
Li Yu: ???
When did the old man prepare this? How come he doesn't know?
But with a sedan chair, there is no need to walk, and the lazy fish immediately got into the sedan chair.
He thought the prince still wanted to sit with him, so he patted his side and asked the prince to sit in.
However, the prince did not move.
The sedan chair was not as big as the carriage, and the prince was afraid of squeezing Li Yu, so he did not get into the sedan chair, but opened the curtains on both sides, so that he would not feel stuffy and could always see the fish.
After the Crown Princess sat down, eight servants from the Prince's Mansion were responsible for lifting the sedan chair and moving it, and the prince followed beside the sedan chair.
The eunuch had long heard that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were in love, but he never expected that when he just asked the Crown Princess to get on the sedan chair, he would be hit in the face with hot dog food.
The Crown Prince did not need him to follow, so the eunuch went back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to inform the Emperor.
The sedan chair was not very fast, and there was nothing to do along the way. Li Yu also saw the scenery along the way.
When he arrived near the Yu Garden, Li Yu suddenly saw a white mass huddled in the bushes.
Li Yu's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly said, "Wait a minute."
The prince hurriedly ordered the attendants who were carrying the sedan chair to stop and look at Li Yu.
Li Yu said, "That white ball..."
Was it because he was dazzled? He actually thought it looked a bit like Piaoxue.
Last time when he sent the tiger talisman, Piaoxue had helped him and distracted the guards. Li Yu later asked Eunuch Wang to find out about it. Piaoxue was not caught by the guards at that time. The guards thought it was a wild cat and did not go to the cold palace to look for it. Later, when there was a commotion in the Qianqing Palace, the cold palace was relatively peaceful.
Li Yu was very happy that Piaoxue was not injured because of him, but the prince had a grudge against Anhou, the son of Qiu family, so he didn't want to show it too much. Li Yu asked Eunuch Wang to pass a bag of dried fish to Piaoxue as a thank you.
Although he did not explicitly order Wang Gonggong to do something else, the eunuchs in the cold palace knew that Wang Gonggong of the prince's mansion valued this cat very much, so they did not dare to bully Piaoxue. Qiu's life was better
because of this. Li Yu did not hide the matter of Piaoxue from the prince, but took the initiative to tell the prince. The prince knew his character very well. Xiaoyu was kind-hearted and would repay a favor. Even if the other party was a cat, he would try his best to repay. The prince knew that he could grasp the measure and still trusted him as before.
This time when he entered the palace, Li Yu also asked Wang Xi to bring dried fish, thinking that if he met Piaoxue, he would feed it. Maybe because of this reason, he would think of Piaoxue from time to time. At this time, he saw a white shadow in the Yu Garden and subconsciously thought it was Piaoxue.
The prince followed Li Yu's line of sight and also saw the mass of things, and asked the round-faced maid, Xiaoluo, to check it out.
Xiaoluo went away for a while, and came back with a white cat. Because the cat had not been checked yet, Xiaoluo did not dare to get too close, and only took a few steps closer to let the princess take a look.
Li Yu took a look and found that it was indeed Piaoxue. This was really fate!
"What happened to it?" Why was it hiding in the bushes?
Xiaoluo held Piaoxue and examined it carefully. Piaoxue's body was very clean and not dirty, but there was a smell of blood. Xiaoluo
smelled it and checked Piaoxue's body. It turned out that one of Piaoxue's hind legs was wrapped in thick gauze, and the gauze was soaked with blood.
"It's injured." Xiaoluo understood.
Wang Xi took the initiative to step forward and wiped the cat's fur with a silver needle. The silver needle did not change color. Wang Xi looked at the prince inquiringly, wondering how the prince would decide.
Generally, this kind of inspection is enough.
Li Yu was a little worried when he heard that Piaoxue's leg was injured, and he also looked at the prince pitifully.
The prince: "..."
The prince was itchy when he was stared at by his dark eyes. He turned his face and coughed lightly: "Take another look, it's always better to be cautious."
The prince ordered Xiao Luo to hold Piaoxue and not to get close. The prince walked over and personally examined Piaoxue.
Seeing the prince, Piaoxue suddenly cried out miserably, bit the gauze on her leg twice, and the blood on the gauze quickly spread.
The prince noticed Piaoxue's wound, thought about it, and said to Xiaoluo, "Open it."
Xiaoluo brought a golden wound medicine with her, and if the wound was really fine, she could re-apply the medicine to Piaoxue.
Xiaoluo did not dare to neglect the prince's order, and immediately opened the gauze. A blood-red cloth ball rolled out from under the gauze. Xiaoluo
felt something was wrong. After a closer look, although there was blood on Piaoxue's leg, there was no wound. It should be stained by the cloth ball.
"It was my negligence!" Xiaoluo knelt down hurriedly to apologize.
"What's wrong?" Li Yu was still in the sedan chair, and suddenly saw Xiaolu kneeling down, which was inevitable.
"…It's okay. I'm bandaging the cat. Don't worry." The prince's face had already darkened. Piaoxue was not injured, but she was wrapped in gauze, which made people think that the cat was injured. There must be something wrong with the gauze.
The prince thought of many things at once, but he was afraid of scaring the fish, so he spoke softly and calmed down.
After his explanation, Li Yu felt relieved and still sat and waited.
The prince gave Wang Xi a look, and Wang Xi quickly pulled Xiaolu up. The two of them walked away with Piaoxue in their arms and took the gauze and cloth ball off Piaoxue's legs.
They were sure that the blood was coming out because of the cloth. Wang Xi had seen a lot of secrets and knew that the cloth might be dangerous. If an uninformed person approached the snow, it was very likely that the things inside the cloth would get contaminated.
Xiaoluo wrapped her hand in a handkerchief and took the cloth apart. There was more and more blood inside.
The blood smelled extremely bad, Xiaoluo quickly covered his nose: "What is this?"
Wang Xi was older and more experienced after all. He took a closer look and said to the prince: "Your Highness, this is not human blood. It smells more like dog blood or chicken blood to me."
The prince: "..."
The prince said: "What's the use?"
Wang Xi: "I heard that people sometimes sprinkle dog blood, chicken blood and the like to ward off evil spirits, especially black dog blood."
"...Evil spirits?"
The prince had never heard of such a statement. Hidden in such a sinister way in gauze, it could be a thing to ward off evil spirits?
Wang Xi said: "Yes, it is to ward off evil spirits and demons. I heard that if demons touch this kind of dirty blood, they will change back to their original form in public."
Defeat demons, change back to original form? The
prince's expression changed suddenly, and he looked up at Xiaoyu who was waiting for him in the sedan chair.
He knew that there was a demon beside him. If they hadn't discovered these things, Xiaoyu would have been exposed to the drifting snow and thus contaminated by the cloth. What would happen then?
A voice in his heart said that he would change back to his original form.
Xiaoyu's original form was a fish.
He already thought it was strange that a cat raised in the cold palace would have such a thing on its body, and it appeared on the road they had to take to go to the Qianqing Palace.