Chapter 492 Asking for Marriage
The concubines in the harem were terrified, but Xuanyuan Ling really didn't think about these people at the moment.
After the court session, Xuanyuan Ling went to the imperial study. There were still many memorials to read these days.
After reading a lot of memorials about the plague, he thought of one more thing and instructed Zhao Hai, "Now that the ban in the palace has been lifted, find an opportunity to have people spread the reputation of the Imperial Concubine outside, saying that it was she who made a prompt decision to have the imperial physician try many times before discovering a good remedy for the plague, and that's how I got better."
Zhao Hai thought that her reputation would spread far and wide. Although the specific circumstances were indeed related to this, the emperor's life was precious, which meant that the imperial concubine had saved the emperor's life. In addition, as for the recipe for curing the plague, anyone in the world who was cured by the recipe, whether they believed it or not, could not say that the imperial concubine was bad, otherwise it would be a sin.
Xuanyuan Ling thought about it and thought that maybe her image as a woman was too strong, and she also wanted to make people feel sorry for her: "Besides, she prayed for me sleeplessly until she fainted."
Xuanyuan Ling said this deliberately to let everyone know that Shen Qing is good, but when he said this, Zhao Hai also responded: "That's right, the queen passed out for the emperor, and I feel that the queen really cares about the emperor in her heart."
Xuanyuan Ling felt something was wrong when he heard this: "What?"
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment and then reacted. Oh, the queen herself didn't say that she fainted. It turned out that the emperor really wanted to let people save face for the royal concubine if this didn't happen.
It’s hard to express what’s in my heart.
Zhao Hai didn't dare to tell Xuanyuan Ling before. He was recovering from his illness. How could he dare to tell her? He was afraid that the emperor would get excited and make another mistake. Now he could only apologize and tell the truth: "The emperor was ill before, and the queen was worried about him. She waited in front of Qianyuan Hall day and night. Later, she had a fever and fainted, so she asked someone to carry her back to Zhaohua Palace."
Xuanyuan Ling's face changed, and he felt angry, annoyed and touched at the same time. He didn't even know about this.
No wonder she looked so thin. I wonder how he made things difficult for himself when he was sick. Xuanyuan Ling felt very complicated. He could only vent his anger at Zhao Hai: "Stupid thing, don't you know how to persuade him?"
"The slave deserves death."
Xuanyuan Ling had a tense face and looked at the table full of memorials. Damn it, he didn't want to look at them anymore and wanted to go back to Zhaohua Palace.
But it was all over, and she was fine now. It would be better to wait until the matter was dealt with before she went there. After thinking about it, she looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Don't even think about your salary next year. Go get two more beatings yourself."
"Your servant thanks the emperor." This time he really expressed his gratitude.
Just deducting two strokes of the cane from her salary was already a light punishment from the Emperor. Besides, the matter had already passed and the Empress herself did not mention it, so the Emperor did not impose a severe punishment.
After Zhao Hai went out, he thought about how the emperor deliberately gave face to the imperial concubine. It seemed that the emperor had done this before. When Jinzhou suffered a disaster, the empress asked people to copy scriptures, and the emperor asked people to spread the news that the imperial concubine prayed for the country. It was the same now.
The character and behavior of the Imperial Noble Consort are worthy of the Emperor's concern.
Xuanyuan Ling dealt with things for the whole day and went to Zhaohua Palace before dinner. At this moment, Shen Qing was waiting for dinner and smiled when he saw him coming.
Xuanyuan Ling thought of what Zhao Hai said about her not sleeping, so she walked over and touched her face: "You should eat well at dinner, you look haggard."
Shen Qing didn't know what Xuanyuan Ling was thinking. After all, it had been more than half a month since she fainted. She hummed deliberately when she heard what he said, "Does the emperor dislike me for not being good-looking?"
"?" Xuanyuan Ling was expressing his feelings, but when she said that, he hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant."
Seeing how anxious he was, Shen Qing couldn’t help but laugh: “Just kidding.”
Xuanyuan Ling's tenderness made her feel torn to pieces, but because of her personality, he always felt relaxed when he was with her.
He sat beside her: "My imperial decree has been issued today, and we will wait for the enthronement ceremony. I plan to hold your Imperial Concubine enthronement ceremony before Cheng Yun's Crown Prince enthronement ceremony."
Although the imperial edict was a done deal, it also had to tell everyone that Xiaoliu was being canonized as the crown prince as the legitimate son, and then the crown prince canonization ceremony would be held.
Shen Qing knew what he was thinking: "The emperor's decision is the best."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her and pulled her hand: "Actually, I was thinking of making you the queen at that time, but the situation at that time was that I was ill and in danger, so it would be better to make you the imperial concubine. It would represent my attitude and would not be so opposed by the ministers. I planned to wait for Cheng Yun to enter the court, and then make you the queen."
At the beginning, there was no crown prince, so there was no queen. Now that he has chosen Cheng Yun, it is natural that he can appoint a queen. After all, Xuanyuan Ling never had any expectations for the position of queen before, but now he really looks forward to it.
But we still have to wait a few more years. Although no one dares to question it now, Xiaoliu still has to enter the court. People must see that she is smart and can shoulder this responsibility. Then she will be canonized. By then, people will only say that she is so good that he favors her alone. Everyone will understand that she is so good and she deserves to be the queen.
Chen Qing listened to what he said and looked at him with a curled mouth, then shook Xuanyuan Ling's hand: "Okay."
Xuanyuan Ling thought that Shen Qing would be happy, but when he heard her say yes, he was happy too, as if he had proposed to marry his beloved girl and she agreed. It was clear that they had been together for so many years.
After dinner, the two of them went out for a walk and played two games of chess. Chen Qing went to read the storybook again. Xuanyuan Ling went over to take a look and accidentally found something thick and covered on Chen Qing's desk. He picked it up casually.
"You don't like writing Buddhist scriptures..." He saw that the words on it were written by Shen Qing himself, and he wrote so many. At this point, he realized something and looked at Shen Qing again: "When was this copied?"
Chen Qing pursed her lips: "I didn't know your situation at that time, and I couldn't help you. I could only copy Buddhist scriptures... Let's not talk about it. It's in the past. After all, you are better now. Maybe it will be useful. Do you think I have to fulfill a wish? Is this the rule?"
Xuanyuan Ling was holding the stack of Buddhist scriptures, which were very light and yet very heavy. He thought about what Shen Qing said, that she was not afraid of difficulties, but was afraid of overcoming them. In the future, she would not be able to wait for him in Zhaohua Palace, and his heart was really sour and soft.
I heard her say that she was going to fulfill her vow: "After Cheng Yun's canonization ceremony, I will go with you."
It was two months later that the epidemic was completely over. After that, the people returned to a peaceful life, and the harem also seemed stable. However, the former dynasty was really busy. Not only the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the six ministries all had no time to rest.
Because I was originally busy with the final stages of the epidemic, and then there was the enthronement of the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine. Although the two enthronement ceremonies were held at different times, they did have to be prepared at the same time, so I managed to catch up. It's true that I haven't caught up with such a big event in more than ten years.
However, time passed quickly due to being busy, and the first thing to come was not the enthronement ceremony, but the New Year.
This year, Xuanyuan Ling went through many hardships, but they finally passed.
Shen Qing was inspired and said: "The emperor is thirty-eight, and he is thirty-nine."
Xuanyuan Ling: “…” Do I have to remind him of his age?
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