Chapter 845: Please Confer the Title of Crown Prince
Because they had to attend a palace banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang went to Yan's Mansion a day in advance. In addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, Daohua also brought a lot of grain and medicinal herbs produced in the space to Old Lady Yan and Madam Li.
Because she often eats food from the space, Old Lady Yan looks very healthy. When she stands with people of her age, she looks several years younger.
Madam Li also had a rosy complexion and was full of energy. She was more graceful than Concubine Lin and had more charm than the young Concubine Liu. This made Yan Zhigao even less willing to go to the concubine's room.
Daohua chatted with Old Lady Yan and Madam Li for a while, then went to see Zhou Jingwan.
Zhou Jingwan's due date was in these few days. When Daohua arrived, Yan Wentao was taking her for a walk in the yard.
"Third brother, you didn't go to the government office?"
Zhou Jingwan smiled and walked forward to hold Daohua's hand: "Your third brother was worried that he wouldn't be there when the baby was born, so he took a few days off to come back and watch over him."
Daohua looked at Zhou Jingwan jokingly: "Third brother is not worried about not being able to see the child. He is worried that you will be scared." As he said, he handed the wooden box in his hand to Yan Wentao.
"I brought some ginseng here. If Jingwan runs out of energy while giving birth, cut some and let her put it in her mouth."
Yan Wentao took it with a smile: "Third brother will not be polite with you." The quality of the medicinal materials in the eldest sister's hand is better than those outside, and they are the kind that cannot be bought even if you have money.
Zhou Jingwan pulled Daohua into the house and said, "I haven't even finished the supplements you sent me last time. Please send me less in the future. Your expenses in the palace are quite high."
Daohua touched Zhou Jingwan's belly and said, "There's still food for my nephew."
Yan Wentao knew that Xiao Yeyang had arrived, so he said something to Daohua and went to the front yard.
As soon as he left, Zhou Jingwan pulled Daohua and said, "After you come back this time, you'd better not come back until Yile gets married."
Daohua heard this and raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Jingwan curled her lips and said, "Second uncle and second aunt are both thinking about you adding makeup to Yile."
Daohua immediately chuckled twice.
Zhou Jingwan: "My aunt didn't ask about Yile's dowry and handed it directly to my second aunt and second sister-in-law. I went to take a look and saw that more than half of the 64 dowry sets were not full."
Daohua was surprised: "How could that be?" Although her mother didn't care about Yile's dowry, for the sake of the Yan family's face, she still gave her second uncle and aunt five thousand taels of silver. If the second house contributed a little more, it would not be a problem to buy sixty-four sets of dowry.
Zhou Jingwan: "It's all Yile herself. When she bought her head ornaments and jewelry, she only bought the most expensive ones. How much money could the Second House give her to save face? If it weren't for the Second Sister-in-law watching, I don't think she would have been able to afford even 64 sets of dowry."
"Now they also think the dowry is not good-looking, aren't they waiting for you to add more dowry?"
Rice Flower sneered: "They want beauty."
Yihuan was fine, having always been sensible, polite, and grateful, so she was willing to add a little more makeup. But Yan Yile was completely ungrateful, and apart from giving her some makeup as per etiquette, she wouldn't give her anything extra.
Daohua didn't take this matter to heart. If she didn't want to give her things, who could force her to do so?
Afterwards, he talked to Zhou Jingwan about some things to pay attention to during pregnancy and childbirth. It was not until dinner time that they went to Old Lady Yan's yard together.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang stayed for dinner before leaving. During this time, Yan Zhiyuan and Sun tried to talk to Daohua, but were stopped by Madam Li at the right time every time.
Until the two of them got on the carriage back to the palace, Yan Zhiyuan and Sun had not found a chance to talk about adding to the dowry.
The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was attended by royal relatives, princes and ministers. When Prince Ping arrived with Daohua and Xiao Yeyang, he felt very unhappy when he saw everyone retreating away.
At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, Kang Naixin and Daohua were embarrassed in public by the Empress Dowager when they greeted each other. Everyone kept this in mind and dared not repeat the same mistake again.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang and Daohua being isolated, the Queen Mother was very satisfied.
No matter how capable Xiao Yeyang is, once he is isolated, he will still be unable to accomplish anything in the complicated court relationships.
When the Queen Mother was happy, she would chat and laugh with the princes and princesses. During the chat, the third prince and his wife were praised several times.
Daohua watched this scene and whispered to Xiao Yeyang, "Does the Queen Mother think the Third Prince is easy to control?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't know if the Third Prince is easy to control, but he is the one least favored by the Emperor's uncle among the several princes."
Having said that, he fell silent.
He felt that what Daohua said made sense. An adult prince would be easier to control if he had something on him. He made up his mind to send secret guards to investigate the third prince after he returned.
Just as Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were whispering to each other, the Fourth Prince came over with a wine glass and toasted Prince Ping.
Prince Ping looked at the Fourth Prince with satisfaction, thinking that his brother's son was quite good and did not follow the crowd and embarrass Prince Ping's Mansion.
No one was surprised when the Fourth Prince toasted Prince Ping, but when he drank a glass with Xiao Yeyang and his wife, everyone looked at the Queen Mother at the same time.
The Queen Mother snorted, but considering the Emperor's presence, she didn't say anything.
When the eldest prince and his companions saw this, they were all a little hesitant.
During this period of time, they went to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, and they did not get nothing in return. Officials from her household came to seek refuge with her.
It's not good to go against the benefits.
Therefore, he could only forcibly ignore his uncle Prince Ping, and at the same time, cursed the Fourth Prince in his heart.
Why did you go over to toast? It would be fine to toast Prince Ping, but why did you also go over to drink with Xiao Yeyang and his wife?
When the palace banquet was about to end, Prince Ping stood up, saluted to the emperor, and then said in a loud voice: "Royal brother, taking advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to ask for the title of Crown Prince for Ye Yang. I hope your Majesty will agree to this."
"no!"
Before the emperor could even open his mouth, the empress dowager sternly refused.
No one present expected that Prince Ping would ask for the title of Crown Prince for Xiao Yeyang at this time, and no one expected that the Queen Mother would be the first to stand up and oppose it.
Everyone looked at the Queen Mother, and no one missed the anger on her face.
Prince Ping frowned, "Queen Dowager, the title of Prince Ping's Palace should have been inherited by Ye Yang. I didn't ask for it before because he was not in the capital. Now that he is back and married, he should be asked to be named the Crown Prince."
When the emperor heard Prince Ping call the Queen Mother "Queen Mother", he raised his eyebrows and a smile flashed in his eyes.
The power of the Jiang family has been almost fully grasped. Once the Jiang family is undermined, it will be time to clear his mother's name. He was thinking about how to tell Xiaojiu the truth about her life experience. Now that Xiaojiu has developed a grudge against the Queen Mother, things will be much easier.
The Queen Mother suppressed her anger and looked at Prince Ping: "Don't you like Ye Chen the most? In order to give him the status of a legitimate son, you also made Ma your wife. Don't you want to make Ye Chen the crown prince?"
Xiao Yeyang has harmed two successive heads of the Jiang family. How could she let him inherit the title of the royal palace?
In the eyes of the Queen Mother, it was she who gave Prince Ping his title. Now if Prince Ping wants to establish a crown prince, he must get her consent.
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Prince Ping immediately frowned. "Queen Mother, I have never considered making Ye Chen the Crown Prince. Wasn't it you who suggested making Ma the Crown Prince? How did it become that I had to make Ye Chen the Crown Prince before I could make Ma the Crown Prince?"
Prince Ping's public denial made the Queen Mother even angrier, and at the same time, she became more convinced that Prince Ping was an ungrateful person who could never be tamed.
"Are you disobeying me?"
At this time, the emperor smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, you are exaggerating. The title of Prince Ping's Mansion belongs to Xiaojiu. He can give it to whoever he wants. We can give suggestions, but we have no right to make the decision for him."
Prince Ping quickly said, "Royal brother, Ye Yang has been a little prince since he was young, so the title of the palace is naturally his."
The Emperor ignored the Empress Dowager's sullen expression and laughed heartily: "Alright, I approve. The imperial edict appointing the Crown Prince will be sent to the palace tomorrow."
Prince Ping immediately said, "My royal brother is wise." Then he turned to look at Xiao Yeyang and Daohua, "What are you standing there for? Why don't you thank me?"
Xiao Yeyang and Daohua quickly stood up to express their gratitude, then looked at each other in surprise. Both of them were very surprised by Prince Ping's actions.
"Is Father trying to compensate Mother-in-law? Because Mother-in-law likes you, so she's giving it to you?"
Xiao Yeyang shrugged. He didn't know what his father was thinking.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and Prince Heping with a sullen expression, then stood up with a sullen look on her face: "Okay, you all disobeyed me, and now I can't even..."
Having said this, he couldn't catch his breath and fell backwards with his head tilted back.
Fortunately, he was supported by the palace maid next to him.
The emperor watched the empress dowager's performance indifferently, with a cold look in his eyes. This was to put the blame on him and Xiaojiu. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the empress dowager fainted because of the emperor and Prince Heping. How unfilial was this?
"The Queen Mother's old illness has relapsed. Xiaojiu, come with me to escort the Queen Mother back to the Cining Palace."
The low-ranking officials lowered their heads and dared not utter a word. Only after the emperor and his entourage left did they leave the palace as if they had been pardoned.
Xiao Yeyang and Daohua Ningmei walked at the end.
Daohua: "The Queen Mother must have been pretending just now."
Xiao Yeyang: "She just wants to discredit the emperor's uncle to facilitate what the Jiang family will do later."
(End of this chapter)
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