Chapter 401 The marriage of Zhao Houjing and his two companions was being watched
The most memorable moment of the Emperor's 55th birthday was the fireworks display, which the people of Jing Kingdom hailed as a miracle. Even the Longling Kingdom's envoys and those from Nangan Kingdom who remained in Yuanjing were stunned. For a moment, they hesitated to act rashly.
Yang Chengchen and Zhao Houyang, who knew the inside story, stared with their eyes wide open the whole time, and their admiration for their aunt was as endless as the surging river.
That night, Zhao Lingmeng received a lot of rewards again. Amid the envious and jealous gazes of everyone, she leisurely returned home with her three children and things.
When Zhao Lingmeng woke up the next day, she saw these posts piled in front of her.
Zhao Lingmeng rubbed his brows, "What are these?"
Qiuyue smiled and said, "Your Highness, these are all visiting cards from various mansions."
Qiuyue and the others were really happy. They could brag about the miracle that happened last night for the rest of their lives.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't want the princess to be so busy that it looked like a market every day. "No one is here! Spread the news and say that I stumbled upon a secret recipe for fireworks in a miscellaneous book and presented it to the emperor as a birthday gift.
I don't have any on hand right now, and as for how to make them, how would I, a woman in the inner chamber, know about these things?"
"Yes! But Your Highness, will they believe it?" Qiuyue looked at His Highness curiously. She now had an extremely thick filter for Zhao Lingmeng, so although Qiuyue asked a question, she felt in her heart that they would believe it.
"Don't worry, many people will believe it. As for the few who don't believe it, they are all smart people. Even if they don't believe it, they won't dare to do anything."
Zhao Lingmeng doesn’t care much about this matter now. After all, if she doesn’t say that this can be made into a weapon, no one will think of it in a short time.
Now, for everyone, it is just a beautiful and magical thing. After it is set off more often during the New Year and other festivals, people will no longer find it strange.
Sure enough, once Zhao Lingmeng's news spread, everyone, except for a few people who knew the inside story, tacitly accepted this statement. After all, in these people's minds, women were the housekeepers, and they simply couldn't believe that a woman in the inner chambers could have such great power.
Rather than believing in the ability of a woman in the inner house, they are more willing to accept it as good luck.
As for Princess Funing not meeting them, that was even more normal. Princess Funing had always been very low-key and rarely held banquets in her mansion, so it would be strange for her to meet them!
However, after this incident, the marriage of Zhao Houjing and the other two was closely watched, and even the old lady Wei came to inquire about it several times in person.
Zhao Lingmeng's unanimous answer was that they would only consider marriage after they had achieved success in their studies.
Despite saying this, Zhao Lingmeng still called Zhao Houjing, his three brothers, and Yang Chengchen over to give them a lecture. He explained various cases of white lotus to the four of them.
The consequence was that Zhao Houjing and his friends would take a detour whenever they saw a woman, thinking it was too troublesome.
Unlike Zhao Lingmeng, who was worried about her three children's marriages being plotted against, the Longling Kingdom's envoys were even more worried about when they could finally leave Yuanjing and return. The longer they were away from the center of power, the lower the chances of their return would be. How could they not be anxious?
They had been in Yuanjingdu for nearly three months, and the only progress they had made was sending Princess Qingcheng to the Emperor's harem. However, this progress was worse than nothing; sending her in was completely useless.
Princess Qingcheng was not favored in the palace, and she couldn't send any news out or in, which made her extremely frustrated.
After witnessing the grand celebration of Emperor Jing's 55th birthday, the Longling Kingdom's envoys wanted to return even faster. They felt that Longling Kingdom must have known something and was therefore holding them back.
But they had no other options but to go back and forth to the Honglu Temple to seek the help of Lord Ji. Then they would report the news to the Emperor of Longling State, hoping that the Emperor would put pressure on Jing State.
The more sorrowful the Longling Kingdom's envoys were, the happier the King of Jing Kingdom was. He was very satisfied with his birthday yesterday.
On the second day of the Emperor's birthday, the Crown Prince grabbed Yang Chengchen, who was about to sneak off to find Zhao Houming, and brought him to the Imperial Study Room. He thought it was impossible for Yang Chengchen to escape.
Because of his father's birthday, there were countless memorials piling up, and he had no idea how to handle them all by himself. Crown Prince Yang Jingchen never did anything so difficult for himself.
When the prince was holding the reluctant Yang Chengchen and standing in the imperial study, the emperor smiled unkindly.
The Emperor laughed. Besides finding the battle between the Crown Prince and Yang Chengchen amusing, he also felt that the Crown Prince wasn't a power-hungry person, and that his grandson wasn't the type to show off his abilities. A harmonious relationship between the two future generations of heirs was a sign of the Kingdom of Jing's prosperity.
"Royal Grandfather, what are you laughing at?" After Yang Chengchen finished his greetings, he saw that the Royal Grandfather was laughing as if he had picked up silver. He was quite curious.
The prince slapped Yang Chengchen on the head and said, "What's it got to do with you? Go and look at your memorials." After saying that, the prince pointed considerately to the pile of memorials half a person high on the seat next to Yang Chengchen.
Yang Chengchen first glanced at the memorials in his seat, then looked at the memorials in his father's seat. Surprisingly, there were fewer than his. He rubbed his eyes for a moment, thinking that it must be because he hadn't woken up today, otherwise how could he see that there were more memorials in his seat than in his father's?
When the emperor saw Yang Chengchen like this, he smiled even more happily.
Seeing this, Yang Chengchen didn't care about anything else and rushed over to hug the emperor's legs and started howling, "Grandfather, my father is bullying a child! I'm still a child, and the memorials my father gave me are more than those he gave himself."
The emperor patted his grandson's head and comforted him, "Be good, go watch first, and your grandfather will help you watch later. After watching, we will go fishing together without your father."
The prince noticed that the emperor was in a good mood and teased him, "Father, you are partial!"
"Are you the prince or is our Chen'er the prince? You only know how to bully our Chen'er." In the emperor's heart, no one is as caring as his eldest grandson.
"Hmph, that's right." Seeing that someone supported him, Yang Chengchen immediately agreed with the emperor, then walked to his seat and began to work resignedly.
The prince was about to say something to his son when he saw the emperor casually handing him a small box.
When the prince saw his father handing him something, he instantly forgot about his fight with his son. But his father handed it to him so casually that he didn't pay much attention to it. He just took it and opened it.
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