Chapter 214: Gift of a Right Husband
Su Yuan nodded:
"Yes, Your Majesty, please grant me your blessing."
Emperor Fengwu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled:
"My dear Su, I have always had high hopes for you. The Fifth Prince lost his father when he was young and is left alone. It is naturally good for him to marry you and stay in the capital, but you also know."
"Prince Taifeng issued an order before his death to let the Fifth Prince choose his own marriage. Even though I am the ruler of a country, I cannot go against the last words of my predecessor. Sigh... I still need to ask him personally!"
What she meant was that if Su Yuan could deal with Feng Shu, she would naturally be happy to grant the marriage, otherwise she would have no choice.
Of course Su Yuan understood.
She raised her head slightly:
"I know, and I will not embarrass Your Majesty. Now that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince has reached the age to marry, Your Majesty may as well send someone to the back hill of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to ask him. If His Royal Highness is willing, Your Majesty can grant him marriage at any time."
"If you don't want to..."
Su Yuan shook his head and sighed:
"Alas, if you don't want to, just let me not mention it!"
Emperor Fengwu nodded vaguely, uttered a long "hmm", and then talked about something else:
"Of course, I will send someone to ask later."
"Speaking of which, the imperial court will hold an examination next month. Right now, I don't have many people available, and Lord Su is a former imperial examination candidate. I think it would be better for you to be the invigilator of the Imperial Examination Hall."
Su Yuan raised the corners of his lips slightly and agreed:
"Your subordinate accepts your order."
Emperor Feng Wu closed his eyes and rubbed his temples:
"Okay, Lord Su, please go down first. I will find someone to do what you asked for as soon as possible. You don't have to serve me in front of the emperor these days. Go back to the Hanlin Academy and start preparing for the examination."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Afterwards, just as Emperor Fengwu had said, in less than half a day, the imperial palace attendant arrived at the Hanlin Academy with the imperial edict granting marriage.
"Lord Su, please accept my order."
The palace attendant glanced at Su Yuan and Lu Yanxin who were kneeling below him, slowly unfolded the bright yellow scroll, and said loudly:
"The emperor decrees that the fifth prince Feng Shu has just reached the age of marriage and is in his prime. The emperor has heard that Grand Secretary Su Yuan is talented and has an extraordinary appearance and is a perfect match for the prince, so he is granted the title of his legal wife and orders that an auspicious date be chosen for the marriage."
Su Yuan half stood up and presented it with both hands:
"I accept your order."
The palace attendant placed the scroll in Su Yuan's palm with a smile on her face, held her arm and helped her up, congratulating her:
"I congratulate Lord Su. His Majesty has ordered the Imperial Observatory to select an auspicious date. I believe you will be able to get married soon."
Without turning around, Su Yuan handed the imperial edict to Lu Yanxin beside him, took out a gold ingot from his sleeve and stuffed it into the palace servant's hand, saying with a smile:
"Please trouble the palace servant to make a trip."
The palace attendant smiled knowingly and put the gold away:
"You are too polite, Lord Su. Now that the imperial edict has been delivered, I will go back and report to His Majesty."
"Palace servant, take care."
The palace servant who announced the decree was sent away.
Su Yuan turned his head and glanced at the bright yellow scroll in his friend's hand, took it and patted it on his palm, sighing:
"I finally got my husband."
After saying this, she walked towards the low table where the case was being handled and said:
"Yanxin, come and sit down."
Lu Yanxin said "OK".
Following Su Yuan, he sat down on the right side of the table, raised his chin slightly and pointed at the imperial edict, joking:
"I was surprised just now, but now it seems that you asked for this fifth prince yourself?"
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly:
"certainly."
"Let's not talk about this for now. His Majesty has asked me to be in charge of the examination. Since you have been transferred to be my deputy, please pay more attention to the Imperial Examination Hall."
Lu Yanxin nodded:
"knew."
After she finished speaking, a hint of sadness appeared on her face, and she said softly:
"My cousin will probably be returning to Beijing next month. I don't know how he is doing, and that person..."
Although the latter sentence was spoken softly, Su Yuan had excellent hearing and could hear it clearly, so he naturally knew who Lu Yanxin was talking about.
The day before yesterday, His Majesty mentioned the news of Feng Wan's death at the morning court session, but Lu Yanxin was affiliated with the Hanlin Academy and his official rank was too low to attend the morning court session. Besides, Lu Zhicheng probably knew about his daughter's infatuation and deliberately did not reveal the bad news.
So until now she didn't know that her lover was dead, otherwise how could he still have the mind to tease her.
Thinking of this, Su Yuan turned his head to look at his friend who was in a daze, pursed his lips and shook his head, but ultimately did not speak.
Let her be happy for a few days first!
As for Lu Yanxin, she had no idea that she liked Feng Wan, so it would be too abrupt to tell her suddenly.
After hesitating, Su Yuan supported his chin with one hand and looked out the window at the light blue sky.
I thought of Lu Shengling who was thousands of miles away.
He will be back soon.
——At the same time.
Northland, Yongcheng.
It is almost October and the weather in Yongcheng is getting colder.
In a drugstore located in a remote alley in the outer city, the windproof curtain at the door was suddenly lifted from the outside, and a person who was wrapped up tightly and whose gender could not be identified strode to the counter.
"Knock knock" someone knocked on the wooden board.
The medicine boy who was dozing with his head propped up was startled and staggered. He immediately looked up at the person who came and blinked:
"Um... Sir, do you want to get some medicine or see a doctor?"
The man with the veil said in a low voice:
"Is there a doctor?"
"Yes, I'll call for you right away."
The medicine boy leaned out of the medicine cabinet with his thin body and shouted to the backyard with a raised voice:
"Doctor Xue, someone comes to see a doctor."
Not long after the words fell, a white-haired old woman walked out quickly from the backyard.
She looked at the person at the counter, spread her palm and made a gesture of invitation to the table next to her, indicating:
"Please take a seat. I will diagnose your pulse right away."
The man nodded slightly, walked to the wooden chair, sat down, slowly lifted his sleeves to reveal his white wrists.
Doctor Xue glanced at his wrist, understood what was going on, and took out a handkerchief used to take a male patient's pulse and put it on his wrist.
Close your eyes and take your pulse.
After a moment.
Doctor Xue slowly opened his eyes but did not immediately say what the illness was.
She calmly put away the handkerchief and folded it a few times, looking at the man inconspicuously, and said carefully:
"This..., my dear, is already more than a month pregnant."
As soon as Doctor Xue finished speaking, the man sitting opposite him trembled visibly, and after two seconds of silence, he spoke:
"Please, doctor, prescribe me an abortion pill."
After that, he added:
"Just work at the pharmacy. I'll pay you for your hard work."
Doctor Xue closed his eyes without any surprise, pursed his lips and said:
"Okay, I'll go get the medicine right away, and ask the boy to make it and bring it to you, my dear."
The man nodded silently.
Doctor Xue sighed helplessly, turned around, went to the medicine cabinet, grabbed the abortion pills, handed them to the medicine boy, and coughed lightly:
"Ahem, go and make this packet of medicine for my husband."
"Oh, don't forget to boil the old woman's cold medicine and bring it to the backyard later. Alas, it's the changing season, and my old bones are useless. I'll die if I catch a cold."
"The old woman is going to lie down on the bed."
Doctor Xue shook his arms, patted his back, and slowly walked back to the backyard.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
The medicine boy went to the side room where the medicine was boiled with a smile on his face.
About half an hour later, the medicine bag in her hand turned into a dark, steaming medicine. She walked over to the man and handed it to him:
"My dear, take your medicine."
Hearing this, the man slowly lifted the white veil around his veil, revealing a stunningly beautiful face.
He looked at the medicine expressionlessly, and without paying attention to the white smoke rising above the porcelain bowl, he picked up the bowl of medicine without hesitation, brought it to his thin lips, and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking, he took out a piece of silver from his waist and handed it to the medicine boy, saying "thank you" in a low voice.
He strode out of the pharmacy and left in a hurry.
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