dognovel Chapter 145 Her good days are coming
Chapter 145 Her good days are coming
"Empress Yu is here!" The eunuch outside the door announced loudly. Emperor Tianqi hurriedly sorted out the memorials on the table that he had messed up, and Ying Jian also changed the direction in which he was kneeling.
"Your humble servant Ying Jian greets Concubine Yu!" Ying Jian knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Well," when Concubine Yu came in, she saw Ying Jian kneeling there. She didn't know what had happened between the emperor and his subject that required him to kneel there all the time.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing that he was holding a portrait in his hand, could it be that the daughter of another minister in the court was going to enter the palace? Concubine Yu was thinking about something, which did not prevent her from paying respect to Emperor Tianqi.
"My beloved concubine, please don't be polite!" Emperor Tianqi placed the portrait on the desk, walked to Concubine Yu, and helped her up. "You are heavy, so you don't have to kneel when you see me in the future. Be careful not to hurt the child."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!" Concubine Yu instinctively wanted to kneel down to express her gratitude, but Emperor Tianqi held her body up.
"Didn't I just tell you not to kneel? Why are you kneeling again?" Emperor Tianqi blamed them, showing no regard for the royal family's flesh and blood at all.
"Okay," with the help of Emperor Tianqi, Concubine Yu sat on the armchair and saw the portrait of Prince Qian of Jin on the table.
"Hey, isn't this the Prince of Jin? The painter has great skills and painted the Prince of Jin very lifelike." Concubine Yu praised, and when she saw there were words on the portrait, she picked it up to read.
"Arrest? Your Majesty, what's going on?" Concubine Yu stood up in surprise holding the portrait, and then she became curious and asked, "Isn't Prince Jin in the Prince Jin's Mansion in the capital? This man looks so much like him. People who don't know him would think he is the emperor's son."
"Madam Concubine Yu, the person in the portrait is His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. He is in Guangping Prefecture, and the family that Xia Zhaofeng married into..." Ying Jian saw Emperor Tianqi turned around and glared at him, and hurriedly lowered his head, "He broke into the house, and now the family has reported the case to the government."
"Didn't the emperor say that he would marry Xia Zhaofeng's daughter to the prince?" When Concubine Yu heard Ying Jian say that Prince Jin was snatching a woman from the son of a commoner, her heart was filled with joy. The Prince of Jin acted so absurdly that there was no possibility for him to inherit the throne.
The imperial physician felt her pulse and said that the baby in her belly was a prince, so her good days were coming.
"Well," the candidate for the Crown Princess whom he had carefully selected actually married someone else. Emperor Tianqi sat back on the golden chair with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty, does the Crown Prince know about this?" Seeing that he was unhappy, Concubine Yu decided to change the subject.
"I have already mentioned to him about marrying Xia," the prince had met Xia Weiwei before and was willing in his heart. Emperor Tianqi could also feel that his son was very satisfied with Xia, and the child couldn't suppress his smile.
"Your Majesty, we can't accept this Xia family!" Concubine Yu seemed to have thought of something and stood up in fear.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing her face suddenly change, Emperor Tianqi thought she was unwell and hurriedly asked someone to summon the imperial physician.
"No, I just thought of something bad and suddenly felt a chill." Concubine Yu hurriedly held Emperor Tianqi's hand, indicating that she was fine and there was no need to summon the imperial physician.
"What bad thing?" Emperor Tianqi frowned, wondering what bad thing she would think about while she was pregnant.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and Prince Jin both like Xia. This..." Concubine Yu glanced at Emperor Tianqi's reaction and decided to protect Xia Zhaofeng and gain connections in the court for her unborn son.
"Well," Emperor Tianqi smiled. Since she dared to play tricks on my two princes, I really can't keep Miss Xia anymore.
"Your Majesty, I feel that if Miss Xia were to marry into the imperial palace, there would probably be trouble in the future!" Although she had only been with the emperor for two short years, she knew from the smile that Emperor Tianqi had already formed the intention to kill Miss Xia.
Many times, silence speaks louder than words. She changed her mind and put Emperor Tianqi's hand on her belly. She didn't want to wipe out the entire Xia family.
"According to my beloved concubine, how should we deal with this?" Emperor Tianqi stroked Concubine Yu's belly. He had just felt the baby's fetal movement, and thought of the many children who had died in the palace in recent years. Forget it, let's do some good deeds for this child.
"Miss Xia is so unlucky. The prince is so good, but she... Since she has given up such great wealth, the emperor should let her marry a commoner." Concubine Yu sighed that the baby in her belly was so young and cooperated with her, which made the emperor give up his murderous thoughts. My prince is so outstanding, he will succeed in everything he plans when he grows up.
"He is indeed a man without luck!" Emperor Tianqi sat back on the golden chair with a serious expression, "My dear Minister Ying, draft an edict that Xia Zhaofeng has governed Guangping Prefecture for many years, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, he has assisted me in governing the country, and his hard work and contributions are great. He shall be promoted to the second-rank governor and awarded ten thousand taels of gold..."
"Master, it's time to change into formal attire!" Jiang Sheng was very happy that his master could marry the prefect's daughter, as it also meant that his slavery might be eliminated one day.
"Well, you step aside, I'll put on my clothes myself." Yang Biao was still not used to others helping him put on clothes. He could always recall the scene of himself dressing his young son.
"Okay, master, just call me if you need anything." Seeing that he didn't like him staying here, Jiang Sheng went out the door and waited.
Yang Biao shook his head helplessly while wearing his wedding dress. In ancient times, getting married was really complicated. There were four procedures: Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, and Qinying. Not to mention finding someone to calculate the horoscopes of both men and women.
The woman's family has to give a dowry, and the man will give a dowry in addition to the betrothal gift. These gifts include painted fruits with colored threads, flower fans, pollen plates, flower buns, gold-embroidered veils, etc.
Yang Biao had already placed part of the dowry sent by the Xia family in his house at Jiujin, Lutu Road, and the rest of the dowry would be delivered together with the bride when he went to the Xia Mansion to pick her up.
"Master," Jiang Sheng brought in two wild geese, and the ceremonial officer sent by the government came to tell Yang Biao the wedding process. He had to carry the wild geese and other tokens of love to the Xia Mansion, and after completing the "laying the geese and welcoming the return" ceremony, he would lead the bride by the knot of love to get on the carriage and return to the new house here.
Yang Biao and his party carried vases, flower candles, incense balls, toiletries, makeup sets, photo sets, skirt boxes, clothing boxes, hundred knots, cool umbrellas, chairs and other items, and went to Xia's residence to welcome the bride to the music of musicians.
"Why is it so noisy?" The Prince of Jin, who was lying in bed recovering from his injuries, heard the music and felt something was wrong. This was clearly the music for a wedding, so he stood up and asked, "Lian Ming, where is Miss Xia now?"
"Master, Miss Xia is in the Rose Courtyard." Lian Ming led the way. He had already secretly found out the location of Xia Weiwei's new house.
Prince Jin followed behind with a livid face. How dare the lowly fellow snatch the woman from him? Wasn't he here to get married today? He thought that he would kill Xia Weiwei on the spot and let Yang Biao marry a broken woman to vent his hatred.
The more King Jin thought about it, the more excited he became. He was overjoyed and his joy came out, "Hahaha."
"Your Highness Prince Jin, please stay!" The laughing Prince Jin barged into the bride's boudoir which was decorated with lights and decorations regardless of anything. The head nanny hurried forward to stop him.
"Get out of my way, you damn slave!" After kicking the head nanny away, Prince Jin hurried forward and pulled off the bride's red veil, but was stunned by the person in front of him.