freenovelworld Chapter 228: Going to Beijing (Part )
Chapter 228: Going to Beijing (Part )
Jiang Wanyue kept Qixia and Wei Fuxue for lunch before having them sent away.
Qixia became busy after leaving the palace.
She didn't need to learn etiquette anymore, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for other things needed for the marriage. However, she didn't know much about the Tujie people, so she specially asked the emperor to find two officials from the Honglu Temple to teach her.
Seeing her so proactive, Li Ce was even more satisfied. After returning to Liangyi Palace, he told Jiang Wanyue about this and rarely praised his niece.
"I used to think she was narrow-minded, but now it seems that she has improved a lot. She is no longer complacent about being crowned a princess, and can even calm down and study."
After saying that, he did not forget to complain about his own daughter.
"If it was Yu'er, she would have immediately rushed to the inner storehouse to pick out the best things."
Jiang Wanyue couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Yu'er is not that serious. She is usually a little casual, but she is not confused about important matters."
Li Ce was still shaking his head.
"Don't speak well of her. This girl's temperament has been set since she was a child and it can't be changed. Now we have you and me, and in the future there will be Ye'er watching over her. I don't think she will make a big mistake."
"Your Majesty, please speak less when you see Yu'er. Now she runs away when she sees you and is not friendly at all. You, her biological father, are not as good as me, her stepmother!" Jiang Wanyue joked.
Li Ce didn't care.
"Isn't this good? The closer I get to you, the better. Maybe I can learn a little bit of your wisdom."
"I will take care of my daughter, but I will leave my son to you, Your Majesty!"
Jiang Wanyue took the opportunity to speak.
Li Ce turned to look at her, with understanding in his eyes.
"Xu'er got into trouble again?"
Jiang Wanyue gritted her teeth and said, "That naughty boy led his men to cut down several trees in the garden. The flowers and plants in the imperial garden were all damaged. The gardener has been replaced several times. He used the sword you gave him."
She beat him up, but it was no use. The boy had a very thick skin and was so excited about getting the sword that he was not afraid of being beaten.
Li Ce laughed loudly, but when he saw Jiang Wanyue looked unhappy, he quickly stopped laughing.
"Okay, okay, bring him over later. I'll take him out to play for half a day to use up his energy."
Sure enough, after lunch, Li Ce took Xu'er out of the palace.
Jiang Wanyue had half a day of peace and quiet.
Two days later, she took the initiative to hold a family reunion banquet for Wei Fuxue and Qixia.
When the royal jade book is compiled in a few years, Qixia's name will be officially recorded under the name of Rongfei Wei.
Wei Fuxue has kept a low profile in the harem over the past few years. Apart from paying respects to Fenglai Palace, she seldom goes out. She is also absent from every palace banquet, for fear of being recognized by her former acquaintances.
But now six or seven years have passed, and her appearance has changed a lot. She was originally a few years older than Li Ce, and now she is thirty-six. In addition, she got pregnant immediately after the miscarriage, and the pregnancy was particularly difficult. She looks a few years older than her actual age. It is possible that she is forty.
Even if old acquaintances saw her, they would only think she looked familiar and that she resembled Princess Wei of Qi, but would not connect the two together.
Jiang Wanyue tried to bring Wei Fuxue to appear in front of Princess Ding, but Princess Ding didn't recognize her.
Now that her eldest daughter's marriage has been decided, she has devoted all her attention to her youngest daughter. She has long forgotten the thoughts she had when she first entered the palace. She only wants to live a good life and looks forward to seeing her grandson one day.
Of course she had other thoughts deep down.
Qixia's identity was a thorn in the emperor's heart. Qixia married a foreigner, so it was likely that her children would be hard for the emperor to love them. It would be nice if she could arrange a marriage with the children of several princes and princesses.
However, she only dared to think about this idea in her heart.
Among Li Ce's children, only Li Chengye just got married and has no children yet!
But what was unexpected was that at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, the good news that Princess Yong was pregnant suddenly broke out.
This happened suddenly. Princess Yong was having a meal, and one of the dishes had a strong fishy smell. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and retch.
Jiang Wanyue, who was sitting at the top, was the first to notice her abnormality. She quickly stopped the singing and dancing and asked someone to call the imperial physician.
After the imperial physician took a look, everyone knew that Princess Yong was two months pregnant.
Li Chengye was stunned on the spot. When he came to his senses, he was so excited that his face turned red and his speech was incoherent.
Li Ce was also very happy. He drank a few more glasses of wine and gave many rewards.
Jiang Wanyue also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered people to send Prince Yong and his wife back to the palace.
On the next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Ce, with a rosy face, took his son to worship at the Taimiao and told the ancestral tablets the good news.
Then, while all the officials were present, Li Ce asked Liang Gaosheng to read out the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago, appointing Li Chengye as the crown prince.
This imperial edict was originally planned to be issued three months later, but Li Ce was happy today, so he brought it forward, hoping to have a double happiness.
The officials were a little surprised, but none of them objected and they all congratulated him.
Of course, the ceremony of enthroning the crown prince will not be held until one or two months later.
The entire first month of the year was spent preparing for the ceremony of establishing the crown prince.
After the Dragon Raising Festival on February 2, everything was almost ready and Li Ce let the matter go.
Because, King Dingbei Fu Nian has come to Beijing.
This was his first visit to Beijing, and he brought not only more than a dozen carts of gifts, but also five hundred horses and a thousand slaves.
These slaves were naturally not from the Tujie tribe, but were confiscated by the Tujie after they defeated other tribes.
For these tribes on the grassland, horses and slaves were the most important resources.
And what Fu Nian brought, in his words, was the betrothal gifts for marrying the Princess of Da Zhou.
Well, part of it.
As there were no suitable days in April and May, Fu Nian and Qixia's marriage was scheduled for the last day of March.
It's less than two months.
The wedding location was set in the capital.
For this purpose, Li Ce had a house selected and renovated, and it was converted into the Dingbei Palace. The etiquette and rules of the wedding were also carried out according to the Great Zhou.
Fu Nian had no objection to this.
He originally came with the purpose of reconciling with the Great Zhou, and he behaved extremely submissively in this matter, following the arrangements of the Great Zhou court in almost everything.
On the fifth day of February, King Dingbei arrived in the capital.
King Yong led his people out of the city to welcome him to show his importance.
Afterwards, Prince Dingbei followed Prince Yong into the palace, met the emperor, and also met his fiancée.