freenovelworld Chapter 226 Change
Chapter 226 Change
For Jiang Wanyue, the days in the palace passed by very quickly like flowing water.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the end of the year.
There was nothing else going on in the palace except for some minor quarrels. As for the eldest princess' marriage, although it was not mentioned openly, everyone tacitly agreed to it.
The kid from the Chen family recently entered Jixian Academy, and was taken to examine his knowledge by Li Chengye every day. I heard that he studied hard day and night, and he was just short of studying hard.
Li Chengyin is younger, so there is no need to rush to meet him.
Apart from this, there was only one other major event, which was the proposal of marriage from King Dingbei Fu Nian.
He wrote a letter almost every month, with sincere words and humble attitude, which made Li Ce unable to delay any longer.
But the royal family all avoided it.
Although it was not a marriage of peace, marrying a foreigner was not a matter of honor for the royal family.
After much selection, they finally decided on a candidate that surprised everyone.
Princess Qixia.
At the same time as the news came out, the imperial edict was also issued to Qixia's residence.
After she returned from "praying for blessings" in Tianfu Temple, she has been very low-key. It is said that the place where she lives was chosen by the Queen. It is just an ordinary three-courtyard house. There are not many servants serving her in the mansion, only two palace maids sent from the palace.
Qixia still maintained the routine of the temple. She invited a statue of Guanyin to her house, and did morning prayers in the morning and evening prayers in the evening, with great piety.
She seemed like a different person. She was gentle and polite to everyone, even to the noble concubine who had made her suffer for seven years.
Because of this, her reputation has improved a lot.
Even Princess Ding became much kinder to her, except that she no longer invited her to visit her home.
But she is now over 20 years old and an old maid, and given her background, no one in the capital will marry her.
I thought she was destined to be alone for the rest of her life, but I didn't expect there would be such a turn of events.
Several princes of the royal family could not find any fault with it.
Although Qixia is old, Fu Nian is even older and a widower! Qixia is more than enough for him.
Along with the imperial decree granting marriage, there was also an imperial decree conferring the title of princess.
After the eunuch finished reading the two imperial edicts, he said to the kneeling Princess Qixia.
"Princess, no, Princess, please stand up!"
Qixia stood up slowly, her face calm.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. You must have worked hard, so why not go to the front and have a cup of tea and rest for a while!"
The maid beside her immediately stepped forward and led the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict to the flower hall.
Qixia's hands, which were pinching her sleeves, loosened little by little, feeling relieved.
Finally, my wish came true.
Her eyebrows slowly bloomed, and her index finger gently stroked the Buddhist beads on her wrist.
The palace maid following her was visibly relieved.
"Princess, you have to go to the palace to express your gratitude tomorrow. Can I go get you some new winter clothes? The Queen just had someone send some new fabrics a few days ago. They are all brocade that was newly brought into the palace this year."
Qixia nodded slightly.
"You go and make the arrangements! Oh, and bring the scriptures I copied this month. I'll be going to the palace tomorrow, so I'll pay my respects to the Empress."
The palace maid bent her knees, answered "yes" with a smile, and turned to go to the study next to the Buddhist hall.
Qixia returned to her bedroom alone.
Her gaze moved from the door to the inner room little by little, with longing in her eyes, but in the end, everything fell silent.
The next day, she entered the palace alone.
According to the rules, I went to see the emperor first to express my gratitude.
Li Ce had a calm attitude.
"Since this is what you asked for, you should do it yourself in the future. I have no other requirements for you, just one thing, do not do anything that will harm our Great Zhou. No matter what happened in the past, you are now the princess of our Great Zhou, do you understand?"
Qixia bowed her head and prostrated herself.
"The courtier understands."