noffsinger Chapter 306 Banning
Chapter 306 Banning
Yongning moved into the main hall of Zhongcui Palace. Although her position was still unknown, as a princess married into a foreign kingdom, her position would definitely not be too low.
She didn't care whether the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty would favor her or what position he would give her.
The mind is like still water, without desires or demands.
As the eldest princess of the Yong Dynasty and the daughter of the queen mother, she has repaid all the kindness of her upbringing.
From then on, she was no longer Princess Yongning.
It had been two days since she had seen the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty.
Yongning was relieved by this.
The two senior palace maids who accompanied her on the wedding had embarrassed expressions early in the morning and seemed hesitant to speak to her.
"No need to put on makeup, just leave it like this." Yongning had no intention of serving the Southern Dynasty Emperor, and she didn't care whether her appearance was attractive enough to him.
"Princess, although the emperor has not come to Zhongcui Palace, according to the rules, you still have to go to Kunning Palace to pay your respects to the queen today. You can't be so plain." The palace maid Linglong advised in a low voice.
Yongning felt a pang in her heart, "Put on some makeup."
When she was a child, she had seen the concubines come to pay their respects early in the morning every day as the maid of her mother's palace. They were dressed very exquisitely, but were wary of each other, and their eyes hid their ambitions and calculations for the future.
They thought they could meet their father in their mother's palace, so they were very active in paying their respects every time.
Later they discovered that their father didn't like their mother at all, and they looked at her with more pity and ridicule.
I heard that the emperor and the empress of the Southern Dynasty were not in harmony.
Perhaps she is another woman as pitiful as my mother.
"Princess, I heard something else." Linglong whispered while combing Yongning's hair.
"What's the matter?" Yongning seemed absent-minded.
She had no intention of vying for favor, nor did she plan to bear children for the Southern Dynasty emperor. With her status as a princess married into a foreign kingdom, her life in the harem should not be too difficult.
Linglong whispered, "I heard that the emperor did not come to Zhongcui Palace last night because something big happened in Jinluan Palace."
"Don't be so hesitant, just say what you want to say." Yongning sounded impatient.
"The Empress once had an eldest son, but he was secretly taken out of the palace by a palace maid not long after he was born. Everyone thought that the prince was dead. Unexpectedly, when the envoys of the Southern Dynasty went to the Yong Dynasty, they actually met a man who looked very similar to their emperor..."
"In the end, we found out that the man was the eldest prince of the Southern Dynasty and the eldest son of the Queen."
Yongning was stunned, "What?"
Lingling didn't dare to hide it anymore and told everything she had heard, "The Empress Dowager came back from Tianhe Mountain specifically to ask the Emperor to drop blood to recognize this legitimate eldest son."
"Princess, it's Commander Lu. He is the eldest prince of the Southern Dynasty."
Yongning: “…”
Lu Yuan is the son of the Southern Dynasty Emperor? !
"Did you hear it wrong?" Yongning asked in a daze.
Linglong: "I was afraid that someone would hear it, so I went to inquire again, and it is indeed true."
Yongning took a deep breath.
what!
This ridiculous and infuriating life is full of surprises.
The person she wanted to marry the most was Lu Yuan. She even lowered herself to marry him, but he decisively rejected her.
Later, when she returned as a widow, she proposed to marry him again. Although it was a calculation, she also had some expectations in her heart.
Now she is married to his biological father.
How can it not be funny!
Yongning felt that his life was a joke.
"Princess..." Linglong choked with sobs when she saw Yongning's lifeless eyes.
"Was the Emperor in the Golden Palace yesterday?" Yongning asked.
Linglong: "The Yong Dynasty envoys were all here yesterday, and they all know about Lu Yuan's life story."
Yongning pinched his palms tightly, forcing himself to calm down.
"Yesterday's blood test showed that Nanchao had known about Lu Yuan's existence for a long time. As for when Lu Yuan knew about his life experience, only he knows."
"This has nothing to do with me anymore. I am now a concubine in the Southern Dynasty's harem."
"Let's go and pay our respects to the Queen."
Just as they were about to leave Zhongcui Palace, Qingli, a maid from Kunning Palace, arrived.
"The Queen Mother sympathizes with the princess's fatigue from the long journey, so she has exempted you from paying respects for three days. Princess, please have a good rest and adjust to the food and weather of the Southern Dynasty before paying respects to the Kunning Palace." Qingli has a round face and looks very honest and cute.
Yongning smiled faintly when he heard this, "Thank you, Queen, for your consideration."
Qingli bowed and said, "Princess, have a good rest. I will take my leave."
After Qingli left, Linglong asked anxiously, "Princess, what does the Queen mean by this?"
"Compared to me, a princess who is married to a foreign country, my son's affairs are of course more important. He doesn't even have a title, right? Then we just need to eat and live well in this palace and don't need to worry about other things." Yongning said.
She also couldn't ask for any information about Lu Yuan.
Now her identity is different.
……
Queen Mother Mu rested for two days and felt full of energy and high spirits.
She believed Taoist Bu Xuanfeng's words even more.
Lu Yuan was indeed the noble man who could restore Emperor Xing’s sight. Even she was affected and her body became light and comfortable.
"Your Majesty, has the date been chosen by the Imperial Observatory?"
"Still choosing a date..." Emperor Fu said perfunctorily.
Queen Ruan smiled and raised her hand, and the palace maid placed a booklet in her palm.
"Mother, I was just about to discuss this with you. Look, I sent someone to Tianhe Mountain to ask Taoist Master Bu Xuanfeng to choose a date overnight."
When Empress Dowager Mu heard that it was Bu Xuanfeng who chose the person, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Emperor Fu's face darkened.
"How come I didn't know when the Queen sent people to Tianhe Mountain?" Emperor Fu gritted his teeth.
"It was my negligence. I thought that Concubine Liu had been unwell recently and had distracted Your Majesty, so I would not bother you with such a small matter." Queen Ruan had a clear and pleasant voice and a dignified and elegant demeanor.
Emperor Fu could find no fault at all with Queen Ruan.
In the past, he could accuse her of being cunning and arrogant, but he didn't know since when she started living like a fake person. Her every move was impeccable, and she treated him with respect and courtesy, yet also with distance.
Sometimes he even suspected that if it wasn't for her wanting to give birth to a son with Ruan family blood, she would probably not be willing to accept the favor even once.
"This is the day I think is the best." Empress Dowager Mu set the date as if she hadn't noticed the lawsuit between the emperor and the empress.
It was three days later.
"Your Majesty, have you decided what title to give Yuan'er?" asked Empress Dowager Mu.
Emperor Fu: "Mother, I don't think there is any need to rush to make him king. Yu'er hasn't even..."
"Yu'er is not the Empress's son, and Yuan'er is your eldest son. He has suffered too much over the years." Queen Mother Mu already understood the suffering Lu Yuan had endured in the Lu family.
"Yuan'er is able to live and meet you because of the blessing of the Heavenly Master. Your Majesty, Yuan'er is a gift from heaven, so he is so outstanding. Look, he is a third-rank official in the Yong Dynasty at such a young age. Is there an official as young as him in the Southern Dynasty?"
“……”Emperor Fu never knew that his mother would one day be so partial to this extent.
She had only met Lu Yuan once!
Queen Mother Mu: "The title should be Chen, the star of the sky, which is most suitable for Yuan'er."
Emperor Fu's face turned completely dark.
Governing with virtue is like the North Star, which stays in its place and is surrounded by other stars.
Does the Queen Mother know what it means when the title Chen is given to Lu Yuan?
Do you want to give him the position of crown prince as well?
"I don't agree!" Emperor Fu objected angrily.