Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 125 The Prince Supervises the Country

Funing Hall.

"Your grandfather always said that the emperor is a benevolent monarch," the old lady sighed, "although he has not received true imperial teachings, he is willing to accept the opinions of his subjects and is willing to humbly ask questions he does not understand. Among those princes, only when he ascends to the throne can the people be blessed."

"The most courageous thing he did was to appoint a crown prince as soon as he ascended the throne. This saved the chaos of succession struggles later on. The crown prince was a good one, and the Great Xia Dynasty could continue to prosper..."

Seeing that her granddaughter was willing to listen, the old lady said a little more. The old man said that this granddaughter was no ordinary person. Perhaps all the intelligence of his daughters in ten lifetimes was concentrated in her. The arithmetic she invented alone has now been fully promoted in the Great Xia Dynasty. As a result, her father was promoted and he is doing well in the Ministry of Households. Although this child is young, she is ambitious and has a bright future.

Huang Ye had long forgotten about practicing martial arts. What interested her most was listening to her grandmother talk about the affairs of the court. She learned from the letter she received from her second brother at Ciyuen Temple that the current Crown Prince Xuanyuan Hao, who was nineteen years old this year, was the legitimate eldest son of the royal family and was born to Empress Xu. The Emperor had five sons and three daughters, among whom the Empress gave birth to two sons and one daughter. The eldest daughter, Princess An Ning, was very much loved by the Empress, but her personality was completely opposite to what the Emperor expected of An Ning, and she was quite arrogant. She was sixteen years old this year, and no one had chosen a consort yet.

The second son, Xuanyuan Mo, is ten years old this year. He ranks third among the princes and is known as the Third Prince. The Second Prince is only one year younger than the Crown Prince. He got married last autumn and was named Prince Jing by the Emperor after his marriage. He moved out of the palace and lived in Prince Jing's Mansion outside the palace.

Speaking of Crown Prince Xuanyuan Hao, he got married last spring. The Crown Princess is the second daughter of the Zhenxi Prince's Mansion, her name is Chen Jingxian, a truly noble lady. It is worth mentioning that the concubine who entered the palace one after the other with the Crown Princess is named Du Yue'e. Yes, she is the lady from the Zhenguo Marquis's family who has a grudge against Xu Rou.

It is said that the Empress went to Fuyun Temple to offer incense that year, and encountered an assassin while enjoying the scenery in a valley. Du Yue'e, who was accompanying her, rushed forward regardless of the danger and took a knife on her back for the Empress. The Empress was grateful for her loyalty and told her to ask for anything she wanted. She shyly said that her greatest wish in her life was to be with the Prince, even if she did not want a title.

Moved by her infatuation, the queen agreed to the marriage. However, as the legitimate daughter of the popular Marquis Zhenguo family, she could have become the Crown Princess, but at that time the Crown Princess had already been decided, so she could only be a concubine.

"Grandmother, why do I feel that there are many doubts about Concubine Du saving the Queen? When the Queen travels, there must be many people protecting her in front and behind. It can't be the turn of a rich lady to save her life, right?" Huang Ye expressed her doubts.

The old lady smiled approvingly: "That's right, your grandfather also said so. But judging from the emperor's meaning, it's not that he doesn't understand. He just regards it as a favor to the Zhenguo Marquis family."

The grandparents chatted for most of the day. When Huang Ye returned to the garden, Hong Dou had already returned and was staring at Mung Dou putting the processed ingredients into the big pot. Huang Ye did not interrupt them. Since he had given full authority to Mung Dou, he let her give it a go. It didn't matter if she failed. As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success.

She asked Chan'er to prepare the brush and ink. Her second brother would be turning 17 next March, and she was going to give him a set of The Art of War as a birthday present. This was a big project, and now she was writing with a brush, which was very slow. She had to put it on the agenda now.

She had lunch with her mother and grandmother in the garden. They came on their own at lunchtime without her inviting them. She had no choice but to cook for herself. She made a dish of stir-fried pork with green garlic (with chili peppers of course), stir-fried cabbage, braised pork belly with radish cubes, and an egg soup. It was a simple meal of three dishes and one soup, and the three of them enjoyed it very much.

The old lady lamented that every meal usually had more than a dozen dishes, including chicken, duck, fish and meat, but none of them were as delicious as her granddaughter's simplest dishes. Chen felt the same way. The two of them decided to come to Furong Garden for dinner more often in the future. As for face, that was something men had to take care of. Why should they care about face in front of their own children?

As for the braised food that is still being braised in the small kitchen, they can only be eaten at night. I’m afraid that the child will be stubborn and not let them eat meat at night. Oh, I can’t bear to think about it. It makes me sad.

But in the afternoon, at the usual time to get back from work, the old man and his son had not returned yet. They waited until it was almost dark, but there was still no sign of them. The old lady was a little anxious. Even if there was something wrong, they should send someone back to tell her. Just as she was about to find someone to go out and ask, the old man's servant came back.

It turned out that when the court was dismissed today, the emperor was helped up from the dragon throne by the help of his eunuch. He fainted without any warning, which frightened all the civil and military officials in the court. The prince immediately ordered people to block the news and wait for the imperial physician to rescue him. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the emperor woke up in the afternoon, but he did not look very conscious. The prince had no choice but to call these ministers to discuss what to do next in the court. The country cannot be without a monarch for a day. Everyone unanimously suggested that the prince should be regent and return power to the emperor after he recovered. When everyone came out of the Golden Throne Hall, it was almost dark. He was afraid that his family would worry, so he asked the chief servant beside him to rush back to report the news, and he and his son slowly drove back in the car.