Chapter 387: The Suddenness Of The Imperial Marriage Imperial Edict, Movements From All Sides

Minister Xia’s Mansion was in quite a turmoil, and the Imperial Palace was also uneasy. Everyone in the palace was trembling with fear. It was said that the Emperor had lost his temper with the Empress earlier. Even Noble Consort Ya and Consort Shu, who had given birth to two favored princes, were also scolded. Now, he didn’t like anyone, and in just a moment, he had beaten three palace servants to death, and these were three who had always been quite favored in front of the Emperor.

Everyone knew that the Emperor’s mood was not good, and whoever went up was unlucky.

But fortunately, in a moment, several eunuchs who were holding imperial edicts came out from the Imperial Study, and it was said that they were going to various places to bestow marriages. The people in the palace were therefore slightly relieved. Didn’t this represent that the Emperor’s mood had improved a little, and he already had the leisure to consider this kind of happy event?

When the imperial edict bestowing the marriage arrived in the palace, the Old Madam was overjoyed, leading the whole family to set up the incense table to welcome it.

Then, in the congratulatory voice of the eunuch who transmitted the imperial edict, they happily faced the direction of the Imperial Palace, thanking the Emperor for his boundless grace.

How could the Old Madam not be happy? She was still a little dazed at the moment, almost as if she was in a dream. She had originally thought that the two granddaughters who were of no use were unexpectedly all entering the Royal Family. Although Ning Qingshan was a lot different from her pre-arranged position of Principal Wife, but the matter hadn’t come to an end, who could have predicted if there would be a change?

The matter of the Third Prince’s Principal Wife was originally a series of setbacks, but Ning Qingshan could still hold the position of Concubine in such a bad situation. It could be seen that in the Third Prince’s heart, she was different. In addition, Ning Qingshan herself was a smart person. If she gave birth to a son in the future, this position of Principal Wife, it would be strange if she couldn’t hold it.

As for Ning Xueyan, it was a complete surprise. According to the Old Madam’s meaning, if Ning Xueyan could enter the Royal Family, then regardless of whether she had a status or not, it would be the Duke’s Mansion’s blessing, always leaving a wealthy future path for the Duke’s Mansion. More paths, more chances of survival, plus the infinite possibilities the Old Madam imagined, that would also be a position of great success.

So at this moment, she didn’t even have a headache, only felt full of energy. After sending the eunuch who transmitted the imperial edict away, she specially kept Ning Xueyan and Ning Qingshan, and it was another set of different teachings for women and wives, indicating that from then on they would be the Royal Family’s daughters-in-law, and every word and deed, moreover, had to be a role model, and absolutely could not let people criticize.

Of course, the most important thing was that they absolutely could not let people criticize the Duke’s Mansion. The Old Madam also warned them for this, indicating that the reason why they could get such a glorious marriage was all because the Duke’s Mansion was there. If the Duke’s Mansion declined, even if they married into the Royal Family, they would have no family members to support them, and in the end, they would end up with the same fate as a concubine without a position.

Therefore, they had to understand the meaning of “one prospers, all prosper; one loses, all lose”, and they had to be tied to the clan in order to better manage this wealth.

In short, it was that even if the two of them were to marry into the Royal Family, they could not forget the fact that they were daughters of the Duke’s Mansion, and absolutely could not do anything that was sorry to their mother’s family. They must put the interests of their mother’s family first. In the end, the Old Madam also lovingly gave the two sets of hair ornaments that she had treasured to them.

And she also specially sent them each another Eldest Young Girl and two Second-Class Maids. It was said that she was helping them prepare their dowry. Although the Principal Wife did not have a formal gate yet, the Concubine entering the door would always take some time, but preparing in advance was always right. They could not let people look down on the Young Ladies of the Duke’s Mansion.

After the Old Madam had finished this round of nagging, the two were allowed to go back, and they were also informed that guests would be invited to come next. The two Young Ladies were marrying into the Royal Family at the same time. Only the Duke’s Mansion had this favor. How could the Old Madam not want to publicize the matter and sweep away the bad luck of the past few days?

Invitations were sent out one by one, and the whole Capital City got the news, knowing that the Duke’s Mansion had received the Emperor’s appreciation. For a moment, there was a constant stream of carriages and horses at the doorway, immediately sweeping away the decadent atmosphere of the past few days. Even the matter of Ning Yuling, this Direct Daughter, willingly falling to become a concubine of the Xia Mansion, faded away.

At this time, everyone knew that the Young Ladies of the Duke’s Mansion were all Golden Phoenixes. One or two, all flying into the Royal Family, and they couldn’t let out any bad rumors about other Young Ladies of the Duke’s Mansion, so as not to damage the reputation of these two Young Ladies, and the reputation of the Royal Family wouldn’t sound good either.

In the Linjiang Pavilion of the Third Prince’s Mansion, Xia Yuhang sat in the pavilion, picked up the wine pot in his hand, poured a cup for himself, and also poured a cup for the empty wine cup opposite. He leisurely picked up the cup beside him, put it to his lips, took a sip, his handsome eyes drooped, unable to see any joy or anger.

“Yuhang, what’s going on? You seem to be in a bad mood today. Why isn’t this Second Miss of the Duke’s Mansion to your liking?” The Third Prince came back after finishing his sword practice, put the sword in his hand to the guard, took the towel and wiped his sweat, walked in with big strides, and sat down on the seat opposite Xia Yuhang, picked up the wine, and drank it all in one gulp, and couldn’t help but exclaim: “Good wine.”

“Your Highness, do you know that the imperial edict for the marriage has already been issued today?” Xia Yuhang looked up and asked with a smile.

“What? Didn’t we say we still needed to see the situation? How did Father Emperor suddenly issue the imperial edict?” Ao Mingyu’s hand paused on the table, and he restrained the smile on his face, and asked.

Ao Mingyu clearly knew that the reason why Father Emperor had delayed the imperial edict bestowing the marriage was to investigate these people who were to be bestowed marriage, to see if there was anything else, and knowing more about their backgrounds was always better.

“I heard that the Emperor’s personnel encountered some matters in some aspects, and they were momentarily flustered. And Noble Consort and Consort Shu and the Empress, I don’t know why they went to ask the Emperor to bestow the marriage together. Everything was crammed together. The Emperor was furious, but he still had people go and bestow the marriage.”

Xia Yuhang’s words were vague, and these words were quite jumpy. The matters seemed to have not too much connection, but Ao Mingyu clearly understood, put down the wine cup in his hand, and looked at Xia Yuhang solemnly: “News from the palace?”

“Yes, news from the palace, just when Your Highness was just now practicing sword.” Xia Yuhang nodded calmly.

“Bang” The wine cup in his hand was heavily smashed on the ground, the strong fragrance of wine spilled all over, but the wine cup was smashed to pieces: “The previous matter had an accident, didn’t we say there was still time to scheme? How in just a moment, the imperial edict was issued, what does Mother Consort think, she even went to ask for the imperial edict bestowing the marriage.”

Ao Mingyu gritted his teeth and said hatefully, he couldn’t imagine that his own Mother Consort had pulled his leg, how could he not be angry.

“Perhaps what happened before, someone revealed it to Noble Consort, Noble Consort was worried that Your Highness and Prince Yi would clash, so she suddenly asked for the imperial edict.” Xia Yuhang calmly analyzed, and there was a lot of order in his words.

“Clash with Ao Chenyi?” Ao Mingyu coldly snorted and said, “It’s not just me who clashes with him, but also Father Emperor. How does Mother Consort not understand, it’s not about whether there’s one more woman or not, as long as Father Emperor still wants me to inherit the throne, there is no possibility of compromise between me and Ao Chenyi.”

Ao Mingyu said angrily, his raised eye corners jumped, and he said loudly.

“Your Highness, please lower your voice, no matter what, as of today, she will be your uncle’s wife, and she has no relationship with Your Highness anymore, Your Highness still needs to be calm.” Xia Yuhang pondered.

“Hmph, Ao Chenyi’s wife?” Although Ao Mingyu’s voice was lowered a few points, he still sneered, “If it wasn’t for Ning Yuling, that fool, it would have been Ning Xueyan who had the accident at that time, I originally wanted to hide her after she entered your mansion, and I wouldn’t believe what Ao Chenyi could do, but she was actually ruined by that stupid woman.”

As soon as he thought of how he was just a little bit away from succeeding, Ao Mingyu was furious and wanted to tear Ning Yuling apart. Thinking of that stupid and despicable woman, Ao Mingyu felt that he looked down on her from the bottom of his heart, it was rare that he wanted to put her to use, but she was good, she even took the killing blow, and killed Ning Xueyan, and in the end she caused so many matters.

Although he didn’t know what exactly happened in here, but it was certain that Ning Yuling had done some small tricks in it. As soon as he thought that it was because of this reason that he had failed, Ao Mingyu felt that Ning Yuling, this Bitch, was his bad luck star. If Ning Yuling was not Xia Yuhang’s Concubine now, he might really have had someone assassinate her to vent his anger.

“Your Highness, the matters have all passed, no matter how you think about it, it’s useless. Next, the matters of the future, we’ll talk about them later. If there’s no Prince Yi, then Ning Xueyan will…” Xia Yuhang elegantly reached out and picked up the wine cup, and took a sip very naturally.

Listen to the words, and understand the meaning. Ao Mingyu was also a smart person, his complexion slowly calmed down, and he even revealed a slight smile.

The servant changed the wine cup and poured the wine again. After taking a sip, there was a bit more meaning in his expression, and he nodded at Xia Yuhang, expressing his agreement.

Prince Yi’s Mansion was recently undergoing construction. It was said that it was because of Prince Yi’s upcoming wedding. Whatever was needed in the garden, rebuilding or whatever, all needed to be tidied up again, so they couldn’t let the new Princess Consort have any opinions.

Ao Chenyi was sitting in the pavilion. Most of the long gauze that was floating was tied up, only a few strands were left floating in the wind, adding a bit of elegance.

Ao Chenyi leaned casually on a couch, casually listening to the subordinates’ reports. His handsome and bewitching eyes were half-closed, revealing a languid and casual air.

“Prince, according to your instructions, it has already been done, and the imperial edict has already been issued.”

“Mmm, no flaws were revealed?”

“No, everyone knows that Noble Consort Ya doesn’t like the Third Highness and you directly clashing. Wanting to compete with you is still courting death. Of course, Noble Consort Ya wouldn’t say these words to the Emperor, otherwise the Third Highness’s status in the Emperor’s eyes will definitely plummet.”

“That’s good, then don’t provoke the Emperor’s anger next. Always this King is getting married, let him also live a peaceful life. As for whether he wants to live peacefully, it depends on his thoughts. This King will comfortably get married first, this is a major event that concerns this King’s whole life, it can’t be careless,”

“Yes, this subordinate is currently arranging matters in the courtyard. Does Prince have any other requests?” Looking at Prince Yi, who rarely revealed a contented expression on his face, the report became more relaxed.

“There are no requests for the time being.” Ao Chenyi rested his face on his hand and said languidly.

What are the requests for the time being? The secret guard was dazed: “Does Prince mean to change it after the Princess Consort enters the door?”

“We’ll see, this matter is not urgent.” Ao Chenyi shook his hand, “Recently, restrain all the actions. The Embroidered Uniform Guard can release some wind, and the matter of the Ning Residence in Jiangnan, let the fourth one also listen to it, so as not to always fall behind the third one, and be always dragged behind by the third one.”

“Yes, this subordinate will go and do it now.” The secret guard understood.

“Remember not to make the actions too big. We are gathering personnel here, don’t move for the time being. Outside is so chaotic, they are fighting among themselves, it has nothing to do with the outsiders.”

“Yes, this subordinate understands.”