Chapter 283: The eldest son of the emperor
Chapter 283 The eldest son of the emperor
Ye Mingjin was the first to ask: "Second brother, where is my aunt? Why isn't my aunt with you?"
Ye Mingqin cupped his hands towards Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Qian and said, "Grandma, I'm a little tired and will rest in the outer courtyard.
Grandma, Aniang, this is a big deal, Qingyan was not born to the eldest aunt, but to the younger aunt, the eldest son of the emperor, born to the empress.
The emperor summoned Aunt Zai into the palace to confirm this matter.
The aunt said, let grandma and grandma make preparations. The emperor’s imperial edict will arrive in a while, so everyone should prepare to receive it. "
Ye Mingqin is a slow-tempered person. When big things come to him, he will deal with them slowly and calmly.
The people present were petrified on the spot after hearing Ye Mingqin's words. They looked at Ye Mingqin blankly and couldn't recover for a long time.
Ye Mingqin saw everyone looking at him blankly and said, "I was shocked when I heard what my aunt said just now. Although I don't understand why Ziqin is not my aunt's child but my sister's child, this matter is very important to our family." It’s also a happy event.”
Mrs. Qin came to her senses, shook off Mrs. Qian's hand, and walked out, "I'll go ask Sister Shan what's going on?"
Mrs. Qian hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, hold on to grandma."
After saying that, Mrs. Qian turned around and ordered the maid next to her: "Go and take my official uniform from the old lady and bring it to the outer courtyard."
The maid received the order and turned around to get her official uniform.
Mrs. Qin went to the outer courtyard to see Mrs. Ye and asked, "Sister Shan, why did Ziqin become Yi'er's child?"
Mrs. Ye started from when Lu Ziqin sent Gu Huayu back to Wutong Lane and met Wei Ruo in Wutong Lane, until she picked up Lu Ziqin at Tutu Temple.
As soon as Madam Ye finished explaining the matter, a servant came to report, "Old Madam, madam, the imperial edict has arrived, and we are ready to receive it."
Mrs. Qian ordered: "Set up the incense case, open the middle door, and prepare to receive the order."
The maidservant and mother-in-law hurriedly served Mrs. Qin while Mrs. Qian changed her clothes.
Subsequently, Mrs. Qin led Duke Chengguo up and down on his knees to receive the imperial edict.
Because Mrs. Ye was instrumental in saving the emperor's eldest son, the emperor granted Mrs. Ye the title of first-grade imperial concubine and rewarded her with thousands of taels of gold, silk, jade, and precious stones.
The Duke of Chengguo will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor's eldest son.
Appointed Ye Minghao as the chief historian of the Prince of Qin's Palace and took office immediately.
At the same time, the British government also received an imperial edict, thanking the British government for raising the eldest son of the emperor, and rewarded him with a thousand taels of gold.
The British Duke's family received the imperial edict. If they received a bolt from the blue, everyone was stunned. The British Duke even forgot to get up to receive the edict.
Send off the chamberlain who announced the decree, the British Duke, Mrs. Yang, Lu Dingning, Mrs. Li, and Lu Zixun gathered together in the main hall for a rare occasion.
Lu Dingning said in disbelief: "Isn't Ziqin the sister-in-law's child? How did he become the eldest son of the emperor?"
Lu Zixun pouted and said, "It's good now. The prince has been planning something for many years, and it seems that it will fail miserably."
Mrs. Yang looked at the British Duke and sneered: "How about the Duke still counting on that villain to help the prince? Is the result satisfactory to the Duke?"
The British Duke glanced sideways at Mrs. Yang, stood up, and said, "I'm going to see the prince to discuss matters."
Mrs. Yang asked angrily: "Which prince are you looking for? King Qin or the wise king?"
The British Duke ignored Old Man Yang and turned around to open the door.
Lu Dingning looked at Mrs. Yang and said, "My father would feel uncomfortable if something like this happened. Why would my mother bother to ridicule my father?"
"Taunting him? He deserves it." The old lady said coldly. If he had listened to her, would he have survived to this day?
Lu Zixun took over the words, "Grandma is right, grandpa just asked for it. However, the eldest aunt is too timid. She picked up a child and came back as his legitimate son, and deceived us for more than 20 years. That's it. ?”
Li Shi sneered and said: "No, what else can be done? What Ye picked up was a dragon species, the eldest son of the emperor. The emperor directly named him King of Qin. Do you know what King Qin means?"
“What does it mean?” Lu Zixun asked in confusion.
Li Shi looked at Lu Zixun and said angrily: "The emperor was the King of Qin before he ascended the throne. What do you think it means?"
Lu Zixun looked at Mrs. Li and said, "What do you mean, the emperor intends to pass the throne to King Qin? Then aren't the work of the prince and the empress in vain?"
Lu Dingning lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then raised his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, what do you know? The country, the country, the country, is related to all aspects, are you making arrogant comments?"
Ms. Li glanced at Lu Dingning, raised the corners of her mouth, smiled contemptuously, lowered her head and stopped talking.
Lu Zixun retorted: "Is this a false comment? After all, Lu Ziqin has also been living in the British government for more than twenty years. We have raised him, so we can't talk about him anymore?"
Mrs. Yang couldn't see that Li and Lu Zixun were targeting Lu Zining. She lowered her face and said to Lu Zixun: "There is no ethics at all. Who taught you to talk to your father like this? You have children under your knees, and you still have such no rules in what you say and do!" "
Lu Zixun lowered his head and did not dare to answer any more words.
The atmosphere in the room was tense. Lu Dingning smiled awkwardly, stood up and leaned towards Mrs. Yang and said, "Mom, my son has an appointment, so he won't be at home for dinner."
Seeing that Lu Dingning was about to leave, Lu Zixun also stood up and said, "Grandma, my grandson also made an appointment."
Li called Lu Zixun to stop and wanted him to stop fooling around.
Before Mr. Li could say anything, Mr. Yang said: "In a man's family, socializing outside is indispensable. Zixun is already an adult. You don't need to tie Zixun too tightly."
Ms. Li was dissatisfied, lowered her head and said nothing.
Old Mrs. Yang looked at Mrs. Li and said to Grandma Wang, "Let's go back too."
Mrs. Yang returned to Rong'an Hall. Grandma Wang sent the servants out and asked: "Old Madam, let's..."
Old Madam Yang glanced sideways at Grandma Wang and said angrily: "Why are you panicking?"
"Sixth Master is now the King of Qin. Will he investigate those things? I am worried..."
Mrs. Yang glared at Grandma Wang and said: "Look at you, you have no future at all. How many years have passed since those things happened? The **** people are all dead, what can he find? What do you have to worry about? ?”
Mother Wang was not at ease after hearing what Mrs. Yang said, "What I am worried about is not the past, I am worried about the eldest lady. When the eldest lady gets better, she will definitely investigate..."
Mrs. Yang frowned slightly and said after a moment of silence: "Even if Dr. Hu detects the poison, she has no evidence to prove that we did it."
"But…"
Mrs. Yang said impatiently: "Okay, don't wait, let's go see if dinner is ready, and ask the kitchen to add a few more dishes. I got a reward from the emperor today, so I should improve the food for everyone."
Grandma Wang bowed her knees and left the room.
The British Duke came out of the palace and took Du Bin to the Xianwang Mansion by car.
The wise king received the report from his servants and immediately went to the palace to find Concubine De to make up his mind.
The British Duke failed and turned around to look for the king in Zhongshu Province.
The king received the emperor's summons and also went to the palace, but the British duke was once again in vain.
Du Bin asked: "Master Guo, where should we go next? Back to our hometown?"
The British Duke didn't want to go back home, so he shook his head and said, "Let's go to the teahouse for a meeting."
Du Binqian persuaded: "My lord, there are many people in the teahouse talking about different things. I am afraid that this matter has already spread in the teahouse..."
The British Council came over and said helplessly: "Go back home."
Just as Du Bin was about to instruct the driver to drive the carriage, a waiter wearing the clothes of Jingbo Tea House came over and said, "Master Guo, our boss has a treat."
Du Bin looked at the British Duke, "Your Majesty..."
The British Duke looked at the waiter and said, "Lead the way!"
The waiter took the British businessman to Jingbo Tea House and went straight to the second floor.
Du Bin wanted to follow, but was stopped by someone.
The British Duke ordered: "Just wait downstairs."
Du Bin bowed down and watched the British Duke disappear around the corner of the stairs.
One after another imperial edicts were sent out from the Qianqing Palace, and the capital was boiling with the edicts being sent out one after another.
After King Qi, Li Cheng and Li Tao had lunch at Huixian Tower, the three of them stood in front of the window and looked at Dechang Bank and talked.
Li Chengdao: "Dechang Bank is the property of Princess Yanran. Princess Yanran's adoptive father is Gu Dechang, and the bank is named after Mr. Gu."
“Wow!” King Qi shook his folding fan and said with a smile: “Hua Yanran is like a mystery, making me more and more curious.”
Li Cheng smiled and said: "The princess is indeed very mysterious. I have seen her several times, and every time, the princess is different. It is really hard to see through."
“Is there anything you can’t see through? I’ve met Xiaoyu many times. She’s always straight forward, without twists and turns, and she’s very sincere to people..."
Before Li Tao finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
The three of them turned to look at the door, and King Qi said: "Come in!"
Sun Ning pushed the door open and reported in a panic: "Sir, something big has happened!"
King Qi put away his folding fan, frowned and asked, "Why are you so flustered?"
Sun Ning leaned forward and said, "I just received a tip. Master Lu Liu and Princess Yanran brought a woman into the palace. Eunuch Gao personally went to the palace gate to welcome the woman in. Not long after these three people entered, someone from the emperor's side came by the way. People went to Chengguo Palace to bring Mrs. Ye into the palace."
King Qi frowned even more and asked, "Have you found out? What are Lu Liu and Yan Ran doing in the palace?"
Sun Ning shook his head and said, "Master, our people can't enter the Qianqing Palace. We don't know what happened in the Qianqing Palace."
King Qi turned his hands behind his back twice and said, "Let's go explore again and see why they entered the palace."
Sun Ning bowed down and exited the door.
After Sun Ning left, King Qi circled around the room. After two circles, he looked up at Li Cheng and said, "Brother Cheng, do you think Lu Liu went to the palace to ask his father to grant him a marriage?"
Li Cheng shook his head, "I don't know."
Li Tao said: "Impossible!"
“Why is it impossible?” King Qi asked.
“Yes, why is it impossible?” Li Cheng asked.
"Xiaoyu said that her revenge has not been avenged and she will not talk about marriage."
King Qi and Li Cheng looked at each other quickly, "The great revenge has not been avenged? Yanran is investigating the Hua family's case?"
Li Tao nodded. Seeing the expressions of King Qi and his brother, he suddenly realized that he had talked too much.
King Qi then asked: "Do you know what progress has been made on Yanran's side?"
Li Tao shook his head and said, "Back to the prince, I only know that Xiaoyu is checking, but I don't know her progress."
King Qi still wanted to ask questions, but he saw Wei Tian pushing the door open and saying hurriedly: "Sir, something big has happened. The Qianqing Palace has issued many imperial edicts one after another."
"Imperial edict? What edict? To whom is it given?"
Wei Tian replied: "It's for the Duke of Chengguo, the Duke of England, Mrs. Ye, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Industry, and also for the Qintian Supervisor."
Li Cheng asked solemnly: "What happened? Why did the emperor issue so many imperial edicts?"
Wei Tian said: "It is said that we have found the eldest son of the emperor who was born to the queen."
“What?” the three people in the room exclaimed.
Wei Tian told everyone what he had found out.
After hearing this, King Qi said to Li Cheng and Li Tao: "You two go back first, and I will go into the palace to see my mother and concubine."
Li Cheng nodded, "Your Majesty, go quickly and don't worry about us."
The King of Qi immediately left the house, got in the car and went straight to the palace.
In the imperial study room, the emperor explained everything that came to his mind one by one, and said: "Do as I arranged first. Whatever is needed later, I will make up for it when the time comes."
Eunuch Gao bowed and said, "Old slave, I understand."
The emperor turned to look at Ziqin and said, "Ziqin is coming with me."
Ziqin bowed and said, "Okay!"
The emperor led Ziqin to the side hall, which is where the emperor usually rests.
The emperor sat down on the dragon couch, pointed to the brocade stool beside him, and motioned for Ziqin to sit down.
After Ziqin thanked him for his kindness, he sat down on the brocade stool.
The emperor raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for Ziqin. Ziqin was so frightened that he leaned over again and again, "Father, you can't help me!"
The emperor smiled and said: "I am not a tiger, we are father and son, you don't have to be so reserved. How we, father and son, got along in the past, how we will get along in the future."
Ziqin bowed and thanked him and said, "My son, I have written it down."
The emperor picked up the tea cup and sipped the tea, and then said: "Although no one has lived in the Qin Prince's Mansion for more than 20 years, there are always guards and people clean it regularly, and the house is repaired every year. Occasionally, I will go there. Sit down.
I have given an order to the Ministry of Works. Over there, someone should go over to check it out by now, and you can move in directly. "
Ziqin felt warm in his heart as he watched the emperor explain everything in detail, just like how his uncle and aunt usually told Minghao to be diligent.
“Thank you, Father, I understand.”
The emperor continued: "Over at Prince Qin's Mansion, Wei Ruo will be watching over you, so you can rest assured."
If Wei is someone close to your mother and is extremely loyal, you can feel free to use her.
I will let Lai Shun and Lai Wang come over and listen to your orders.
Laishun and Laiwang were both trained by Gao Lin, and they are very careful in their work. With Ru'an Ruxuan and others around you, you should have enough people to handle them.
I asked Ming Hao to go to the palace to write a long history for you. You are cousins, so Ming Hao will naturally plan everything for you.
Furthermore, I asked Ruan Chu, the third son of General Weiyuan, to be the commander of the guards of the Qin Palace. Ruan Chu was very skilled and was the number one scholar in the last martial arts examination.
Weiyuan General Ruan Jinsong is my good friend. Back then, Jinsong and Hua Ling and I were the best friends. When the three of us got together, we always had endless things to say.
Ruan Chu is now the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi Camp. I wonder if you are familiar with him? "
Lu Ziqin said: "Back to my father, I have spent a lot of time traveling abroad in recent years and have not had much contact with the children of the aristocratic families in the capital. I have heard of Ruan Chu, but I am not familiar with him."
(End of this chapter)