"Your…Your Majesty, The…The Preceptor is here!”Little Li Zi's magical voice rang out. His voice was majestic, as if he had seen a wolf of fortune.
The two of them, who were at the critical moment, were stunned when they heard that the rapist had arrived. Oh, no, the thief had arrived. Ouyang Xu's handsome brows furrowed slightly as he sped up his movements. After 15 minutes, he finally released all his strength. He laid limply beside Yuan Zinuo, panting heavily.
Yuan Zinuo was still not fully awake and was in a daze. Because she was too tired, she quickly fell asleep and completely forgot about her father who was still outside the door.
Ouyang Xu saw that Yuan Zinuo had fallen asleep, so he gently covered her with a blanket. He got up and put on his clothes before walking to the study.
Seeing Qi Yunru standing with her hands behind her back, her anger was ready to be unleashed. She tidied her clothes and slowly walked to Qi Yunru's side. She bowed and said," Greetings, Father-in-law!"”
"Ouyang Xu, I can already warn you that before you get married, you're not allowed to touch Xiao Nuo again. You ignored it, right?”Qi Yunru turned her head and glared at him. She gritted her teeth and roared.
"Father-in-law, I know I was wrong. However, my willpower is too weak. I can't help it when I see Xiao Nuo, so I hope Father-in-law can understand!”Sigh, for the sake of his future happiness, he could only swallow his anger. A real man could yield and stand firm. It was nothing to bow down to his father-in-law.
Qi Yunru was originally filled with anger and was about to explode. Who knew that Ouyang Xu would admit his mistake as soon as he arrived, so he could not flare up anymore. He held it in for a long time but did not say a word. In the end, he could only glare at Ouyang Xu and kill him with his eyes.
"Little Li, why aren't you serving the tea?" Seeing that Qi Yunru was angry and could not vent her anger, Ouyang Xu knew that he had passed the test. He quickly glared at Little Li.
Little Li was very clever. He immediately nodded and bowed." Yes, yes. I'll go now!"”
"Father-in-law, please sit!" Ouyang Xu raised his hand and made a standard inviting gesture.
Qi Yunru's anger had subsided quite a bit. No matter what, Ouyang Xu was still the ruler of a country. For him to bow down and admit his mistake and be so polite to him, it was enough to show that he treated his daughter sincerely. No matter how much anger he had, it was gone." Call Xiao Nuo out. I'll bring her home!"”
"She's asleep. Now that she's even more exposed, let her rest here!”When Ouyang Xu saw Little Li bring tea over, he quickly took it and personally handed it to Qi Yunru." It's cold outside. Father-in-law, please have some tea!"”
"No need, I'll go back first!" Qi Yunru waved her hand and looked at Ouyang Xu earnestly." I know that you two love each other. I'm not against you two being together, but your identities are different. If you really care about her, you should restrain yourself. The incident from last time is now spreading like wildfire in the Saint Capital and has a huge impact on Xiao Nuo's reputation. In the future, those who oppose it can use this matter as a topic to stop you from becoming an empress. Besides, what if you get pregnant? Do you want your child to live the rest of his life as an illegitimate child?”
Ouyang Xu was stunned. Although Yuan Zinuo had said that they didn't want children for the time being, they didn't use any contraceptives these two times. He couldn't bear to let her drink those messy things. Perhaps she already had a baby in her stomach. He really didn't think too much about her." Father-in-law, don't worry. These few days, I've already been planning to make her the empress. Very soon, we'll be able to be together officially!”
"Tell me your plan!" This matter concerned his daughter's happiness. He could no longer stand by and do nothing, so he was prepared to take the initiative.
After that, the two of them talked for a long time. The current situation in the court seemed to be in a stalemate, but it was not seamless. If they wanted these people to agree to make Yuan Zinuo the empress, they only needed to oppose each other. As long as they did not stand on the same front, they could be disintegrated.
The weather was good the next day. The sun rose early in the morning, shining brightly on the bright yellow sky of the Heavenly Wilderness Palace.
Ouyang Xu sat on the dragon throne. His dragon robe was dignified and noble. He looked at the people below calmly." Dear ministers, what do you think of the three candidates I mentioned just now?”
"Reporting to Sage Emperor, this lowly subject feels that Princess Wan Hua is gentle and intelligent, and has outstanding talent. She is the best candidate for the position of empress!”A follower of the Feng Clan stood out first.
"I feel that Miss Nangong is more suitable to be the empress of my Hanyu dynasty. Miss Nangong is capable of both literature and martial arts, and has a good reputation in the capital.”The people from the Nangong Family immediately stood up to object.
"Princess Wan Hua is just a fake talented woman. Yesterday, at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet in the Great Sima's residence, Miss Qi Yun squeezed the audience and won first place in poetry, calligraphy, zither, and singing and dancing. Only such a woman is worthy of being the empress of my Hanyu dynasty!”After last night's discussion, Qi Yunru visited a few neutral officials. They were overwhelmed by the Imperial Advisor's visit and all of them agreed readily. Today, they stood up to speak up for Yuan Zinuo.
After that, the three sides argued. The entire court became a market. You said your food was good, and I said mine was good.
"Silence!" Ouyang Xu impatiently stopped this meaningless quarrel, and everyone immediately fell silent. "You only talk about how good these young ladies are. Are they really that good? I don't think so. How about this, everyone will vote by secret, write down the shortcomings and strengths of the three young ladies, as well as the reason why you support her. Then, I will see which young lady is more suitable!”
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed. The Feng and Nangong families had the majority of supporters, while Qi Yun Zinuo only had a few supporters. This was basically excluding Qi Yun Zinuo.
However, Feng Jin Mo, Nangong Yong, and a few other intelligent people understood that this method was the most disadvantageous to Feng Wanhua and Nangong Zijuan. Those who supported Feng Wanhua would definitely try their best to slander Nangong Zijuan. After all, Nangong Zijuan was her biggest opponent, and so were those who supported her. In this way, Qi Yun Zinuo would be the final winner. However, if they didn't support their own people and instead supported the other party's people, Qi Yun Zi Nuo would be the biggest beneficiary. Today, things had happened too suddenly. They had no time to plan in private. It was impossible for both sides to reach a consensus and oppose Qi Yun Zinuo together. Therefore, they had lost this round.
After the voting ended, the result was as expected. Ouyang Xu held the voting papers and a victorious smile hung on his lips." It turns out that Princess Wan Hua and Miss Nangong have so many shortcomings. How can such people be the Empress of the Hanyu Dynasty? Miss Qi Yun, on the other hand, is talented and has few shortcomings. En, since most people support Miss Qi Yun, then I have decided to make Miss Qi Yun the Empress!”
"Sage Emperor!" Nangong Yong was unconvinced and stood up. Just as he was about to say something, Qi Yunru stood up.
"I accept your decree!" Qi Yunru kowtowed in thanks, causing those who wanted to object to retreat.
After all, the Imperial Advisor was the Imperial Advisor and had a very high prestige among the people. If they openly opposed and offended the Imperial Advisor, they would definitely lose the hearts of the people. Moreover, the Qi Yun family had deep roots and Qi Yun Zinuo was the Di daughter. No matter if it was her family background, appearance, or talent, she was impeccable. It was perfectly justifiable for her to enter the palace. They could only admit defeat in this situation.
"Sage Emperor, what about Princess Wanhua and Miss Nangong?”One of the ministers still did not give up. Even if these two could not become the empress, they could still enter the palace as concubines. As long as they entered the palace, everything was possible.
"Now that the empress has been decided, there are already four concubines. Wan Hua Junzhu and Miss Nangong have noble statuses, so Zhen cannot mistreat them. Therefore, Zhen has decided to confer Wan Hua Junzhu as Princess Wan Hua, and Miss Nangong as Princess Ping Le.”Now was not the time to fall out with the two families, so giving them a suitable reward was the best way to stabilize them.
"Thank you, Sage Emperor!" Feng Jinmo and Nangong Yong couldn't say anything more. The title of princess was already extremely honorable, and it was even from the first grade. It was equivalent to the royal family giving birth to a princess. Thus, they kowtowed to thank him.
The imperial edict shocked the world, especially when Qi Yunru had rejected the marriage proposals of many young masters and publicly announced that she would hold a groom selection ceremony on the day of Qi Yunzi's promise. Now, the Sage Emperor had just issued an edict to marry the legitimate daughter of the Qi Yun family. Ximen Tingxue and the others immediately wrote a letter to express their opposition, and some even went straight to the Qi Yun family to demand an explanation from Qi Yunru.
All of this was within expectations. Qi Yunru did not see anyone who came to cause trouble, Ouyang Xu rejected all the memorials, and Yuan Zinuo hid in Phoenix Return Restaurant and drank tea peacefully.
The coronation ceremony was set to be held on the 18th of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival. Qi Yunru had calculated that it would be an auspicious day. Therefore, Qi Yun's family and the Ministry of Rites were extremely busy. One was busy preparing the dowry, and the other was preparing for everything related to the coronation ceremony.
After the new Emperor accepted the throne, Ouyang Xu granted amnesty to the world. As long as they were not heinous criminals, their sentences would be reduced. Shangguan Yi's family had only embezzled some military pay, and Ouyang Xu released them with a decree. Ouyang Xu had his own selfish motives. Shangguan Yi was a proud man, and he would never willingly work for him. Now that all their family property had been confiscated, Nangong Yong was still charged with corruption even though the death penalty had been exempted. He would never use him again. He could only clear his family's name by following Ouyang Xu, and he could seek a future for himself and his beloved. Therefore, he would definitely work for Ouyang Xu with all his heart.
Yuan Zinuo sat on the balcony of the small building, savoring the top-grade snow sprout that Ouyang Xu had sent over leisurely.
"Miss, Princess Ping Le is here!" Chu Xiao came behind Yuan Zinuo and reported.
"Please!" Since Shangguan Yi was released, Nangong Zijuan would definitely come. Yuan Zinuo was not surprised at all.
"Yes, sir!" Chu Xiao had followed Yuan Zinuo for so long and already understood that although her master looked sloppy on the surface, he was actually deep in thought. Previously, she was still a little dissatisfied, but now, she was sincerely subservient.
After a while, the sound of clothes rustling came closer. Yuan Zinuo knew that Nangong Zijuan had come, but she didn't get up. She raised her hand and gestured for her to sit." Please sit!"”
Nangong Zijuan was now a princess. Wherever she went, there would be a bunch of servants. On the surface, it was to show off, but in fact, it was the people sent by her father to monitor her. Especially those old nannies, they had never left her side. When they arrived here, they were blocked outside the door. Who asked her to be the future Empress? Those old nannies could only stand outside the door resentfully.
"You're still the one with the most face. We finally got rid of those tails!”Nangong Zijuan looked down at the obedient old nannies and felt extremely pleased.
"En, so you're not happy being a princess!”Yuan Zinuo also took a few glances at those arrogant old nannies who were being lectured by Chu Xiao until they were unwilling. The corners of her lips curled into a mocking smile.
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