allonlinenovel Chapter 668: The Crown Prince is about to ascend the throne
Chapter 668: The Crown Prince is about to ascend the throne
After hearing this, Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining went to see Princess Chang'an with relief.
When the eldest princess heard this, she knelt on the ground, kowtowed to everyone, and said resolutely: "Grandson thanks the royal grandfather and the royal grandmother."
"...Zhao Jia, farewell to Zhou Song."
After that, she turned and left.
Shili Hongzhuang gradually withdrew from Kyoto and headed towards Yongzhou in a mighty manner.
After Princess Chang'an left, Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining felt that the mansion seemed empty.
For a long time, everyone in the Ninth Prince's Mansion was unhappy.
But next, even if they were unhappy, they had to cheer up and prepare for things.
The prince is about to ascend the throne. The emperor has already issued a decree, telling the ministers in the court that he wants the prince to inherit the throne.
The ministers in the court had actually known about this matter in advance, but they were not surprised. Instead, they began to prepare to welcome the new emperor.
The day before the crown prince ascended the throne, the queen specially called Chen Zhining and the crown princess to the palace to talk to them about things.
The Queen is in Fengning Palace at this moment. Zijuan and Daiyu have already tidied up the entire Fengning Palace. After that, the Crown Princess will move into the Fengning Palace directly.
Zijuan and Daiyu had nothing to do at this time, so they followed the queen and served her obediently.
The Queen said kindly to Zijuan and Daiyu, "The wife of the Ninth Palace and the Crown Princess will be here soon. They will not treat you two palace maids harshly."
"If you two have any requests, you can tell me. I will tell the Crown Princess and the ninth wife and ask them to arrange a position for you as a female official, or... an undemanding position in the palace. Or you can follow me out of the palace."
The Queen said clearly to Zijuan and Daiyu: "I do not intend to be the Queen Mother like the Queen Mother."
"After the Emperor and I abdicate, we will go traveling."
They don't have many years left to live, so it would be better for them to see more of what the world looks like.
Hearing this, Zijuan and Daiyu kowtowed to the queen and said, "Queen, we are all willing to serve you together. Let's go out of the palace together."
"Then you should think carefully. If you all go outside the palace, I'm afraid... you won't be as wealthy as you are in the palace."
"Inside the palace, you can get whatever you want, but outside the palace, you can only eat what you want."
However, the emperor and the empress also have money in their pockets. After all, the emperor and the empress are the supreme rulers and the mothers of a country. How could they not have money in their pockets?
But the level of these days may gradually decline.
Zijuan and Daiyu said quickly, "Zijuan and Daiyu have been with the Empress for many years, and have received many gifts from the servants. We have already informed the Empress, and you know about it. You asked us to accept them, so we put them in our pockets."
"At least now, the two of us have a total of 1,800 taels of silver in our pockets."
"With this silver, there is no need for the Queen Mother and His Majesty to give us silver. We can use this silver to travel around the mountains and rivers."
Hearing this, the queen smiled, nodded warmly and said, "You two are both good children. But it is definitely not okay for you to spend your own money to follow us and serve us."
How could the emperor and empress be so shameless?
The Queen immediately said to Zijuan and Daiyu with a smile: "If you are willing, then you can follow me, and we will all go out later."
"Fengning Palace will be left to the Crown Princess from now on."
"Also, the Empress Dowager's palace will be upgraded to the residence of the Grand Empress Dowager. Remember to have your subordinates clean up that place in advance, and have the others change their titles."
Zijuan and Daiyu nodded quickly and said, "We understand, Queen."
Not long after, Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess came to the palace.
Zijuan and Daiyu served the queen in the palace. Of course, they were the only ones in the palace.
When the Crown Princess enters Fengning Palace, they will select a new group of palace maids from the Eastern Palace, and will also select a group from Fengning Palace.
All the palace maids in Fengning Palace were dismissed by the Queen.
Anyway, the Queen let all those who were able to leave the palace leave, except Zijuan and Daiyu, who were promoted by the Queen herself. So the Queen was unwilling to let them go, but specifically asked them if they wanted to stay with her.
Zijuan and Daiyu bowed to the Crown Princess and Chen Zhining: "Ninth Prince's Consort, Crown Princess."
Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess both nodded. They stepped forward and said, a little exhausted, "The Eastern Palace has too many affairs to attend to. The staff there are fighting for a position. They all said that they used to work as staff in the Eastern Palace and discussed state affairs, but they did a lot of good things. I wonder what kind of position His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will arrange for them."
"...Oh my God, the throne has not yet been decided, and now they are fighting over the official positions in the future."
"The Crown Princess and I went there once, and we managed to stop the fight with great difficulty."
Both Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess were helpless.
Looking at the helplessness on their faces, the queen almost laughed out loud.
The Queen smiled at the two of them and said, "Ah, these ministers are just like that... It was the same when the Emperor first ascended the throne."
"However, when the emperor ascended the throne, it was not as smooth as the crown prince's ascension."
The Queen did not tell Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess about what happened, as she did not want to ruin their mood.
The Queen just smiled and said to Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess: "The future of the country will depend on you."
"With you in Zhou Song, this palace and the emperor are very relieved."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhining and the Crown Princess smiled and said, "Father and Mother, you can go without any worries."
"We will definitely take good care of Song Jiangshan this week."
The Crown Princess turned her head to look at Chen Zhining helplessly, and said to Chen Zhining: "Father and mother will travel around the world in the future. We also want to travel around the world, alas."
But the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince, one is the emperor and the other is the empress, how can they travel around the world?
For example, the queen had gone to Yongzhou before to visit Jiang Zhao, and this time she was talked about by the ministers in the court.
Then, she would definitely be trapped in the deep palace with the emperor for a long time.
It is also possible that when Wenle succeeds to the throne, he can go out for a stroll with the prince and go wherever he wants.
The Crown Princess was a little envious of Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining have given birth to so many babies, and now each of them can be independent and self-reliant, and they don’t have any problems.
After they are done with the preparations for the crown prince's ascension to the throne, Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining will then be busy raising their children and choosing marriages for them one by one, and then they can travel around the world.
They really envied Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining.
When Chen Zhining heard this, he quickly stepped forward to comfort the Crown Princess: "Oh, when the time comes, you can sneak out of the palace, and I will go in to help you maintain order in the harem."
"Well, this is a good idea."
The Crown Princess nodded and thought this was a good idea.
She immediately said to Chen Zhining: "You must help me in the future, you can't break your promise."
"???" "!!!"
The Queen was listening to their conversation from the side, stunned, and thought: This Prince's Consort...can she possibly help the Crown Princess with her affairs?
But if the Crown Princess is so magnanimous, then it seems possible.
However, there has never been such a precedent.
But if you don't mind, then it's okay. The Crown Princess is really a broad-minded person.
Alas, I really didn't like the Crown Princess at first. After all, she looked like a little girl of humble origin. But now I feel that...origin doesn't matter at all.
Although the Crown Princess had a poor family background, she was destined to give birth to so many children and become the Crown Princess.
However, when she thought about having children, the queen's heart sank for a moment, and she immediately said to Chen Zhining, "By the way, what did His Highness Ping An say before? We, the Zhou Song royal family, cannot not have children."
For example, the princes and princesses of the Zhou and Song royal families, now the Princess Pingnan, the Crown Prince, Jiang Zhao and other legitimate sons and daughters all have children. There are also several princes and princesses, as long as they are born before the Ninth Prince, who are childless.
Since they all had no children, they must be worried. Once they knew the inside story, they would naturally ask the emperor and empress.
The princes after the Ninth Prince, such as Prince Qi and others, have all given birth to children in their palaces.
Everyone is happy that the royal family has expanded, but those people in the past cannot help but have children.
Chen Zhining pondered for a while, then said to the queen: "Mother, I have asked about this matter before, but I forgot to tell you before."
"This poison...now there is a half antidote."
"What does this half dose of antidote mean?"
"It can only reduce the poison by half, which means they can still have children, but it may be more difficult."
“It’s okay if it’s just a little harder.”
"Except Pingnan, the other princesses should also have a child."
"Now that they are older... well, it's time to have a child. Otherwise, if they marry out in the fiefdoms outside, how can they expect their husbands to treat them well?"
The queen has only one daughter, Pingnan, but she is also good to the other princesses, and the other princesses are also very filial to the queen on a daily basis.
The Queen said to Chen Zhining in a gentle voice, "Ping An is a good child and is flexible. Just write a letter and ask Ping An to help get these medicines out."
Chen Zhining said, "This is actually a return gift from the Grand Princess of Chang'an for marrying Loulan. It's what she deserves."
Loulan had been reluctant to put the medicine there before, but Jiang Ping'an insisted on putting the medicine there.
Otherwise, Loulan really wants to keep these medicines in its hands and threaten Loulan to give up the resources.
But Jiang Ping'an didn't do that.
For the sake of Princess Chang'an, he specially returned the medicine as a gift.
The emperor and the empress were quite happy and admired Jiang Ping'an a little.
Jiang Ping'an of Loulan is truly a character. He does not take advantage of the affection for his wife or his previous relationship with the royal families of Zhou and Song to act tyrannically.
This child has a bright future ahead of him.
The emperor and the empress didn't like Jiang Ping'an very much at first, but now they like him very much.
They all happily praised Jiang Ping'an to Chen Zhining and said a lot of good things about Jiang Ping'an to Chen Zhining.
At this time, Chen Zhining vaguely discovered that Jiang Pingan might have done it on purpose.
He knew that if he took it out at this time, the emperor and empress would probably be very grateful to Jiang Ping'an.
So...this kid is really scheming.
But this child really had good intentions, and he knew it in his heart.
Chen Zhining felt a little helpless. Even if he had some ulterior motive, it was only towards his own girl. He just wanted his girl to like him more.
This Jiang Ping'an is really a thoughtful and good man. I feel like he is almost catching up with Jiang Zhao.
Alas, this child... he has worked so hard.
Chen Zhining admired Jiang Ping'an and thought it was a bit amusing, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he told the Queen and the Crown Princess, "After a while, the medicine will be delivered to our royal family. When the time comes, our royal family will gather all the princesses and princes above the Ninth Prince under the pretext of a party, so that we can distribute the antidotes again."
As for those who have given birth, it may not matter whether they take this medicine or not.
For example, the Crown Princess has given birth to a child, so it shouldn’t matter whether she eats it or not.
The Queen even asked the Crown Princess at this time: "Crown Princess, do you want to have another daughter or something?"
The Crown Princess replied, "It is true that I do not have a daughter now, but I do not plan to have one. After all, the affairs of the palace are very busy, so let's wait and see."
"When the prince has new concubines, let them give birth then."
Chen Zhining and the Queen were both stunned when they heard this.
The two of them looked at each other, and Chen Zhining asked hurriedly, "By the way, do you still plan to let the Crown Prince take in new concubines?"
"if not?"
The Crown Princess waved her hand and smiled reluctantly, "How can I have the final say on this matter?"
"After all, I don't have any family background, and I got the title of a princess for nothing. Then the ministers below... will definitely stuff concubines into the prince's palace."
"Besides, didn't the prince have concubines in his palace before? Let's at least confer titles on them one by one."