Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 275 Hosting
The Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother took Li Qiang and Lin Daiyu to worship the ancestors of Daqian in Baoling Palace. The Supreme Emperor whispered about Li Qiang.

The three princes standing in the row behind had their eyes fixed on Jia Qiang's back.

They have never seen such a kind Emperor. In the past, they often heard people mention the favor of the Emperor to Jia Qiang. Today they finally saw it with their own eyes, and today Jia Qiang became Li Qiang, and even became Prince Yi Zhong.

Prince Yi Zhong, if they remember correctly, the original Prince Yi Zhong was the orthodox successor of Da Qian, but he only made mistakes that allowed Emperor Jing Wen to take advantage.

The Supreme Emperor conferred the title of Prince Yi Zhong on Li Qiang, which made the three princes wary.

When kneeling to worship her ancestors, there was another detail. The young eunuch placed a soft cushion in front of Lin Daiyu so that Lin Daiyu could kneel on the cushion.

If this was not the request of the Supreme Emperor or the Queen Mother, the young eunuch would not dare to do so without permission if given the courage.

These intensified the three princes' scruples about Li Qiang. While they competed with each other, they also regarded Li Qiang as a potentially powerful opponent.

Lunch was shared with the Emperor. The Queen Mother and the Emperor were not as close as they appeared. After the ceremony, the Queen Mother returned to Cining Palace.

After lunch, the Supreme Emperor asked Li Qiang and Lin Daiyu to rest in the side hall.

What makes Xue Tong angry is that the relationship between the Xue family and Li Qiang was originally very close, but when Xue Tong went out to do business and Mrs. Xue handled the family affairs, Mrs. Xue tied the Xue family to the Rongguo Mansion.

"Prince Yitada, can you tell me what the situation is?" University Scholar Tian asked slightly dissatisfied.

Academicians Tian and Deng were even more direct. They approached Li Qiang.

The officials saw Li Qiang wearing a python suit and arriving surrounded by several eunuchs.

Li Qiang has another important task today, which is to host the royal banquet.

It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Xue has a very powerful voice in the Xue family. She is also soft-hearted and will change her mind as long as she is persuaded. This is how the marriage between the Xue family and the Rongguo Mansion came about.

The most talked about among them was the sudden appearance of Prince Yi Zhong, and they all speculated whether Jia Qiang was the Prince Yi Zhong.

Li Qiang and Lin Daiyu were in the palace, but they didn't know that something was about to turn upside down outside.

Almost at the moment when the 'Prince Uizhong's Mansion' was hung up, the entire Rongning Street became noisy.

At noon, the plaque of Jiahou Mansion also suddenly changed, also to 'Prince Yi Zhong's Mansion'.

Li Qiang took the speech text sent by the eunuch and just glanced at it before writing it down.

Li Qiang became Prince Yi Zhong, and it became more difficult for the Xue family to get close to him. How could Xue Tong not be anxious.

"That young prince will be you, that's it!" Academician Tian nodded and said.

The Supreme Emperor did not want to participate, Emperor Jingwen was confined in the East Palace, the status of the three princes was not enough, Prince Zhongshun was deprived of his title and became a commoner, and among the rest of the princes, Prince Yi Zhong, Li Qiang, was also ranked first. Therefore, he became the candidate to host the royal banquet.

Jia Qiang changed her surname to Li in Daqian Kingdom, and was actually granted the title of Prince Yizhong.

Because it was the original Prince Chung-Shun's Palace, the plaque that had been covered up before was unveiled this morning, revealing the 'Prince Uizhong's Palace' inside.

Now the Rongguo Mansion has completely collapsed. Because of the marriage between the Xue family and the Rongguo Mansion, the relationship between the Xue family and Li Qiang has been greatly affected.

Since the founding of Daqian, there have been no princes with different surnames, and the title of Duke is almost the highest position a minister can achieve.

The eunuch in the palace changed the name "Jiahou Mansion by Imperial Order" to "Prince Yi Zhong's Mansion" in front of a crowd of people giving gifts in front of the gate of Jiahou Mansion.

If Jia Qiang is Prince Yi Zhong, then how did Jia Qiang become Prince Yi Zhong.

When Xue Tong married Mrs. Xue, he was actually a little too high-ranking. Mrs. Xue meant marrying down.

Mrs. Xue's husband's family, the Wang family, took advantage of Prince Teng's influence and became the most powerful among the four families of Jia Li Wang Xue.

At this moment, the entire Fengtianmen fell silent, and everyone was shocked by the news conveyed in this sentence.

After his speech was over, the banquet officially began.

If the plaque was replaced at other times of the year, it would not be as fast as it is now. This day is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, which is when all parties visit.

"When something happened to Prince Yi Zhong, Jia Jing replaced his young nephew with Prince Yi Zhong's young prince, and the young prince lived in Ningguo Mansion!" Li Qiang continued.

He was naturally dissatisfied. Such a big matter was handled by the Supreme Emperor without going through the cabinet.

His voice was not loud, but he used his magic power to make his voice easily reach everyone's ears.

Many gift givers sent people to send this explosive news back, which also caused the matter to spread throughout the capital in a short period of time.

There is nothing difficult about presiding over the ceremony. It is a standard congratulatory message, but the emperor's self-identification is changed to this king.

But the sudden appearance of Prince Uizada's palace today has caused many people to speculate.

Prince Yi Zhong is a taboo in the Tian family in the capital, and no one dares to talk about it in public.

Some people who have a good relationship with Li Qiang want to find Li Qiang, but they can't contact Li Qiang no matter what, so they can only worry.

He did not comment on Jia Jing's replacement of his nephew with Prince Yi Zhong's heir apparent, but it was obvious that what Jia Jing did was not authentic, because Jia Jing did not trade his son's life, but lost his life. In exchange for the life of his parents Jia Qiang.

"Officials, I will host this grand banquet in the palace on behalf of the Supreme Emperor!" Li Qiang said in a deep voice.

At Fengtianmen, the officials arrived early and were forming groups to talk.

"Tian Zhongtang, Deng Zhongtang, in fact, the palace will tell the world tomorrow, but since you want to know, I will tell you!" Li Qiang's attitude remained as humble as before, and she did not call herself the king.

In the Daming Palace, Li Qiang and Lin Daiyu rested for an hour, and then they parted ways in an eight-carriage sedan. Lin Daiyu went to Cining Palace to attend the banquet of the female family members hosted by the Queen Mother.

"Prince Yi Zhong Li Qiang has arrived!" the eunuch announced loudly.

Fengtianmen became noisy again. This time they were discussing only one thing, and that was Li Qiang, Prince Yi Zhong.

There are also people who are regretting it at this moment, such as the Xue family. Xue Tong slapped the table repeatedly at home.

Almost everyone knew about Li Qiang's life experience, and Academician Tian easily figured out the key to it.

However, Jia Jing was dead, and Jia Jing's behavior was also to report to his master. Scholars Tian and Deng kept silent about what Jia Jing had done.

"Exactly, the Supreme Emperor recognized me when he first saw me. After some investigation, he finally recognized me as his ancestor!" Li Qiang nodded.

"That's it!" Academicians Tian and Deng no longer had any complaints.

Li Qiang recognized her ancestor and returned to the clan. This matter was a royal matter, and it was normal not to go through the cabinet.

The three princes were sitting at the main table. They would have been the focus of the banquet, but Li Qiang's appearance and becoming the host of the banquet made Li Qiang steal their limelight. Although many officials came to toast the three princes, it was still far from what the three princes expected.

On behalf of the royal family, Li Qiang greeted each of the important ministers. Although he was not the emperor, he was performing the emperor's duties at the moment.

Lin Ruhai looked at Li Qiang with a smile. He felt more and more how wise his decision was back then.

To recruit a son-in-law, he actually recruited a prince. You must know that Li Qiang had no family background and went to Yangzhou alone.

Who would have thought that the young scholar would become the first prince of Daqian in just a few years.

The officials on Lin Ruhai's side congratulated Lin Ruhai one after another.

At a banquet, Li Qiang and Lin Ruhai stole the show.

This was actually the intention of the Supreme Emperor. After Li Qiang recognized her ancestor and returned to the clan, the royal family's reputation was greatly boosted, and the impact originally caused by Emperor Jingwen's incident was also greatly enhanced.

Many people were amazed, no wonder Li Qiang was able to master martial arts at such a young age, and achieve such feats, it turned out to be the blood of the Tian family.

This further promoted the Tianjia bloodline and made the world worship the Tianjia bloodline more.

In Cining Palace, Lin Daiyu received no less attention than Li Qiang.

Originally, she was the most special one among the many female relatives.

She was the youngest super-grade imperial concubine, but now she was promoted to a higher level and became a princess.

The Queen Mother did not hide her favor for Lin Daiyu at all, wishing she could give the best to Lin Daiyu.

When Li Qiang came to pick up Lin Daiyu and leave, there were six more maids and two nuns beside Lin Daiyu. The six palace maids and two nuns all held gift boxes in their hands, which showed how much Lin Daiyu had gained this time.

"Brother Qiang, these six maids were rewarded by the Queen Mother. These two are the nannies in the palace. They have special experience in giving birth and taking care of children!" Lin Daiyu excitedly introduced several people to Li Qiang.

"I'll have to bother you two more nuns in the future!" When Li Qiang heard that she was the nun in the palace, he stepped forward and saluted.

"You don't dare to be a gift from the prince!" The two nannies quickly bowed and returned the gift.

The reason why Li Qiang was so polite to the two nannies was because in this era, these two nannies were perhaps the most knowledgeable people in the world about childbirth.

Although Lin Daiyu's body has been taking care of herself with the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', giving birth is still risky.

Giving birth to a child in this era means a narrow escape from death. Even with Li Qiang's 'Advanced Healing Technique', it can only save Lin Daiyu's life, but it cannot reduce Lin Daiyu's pain.

But with these two nannies, many mistakes can be completely avoided, making the delivery smoother.

Two large sedans with eight carriages left the palace, followed by two palace carriages, which were prepared by the palace for Li Qiang to send the maids and nannies away together.

Back at Rongning Street, it was already dark and Rongning Street was quiet.

The sedan arrived at the door, and Li Qiang saw the newly replaced plaque of 'Prince Yi Zhong's Palace' at a glance.

Perhaps there was some secret behind the death of Prince Yohitada, but so many years have passed, and even if there were people involved at the time, they would have almost died of old age.

Of course, based on his understanding of the Supreme Emperor, I am afraid that even if he does not need to investigate, the Supreme Emperor will not let go of the participants in what happened back then.

"Forget it, what happened back then is over!" He shook his head and said to himself.

He is very satisfied with his current life. He has experienced it. After being named Prince Yizhong, since his military and civil positions were not affected, the influence he can have on the luck of the Great Qian has not decreased but increased.

Even if there is an immortal in front of him now, it is estimated that he will not be able to use 100% of his strength. Even if he takes action against him, he will still have to bear the backlash of his luck.

He doesn't have to do anything now, just live a quiet life, improve his strength bit by bit, and no longer have to worry about the immortal's revenge.

With something in mind, he did not move slowly. He quickly came to Lin Daiyu's sedan and helped Lin Daiyu down.

"You go back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to rest first. I want to inquire about these maids and nuns!" Li Qiang said to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu knew that Li Qiang was worried because poisoning had happened in Cining Palace before.

Although the Queen Mother's affection for Lin Daiyu was sincere, the situation in the palace was complicated. Who knew whether there would be someone from Emperor Jingwen among them.

"Okay!" Lin Daiyu nodded.

Xue Yan waited for the maids to come over and followed Lin Daiyu back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

"Come here with me, I have something to explain to you!" Li Qiang said to the six palace maids and two nannies.

Six palace maids and two nuns were not qualified to refuse, so they followed Li Qiang to the main hall.

Li Qiang took out the 'Feng Yue Treasure Mirror' and activated the 'Feng Yue Treasure Mirror' ability, which affected the minds of six palace maids and two nuns.

"In addition to serving the Queen Mother, do you also serve anyone else?" Li Qiang asked lightly.

"No!" Six palace maids and two nuns replied at the same time.

Li Qiang asked similar questions in several different ways, but the answers she received were all denials.

This made him feel at ease. At least the palace maid and the nanny were worthy of peace of mind.

What he didn't know was that after the poisoning of Cining Palace occurred, the Queen Mother was furious and cleaned up Cining Palace. Everyone was investigated repeatedly, and anyone with any suspicion was sent to prison. Additional torture.

After that, Cining Palace was probably the cleanest place in the palace, without the presence of spies installed by other forces.

What surprised Li Qiang was that the six palace ladies were not ordinary palace ladies. They had been trained and had certain powers.

With the six palace ladies joining forces, they can at least hold off the enemy for a while in times of danger. If necessary, they can use their bodies to block the enemy's attacks and delay their master's time.

Six palace ladies were arranged by Li Qiang to the outside of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and two nuns were arranged next to Lin Daiyu.

The two nannies not only took care of Lin Daiyu, but also had the task of teaching Lin Daiyu some palace rules.

Of course, there is no rush to do this. The usual instructions are just verbal instructions, and the training will not be discussed until after the birth.

After seeing the six palace ladies, Li Qiang wanted to train some female guards, but it was not easy to choose these female guards.

It is difficult for men, let alone women, to pass the near-death training without training.

The ones he chose for near-death training were all military sergeants and people who had undergone long-term training. The idea of ​​​​selecting women needed to be reconsidered on how to implement it.

(End of this chapter)