Back to the marriage proposal, helping the incompetent husband to rise to the top

Chapter 26 Retreat

Ye Wanqing immediately stood up and knelt on the ground: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I did have a nightmare about marrying Lu Jilian. I accidentally heard that my parents wanted me to marry Lu Jilian... But I like Chu Anlan, so I am particularly resistant to Lu Jilian. I am very anxious, but I can't do anything about it."

The emperor was slightly surprised: "Oh? Doesn't it mean that whatever you think about during the day you will dream about at night?"

Ye Wanqing's eyes were red. "Wanqing knows that Lu Jilian is a good person. She shouldn't dislike him because of her personal preferences and nightmares. But, Wanqing really has no interest in him. If I let Qing'er marry Lu Jilian and then watch Chu Anlan marry someone else, Wanqing doesn't know how to live her life."

Emperor Fengyang said nothing.

The king's mind is hard to predict, and Ye Wanqing finds it difficult to guess what he is thinking.

However, in her previous life, her uncle loved her very much. He left the best husband for her and gave her a wedding that was more splendid than a princess's wedding. After the marriage, he often asked about her, worried that she was not living well in the Lu family.

Otherwise, even if she had a hundred guts, she would keep the Yinxu County incident a secret.

Sure enough, after a long time, Emperor Fengyang sighed and asked, "Besides dreaming about Yinxu, have you dreamed about anything else?"

Ye Wanqing shook her head: "No."

Emperor Fengyang looked at her, as if to see if she was hiding anything.

She had a frank expression and clear eyes.

Emperor Fengyang said: "Perhaps you kneel in the temple and pray for blessings every day. The Buddha sees that you are a sincere and kind person, and can't bear to see the people of Yinxu suffer, so he reminds you in the form of a dream."

Ye Wanqing listened quietly.

"You are a smart child." Emperor Fengyang looked at her and said, "I once thought, how great it would be if you were a man? If you were a man, you might be able to become the prince's right-hand man when you enter the court in the future."

Ye Wanqing lowered her head again: "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

"Stand up." Emperor Fengyang's tone softened a lot: "Although I am the emperor, I am also your uncle. Don't be afraid of me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Wanqing stood up from the ground but did not sit down again.

Seeing her gentle and obedient appearance, Emperor Fengyang said earnestly: "I have several princesses, but I like you, my niece, more. You and Chu Anlan love each other, and I am naturally happy to see it happen.

But you and Chu Anlan are still young. I thought of holding an engagement ceremony for you first, and then getting married when you grow up. What do you think?"

Ye Wanqing opened her mouth: "Your Majesty..."

"It's settled." Emperor Fengyang said with a smile, "After the engagement ceremony, you and him can interact more as an engaged couple. This way, it won't affect anything."

Ye Wanqing lowered her eyes: "Your Majesty has thought it through."

What else could she say?

The emperor wants to drag her.

Perhaps, if the relationship between her and Chu Anlan changes, or if one of them has an accident, the marriage will fall through.

The emperor did consider her.

He was afraid that Chu Anlan's marriage came too easily and she would abandon her easily in the future. He was also afraid that she would regret it one day.

Engagement is her escape route.

……

Coming out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Ye Wanqing lowered her eyelashes slightly, and even her steps became heavier.

Someone called her, "Wan Qing?"

Ye Wanqing looked up and saw Chu Gongxiao and Lu Jilian wearing court robes, walking towards them with a few eunuchs.

She stopped and said, "Your Highness, Prince Lu."

"Miss Ye." Lu Jilian said with a smile.

Chu Gongxiao couldn't help but joked, "Could it be that your father was testing you on your studies and scolding you? Why do you look even more listless than Chen Xi?"

Lu Jilian also looked at her quietly.

Ye Wanqing looked away and said, "The Emperor didn't blame me. He just chatted with me about some daily matters."

Chu Gongxiao smiled at her: "Father loves you dearly and treats you like his own daughter, so he is reluctant to blame you. He even specifically told me to bring you along on this autumn hunt."

Autumn hunting?

Ye Wanqing was stunned and asked hurriedly, "Didn't it happen that women were rarely brought along for the autumn hunt in previous years?"

The Western Wei Dynasty had strict rules, and women from aristocratic families rarely had the opportunity to go out on weekdays. In large-scale activities such as the autumn hunt, where people were allowed to be seen in public, the number of women who could participate was restricted.

The emperor would bring two or three favored concubines, court officials could bring two female companions, and royal family members and sons of noble families could only bring one female companion. Women who had reached the age of 15 but were not married were generally not allowed to go.

This year, she just turned 15.

"The rules have changed this year." Chu Gongxiao reminded: "The autumn hunt will be at the beginning of next month, go back and prepare well."

Ye Wanqing nodded: "I understand."

Chu Gongxiao smiled and said, "Okay, I have to go see my father. You should have a good rest when you go back. I'll see you at Rongguang Temple in two days."

Ye Wanqing said "hmm".

Lu Jilian looked at her without blinking: "Miss Ye, see you at Rongguang Temple."

After coming out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Ye Wanqing went to the Yiku Palace and Chengqian Palace to pay her respects to Concubine Qiao Shu and the Queen Mother.

The Crown Princess's condition was getting worse and worse, and all matters had to be left to Concubine Qiao Shufei to handle.

She was so busy that she had no time to chat with Ye Wanqing.

The Queen Mother invited her to have dinner in a side hall.

I haven't seen her for a while and the Queen Mother has aged a lot.

The Queen Mother looked at her granddaughter and sighed, "Qing'er, you came from the Emperor, so I guess he told you everything, right?"

Ye Wanqing replied: "I told you."

The Queen Mother held her forehead with her hand, her old voice revealing a trace of fatigue: "I am old, I won't live for many more years, and I can't take care of your marriage anymore."

Ye Wanqing couldn't help but be moved: "Empress Dowager..."

The Queen Mother raised her hand and interrupted her: "The Buddha said that life is like a practice. No one will accompany you forever. This is true for family members and husbands and wives."

Ye Wanqing's eyes were filled with tears.

When the Queen Mother saw her like this, her heart softened immediately: "Don't be afraid, I am still strong and will not go to see the Buddha so soon. You didn't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with me, so today you can talk to me about the latest things that happened in Yinxu."

"it is good."

……

The first day of September.

As soon as the eastern sky began to turn pale, the imperial guards had already lined up and were waiting outside the palace gate.

Chu Gongxiao escorted the Queen Mother to Rongguang Temple to pray for blessings, and everyone else followed.

The team drove all the way to Qixia Mountain.

At dusk, the carriage stopped steadily in front of the gate of Rongguang Temple.

As soon as the Queen Mother got out of the car, the abbot of Rongguang Temple personally led people to welcome the Queen Mother, the Crown Prince and the eldest princess in.

Ye Wanqing was taken to a quiet courtyard.

After entering the mountains, it quickly became cold.

After finishing the vegetarian meal, Yingxiang and Qianxi made the bed, turned around to close the window, and asked Ye Wanqing, "Miss, do you want to light a charcoal fire to keep warm?"

"No need."

Ye Wanqing took out a pile of copied scriptures, checked them carefully, and changed into the plain clothes that had been fumigated in advance: "I'm going to go out for a while."

Ying Xiang glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting dark soon. If you have something to do, why not do it tomorrow morning? Or let me help you?"

Qianxi agreed: "Yes, Miss, although the temple is safe, there are many guards here today, and it's a mixed bag. It's always bad to bump into them."

Ye Wanqing said calmly: "I know what's going on."

This matter must be done tonight!
This time, the Queen Mother stayed at Rongguang Temple for only two days and three nights.

We will rest tonight. Tomorrow and the night after tomorrow everyone will attend the Dharma Assembly, and then we will set off back to Beijing.

It is even more inconvenient to walk around during the day because there are so many people around.

Ye Wanqing made up his mind, looked at the two of them and said, "If you are worried, come with me."

(End of this chapter)