Chapter 655: Establishment (2)
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With Chu You’s support, Xia Lian felt more confident. Since His Highness had instructed so, she would naturally send as many supplements as possible. There was no need to feel heartache.
Li Yunrong hurriedly pulled Chu You’s hand and walked towards the inner room. “Your Highness, quickly go take a shower.”
The couple lifted the curtain and entered the house, while Xia Lian rushed into the rain with the oil-paper umbrella.
“Hualala…”
On this day, the spring rain kept falling. Occasionally, there would be a few spring lightning explosions, and even until the afternoon, the rain showed no signs of stopping.
That afternoon, Kang w.a.n.g’s Manor sent a car full of supplements to the eldest princess’s residence. They were all precious supplements, such as ginseng, bird’s nest, gelatin, deer antlers, and so on.
This morning, news of Kang w.a.n.g presenting a prescription on behalf of the princess consort during the morning court session had already spread throughout half of the capital city. At this moment, every action of Kang w.a.n.g’s Manor was under the scrutiny of various government offices. Immediately, some astute individuals began inquiring about what had happened to Feng Yang. With just a little investigation, they learned about Feng Yang’s severe illness within the palace.
Many people gossiped with each other, and there were even people who went to the imperial hospital to get information. When they learned that Imperial Physician Ling and a few imperial physicians had been urgently summoned into the palace, they knew that there was a high chance of this matter.
This news was like a stone that caused a thousand waves. For a few days, some honorable officials also followed Kang w.a.n.g’s Manor to send gifts and medicine to the eldest princess’s manor. For a moment, the threshold of the eldest princess’s manor was almost flattened.
However, Feng Yang had been living in the palace since she fell ill that day and had never returned to the princess’s residence. The gatekeeper of the princess’s residence didn’t dare to make any decisions on his own. Apart from some gifts from the royal family, the other heavy gifts were all returned.
In the past few days, so many eyes in the capital had been staring at the commotion in the palace and the princess’s residence. It was inevitable that they would make guesses.
Most people didn’t live long. The 68-year-old Feng Yang could be said to be old and had already lived longer than many people in the world. Moreover, Feng Yang had some old injuries when she fought on the battlefield in her early years. In the past two years, her phoenix body was no longer as strong as before.
Once an old person was seriously ill, it was naturally more difficult to pa.s.s than those young people. If Feng Yang hadn’t recovered from her illness for so many days, it would probably be bad. It was just like how it had only been five to six days since the previous Emperor was seriously ill and couldn’t wake up before he died.
The spring rain lasted for three to four days.
On this day, after the morning court meeting, the Emperor went to Wuliang Temple incognito to pray for Feng Yang. Accompanied by him were Chu Yi, An Le, Prince Li, Prince Jing, and the other royal relatives. The prayer ceremony was personally presided over by the Temple Master, and it attracted many visitors to the foot of Wuliang Mountain to see the Emperor.
In the afternoon, Yuan Zhe, who had never entered Kang w.a.n.g’s Manor since National Day, walked into it again. The cousins locked in the study and chatted secretly for a long time. Yuan Zhe stayed until it was almost curfew before leaving.
The next morning, the spring rain that had been falling for five days finally stopped. The sky was bright.
Feng Yang, who was wearing the princess attire, dragged her weak sick body and appeared in the morning court. She personally handed a memorial in front of all the court officials and officials and said impa.s.sionedly,
“Your Majesty, the establishment of the heir is related to the safety of the world. Your Majesty, you’re already in the year of knowing the fate of the world. For the sake of the country, your future will be eternal. Please appoint the Eldest Prince as the heir as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people and stabilize the country.”
Feng Yang held the big red memorial with both hands and stood proudly in the center of the Golden Hall, his back straight.
After being seriously ill, she looked much thinner, but her expression was firm, and her tone was as arrogant as the wind.
All the civil and military officials in the court were men, and only she, a woman, could appear in the court as a matter of course, like a burning flame.
The entire hall was silent as the ministers looked at each other.
A middle-aged official with a white face and a long beard glanced at Xiao Shoufu in front of him. Xiao Shoufu nodded imperceptibly.
The white-faced and long-bearded official swallowed his saliva and quickly walked out of the line of civil officials. He raised his arm and bowed to the Emperor in front of him. “Your Majesty, the appointment of the heir is very important. It concerns the foundation of the country. I think we have to consider it carefully and discuss it carefully.”
As soon as he finished speaking, another white-haired old official hurriedly echoed, “Lord Liu is right.”
“Your Majesty, His Highness, the Eldest Prince, once asked to marry Gu Ce’s daughter as his main concubine in public, but now that the truth of the Gu Ce case isn’t known, if Gu Ce really did commit treason, may I ask what do you think about His Highness, the Eldest Prince?”
He looked up at the Emperor on the throne in front of him and questioned him righteously.
Many civil servants, generals, and n.o.bles in the court felt that what he said made sense and nodded repeatedly. In their opinion, if Gu Yanfei was really the daughter of a sinner, she couldn’t be the crown prince’s consort..