Chapter 595 - The Princesss Marriage, a Ministers Daughter Came with Her (1/2)

The visit of the emissaries from the Southern Barbarian Lands had alerted too many people who were plotting something. One by one, the web was pulled open secretly, trying to get the help from the Southern Barbarian Lands. Feng Yuran had brought Crown Prince Xieyue and Princess Caifeng to the court early in the morning. When they reached the outside of the main hall, there were eunuchs waiting at the entrance of the hall. At the sight of them, they hurried to send a message from the Emperor, asking them to enter the hall.

After Crown Prince Xieyue and Princess Caifeng came in, they first brought some gifts and credentials they brought here. Then, they talked to Emperor Zongwen about the friends.h.i.+p between the two countries. Of course, they wanted the two countries to make peace for a long time. For Emperor Zongwen, he was happy to see this. He smiled and asked them to sit down and said some polite words.

It made sense that the Crown Prince of the Southern Barbarian Lands wanted to marry Emperor Zongwen’s princess. Furthermore, unlike Bai Yichen who married Emperor Zongwen’s only legitimate princess, the Crown Prince’s demand was not very big. The princesses who could marry in the palace were the Sixth Princess and the Seventh Princess. The Sixth Princess was Imperial n.o.ble Consort Wen’s daughter and the Seventh Princess was Consort Shu’s daughter. Both of them were the daughters of high-ranking consorts and their statuses were not low either.

After marrying to the Southern Barbarian Lands, the princess would become the Empress in the future. Emperor Zongwen was satisfied with it. He made a vague promise to Crown Prince Xieyue. Anyway, the emissaries of the Southern Barbarian Lands would stay in the capital for some time, so it was not the time to make a final decision.

The banquet would be held in the Xiayun Hall between the Emperor’s Qianqing Palace and the Empress’ Tianfeng Palace at noon. Since the Xiayun Hall was between the two palaces, parliaments usually held in there. Besides, it was between the front hall and the inner palace, so both men and women could go to the banquet.

The emissaries of the Southern Barbarian Lands had even alerted the Empress Dowager. Naturally, the Empress had been invited to leave the Buddha Temple to preside over the banquet. She could not allow anyone to make a fuss about it. It would be impolite for the Empress not to attend the banquet at this time.

Feng Yuran had sent someone to pick Mo Xuetong up early in the morning. She did not return to their manor and entered the palace directly. However, because she was unwell, she did not go directly to the Xiayun Hall. The Emperor allowed her to rest in Consort Xian’s Anhe Palace. They would return to King Xuan’s Manor together after the banquet. No matter what, she was Consort Xuan. Now that there were emissaries from the Southern Barbarian Lands living in the manor, it was inappropriate for her, the mistress, to not show up.

In fact, Mo Xuetong was not seriously ill. She had been treated in the courtyard out of the city a few days ago. It was interesting. As for the Crown Prince and the Princess of the Southern Barbarian Lands, she knew about it. Originally, according to Feng Yuran’s intention, he wanted her to stay in the courtyard all the time, using the excuse that she was seriously ill and could not get up.

However, Mo Xuetong was not willing to do it and insisted on coming over. Feng Yuran had no choice but to pick her up early in the morning. And he told her to have a good rest in the Anhe Palace, and that there was no need to worry too much about the matter of the Southern Barbarian Lands.

With Feng Yuran’s instructions, the people in the imperial harem did not dare to be careless. They had served lunch early, which staggered the banquet in the main hall at noon. After eating, Mo Xuetong lay down and rested. Mo Lan and Mo Ye were waiting outside the room.

The banquet had yet to begin in the main hall. Emperor Zongwen sat on the top. The Empress Dowager sat on his left and the Empress on the right. The other consorts surrounded them. The Sixth Princess, the Seventh Princess, and the other princesses followed behind their mother and looked out curiously.

Just now, someone had claimed that Princess Caifeng, who came from the Southern Barbarian Lands, would dance for the Great Qin!

Feng Yuxuan, Feng Yuzhen, and Feng Yuran were chatting with Xieyue, and the other emissaries were accompanied by other officials.

At the moment, Crown Prince Xieyue coughed in a low voice. Feng Yuxuan looked up and down at him and asked lightly, “Your Highness, haven’t you recovered yet? Haven’t you found the reason for so many years? I’ll tell Father to order the lead imperial physician of the Imperial Inst.i.tute of Medicine to see you. Maybe he can find the cause.”

“Thank you, King Chu. I got the illness ever since I was born.” Crown Prince Xieyue turned his head and coughed lightly again. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and his face was a little gray. The gray color seeped into his skin, which showed that it had been a long time. “It’s difficult to cure the disease gotten from the womb.”

Xieyue said politely. He evidently held out no hope of curing his illness, and there was a faint smile on his pale face.

“That’s not necessarily true. My cousin’s medical skills are very brilliant. In the past, when my grandmother was in poor health, a group of physicians didn’t know how to cure, but he cured her. Grandmother is still very healthy now,” King Ning, Feng Yuzhen, interrupted, while pointing at the smiling Empress Dowager who was sitting on the high platform.

“Do you refer to the Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom?” Xieyue thought for a moment and asked.

“Yes,” Feng Yuzhen answered with a smile.

“I’ve heard that the Yan Kingdom’s Crown Prince is handsome and graceful like an immortal, I’ll not miss it if I have the chance to see him.” Every country would pay attention to the outstanding Crown Prince like Bai Yihao and have a detailed file about him. “The Yan Kingdom’s Empress is so lucky to have such an immortal-like Crown Prince.”

Xieyue sighed with emotion. He was in a plight. Because of his mother’s early death, he was raised by the current Empress. And since the third prince, the current Empress’ son also wanted to take the throne, he plotted against Xieyue in all aspects. For so many years, it could be said that he had been in a difficult situation and dared not say something wrong or take a wrong step.

On the one hand, he sympathized with the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom. Although Bai Yihao had a mother, his mother had no power to help him. As a Crown Prince, he came to the Qin Kingdom to be a hostage. Actually, the hostage only needed to have royal blood. How could the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom allow such an important Crown Prince to come to the Qin Kingdom as a hostage? Obviously, the action did not have any good intentions. Whether it was because the Emperor did not like the Crown Prince, or because of other reasons. At least Xieyue was certain that the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom was just bright on the surface, and it was not easy for him to take a step.

Xieyue really felt that he was spiritually attracted to Bai Yihao, who had the same ident.i.ty as him, for a long time.