bookcurios Chapter 175 The Crown Princess Must Be Ye Linglong
Chapter 175 The Crown Princess Must Be Ye Linglong
Xia Taoyuan walked in the direction of Chu Xingluo's voice for a long time. She wanted to sit down and rest for a while. It didn't matter if she rested for a while. When she turned around, the familiar neighbors and the fields in the village were gone.
She felt a little sad, and then there were waves of pain. She felt pain everywhere on her body. She calmed down and thought about what caused her pain. After thinking for a while, she remembered that it was Fang Muyao who beat her and whipped her. Then her heart ached, and she remembered her child who was kicked away by Fang Muyao.
Xia Taoyuan couldn't hold it in any longer and started crying. It was okay for her to be injured, but her child had done nothing wrong and shouldn't just disappear like that. She wanted revenge!
Chu Xingluo saw tears flowing from Xia Taoyuan's eyes, and he hurriedly shouted: "Taotao, did you hear what I said?"
Xia Taoyuan opened his eyes and saw the blue sky above his head. Then he turned his eyes and saw Chu Xingluo's anxious expression and his haggard face.
Xia Taoyuan raised her hand and touched his face distressedly, and called softly: "Lolo!"
Chu Xingluo cried with joy, "You finally woke up. Do you know how scared I was?"
Xia Taoyuan was really weak. She tried to force out a smile and asked, "Is there anything to eat?"
"Yes." Chu Xingluo picked her up and jumped onto the shore. The chicken soup cooked by Dai'er was still hot, but he was afraid that she would wake up suddenly.
Chu Xingluo fed her some, ate some himself, and then carried her back to the house.
Xia Taoyuan snuggled in Chu Xingluo's arms and said sadly, "Our child was killed by Fang Muyao. When I get better, I will seek revenge on her."
Chu Xingluo felt heartbroken after hearing this, because that was his and Taotao's first child. He consoled her, "Fang Muyao is dead."
Xia Taoyuan was stunned for a moment when she heard this. She didn't ask how Fang Muyao died. She vaguely guessed that it was Qi Nanfeng who did it. Now that the culprit was dead, she didn't have to think about how to take revenge anymore.
Unconsciously, Xia Taoyuan had been in Taoyuan for seven or eight days. She was visibly getting better. With Chu Xingluo's company every day, Yingge Fengwu's careful care, and Dai'er's funny jokes, her mood gradually improved. Despite this, Chu Xingluo couldn't help but worry. He found that Xia Taoyuan would sit in a daze from time to time. No matter how he called her, she couldn't hear, and no matter how he pushed her, she didn't respond, as if her soul had been taken away. Every time, it took her a long time to come back to her senses. When he asked her again, she looked confused and couldn't remember anything.
Just when Chu Xingluo ordered Qingyun and Long Yan to purchase some more food, an oral order from Emperor Ying came from the palace.
Emperor Ying said that he had rested enough, and it would be September in two days. He gave Chu Xingluo another three days to return to Yunjun City to prepare for the enthronement ceremony on September 9th.
Chu Xingluo didn't want to go back from the bottom of his heart. Xia Taoyuan saw his concerns and advised him, "Go back. When you go back, please ask the emperor not to punish Prime Minister Wei." She heard from Chu Xingluo that Prime Minister Wei and Wei Jinghe had "surrendered" to the palace, and the emperor had not yet convicted them. However, she was also optimistic, because no one else knew about Prime Minister Wei's surrender. Was the emperor's failure to make it public intentionally biased?
A few days later, the group returned to Yunjun City. During the days they were away, Ye Linglong went to the East Garden several times, but was told that His Highness and the Princess were not there. There was nothing she could do, so she returned in disappointment every time.
Knowing that Chu Xingluo was back, Ye Linglong went to Dongyuan again in high spirits. This time Chu Xingluo did not chase her away, but asked Caiyun Mingyue to prepare tea and snacks for her. Ye Linglong was overjoyed, thinking that Chu Xingluo had changed his mind.
This time Chu Xingluo was also very polite. He spoke a few words to Ye Linglong. When there was really nothing more to talk about, he asked Ye Linglong to go back on the pretext that he had official business.
Ye Linglong was extremely happy. She returned to Beiyuan and told Wu Ma, Xin Ma and the housekeeper Qin Shou about it. They were all very happy, thinking that the prince consort was finally going to change his mind.
Chu Xingluo was thinking that Taotao's identity had been revealed, she was not the daughter of the prime minister, and he would become the crown prince in the future. Due to her status, Taotao would definitely not become the crown princess. It was a great blessing for her to be a little talent. The position of the crown princess must belong to Ye Linglong, after all, her status was there.
So he is now more polite to Ye Linglong, and only hopes that when he goes out in the future, Ye Linglong will not rely on her status to cause trouble to Xia Taoyuan. Of course, these are not what he wants. What he wants is to leave Yunjun City with Xia Taoyuan and live in a place where no one knows him, but he knows that now is not the right time. First, Taotao's body has not recovered yet, and second, he can't escape the emperor's palm even if he leaves now. He can only wait, wait for a few years for the emperor to abdicate, and he will take power, clear all obstacles that may block him, and have no worries, and then take Taotao away.
On this day, Xia Taoyuan was listening to Yingge Fengwu talking about their childhood wanderings when Wei Zhiying and Lu Qing'er came. Xia Taoyuan was very happy and pulled Wei Zhiying aside to ask how Xiaobao was doing. When she heard Wei Zhiying say that Xiaobao was doing well, she was relieved.
Wei Zhiying thanked Xia Taoyuan and blamed herself for being tortured by Fang Muyao. Xia Taoyuan hurriedly comforted her and said that she was fine now.
Wei Zhiying also said that she and Xia Boqing would not leave, and would stay in the prime minister's residence. The prime minister and his wife were old, so they would be taken care of if they stayed in the prime minister's residence. She also said that she had brought Ling'er and Zhu'er back from Yunzhou.
Xia Taoyuan was very happy for her. If the emperor did not punish Prime Minister Wei, everything would be perfect. She held Lu Qing'er's hand and asked her and Wei Jinghe to take good care of Wei Zhiying and Xia Boqing in the future. Wei Zhiying was very moved.
In the following days, Princess Zhang Caifeng of Huai and Princess Ye Yiyi of Xiang also came. They heard about Xia Taoyuan's situation and were very worried about her. Seeing Ye Yiyi crying with worry, Xia Taoyuan was deeply moved. They did not become distant because of her status and were still the same as before.
Wei Qing and Nan Wang came once a day and bought rare toys in various ways to make Xia Taoyuan happy. Xia Taoyuan's mental illness was completely cured.
September 6th, the Imperial Palace.
In the morning court, Emperor Ying said, "The crown prince will be enthroned soon. Do you have any objections to the selection of the crown princess?"
All the ministers murmured, what's the objection? Before, when Prince Jing married Ye Linglong, her status was equal to Xia Taoyuan's, because at that time everyone thought Xia Taoyuan was Wei Zhiying, the daughter of Prime Minister Wei. Now everyone knows that Xia Taoyuan is just a beggar, and she is definitely not equal to the Princess of Xiling. Not accusing her of pretending to be the daughter of the Prime Minister and deceiving the emperor is already a great favor. If Prince Jing is reluctant, let her be a talented person, and Ye Linglong must be the Crown Princess.
Some ministers said that Ye Linglong should be made the Crown Princess and Xia Taoyuan should be made a Talented Lady. Most people agreed. Emperor Ying also knew that Xia Taoyuan's status was not up to par, but he was afraid that the third son would disagree. In addition, he knew that he was responsible for Xia Taoyuan's miscarriage and wanted to compensate her, so he was a little hesitant.
But the ministers' advice without exception was to make Ye Linglong the Crown Princess. Emperor Ying had no choice. Of course, he knew very well that no matter how much he wanted to compensate Xia Taoyuan, she could not be the Crown Princess. He just wanted to wait until the court was dismissed to comfort the third prince.