If not abolished

Chapter 119 The wedding date is confirmed

A few days later, the Ministry of Rites presented several auspicious dates for the wedding. After looking at them, Zhu Di went to the Yiku Palace to discuss it with Concubine Wang.

"My beloved concubine, the Ministry of Rites has submitted several auspicious times for the wedding. Let's take a look at them together and choose one today." Zhu Di raised the memorial in his hand.

"It's presented so quickly. Let me take a look." Concubine Wang took it from Zhu Di and opened it. "The nearest auspicious time is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which means there are still nearly three months."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Other auspicious times will be even later." Zhu Di also felt that it was a bit long. He originally thought it would take at most two months, but he didn't expect to have to wait three months.

"In that case, let's set it for the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is plenty of time. The Crown Princess and I have almost prepared the wedding matters and items. We just need to check them in detail to prevent any mistakes."

"I'll have to trouble you, my beloved concubine. I'll go back and write the imperial edict."

"Farewell to Your Majesty."

Concubine Wang was so happy that she didn't even wait for the Crown Princess to come over to pay her respects. She directly sent someone to invite the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Grandson over.

"Greetings, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine. I wonder why Her Majesty is in such a hurry to summon me and others here..." The Crown Princess was originally planning to come over to pay her respects, but she didn't expect that the Imperial Concubine would specially send someone to invite her. She thought something had happened. When she went out, she found that Zhu Zhanji was also summoned. She became even more confused. Could it be that this kid had done something wrong?

Zhu Zhanji was also confused. He was stared at by his mother for a long time for no reason. If looks had lethal power, he would have had several holes on his body long ago.

"I just got some good news from His Majesty, and I can't wait to tell you, so I sent someone to summon you." Concubine Wang said with a smile on her face. She was in a happy mood. "Please sit down and listen to me first."

The two sat down.

"His Majesty just came to me and said that the Ministry of Rites has already drawn up several auspicious times for the wedding. So His Majesty just came to discuss with me, and the nearest auspicious time will be the Mid-Autumn Festival three months later." Concubine Wang told them.

"Three months is a bit long, but it's acceptable." The Crown Princess expressed her opinion.

"What about Agui? How do you feel?"

"My grandson will leave the decision to my elders." Zhu Zhanji naturally had no objection.

"That's fine. It just so happens that your grandfather has already gone to write the imperial edict, so we can just issue the edict directly when the time comes."

"Has Grandpa Emperor gone to write the imperial edict?"

"Yes, I left after talking to me. Is there any problem?" When Concubine Wang heard him ask this, she thought there was something wrong.

"Grandpa Emperor has already written the imperial edict. Has Grandmother Wang forgotten it? Your grandson received it from Grandpa Emperor a few years ago." Zhu Zhanji reminded.

"Yes, you have asked His Majesty for an imperial edict before. You took the trouble to ask for Shanxiang, so it is natural that you use that one with more heart. Then, go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity as soon as possible and stop His Majesty." Concubine Wang also reacted. If the imperial edict that Zhu Zhanji had worked so hard to ask for was not used, it would be a waste. She hurriedly urged Zhu Zhanji to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to stop Zhu Di.

Zhu Zhanji ran out immediately before Concubine Wang finished speaking.

"What imperial edict? How come I have never heard of it?" The Crown Princess seemed confused.

Concubine Wang smiled and said, "It was around the time when Sun entered the palace. I don't remember the exact time. Agui asked His Majesty for an imperial decree, and His Majesty agreed at the time that when Agui found a girl he wanted to marry, he could just write the girl's name down."

"But how did Agui know that this person was Shanxiang at that time?" The Crown Princess just heard the Imperial Concubine say that the imperial edict was specifically requested for Hu Shanxiang. Wasn't her stupid son bewitched by Sun at that time? How could it be... The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. No matter how she thought about it, it didn't seem right.

"Well, that, actually, Agui and Shanxiang have known each other for a long time, it should be around the seventh year. Agui tried every means to meet Shanxiang and even went to her house secretly. You should still remember that when His Majesty personally led the expedition to Mobei for the first time, Agui went to Huangcheng Temple every few days under the guise of praying for His Majesty, right?" Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Concubine Wang simply told the Crown Princess some of it.

"Well, I remember. Didn't Agui go to the Imperial City Temple to pray for blessings?" When the Crown Princess heard Concubine Wang say this, she thought Zhu Zhanji had deceived her, saying that he went to pray for blessings, but actually went to another girl's house.

Concubine Wang quickly denied it, "No, it's true that Agui went to pray, but the reason he went there was because Shanxiang had been practicing in the temple for a whole year. Unexpectedly, Agui found him later and the two met. It was fate. You don't know that these two people, one running away and the other chasing, could not escape the arrangement of fate and always had intersections. It was indeed a destined marriage."

"So that's how it is. I thought that Agui would go out whenever he had time at that time," the Crown Princess realized. It turned out that her son was chasing the girl at that time. "What a coincidence that Shanxiang was there, and Agui knew about it?" The Crown Princess felt that it was too much of a coincidence, and at the same time she became curious about the gossip about Zhu Zhanji.

"Who says it's not? Otherwise it's a marriage sent by heaven."

"What happened next?" The Crown Princess was extremely curious.

"Oh, if I told you everything, Agui would be unhappy if he knew."

"Your Highness, please tell me, and I promise not to tell anyone else." These are her son's affairs, and the Crown Princess is just curious and wants to know, so she will naturally not spread it to anyone else.

"Okay, let me continue. At the beginning, Shanxiang didn't know Agui's identity, and the two of them just became friends. However, both of them were emotional and polite, and they didn't overstep the boundaries at all. At that time, Shanxiang was only a little girl of seven or eight years old. I guess she just treated Agui as a brother, and didn't have any thoughts of love between men and women at all."

"It's strange, why is Agui so young and yet he's so...?"

"Agui said before that he had a dream about a person, and that person was Shanxiang. At that time, Shanxiang was still in Jining and had not come to the capital."

"Is there such a thing?" The Crown Princess asked in surprise again.

"This is not surprising. Didn't Your Majesty also have a dream when Agui was born? Speaking of which, Agui and Shanxiang have a strong affinity with dreams. I heard that Madam Hu also had a dream the night before Shanxiang was born. It was said that Shanxiang would be noble in the future. Now it seems to be true."

"Not only that, wasn't it said that Shanxiang's small building where she lives alone was suddenly surrounded by red aura that lasted for several months? The people in the city all said it was a good omen, right?" The Crown Princess had also heard about the strange phenomenon in Hu Shanxiang's home.

"Yes, so these two people are made for each other."

"Wait, according to what you said, Agui has always liked Shanxiang, so how did Sun get involved?" The Crown Princess was puzzled. If her son had someone he liked, then how did he...

"Didn't I say this at the beginning? Shanxiang didn't know Agui's identity at first. Later, after he found out about Agui's identity, the two broke up for a while, which allowed Sun to take advantage of the situation."

"Why did it break up?"

"Shanxiang was young at the time and didn't want to enter the palace, so the two had a disagreement. Later, she accompanied her grandmother back to her hometown to recuperate, and the two have had little contact since then. You forgot that it was at that time that Agui met Sun, and then..."

"I see. What about Shanxiang now?"

"Everything is fine now. After Agui was hurt by Sun, he went to Jining to relax. As for whether he had any selfish motives, only Agui knows it. Anyway, they met again, and this is what happened now." Concubine Wang briefly explained. As for what happened to Sun, it can't be said that Agui was acting. "

"There are so many things? After hearing what the Imperial Concubine said, I suddenly feel a little scared. It may not be a good thing that Agui is so deeply in love with Shanxiang. If something happens in the future..." The Crown Princess suddenly became worried.

"You worry too much. We have seen Shanxiang's character. Besides, from His Majesty to the Crown Prince, they all love their wives deeply. And if Agui does anything out of line in the future, Shanxiang will definitely advise him."

"What you said is true." The Crown Princess thought about it and felt that this was indeed the tradition of their Zhu family.

"I don't know if Agui stopped His Majesty?" Concubine Wang said, looking outside the palace.

"No news after such a long time?" The Crown Princess also looked outside.

At this time, outside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Zhanji ran over and was about to go in when he was stopped by Wang Jinghong.

"Your Highness, why are you so anxious today?"

"Is the Emperor in there?" Zhu Zhanji asked.

"Your Majesty is discussing matters with the Minister. Is there anything urgent for His Royal Highness?"

"Grandpa Emperor hasn't written the decree yet, right?"

"What is it?"

"The imperial decree for my wedding." Zhu Zhanji said.

"Not yet. Is Your Highness in such a hurry?" Wang Jinghong thought that he was in such a hurry to come here because he was anxious to get the imperial edict for his wedding.

"No, I'm here to ask Grandpa Huang not to write it."

"Don't write it?" Wang Jinghong thought he had heard it wrong. Given His Majesty's enthusiasm for Miss Hu, shouldn't he be eager to get married soon? Why did he ask His Majesty not to write it? Could something have happened again?

"I can't explain it to you clearly at the moment, but anyway, Grandpa Emperor hasn't written it yet, right?" Zhu Zhanji wanted to know whether Zhu Di had written it or not.

"Not yet. Your Majesty just came back from Yikun Palace when the Minister came over. Your Majesty hasn't had time to start writing yet."

"That's good."

"Do you want me to inform His Majesty?" Wang Jinghong really thought that something had happened and that Zhu Zhanji was here to report matters related to the wedding, and was about to go in to report.

But Zhu Zhanji stopped him and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait here until the emperor finishes his meeting, and then I'll go in."

"Your Highness, this is not an urgent matter?" Wang Jinghong was confused. Zhu Zhanji ran over in a hurry, but now he is not in a hurry to go in. He doesn't understand?

"Well, there's no rush."