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Ye Zhen's hair was messy and her clothes were a little dirty. She told the empress dowager that it was because she messed up her hair when picking fruit. Neither the empress dowager nor Old Madam Lu suspected anything and asked someone to take her to tidy up.
Not long after, Xu Huiru came back.
The empress dowager was a little surprised to see her. "Consort Xu Xian, aren't you accompanying the emperor?"
Xu Huiru's face was a little ugly. When she heard the empress dowager's question, she still smiled dignified and decent. "Replying to the empress dowager, the emperor said that he had to go back to read the memorials and asked this concubine to serve you well. He will accompany you to Baihua Garden another day."
When she said this, her eyes unconsciously looked at Ye Zhen. Seeing that Ye Zhen's expression was as usual, Xu Huiru felt that something was pressing on her heart. Mo Rongzhan left her because he learned that she had become a princess …
Did the emperor go to look for her?
Xu Huiru didn't dare to think about it. She forced herself not to think too much. Lu Yaoyao was already a princess, the emperor's sister. Even if they had something before, it would be impossible in the future. When she thought about it this way, Xu Huiru felt better.
The empress dowager was a little disappointed. She always felt that the emperor lived too lonely. It was rare to have such a considerate, gentle and generous woman as Xu Huiru around. How could he still be so indifferent?
After the trip to Baihua Garden, the empress dowager returned to the palace. Not long after, Mo Rongzhan went to pay his respects to her. "I wanted to accompany my mother, but I didn't expect Prime Minister Xu to talk about flood control in the inland river. I returned to the palace to discuss this matter with the cabinet ministers. Next time, I will accompany you to Baihua Garden." Mo Rongzhan whispered to the empress dowager. His anger in Baihua Garden was completely gone.
The empress dowager looked at him for a while. "Your Majesty, Ai Jia has decided to make Yao Yao a princess. What do you think?"
I don't think so! Mo Rongzhan thought in his heart. Looking up at the empress dowager's worried eyes, he smiled and said, "As long as my mother likes it."
"Yao Yao's temperament is not suitable to live in the palace. Ai Jia will let her do whatever she likes. I will give her a title. When she gets married in the future, I will build a princess residence for her." The empress dowager said.
Mo Rongzhan's eyes darkened. "Does she still want to attend classes in the medical center?"
"That's right. Speaking of which, didn't she help Yi escape because of her medical skills? I feel that since she has such talent and likes to study medicine so much, let her do as she likes. "The Empress Dowager said with a smile.
"Then it's settled." Mo Rongzhan said lightly.
After accompanying the Empress Dowager for dinner, Mo Rongzhan left the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful. He didn't want to hear anything more about Lu Yaoyao. On the way back from Hundred Flower Garden, he had already thought it through very clearly. She was just a woman who had moved his heart a little. Since she didn't spare him a glance, why should he continue to care about her?
Not everyone could be like his Little Yaoyao, who he could never forget.
"Aunt Cheng, did I do something wrong? What exactly does the emperor think of Yaoyao? "The empress dowager could not help but ask aunt Cheng as she watched Mo Rongzhan's figure.
"Empress Dowager, this servant can't see through the emperor's thoughts." Aunt Cheng said in a low voice. "But Miss Yaoyao … I'm afraid she doesn't have that kind of heart."
The Empress Dowager nodded lightly. "I saw that Yaoyao doesn't have that kind of heart, so I wanted to make her a princess. Ai, I don't know who this son of mine has taken after. Why is he so eccentric? There are so many concubines in the palace, could it be that none of them catch his eye?"
Aunt Cheng gently shook her head. She was a bit afraid of the emperor, so how could she dare to guess what he was thinking?
"If Yaoyao didn't look so much like her, I would really want to marry Yaoyao to the emperor." The Empress Dowager said in a low voice. "I'm afraid that when the emperor finds out, he will treat Yaoyao the same way he treats her. Wouldn't that be a sin for me?"
Aunt Cheng was startled when she heard this. She immediately felt that the Empress Dowager was protecting Lu Yaoyao by making her a princess. "Empress Dowager, don't think too much. How could Miss Yaoyao be like … a princess? Miss Yaoyao is a fortunate person to have a mother like you who dotes on her."
The Empress Dowager nodded with a smile. "Well, you are right."
When Ye Zhen and Old Madam Lu returned to the Lu family, they did not tell others that they were about to be conferred the title of princess. After all, the imperial edict had not yet been issued. It would not be good if there were any accidents in the middle and let everyone rejoice in vain.
However, Ye Zhen still quietly told Pei Shi.
Pei Shi was both happy and sad. The daughter she had raised in the palm of her hand. After becoming a princess, she wondered if she would be estranged from her. "Yaoyao, this is your blessing."
Ye Zhen hugged Pei Shi's arm. "Mother, no matter what I become in the future, you will always be my mother."
Pei Shi's heart suddenly softened. "Now that you have become a princess, don't go to the medical center."
"I want to go. I want to take the exam in two days." Ye Zhen said. She had unknowingly fallen in love with medicine and felt that it was a good thing to be able to save people with medical skills. Although she would become a princess and her identity would become different, so what? It was just an imperial edict. Maybe one day she would not be a princess anymore.
She wanted to learn medical skills and be as good as Mr. Chen. At that time, no matter what she faced, she would have the confidence.
Pei Shi frowned. "Is there a princess as a female medical officer?"
"In the previous dynasty, there were empresses who went out to practice medicine." Ye Zhen said.
"You!" Pei Shi glanced at her. "When did you become so insightful? Everything you do is good, but you have to get the empress dowager's consent."
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "The empress dowager said I can do whatever I like."
Pei Shi was speechless. She didn't know why the empress dowager valued Yaoyao so much. She always felt that it was a little unreal.
The next day, the imperial edict conferring Ye Zhen the title of princess arrived.
Ye Zhen was conferred the title of Princess Furong, which showed the empress dowager's love and importance to her. Except for a few people who already knew, everyone else was stunned.
How could it be so sudden? Did the Lu family suddenly have an incomparably honorable princess?
The moment First Madam Lu and Second Madam Lu heard the imperial edict, their faces suddenly became gloomy, and they looked at Ye Zhen with more curiosity.
"It is a happy event for Yaoyao to become a princess. Give every servant in the family five taels of silver." Old Madam Lu said with a smile. Only when she received the imperial edict could she feel at ease. This was the unshakable truth.
"Mother, are we going to hold a banquet to celebrate and invite all our relatives and friends?" Lu Shixun asked with a smile. He was naturally happy to see Yaoyao become a princess. In this way, there would be no more incidents of sisters turning against each other. In the future, Yaoyao would be a great help to Shuang 'er.
Lu Shiming frowned and said, "Let's not make the banquet too public for the time being. We are still fighting in the western vassal state, and the emperor has ordered the imperial court to be frugal. If we are too extravagant, we will be criticized."
"Then let's be happy as a family." Old Madam Lu said.
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