frightfiction Chapter 673: Big Chapter. Princess Zhaojia is pregnant. Marriage is granted to Wenguang and Qianqian
Chapter 673: Big Chapter. Princess Zhaojia is pregnant. Marriage is granted to Wenguang and Qianqian
Senior Brother Seventeen smiled at Princess Chang'an.
Said: "If your highness misses home, you can come back anytime, or you can go back to Huguo Temple anytime. It's quite nice here."
"I will stay here and pray for Her Royal Highness the Princess and the King of Loulan for the rest of my life."
Zhao Jia shed tears.
Asked: "Why do you want to do this?"
Senior Brother Seventeen pondered for a while and glanced at his fellow disciples around him.
The fellow disciples immediately nodded in understanding and retreated tactfully.
After everyone else left, Senior Brother Seventeen said to Zhao Jia, "Master predicted from the beginning that I might stay here with the ancient Buddha for the rest of my life. He also predicted that... I don't have any affinity with people in this life, whether it's family, friendship or love. I don't have any affinity."
"When he first told me this, I didn't believe it. I have an older brother, but I haven't seen him for many years."
"I have another friend, and that's you, Zhao Jia."
"I have a girl I like, too."
"But the girl I liked didn't like me, and she's married now."
"!!!" Princess Chang'an was shocked when she heard this.
She stared at Senior Brother Seventeen and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.
Senior Brother Seventeen did not let her speak, but interrupted her and spoke to Zhao Jia.
"Anyway, since Master has said it all, I feel hopeless."
"It's good to be empty of the four elements. It will be convenient for me to worship Buddha for the rest of my life."
"You know what? Princess..."
Senior Brother Seventeen pulled Princess Chang'an to sit down together, just like they did when they were children.
"When you first entered the Buddhist temple, Master Kongkong told you and me that you were the reincarnation of a lotus, right?"
Zhao Jia nodded hurriedly and said, "That's exactly what he said at the time, and I still remember clearly that Master not only said that I was the reincarnation of the lotus, but he also said that you were the reincarnation of the little boy under the Buddha, and that you were Jin Chanzi's junior fellow apprentice."
Senior Brother Seventeen smiled and said, "Yes, Master said at the time that I was Jin Chanzi's junior apprentice. These are all things in the storybook. I don't actually believe them."
"You didn't believe it at the time, did you?"
"Yeah, I don't believe it either." Princess Chang'an shook her head.
Although she has been here for so many years, she actually doesn't really believe in these fates of past lives.
If these stories about past lives really exist, why don't I remember any reincarnation memories?
You might say the princess doesn't believe it at all, but actually... she does believe it. She believes that in this world, everyone has their own destiny.
Some people are destined to be together, while some people are not. Just like myself and the King of Loulan, the fate between the two of them cannot be severed.
Princess Chang'an's eyes flashed, and she heard Senior Brother Seventeen say, "And at that time, our master also said that Jin Chanzi has actually been reincarnated and is about the same age as us. We didn't believe it at the time."
"Later, I dreamed of the Buddha one day. He told me that I was the reincarnation of the little boy beside the Buddha. I came to the mortal world by accident. I don't have any mission. My only mission is to repay a debt."
"I was wondering what this meant. Now I finally understand. Maybe this debt of mine...is actually your debt."
As he spoke, he bowed deeply to the Grand Princess of Chang'an and said, "Your Highness, since you are married now and have become a Loulan citizen, you should not return to the Huguo Temple in the future."
Princess Chang'an was shocked and said in surprise, "But Brother, didn't you just tell me? Didn't you just tell me... that I should come back to Huguo Temple from time to time?"
"Oh, I just said that in front of my fellow apprentices. You are already a layman, how can you come back so easily? You took my polite words seriously."
"???" Upon hearing this, Princess Chang'an was completely speechless. She almost cursed Senior Brother Seventeen in her heart.
Brother Seventeen looked at the unhappy look on Princess Chang'an's face, smiled at her and said, "Your Highness, are you unhappy? Your Highness, you have a life of luxury, and almost everyone in the two countries worships you like a god. You are extremely blessed. Your Highness, you must be happy in Loulan in the future."
"The relic in my body has been given to the King of Loulan. I'm sure you've seen it."
Zhao Jia said awkwardly, "...At that time, I wanted to take the relic off and return it to you, but I didn't expect that Ping An would get into trouble just after I took it off, so I didn't take it off. I don't know if you would be unhappy, after all, it's yours."
"Oh, how can this not make me happy?"
"The accident happened because the Buddha told you not to take the relic off. If you do, something unpleasant might happen between the two of you."
"This relic is destined to be with you, so there is no need to take it off."
Senior Brother Seventeen shook his head and repeatedly told Princess Chang'an, "Maybe I just want to give this relic to Jiang Ping'an to pay off his debt, or to pay off your debt."
"Anyway, my mission in this world is complete. You can go now."
"Let me stay in this Buddhist temple and pray for you for the rest of my life. That's fine. I actually like this kind of life."
Princess Chang'an left the Huguo Temple in a daze.
No one knows what happened or what was said between them.
In short, since Princess Chang'an left the Huguo Temple, she never went to the Huguo Temple again whenever she set foot in the Zhou and Song territory.
But this is all for later.
"..."
Time passed quickly, and two years later, a letter was sent from Loulan to Kyoto.
The door of the Ninth Prince's Mansion was hastily knocked open in the middle of the night.
Feicui and the others thought that something urgent had happened in Loulan, such as some war report.
Then I heard the people outside hurriedly and happily say, "Miss Feicui, great joy!"
"We must quickly inform our Ninth Prince and his wife of this news. Hurry and wake them up!"
"What's the big deal? Do we have to wake them both up?" Jade blinked. She was a little confused at this moment and hadn't reacted yet.
Then someone outside gasped and said, "Our Grand Princess Chang'an is pregnant!"
"Our princess is pregnant???"
...Yes, I am already 18 years old this year, it is indeed time to have a baby. If you think about it, I am really old enough.
These words made Feicui overjoyed. She rushed in immediately and woke Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining up.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining were shaken awake and were quite angry at this time.
As a result, when they heard Feicui say such good news, their anger immediately turned into joy.
They knew that Feicui had been serving them for so many years, and now knew that they were old, in their forties and didn't want to be disturbed, but they still had to wake them up. There must be something good going on.
They immediately smiled and said to Feicui, "Okay, okay, today everyone in the Ninth Prince's Mansion will receive a reward. Everyone will receive an extra three months' salary."
Hearing this, the servants in the room all knelt down and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Princess!"
Chen Zhining waved his hand and said to Feicui and the others, "Tomorrow morning, we will go to the palace to tell His Majesty and the Queen this great news."
When Feicui heard this, she suppressed her laughter and said, "Loulan's news is always delivered to the Imperial Study Room first. I guess we will know tonight."
The reason why it was sent to the palace as soon as possible was, firstly, what if something happened to Princess Chang'an there; secondly, what if Loulan attacked Zhou and Song.
Although the second reason is unlikely, they still have to be on guard at all times.
At this moment, the news was also received in the palace, and both the emperor and the queen were very happy.
On the second day, the emperor, the empress, Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining sent many gifts to Loulan.
In the imperial study, the emperor specially found a day, postponed all the memorials, and called Jiang Zhao, Chen Zhining, the queen, Chen Bo, Song Yunyun and others to the imperial study to have a good gathering together.
The prince asked someone outside to roast a whole lamb. After it was sent to the imperial study, the emperor cut the lamb and said to them, "We don't have much time, so we won't roast it ourselves. Let someone outside roast it and send it in. The taste will be almost the same."
But after all, it doesn’t have the same flavor as it did back then.
They are all very busy nowadays.
But after hearing such good news from Princess Chang'an yesterday, they were actually quite happy.
The emperor turned his head and said to Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining with a smile: "Oh, our princess is pregnant... Tsk tsk, Jiang Pingan is really quick."
At the beginning, Chen Zhining and Jiang Zhao told Jiang Pingan and Zhao Jia to consummate their marriage later, that is, when they were 18 years old.
It's not long since she turned 18 and she got pregnant. So they must be stuck together day and night.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining blushed when they thought of this, but now that they were pregnant, this was a good thing.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining looked at each other, and they felt relieved.
"Now that the child is pregnant...it's really good, it's really good."
"It's time for the other children to find a place to stay."
"By the way, your Wen Guang has now been promoted to the position of Minister, and is already a Crown Prince, and will soon inherit your position as King Rongbao..."
The emperor was in high spirits at this time, and said to Chen Zhining and Jiang Zhao with a smile: "Why don't we take advantage of this good news and grant Wen Guang a marriage."
When they heard about the arranged marriage, Chen Zhining and Jiang Zhao immediately became interested and said to him with a smile, "Don't match people up randomly. The child probably has someone he likes in his heart."
"Hey, of course I know about this. I heard this kid talk about it when I was drunk before." The emperor said with a smile, "The girl this kid likes is Qianqian, the daughter of your neighbor, the Imperial Censor, right?"
"Ah, it's really shallow."
"If it's Qianqian, then just make her the Crown Prince's Consort. I will issue an imperial edict immediately."
At this time, Chen Zhining hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's ask Wen Guang and Qian Qian to come to the palace and ask for Wen Guang's and Qian Qian's opinions."
"Although we all know what's going on, what if they disagree? Don't you think so?"
After hearing this, the emperor nodded and said, "Yes, let's call them into the palace to go through the process. What if they don't agree?"
But they felt they could definitely agree to it.
If he didn't agree, why hasn't the daughter of the Censor been married yet?
They are about the same age, and Qianqian is 16 years old now.
Normally, a girl would have been married for several months when she was 16, but Qianqian hadn't even been engaged, let alone married.
So the emperor really felt that there was something going on between Qianqian and Wenguang.
The emperor turned around and immediately ordered the eunuch Li beside him: "Eunuch Li, please go out and call Young Master Wenguang and Miss Qianqian over."
"I'll go right away." Eunuch Li went out with a smile.
Li Haitang looked much older than he had been many years ago, which was naturally because he was about the same age as the previous emperor.
However, when the retired emperor left, he did not take Eunuch Li with him. The emperor was used to using him and felt that if the prince used Eunuch Li, it would be much more convenient and effortless in the court. So he simply kept Li Haitang by the prince's side.
However, Eunuch Li is old now, and he will not be able to do it in a few years.
Two years ago, Eunuch Li had tactfully mentioned to the emperor that he wanted to serve the retired emperor and the empress dowager, but the emperor did not agree.
"Also, regarding this good news...should we call the Grand Empress Dowager over?"
When Chen Zhining said this, the emperor immediately sent someone to call the Empress Dowager over.
Not long after, the Queen Mother arrived, and Wen Guang and Qian Qian also came.
The emperor asked them directly in front of them: "Do you like each other?"
"If you like each other, I will grant you marriage immediately. If you don't like each other, you can just say so and I won't grant you marriage."
As she spoke, Chen Zhining looked at Qianqian with a gentle gaze and smiled at her, "Good girl, I know that you and Wenguang have been getting along well over the years, so I specially called you over to ask you all about it."
"If you like Wen Guang, you can just agree to it."
"If you don't like him and you don't agree, then even if Wen Guang likes you and wants to marry you, you can still refuse Wen Guang. It all depends on you."