N-A-A Chapter 1669 Unable to be woken up
Chapter 1669 Unable to be woken up
Hearing Madam Lin say that Xiao Liu was already waiting for the wedding procession, Lu Zhaoling finally felt like she was about to get married.
She was a little dazed just now, but now she's a bit nervous.
She had thought she wouldn't be nervous.
Seeing her expression, Rong Jingjing smiled and said, "Senior Sister, don't be nervous."
Lu Zhaoling retorted defiantly, "Why am I nervous? I'm so familiar with Zhou Shiyue, and I've been to the Prince's Mansion so many times. Whether we get married or not doesn't make much difference."
However, Lu Zhaoling was still thinking about what happened yesterday.
I wonder how things will be handled this morning? Is the Emperor currently in the Golden Palace, cursing and venting his anger everywhere?
Will Zhou Shiyue be summoned to the palace as well? If we're late, will she also cause a scene in the palace?
He shouted, "Come back and marry me!"
Lu Zhaoling even made herself laugh.
But how could Zhou Shiyue possibly overlook the things she could think of?
He had already arranged for the retired emperor to enter the palace last night.
The Emperor, who had been up until the wee hours of the morning, was finally coaxed to sleep by Consort Yu, only to immediately see his father's old face again.
In the dream, the retired emperor insisted on chatting with the emperor about this and that.
First, she talked about many things from the past and comforted the emperor, saying that she had neglected him in the past and had not discovered his strengths, which brought tears to the emperor's eyes and almost made him burst into tears.
The latter half of the text details the messy and erroneous decisions the emperor made in his old age, scolding him until his face turned red and he lowered his head, not daring to utter a sound.
The retired emperor also checked the time and felt that he had been cursing a bit too fast and his performance was a bit too extraordinary. He had finished cursing all the way before the time was up.
If the emperor were to attend court at this time, he might actually summon Zhou Shiyue to the palace.
If Prime Minister Shen and his men start making a scene and arguing in the Golden Palace, they will definitely miss the wedding ceremony.
So the retired emperor thought for a moment, then pulled the emperor aside and talked about the crown prince. After talking about the crown prince, they started talking about the second prince, and when they talked about the second prince, they had to bring up Lu Zhaoyun, who was by the second prince's side and had a servant mother.
Since we've mentioned Lu Zhaoyun, we must also talk about the young imperial grandson.
The young prince is almost out of favor. When the emperor heard the retired emperor mention the young prince, he was surprised and realized that it had been a long time since he had seen the young prince. He wondered how the prince was doing.
However, upon hearing the retired emperor complain that he couldn't teach a child well and that he didn't care about a good crown prince, the emperor couldn't help but retort.
“Father, actually Xiao Wu is not bad either. He is sensible, well-behaved, and very filial. I wish he were a son.”
The emperor couldn't help but sigh.
The Emperor Emeritus paused for a moment, recalling the Fifth Princess's behavior last night. Well-behaved? She seemed well-behaved.
The emperor still remembered what happened yesterday, so even in his dream he was still somewhat concerned and tried hard to wake up.
However, having dreamed of the retired emperor so many times, the emperor had accumulated some experience.
He spoke to the Emperor Emeritus in a consultative tone, “Father, it seems I should be going to court soon. Would you please return to your memorial tablet to rest? We can talk again next time, is that alright?”
The retired emperor raised an eyebrow, not expecting that the emperor would still remember that he was in the memorial tablet. He had previously thought that the emperor did not believe in this matter.
He glanced at the time again. By now, Zhou Shiyue should be getting himself all dressed up and ready to go out to fetch his bride. How could he let the emperor attend court? He had to make sure that kid properly welcomed Master Ling back to the palace first.
So the retired emperor straightened his face and said to the emperor in a very serious tone, "Since you just mentioned Xiao Wu, let's talk about Xiao Wu."
The emperor was taken aback. What did Xiao Wu have to say?
He admitted that he had been doting on Xiao Wu lately, but he couldn't let his father dislike one child just because he liked another. Did only the child favored by the emperor qualify as a good child? For example, the Crown Prince, or Zhou Shiyue—that was far too unfair.
The retired emperor didn't care what he was thinking; his only goal was to keep the emperor in a daze. After all, the emperor couldn't handle much government affairs anyway, so what did it matter if he missed a day of morning court?
The Emperor hasn't gotten up yet. Actually, everyone is already in the Golden Palace.
Prime Minister Shen was already standing at the front.
Lin Rong and Lord Chen also arrived. Lord Chen glanced at Prime Minister Shen, nudged Lin Rong with his elbow, and said in a low voice, "Lord Lin, did you see the dark circles under Prime Minister Shen's eyes? Tsk, he definitely didn't sleep last night."
Although he didn't sleep for very long last night, he still managed to get about two hours of sleep. But judging from Prime Minister Shen's appearance, he probably didn't even get half an hour of sleep.
Indeed, how could he possibly sleep with such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders? His beloved concubine is currently weeping in the Dali Temple.
Lord Chen was somewhat gloating.
However, he was also a little anxious. Why hadn't the Emperor arrived yet? He needed to hurry off to the Prince of Jin's residence for the wedding banquet.
Lin Rong took another step back, too lazy to stand with Lord Chen.
Lord Chen has been getting a bit cocky lately. There should be a distance between them, with two other officials in between, but for some reason, Lord Chen keeps squeezing up next to him.
The two officials didn't seem to have any objections, or perhaps they did but dare not voice them. It made it appear as if they had a very good relationship.
At this moment, Grand Secretary Shu asked in a low voice, "Prime Minister Shen, I heard that something big happened last night?"
Prime Minister Shen couldn't understand what he meant, and remained silent with a dark expression.
The people sent to the Yang family last night came back and said that the Yang family had been deserted and that Lord Yang had actually fled for his life.
This would leave him with no one to blame. Although he would still try to shift the blame to Lord Yang, Lord Yang is not here now, so he would probably be the one to bear the Emperor's wrath.
Meanwhile, in the Emperor's bedroom, Consort Yu had already called out to the Emperor several times.
The emperor didn't know what was going on; he was sleeping so soundly that no matter how much Consort Yu called or nudged him, he didn't wake up.
The imperial physicians had been guarding outside the palace all night, so Consort Yu simply summoned one of them to examine the Emperor.
When the imperial physician examined him, he came up with a result that was both laughable and absurd: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is simply sleeping soundly."
But she's sleeping too soundly.
"What can we do? The morning court session has long since started, and the Emperor is still not awake..."
At this moment, Eunuch Qin suggested, "Your Highness, how about I go and tell the officials to wait a little longer?"