Last night I was still worried about how to save my daughter's life, but this morning I received the imperial edict that my daughter was made a princess.
Such ups and downs made him, a man who had experienced half a lifetime of ups and downs, somewhat unbearable.
"Thank you Lord for your kindness." Shangguan Yue took the imperial edict with both hands and stood up, "May I ask my father-in-law, how is my little girl... now?"
"Please rest assured, Sir Shangguan, the Queen Mother has taken the princess to the palace to bathe and change clothes. She will be sent home by the imperial guards later. You can just go back and wait."
"Thank you, father-in-law."
The chief eunuch turned around and returned to the house. Many courtiers rushed up to congratulate Shangguan Yue.
After Shangguan Yue dealt with them one by one, he hurried home.
Sure enough, an hour later, the eldest princess, together with the imperial guards, personally sent Shangguan Wan Ning back home.
"Ning'er..."
Mrs. Shangguan quickly stepped forward and hugged her daughter in her arms, crying and saying, "It's been hard on you these past few days..."
She went to visit the cell last night and Shangguan Wanning said that she would be fine. She only took it as a word of comfort. Unexpectedly, the family would be reunited today.
"Mom, please don't cry. Am I okay?"
"Madam, let Ning'er go back to her room and rest. She has been in jail for several days and in such an environment...well, she must be exhausted."
Shangguan Yue felt heartbroken when he saw his daughter losing weight.
Lutong helped Shangguan Wanning back to the room. She dismissed all the maids and nannies, and sat alone in front of the dressing mirror in a daze.
Mu Jingrui...
His figure would appear in her mind from time to time.
Shangguan Wan Ning had a good sleep. After waking up, she went to the kitchen to get cakes, fruits and a jug of good wine, and went to the west wing to find Lu Xiangzi and Sun Jinyao.
An old man and a young man were playing chess under the shade of a tree, both of them looking solemn.
"Master, brother Yao."
"I'm back." Lu Xiangzi didn't even raise his head, but just picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth.
Sun Jinyao put down the chess piece in his hand and stood up, taking a serious look at Shangguan Wan Ning. "This matter... is too risky. Don't do it again in the future."
"If I don't have to do it, I don't want to do it and make my parents worry about me."
All of this is Shangguan Wan Ning's plan designed in advance.
She asked Lu Xiangzi to teach her special acupuncture methods, sealing several acupuncture points on the emperor's body, causing him to fall into a coma and appear to be dying.
She knew Xiao Zhenting, and if something happened to her, he would definitely be eager to cut off the relationship with her. In this way, not only would she get rid of his entanglement, but it would also allow him to prove it himself and restore her innocence.
After Xiao Zhenting had said what needed to be said and done what needed to be done, Sun Jinyao and Lu Xiangzi sneaked into the palace and rescued the emperor.
"Brother Yao, don't worry, it won't happen again in the future."
Shangguan Wan Ning suppressed all her unhappy emotions in her heart, poured three glasses of wine, handed one to Sun Jinyao and Lu Xiangzi each, and kept one for herself.
"Thanks to Master and Brother Yao for helping me this time, I would like to toast you. I will definitely repay this kindness when I have the opportunity in the future."
"Girl, do you know, what is the best way for a woman to repay a man?" Lu Xiangzi did not drink, but looked at her seriously.
"It's...what?"
"Of course that's why..."
Before Lu Xiangzi finished speaking, Sun Jinyao put the wine glass in his hand to his mouth. "You don't need to express your opinion. As a master, you should protect your apprentice."
Lu Xiangzi couldn't help but drink the glass of wine and glared at Sun Jinyao fiercely, as angry as if he hated iron.
He drank all the wine in his glass, placed it heavily on the table, and went back to his room cursing.
Shangguan Wan Ning felt that what Lu Xiangzi wanted to say was "commit yourself to each other". He seemed to want to make her and Sun Jinyao a couple.
"Brother Yao, actually..."
"You go back and rest. You don't have to take anything the old monster says to heart."
Sun Jinyao cleaned up the chessboard and seemed not to want to continue talking to her.
Shangguan Wan Ning did not force herself and walked towards her yard.
Halfway through, she saw Lutong running over panting.
"What's the matter? I don't know how to walk slowly at home."
"Miss, it's not good...the second prince is here."
"What's he doing here?" Shangguan Wan Ning's good mood was immediately ruined.
Lutong adjusted her breathing, fanned herself with her hands, and replied: "I heard that she came to propose marriage."
"Propose marriage?" Shangguan Wan Ning laughed angrily.
Are there any such thick-skinned people in this world?
"Let's go and have a look."
Shangguan Wan Ning believes that after what happened this time, her father will never betroth her to Xiao Zhenting.
Sure enough, when she arrived at the main hall, Xiao Zhenting was no longer there.
"father."
Shangguan Yue put down the cup in his hand and said calmly: "The second prince has left. Ning'er, don't worry, no matter how stupid your father is, he will never entrust your life to such a person. In the most difficult time for you,
He abandoned you when the time came, and now that he sees that your glory can help him rise to power, he comes to curry favor with you. Huh! What a bastard."
"Dad, don't be angry, let's just ignore him from now on." Shangguan Wan Ning calmed her father's emotions and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Um."
Shangguan Yue turned around and looked at his graceful daughter. He was still frightened when he thought of the various tortures his daughter had gone through during the days when she was imprisoned in the prison.
"Ning'er, Dad knows that you study medical skills very seriously, but from now on... don't treat people casually, especially relatives of the emperor. If you are not careful, you may really die."
"Dad, don't worry, my daughter will never do it again."
"Okay, that's good." Shangguan Yue gently patted the back of his daughter's hand and said with a smile, "Now that you have been named princess by the emperor, it is also an honor for our Shangguan family. Dad called some of his colleagues in the court to come at home.
Let’s set up a few banquet tables to celebrate you.”
"That's fine." Shangguan Wan Ning had her own plan. She sat down next to her father and said tentatively, "Dad, then I will go to the Yiyong Hou Mansion and invite my grandpa and uncles over. Do you think it's okay?"
Shangguan Yue's smile suddenly froze on his face.
During this time, there was already a rift in the relationship between the two families.
He didn't really want to see those brothers-in-law.
"Dad, no matter what, we are a family. You don't want to embarrass mother, right? Besides, I believe that my second uncle also loves me, but Zhixing died..."
Shangguan Wan Ning's heart ached, and there was a layer of tears in her eyes.
"Okay, it's up to you."
"Thank you dad."
Shangguan Wan Ning felt relieved.
She knew very well that in the days to come, they would still have to face many storms. If the two families could not unite as one, how could they deal with the outside world as one?