Chapter 247 Recognition Ceremony

The next day, Bai Yu was sent to the royal mausoleum by Bai Jing.

Since Lu Zhanyan ascended the throne, he sent people to rebuild the mausoleum, mobilizing all manpower and financial resources. The person in charge of this matter was Lu Jin, who was naturally very concerned about it. After all, he would be lying in here in the future.

It took two years to complete the royal mausoleum. The ancestors of the Lu family were then moved to a more luxurious and magnificent royal mausoleum, so Chang Bo, the tomb keeper, also followed them.

When Bai Jing arrived at the royal mausoleum, he was shocked by its magnificence. Although it was a little remote in the mountains, its luxury was no less than other places.

Afterwards, Bai Yu stayed and practiced martial arts with those children.

Although Ling'er was sad for two days, she immediately got busy with her own things. She had to learn a lot of things every day, so how could she have the time to think about a playmate she had only known for a short time?

Three days later, the news that Marquis Yong'an wanted to adopt Princess Zhaohe as his adopted daughter spread throughout the capital.

Princess Showa is the daughter of Prince Yi, who is loved by everyone. Why would she accept someone else as her godfather?

But no matter what, Prince Yi and His Majesty had no objection, and some ministers became even more eager to have an alliance.

Mu Qingli is not only talented but also good-looking. He is also the deputy commander of the most important Heavenly Punishment Department. In the future, he will be the adoptive father of Princess Showa. Who can compare with his status?

Naturally, I have to rush forward and curry favor with him?

If we can form a marriage, it will be a great achievement.

On the day of the recognition ceremony, the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion was packed with people. When Emperor Zhaoyuan learned that his niece was going to recognize a foster father, he took it very seriously and directly gave the court officials a day off and asked them to go to the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion to watch the ceremony, giving Mu Qingli enough face.

Prime Minister Su was somewhat surprised to see his granddaughter Ling'er wanted to recognize her as his adoptive father. After all, in his opinion, Ling'er didn't need to depend on anyone.

Ling'er was called to the Prime Minister's Mansion to play for a day. When asked the reason, Ling'er said that she felt Marquis Yong'an was kind, so she wanted to recognize him as her adoptive father.

Prime Minister Su was puzzled, but then he thought that it was no big deal since he was just recognizing a foster father.

On the day of the recognition ceremony, all the ministers in the court came to watch the ceremony, even His Majesty and his family of three came. No one could match this level of importance.

Mu Qingli works at the Heavenly Punishment Division and also holds the title of Marquis, so his status is already high. Now with his connection with Princess Showa, his status is even higher.

Ling'er solemnly served tea to her adoptive father, and Mu Qingli also gave him a generous gift very sincerely.

All the civil and military officials witnessed this moment, but Mu Qingli and Ling'er, father and daughter, felt that their relationship seemed to have become closer after the recognition.

Lu Zhanxing sat aside, watching the scene with satisfaction. Although Mu Qingli didn't know that his daughter was his biological daughter, now that they had this connection, there was no difference between them being married.

Let's leave Ling'er to Mu Qingli for teaching this year!

And I... hehe, can now enjoy myself.

After the recognition of her relatives, Ling'er now had a home again. Lu Zhanxing asked Ling'er to live here for half a year. On weekdays, she would follow Mu Qingli to work in the Heavenly Punishment Division, and only go back to see her family occasionally when she had time.

Luo went to accompany her second daughter and little granddaughter. Lu Jin was on duty every day, and Su Xianye was busy managing the entire Prince Yi's Mansion.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Luo had completely let go. All the personal relationships and family property in Prince Yi's mansion were handed over to Su Xianye. She is now very busy and only sees Ling'er occasionally. When a woman is busy, she doesn't have much time to think about her husband.

But from then on, Lu Zhanxing had to go to the imperial study every morning to help review memorials. In order to prevent his brother from being lazy, Lu Zhanyan directly gave the three assistant ministers a period of vacation to show some consideration for these three old men.

Lord Wei and Grand Tutor Mei sighed that they could finally take a rest.

Lord Wei took advantage of his free time to teach several grandsons selected from side branches. There was still a year before the crown prince and the princess would choose their study partners, so he had to hurry.

And Tutor Mei also has more time to teach the prince.

Prime Minister Su: “…”

He's in his prime, isn't he?

However, knowing that his son-in-law was already at the center of power, he was naturally happy to see it happen.

Although I kind of regret giving up Lu Zhanyan as my prospective son-in-law, at least my current son-in-law is not bad.

Even those rumors did not shake His Majesty's trust in his son-in-law, which shows that his son-in-law is also favored by His Majesty.

It’s a pity that I can’t have children now. It’s a pity in this great era.

Now many ministers are advising him to remarry and have introduced several women to him. But what’s the point of marrying her?

It's all the fault of Zhao's mother and daughter. If they hadn't deceived me and murdered me to exterminate my descendants, why would I be so helpless?

But Zhao had been secretly executed by him, and Su Xianxin had been exiled to the border, and I heard she had died. He couldn't find anyone to vent his anger on.

At this time, Su Xianxin, who was thought to be dead, was fine.

She had indeed been bought by Feng Chengyu as a concubine, and it took her a long time to recover her previous appearance.

But when she thought about the fact that her most hated sister had become the Princess of Prince Yi, how could she tolerate such a gap?

In the past, Su Xianye was only worthy of being stepped on by him, but now there is a world of difference between the two of them.

During the time she was rescued, she thought a lot and secretly hated the Fourth Prince for being useless. She regretted her own choice even more. If she had known that Lu Zhanyan would rebel and ascend the throne, she should have married Lu Zhanyan, and she would have been the queen.

It’s such a good deal for Chu Yao, an orphan.

She always felt that the position of queen should belong to her, but now it is just the opposite.

How could she be willing to do this?

With nowhere to go, she could only devote herself to Feng Chengyu, whom she once looked down upon. It was not until Feng Chengyu was captured by the Heavenly Punishment Bureau that she got the news and packed up her bags and ran away.

But as a weak woman without any documents and an illegal resident, it was extremely difficult for her to escape.

However, she was lucky. On the way, she met a caravan going to Qi State to do business. She lied that her documents and money were stolen and she had to wander outside. The manager in charge felt sorry for her and kept her as a concubine because of her beauty.

Su Xianxin suppressed her nausea and followed the old man, thinking that she would run away once she reached Qi State.

In the past few days, she also learned that this caravan was managed by the sixth son of the Ruan family, so she wanted to curry favor with this boss.

When the steward went to report, she secretly followed him and stopped in a yard. She hid in the dark, thinking about how to get the young man's attention, but unexpectedly she saw a familiar person at the door.

Tan Ling?

She couldn't help but scream out. After the two met, Su Xianxin felt like she had found a relative and cried to him about the hardships she had experienced during that time.

After settling Su Xianxin down, Tan Ling spent a few days being affectionate with her and decided to use his old trick again.

After learning that Su Xianxin had been delaying her menstrual period for half a month, he realized that she was pregnant, and immediately sent her to her master, saying only that she was his sister who had come to live with him.

Unexpectedly, his documents and travel expenses were taken away, but he was saved by Manager Wu by chance, so he was able to reunite with his sister, and he thought of sending her to serve the master.

When Su Xianxin saw Tan Ling's master Ruan Jiayou, she was shocked for a long time and finally understood why Tan Ling wanted to serve him as his master.