Lin Luoling stood up and bowed his head, admitting his mistake.

Emperor Deshun saw this and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it. I know Yan'er's personality better than you do. He may have made up his mind about this matter. You may not know until the day of your wedding that there is no imperial decree from me to grant the marriage."

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father.

Lin Luoling remained silent. Emperor Deshun said to Yun Xi, "Go get one or two decent items and send them to Concubine Chen's palace to persuade her to behave herself."

Yun Xi nodded in acceptance of the order, then turned and left.

Afterwards, Emperor Deshun asked the eunuch to invite Du Zhong, the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace, into the palace.

After entering the palace, Du Zhong first paid his respects to Emperor Deshun with great respect. Lin Luoling noticed a detail, that is, Du Zhong did not pay his respects to Emperor Deshun with a grand ceremony, but with a common ceremony.

Emperor Deshun looked accustomed to it, and asked Du Zhong with a smile how many hours the empress dowager had slept in the past two days and how her meals were.

Du Zhong answered the question irrelevantly: "Your Majesty has been blocked by some troublesome things in the past two days, and those things naturally have to be decided by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother knows that Your Majesty is in a difficult situation, so she suppressed the matter.

Upon hearing that His Royal Highness Prince An had brought Princess An into the palace, the Queen Mother and Concubine Chen went to congratulate the Queen Mother, and happened to meet Princess July who had just returned to the palace.

Princess July was a witness to the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince An and Princess An. The Queen and Consort Chen were very curious and naturally wanted to ask about Princess July. "

Du Zhong sneered and continued, "I asked in great detail until a palace servant passed on the news that His Majesty was furious and severely punished His Royal Highness Prince An. The Queen Mother then sent an old servant to persuade them to reconcile. After all, His Royal Highness Prince An has always been in poor health and cannot bear the severe punishment."

Lin Luoling, who was standing aside with his head bowed, knew that people in the palace did not speak literally, so he carefully savored what Du Zhong said.

It was clear that Du Zhong said this to tell Emperor Deshun that the Empress Dowager and Concubine Chen had visited the Empress Dowager's palace frequently in the past two days. Under the pretext of caring about His Royal Highness Prince An, they told the Empress Dowager about the private wedding of His Royal Highness Prince An and Lin Luoling in Xuzhou, Beijing. After all, doing so violated the taboo of the royal family.

The Empress Dowager was definitely not someone who could be easily dealt with, so she played dumb and suppressed the matter.

As soon as they returned to the capital, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Chen must have received the news in advance, and went to the Empress Dowager's palace on the pretext of paying respects to her. When Princess July returned, she naturally had to go to the Empress Dowager's palace first.

The Empress Dowager and Concubine Chen already regarded Prince An as a thorn in their side. If they had no plans in mind, why would they ask Princess July so many questions about Lin Luoling?

Furthermore, a eunuch just reported that Imperial Concubine Chen prepared meals for Emperor Deshun herself. Imperial Concubine Chen had always been in the Empress Dowager's palace, so how could she prepare them herself?

The most important thing is, Prince An has been raised by the Empress Dowager since he was young. How could the Empress Dowager not know that Prince An was healthy?

Du Zhong's words somewhat urged Emperor Deshun to make a decision earlier, so as to prevent the Empress and Concubine Chen from making a big fuss about the matter, which would have a bad ending.

Lin Luoling had never come into contact with Eucommia ulmoides, so it was good enough that he could think of these things.

However, Du Zhong was an old man who served the Empress Dowager. After the Empress Dowager was banished to the cold palace, Du Zhong had been following Emperor De Shun. Therefore, Emperor De Shun was more clear about what Du Zhong wanted to express.

Emperor Deshun stood up and said, "I originally thought that after Princess An entered the palace, I would let her go to pay respects to my mother, but I thought that she was the daughter of a merchant and might not understand the rules of the palace, so I asked Yunxi to bring her here first to teach her some palace rules."

Du Zhong understood and said, "It's true that mother and son are connected by heart. That's what the Queen Mother said just now."

Emperor Deshun smiled calmly and ordered, "Go to Jingshou Palace."

After saying that, Emperor Deshun turned to Lin Luoling and said, "Have you remembered all the rules I taught you just now?"

Lin Luoling bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will remember what you said."

Du Zhong smiled and said, "Princess An, it's time to change your words. You are not a commoner. In front of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, you should call yourself a concubine."

"Thank you for the reminder, Manager Du. I will definitely keep it in mind!"

"He is a smart and clever one. Your Highness Prince An has excellent vision." Du Zhong held the food box in both hands in front of Emperor Deshun.

Emperor Deshun opened the food box and took out the golden imperial edict and two secret letters. He couldn't help but smile and said, "My mother is really thoughtful."

Lin Luoling followed Emperor Deshun back to the main hall and found out that the food box that Du Zhong brought did not contain any dishes. The golden imperial edict was the one granting marriage, and it only lacked Emperor Deshun's seal.

One of the two secret letters was written by Lin Luoling just after her divorce. She imitated Prince An's handwriting and wrote to Emperor Deshun, asking for permission to grant him and Lin Luoling a marriage.

The other letter was from Emperor Deshun, who took into consideration the frail health of Prince An and therefore did not need to hold a grand wedding. He also knew that Lin Luoling was a second bride, so he held the wedding in Xuzhou, the capital, and brought Lin Luoling to the capital to meet the Empress Dowager and Emperor Deshun.

In this light, Lin Luoling suddenly understood why the Empress Dowager had been able to hold the power in the harem for so many years.

Prince An did not instruct Lin Luoling along the way, "The Empress Dowager is very cunning, if you come to her, don't have any tricks, and don't lie to her. If you do something wrong, admit it openly, the Empress Dowager will at most scold you severely.

If you shirk responsibility or lie to her, no matter how perfect your words are, they will not escape her sharp eyes. "

After Emperor Deshun stamped the imperial edict of marriage brought by Du Zhong with the imperial seal, he took Lin Luoling to Jingshou Palace.

On the way to the capital, Prince An and Lin Luoling talked in detail about the personalities of the Empress and Concubine Chen.

From Prince An's description, Lin Luoling felt that the Queen was a smiling tiger who killed people without blinking an eye, and Concubine Chen was a venomous snake that devoured people without leaving any bones.

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