strictlysupreme Chapter 322: Drunk Linglong 7
Chapter 322: Drunk Linglong 7
Elder Tao Yan came to the court to meet Yuan An with a tough attitude, hoping to clear the Wu clan's grievances.
Yuan An admitted that he was biased and oversighted in strangling the Wu Clan a year ago. He then issued an order to restore the Wu Clan to assist the royal family and rebuild Lijingtian.
The matter of Concubine Lian was Dingshui's, which involved the reputation of the royal family, so it was not announced to the public. The case was only closed with Dingshui's death.
His Majesty finally entrusted the task of selecting a concubine for Prince Ling to Yuan Ji and Chang Ran.
No matter what, Concubine Lian was the enemy who killed the prince's mother, so Prince Ling did not hold the prince responsible for choosing a concubine.
Yuan Xi and Chang Ran have not appeared in public for a long time because of the Yin family's affairs.
Now that the cement test has been successful, it has been used in river construction with particularly good results.
Of course, people nowadays are not stupid, and have developed many uses for cement. Cement roads are paved in many places, and the road surface is particularly smooth. It is also used to build defense projects, etc.
Yuan An also gave Chang Ran a lot of rewards, hoping that he would come out to work again. The Yin family also benefited from this and began to prosper.
Although Chang Ran had no intention of getting involved in the court, he did not want to prevent Yuan Xi and the Yin family from making progress. He gave them the opportunity.
Chang Ran was quite interested in the matter of selecting a concubine, so he did not refuse.
But he just wanted to watch the fun, and most of the work was done by his third brother Yuanji. Chang Ran just learned the specific process in case it would be useful in the future.
Yuan Ji was not angry at Chang Ran's behavior. He had never been valued by his father before. Now that he was assigned a task, it was to help his fourth brother, so he was naturally happy.
Seeing that Yuan Ji had no objection, Chang Ran felt even more at ease and was lazy.
Yin Caiqian has become much more mature now because of the Yin family's affairs. After Yin Jianzheng passed away, the Yin family did not meet the criteria for Prince Ling to select a concubine, and she did not make a fuss about going.
The day of selecting concubines finally arrived. The first stage was a contest of needlework. Chang Ran watched the participating ladies embroidering with great interest.
During the selection process, Chang Ran did not complain and chose Feng Qingchen as the winner.
The second stage is a martial arts competition. The other ladies basically don't know martial arts, so it's mainly Qingchen and Duoxia who are competing. In the end, Qingchen wins.
The third level is a test of manners and demeanor.
Since Feng Qingchen won the first two levels, the result of the last round is no longer important.
When reporting to His Majesty, Yuan Ji and Chang Ran said that Feng Qingchen was the winner.
Thus, the marriage between Duo and Princess Xia came to a standstill again.
Finally, someone suggested that Princess Duoxia participate in the upcoming royal autumn military exercise. Perhaps she would see the excellence of the other princes and make a different decision.
Finally, Yuan An ordered Feng Qingchen and Duo Xia to participate in the royal military exercise together, and the location of the military exercise was Li Jingtian.
After the Queen's death, Yuan An felt guilty towards Yuan Ming for not punishing Concubine Lian. In addition, he wanted Yuan Ming to deal with the Wu Clan, so he released him from confinement.
Fortunately, after Wu Pingting was captured, Chang Ran saw that Yuan Ling had not executed her, so he let the little puppet get rid of her.
Otherwise, he might be rescued by Yuan Ming again and continue to do bad things.
The royal military exercise is approaching, and the prince plans to invite all the princes to appreciate the flowers so that everyone can be in a good state to participate in the military exercise.
In the play, during the flower viewing, all the princes were beaten with sticks because of fighting. Chang Ran didn't want to go because he was afraid that the same thing would happen again and he would really be beaten.
Moreover, Yuan Ming would arrange assassinations in subsequent military exercises, and he did not want to participate.
Therefore, as soon as the selection of concubines was over, Chang Ran reported being sick again. When Yuan Che invited her, she found an excuse to decline.
After the imperial physician examined him, he concluded that Chang Ran had not rested well before and was in a bad mood afterwards, so he was a little weak. It would be best for him to rest quietly and avoid strenuous exercise or overwork.