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Chapter 389 - 367 - A grand banquet to announce to the world, appointing Shen Liandi as the Crown Princess

Chapter 389: Chapter 367 - A grand banquet to announce to the world, appointing Shen Liandi as the Crown Princess

The Emperor’s angry shout startled all the civil and military officials in the court.

Just earlier that morning, the Emperor had been in high spirits, occasionally smiling from the corners of his lips and brows.

The royal family had not experienced the double happiness of dragon and phoenix twins in a hundred years, and His Majesty was overjoyed at having a grandson and granddaughter.

This was precisely why the court officials had so boldly engaged in debate, because the Emperor was happy!

After the Emperor left, the officials started to whisper among themselves.

"Wasn’t he happy about the joy of the dragon and phoenix twins? Why did he suddenly become angry?"

"Indeed, it’s the first time such twins have appeared in the Royal Family, His Majesty should be happy."

"It’s because you all were too nitpicky. The Emperor got impatient."

"Clearly it was you who were too harsh, not giving an inch even when you have the upper hand!"

The court officials began yet another round of debate...

After leaving the Jinluan Hall, the Emperor first went to the Fengyi Palace, intending to have breakfast with the Empress then visit their grandchildren together.

Instead, he found it empty. Without having to ask, the Emperor knew that the Empress had gone to the Hehuan Hall in the East Palace.

The Emperor felt somewhat annoyed, as she knew he too wanted to see the grandchildren, yet the Empress did not wait for him!

The Emperor did not even bother with breakfast and proceeded directly to the East Palace.

At that moment in the Hehuan Hall,

The Empress played with her granddaughter for a while, only to find that the child had fallen asleep while playing, her small features rivaled Shen Chuwei’s in tenderness.

Shen Chuwei was originally a soft and tender child, if the granddaughter were like Shen Chuwei, that would be for the best. In any case, she should not be like the Crown Prince—cold and not at all endearing.

The Empress instructed Shen Chuwei a few words, then told Chun Xi and the others to take good care of Shen Chuwei before reluctantly leaving the Hehuan Hall.

She had only taken a few steps when she saw the Emperor approaching from afar.

He was still wearing the Dragon Robe, indicating that he had just come from the morning court.

As he approached, the Empress stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, may you be blessed with peace and health."

The Emperor stopped and asked, "Why has the Empress come out?"

The Empress spoke softly, "Once this concubine has finished her visit, of course she would leave. Moreover, Lady Shen and the babies need to rest, and this concubine cannot stay there all the time, even though she is reluctant to leave, we must be considerate of Lady Shen’s health and that of the babies."

The underlying message was that one should not act as one pleases just because of one’s status!

The Emperor was put in a difficult position for a moment. Since yesterday, he had not seen his grandson and granddaughter, and he had specifically left the morning court to visit them, but now he was to see them not?

His heart was exceptionally frustrated.

The Empress raised her eyes to look at the Emperor, "Your Majesty, although our granddaughter is so small, her eyes are very much like Lady Shen’s, as if they can speak. I played with her for a while, and she even smiled at me."

The Emperor, full of curiosity, pursued the question, "The granddaughter already knows how to smile?"

"Of course, she knows how to smile. Her smile is sweeter than hibiscus cake," said the Empress vividly.

Hearing this, the Emperor wanted even more to visit his granddaughter and see how well she could smile, wondering if she was more smiley than Yuyu as a child?

Just thinking about it made him extremely uneasy.

"Lady Shen has given birth to the dragon and phoenix twins, which is a great contribution. She must be rewarded. It’s the first time for the Royal Family to have such twins; this is a good omen for Daxia. When the royal grandson and granddaughter have their full month celebration, we must hold a grand feast to announce it to the world."

The Empress shared the same thought. Hearing the Emperor’s idea, she responded, "Your Majesty is wise."

The Emperor added, "We shall bestow titles upon the royal grandson and granddaughter, choosing pleasant-sounding distinctions."

When princes have not been granted titles, they are only imperial grandsons.

If they are given titles and called imperial grandsons or granddaughters, their status rises significantly, and this is also considered a supreme honor.

Previously, the Emperor had only two imperial grandsons, neither of whom had been awarded titles.

Upon hearing this, the Empress felt that the emperor finally did something human, a grand feast to announce to the world was definitely in order.

After giving birth, Shen Chuwei finally got to live a life of nothing but eating and sleeping, and her little face noticeably plumped up at an obvious rate.

During the confinement period, she couldn’t go out and had to lie in bed, waiting for meals!

These were all Shen Chuwei’s specialties.

The only downside was that every day was filled with nothing but soups and more soups.

Even if the soup tasted good, after drinking too much of it, one would not want to drink it anymore.

She wanted to eat braised pork, braised ribs, crystal pork knuckles, four-joy meatballs...

However, during the confinement period, all of these were forbidden by Chun Xi~

Shen Chuwei looked out of the window, and the Lucky Jade on the windowsill bloomed with another new small yellow flower.

She now missed the little prince uncle tremendously.

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Xiao Jinyu walked in holding a big bag, "Sister-in-law, I’ve come to visit my niece and nephew."

Seeing Xiao Jinyu was like seeing a savior for Shen Chuwei, "Little prince uncle, could you do me a favor?"

Xiao Jinyu had a bad feeling, "What favor?"

Shen Chuwei smiled mischievously, "Can you bring me some tasty food?"

Xiao Jinyu agreed readily, "No problem."

Shen Chuwei didn’t expect Xiao Jinyu to agree so readily, to which she gave him a two-word review, "Reliable!"

Xiao Jinyu went to hold his niece, but unfortunately, the niece was still sleeping and ignored him completely, no matter how he tried to amuse her, she slept just as soundly.

She would occasionally grunt a few times.

Since the niece was ignoring him, he could only hold his nephew.

But the nephew did not even grunt, showing a composure as if Mount Tai were crumbling before him.

Even so, Xiao Jinyu took turns holding them for a good while before reluctantly leaving.

After finishing his official duties, Xiao Jinyan returned to the East Palace, and he first went to the bedside to look at little nineth, seeing her sleeping soundly in bed, he didn’t wake her.

He looked at his son and daughter, both also soundly asleep.

His gaze fell on his daughter, and he could vaguely notice that the daughter bore some resemblance to little nineth, especially when they were asleep, they looked particularly alike.

Meanwhile, in the Imperial Study Room

After delegating most of the memorials to the Crown Prince for review, the Emperor found himself with some free time. Having finished his current affairs and with the ministers not around, he planned to visit his grandson and granddaughter in the Hehuan Hall.

It had been three days since the birth of his grandson and granddaughter, and he had not seen them yet.

Listening to the Empress talk about how cute and smiley the granddaughter was, he couldn’t help himself.

Just as the Emperor was about to stand up, Xiao Jinyan walked in.

"Father Emperor, your son has a matter to discuss with you."

The Emperor’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant, as this delayed his visit to see his granddaughter.

He had no choice but to sit back down and ask in a deep voice, "What does the Crown Prince wish to discuss with Us?"

Xiao Jinyan bowed his head submissively, "Father Emperor, Lady Shen has given birth to a son and a daughter for your son, a boy and girl twins, an auspicious sign of great fortune. Your son wishes to bestow upon her the title of Crown Princess."

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