Huo Shaoyuan’s words gave Xiao Yingchun hope, and she was no longer so panicked.

“Then I’ll wait here and you wait over there?”

Fu Chenan nodded, patted Xiao Yingchun on the shoulder, and went over first.

There was a panic over there. Although it looked well-organized, everyone was actually very tense.

The Third Prince is missing from the palace and can’t be found. The Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and his wife all have gloomy faces. Who wouldn’t be nervous at this time?
The first thing Fu Chenan did when he arrived was to find Fu Zhonghai and Zhan Yunfu and explain what Huo Shaoyuan had said.

After listening to this, Fu Zhonghai looked at Huo Changsheng.

Huo Changsheng, the last disciple of the director of the Imperial Observatory, was guarding the emperor at the moment. When he saw the emperor looking over, he nodded hurriedly: “Everything my father said has come true.”

“It’s because he talks too much that his life span is shortened so much.”

Fu Zhonghai looked at Fu Chenan again.

Fu Chenan also nodded: “Master Huo is in poor health and has aged prematurely. It should be because he has revealed too many secrets.”

Fu Zhonghai was relieved: “As long as the child can come back safely, it doesn’t matter if it’s a few days later. Don’t ask any more questions.”

“Tell everyone in the Heavenly Palace to be alert these days. You don’t have to go to court. If there is anything, just send someone to the East Palace to find you.”

“Fu Chenan nodded and was about to leave.”

But Fu Zhonghai stopped him and said, “Well, don’t leave yet, Changsheng, you are not a child anymore and you have been here for a while. Do you have a girl you like?”

Huo Changsheng was stunned: “Me?”

He spends all day studying literature, martial arts, and astrology. How can he have time to find the woman of his dreams?

“Your father is in poor health, and his greatest wish is for you to have a descendant.”

“You’re old enough to get married.”

“If there is no suitable one, I will give you two palace maids to serve you personally. You can keep them by your side and give birth to two children to show your filial piety first.”

Huo Changsheng was horrified and shook his hands: “No, no!”

Need not?

Doesn’t he want to get married and have children?
Without waiting for the three royal family members to be surprised, Huo Changsheng smiled innocently, scratched his head and said, “One is enough.”

“It’s good to take care of my nanny…”

Everyone’s pupils trembled: Mammy?
“Mammy” is a general term for older slaves in Tianwu Capital.

Huo Changsheng fell in love with a nanny?
What kind of weird habit is this?

Zhan Yunfu coughed and signaled the two men not to panic.

“Which nanny? Send someone to come and take a look?”

The nanny that Huo Changsheng liked came over soon. She was the palace maid who cleaned the yard and organized books for Huo Changsheng on a daily basis.

The palace maid Zhan Yunfu had an impression: she was sent to take care of Huo Changsheng because she was steady, literate, emotionally stable, and patient.

Although this palace maid was not young, she was only seven or eight years older than Huo Changsheng, who was in his early twenties.

Moreover, this palace maid had a dignified appearance, a well-proportioned and healthy body, and it was obvious at first glance that she was good at giving birth.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhan Yunfu looked at the confused nanny and asked, “What’s your name?”

The maid kowtowed and replied, “I am Dongmei, the servant, in reply to the Queen.”

“Dongmei, Changsheng thinks you are very good and is willing to keep you by his side and serve you morning and night. Are you willing?”

Dongmei looked up at Huo Changsheng in surprise, hesitated for a moment, then kowtowed and replied: “I will obey the Queen.”

She had reached the age to leave the palace in the previous dynasty, but the dynasty changed.

Because she was conscientious and low-key in her work and not attractive in appearance, Dongmei became one of the few palace maids left in the palace and was even promoted to a nanny.

According to the rules of the Tianwu Dynasty, she could also get married. Marrying a guard, a craftsman in the weaving department, a craftsman in the Ministry of Works, etc. were all good options.

Who knew Huo Changsheng actually fell in love with me?

Huo Changsheng is a popular figure around the emperor!

This was a great opportunity. But when she agreed, her expression was calm, her tone was unhurried, and she didn’t show any strong emotions.

He is indeed a steady person.

Huo Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He went forward to pull Dongmei up, but Dongmei broke free.

How could she get up on her own if the Queen Mother hadn’t called her yet?

However, Huo Changsheng was awakened by her struggle and realized that this was the Tianwu Dynasty, and the people in front of him were the emperor, empress and crown prince, so he quickly knelt down.

“Please ask the Queen to grant us a marriage.”

Zhan Yunfu was really surprised this time: “Changsheng, have you thought it through?”

It would be fine to take a nanny who is seven or eight years older than me as a concubine, but is it really necessary to marry her as my principal wife?

Everyone knows that the emperor has a special liking for Huo Changsheng and will use him in the future.

If I become the director of the Imperial Observatory in the future, all the daughters of civil and military families in the court will be worthy of me.

Huo Changsheng replied straightforwardly: “I’ve made up my mind. Dongmei is pretty good. She’s suitable for a family and also suitable for a son.”

Zhan Yunfu was startled by the last sentence: “If she can’t give birth to a son, will you divorce her and marry someone else?”

Huo Changsheng grinned: “Empress, I think she can give birth, so she can give birth.”

“If he can’t have children, then it’s because I made a mistake. Don’t blame her, just blame me for not being good enough.”

“Of course I have to treat her well, why would I divorce her and marry someone else?”

This is said frankly and responsibly.

Only then did Zhan Yunfu agree to the marriage.

Both of them were already quite old, so Zhan Yunfu asked the director of the Imperial Observatory to come over and calculate their horoscopes, and discovered that they were a match made in heaven.

Looking at the date again, today is an auspicious day.

Zhan Yunfu simply asked the palace to prepare wine, food and bedding, and got married on the same day.

Huo Changsheng’s mouth was stretched to his ears, but Dongmei felt like she was dreaming: Getting married already? And having her own separate courtyard in the palace?

Fu Chenan knew what his father meant: someone sacrificed his life to calculate the whereabouts of his child, so arranging for his son to get married and have children as soon as possible was also a reward.

After taking the video, he showed it to Huo Shaoyuan, who became teary-eyed.

He wiped his eyes: “This little bastard, suddenly got married… I haven’t given him anything yet!”

Fu Chenan suggested: “Why don’t you give it to him now? I’ll bring it to him.”

Huo Shaoyuan nodded, turned around and went to the study to get a box out: “Take this to him.”

“The books at the bottom are for Changsheng, and the jewelry at the top is for my daughter-in-law.”

“Please help me deliver it.”

Fu Chenan opened the box and took a look. At the bottom was a handwritten copy of the Qing Nang Sutra, and on top was a set of exquisite red gold head jewelry inlaid with gemstones.

This headpiece should be an antique from the Qing Dynasty imperial palace, and is in the shape of a phoenix.

How could a palace maid dare to wear such jewelry?
But Fu Chenan did not refuse: “Don’t worry, I will definitely give it to them.”

The Emperor and Empress rewarded several tables of banquets. Huo Changsheng and Dongmei drank wedding wine and invited the palace servants and guards who were on good terms with them and on leave to join in the feast. Just as the feast was about to end, the Empress’s reward arrived again.

A box was brought to Huo Changsheng and Dongmei.

When Huo Changsheng opened the box, he immediately understood the true origin of these things.

He had seen this set of headgear. When his father bought it, he said it was a betrothal gift for his daughter-in-law.

The palace used the pretense of the Empress’s gift as a gift just to legitimize the origin of the phoenix hairpins and make it less presumptuous for Dongmei to wear them in the future.

His eyes also became wet.

My dad is thinking about me!
I must respect him well and let him see his grandson as soon as possible!

Huo Changsheng’s eyes were gentle and obedient: “Dongmei, it’s getting late, shall we take a rest?”

Dongmei looked at the bright sky outside and was shocked: This is called “it’s getting late”?
In the past, he was smiling all the time, polite and well-behaved, like a child who knew nothing about the world – was I wrong? (End of this chapter)