2145 Chapter 2145-princess
The princess of Donglin was 56 this year. She was about the same age as grandma Gu, but she looked much older than grandma Gu.
Gu xinnian was older than her, so she was her elder. She did not force anyone to bring her to the lobby, but went to see her personally.
The princess of Donglin received Gu Xin in the small temple.
Princess Xinxin, you’ve come from afar. I’m sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you can forgive me! The princess of Donglin said politely.
In terms of rank, she was not as good as Gu Xin. By right, she should be giving Gu Xin a big bow.
However, with Gu Xin’s age and not being a Princess of the royal family, the princess of Donglin couldn’t bow to her.
Gu Xin didn’t care too much about it. She looked around the small temple and asked, ” “Has the princess Consort been living in this small Buddhist Hall all these years?”
“Yes,” the princess of Donglin nodded.
Gu Xin asked again,’was the princess Consort in the small Buddha Hall on May 1st? Is there anyone around?”
The consort of Donglin said,”I usually copy Sutras and chant in the small temple Hall. Other than going to the temple and celebrating the New Year, I don’t leave the temple Hall.” On the first day of the new year, my youngest daughter brought her son-in-law and grandchildren back to her mother’s house and came to the small Buddha Hall to visit me. At other times, I’m just like any other person.”
yes. Gu Xin nodded her head and asked, ” when was the last time you saw His Highness? ”
The princess of Donglin thought for a while and said,”early March!” At that time, His Highness came to the temple to see this old woman. After that, we have not seen each other, and it is already a daze when we meet again.”
what about the other time we met? ” Gu Xin asked again, ” did Your Highness and the princess Consort talk about the candidate for your heir? ”
The princess of Donglin frowned slightly, then said in a deep voice, ” “He did. Wangye said that it was better to invite the title of Crown Prince for the second Prince. Shijie was young and was well-versed in both literature and martial arts. He was also preparing to take part in the Imperial examinations. Hence, the position of Crown Prince might be a restriction to him. It was better to leave it to second brother. Princess, you are still young and might not know, but when Wangye handed over the Tiger tally, he promised the Grand Empress Dowager and the late Emperor that the descendants of the Bai family of the Donglin royal family would live in their fief and would not be involved in the politics of the capital. If Shijie were to participate in the Imperial examinations as the Crown Prince, then it would be against his original intentions.”
Gu Xin raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile,’really? Since His Highness told wangfei about this at the beginning of March, why did no one else in the residence know about it?”
“His Highness has recovered from a serious illness, but he didn’t expect an accident to happen.” All this time, His Highness had planned to give Shijie the title of Crown Prince, and this was the case in the eyes of everyone. Shijie also thought so. Shijie is our eldest grandson and we’ve been raising him as our successor since he was young. We were worried that Shijie would misunderstand if we were to say it out loud, so we didn’t say it immediately. Thinking that there was still a lot of time, he would take it slowly! Eldest brother has been gone for many years and the position of the Prince is still hanging. There is no need to rush for this moment but who knew that he would be hesitant?”
Seeing that the princess of Donglin was about to cry, Gu Xin immediately continued, ” “Since you didn’t intend to reveal this matter immediately and wanted to give the eldest young master Bai time to slowly accept it, then why did Your Highness write the memorial for the second young master Bai? Princess Consort, this doesn’t make sense!”
The princess of Donglin looked at Gu Xin and smiled bitterly, ” “This old one often lives in the temple Hall and has not seen Your Highness every day. This old woman also does not know why his Highness has written the memorial. However, when we met at the beginning of March, His Highness did mention this matter to this old woman. That Memorial was indeed written by His Highness.”
