Tianliangyuan

Chapter 431 All disappeared

After carefully experiencing this strange sensation, Gu Dongyang suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, although this imperial estate has hot springs, I have never heard of melons growing in winter."

As soon as he spoke, everyone immediately realized what he meant.

"Yes, it's the dead of winter, how could melons grow here?"

"Your Majesty, besides this gourd that resembles a mythical beast, there are eight more, making a total of nine gourds."

nine?

That number is quite auspicious.

"Your Majesty, we have never heard of such a thing before. This can be considered a gift from heaven."

Emperor Yong'an was greatly pleased: "Indeed, a gift from heaven, a very auspicious omen for my great prosperity!"

The remaining eight melons were to be carefully guarded and harvested a few days later.

No one spoke, but everyone knew that His Majesty had reserved this for Xu Han, Xie Zheng, and the others.

Whether other melons have similar effects is hard to say.

But Xu Junting had already counted them; there were still eight left, and they couldn't be missing.

Several officials in charge of the imperial estate also came to report that it was indeed a rare event.

Because there are hot springs here, the green plants and fresh vegetables that grow here aren't exactly fresh, but the fact that they can even produce melons is truly unbelievable.

But no matter what, Emperor Yong'an has now truly felt the benefits, so he naturally has no doubt about this auspicious omen!

Xu Zhaozhao was also ordered by His Majesty to be personally escorted back to the Duke's Mansion by the Imperial Guards, but this was far from expressing Emperor Yong'an's high regard for Xu Zhaozhao.

Xu Zhaozhao is now the wife of the heir apparent, and from the perspective of a noblewoman, she can no longer be granted a higher title.

But she is the Princess of Anle County, so we can still try to win her over.

Therefore, after Emperor Yong'an returned to the palace, he immediately ordered someone to draft an edict to bestow upon the Princess of Anle the title of Princess of Anle County.

Emperor Yong'an now has a full head of black hair, and his eyes are bright and piercing. He feels like he has inexhaustible strength in his hands and feet. This feeling is wonderful!

He went to the training ground and drew his bow several times, once again feeling the youthful vigor he once had.

Sure enough, everyone prefers to be young and strong.

Even emperors were no exception.

Emperor Yong'an thought of the premium Jinhua wine he had drunk before, which had a nourishing effect on his body. Now, he had only eaten a slice of melon, which had turned his white hair black and increased his strength. If this was not a miracle, then what was?

Emperor Yong'an issued an edict directly, without consulting anyone, to confer the title of Princess of Anle County upon her as a Princess of the Commandery.

This imperial edict can be said to be unprecedented since the founding of the dynasty.

Who would have thought that a county princess could be promoted to a county princess after getting married?

The key point is that this county princess was not originally a member of the royal family, but now that she has been promoted, her status has clearly transcended that of an ordinary noblewoman.

Xu Zhaozhao was already favored by the emperor, and her father was trusted by the emperor. Now she has been promoted again, and no one understands what is going on.

Only a few ministers in the palace that day had any guesses. They had personally witnessed His Majesty's hair turn from white to black, and they had also seen the little prince's complexion become rosy and his hands and feet become warm.

Even if they didn't see anything suspicious back then, they now understand it all perfectly.

Why did His Majesty experience such a significant change when he ate the first slice of the same melon, but felt nothing when eating melons cut by others?

Moreover, the Empress did not show any obvious changes, and even the pieces cut by Grand Tutor Jiang himself showed no change.

Only the melon that Xu Zhaozhao cut herself had such great energy.

They had all eaten the melon cut by Xu Zhaozhao, so each of them had undergone some changes. Although their hair could not be completely black, when they looked in the mirror after returning home, their gray hair had obviously decreased a lot. Moreover, they could feel that a certain part of their previously weak internal organs was indeed improving.

Therefore, it's not just the divine melon that's remarkable, but also the blessing of the lucky star Xu Zhaozhao.

However, this matter cannot be discussed.

Moreover, the words His Majesty spoke when he dismissed them that day still echoed in my ears.

Therefore, they cannot gamble.

His Majesty is clearly trying to protect Princess Anle, no, she should be Princess Anle now.

Some sighed, some were indignant, and some felt it was unfair.

But regardless, that's the truth.

I wonder what will happen to the remaining eight melons.

Xu Zhaozhao certainly wouldn't give anyone a chance to question her.

Therefore, right after His Majesty issued the decree of bestowing honors, someone from the Imperial Estate rushed over to report it.

"Your Majesty, those eight melons, right before my very eyes, all shrank to this size, and then quickly disappeared into the soil, leaving not a single seed behind!"

Emperor Yong'an was shocked, never expecting that the remaining eight melons would simply vanish into thin air.

"Someone, go check it out!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Such extraordinary events could not be trusted by Emperor Yong'an based on just one account.

After the chief steward returned, he recounted what he had seen.

Moreover, the vines in that melon field are slowly withering.

"Your Majesty, when I returned, there were hardly any leaves left. I dared not delay, so I came back to report first, leaving two servants to wait there."

Before he finished speaking, another eunuch ran back.

"Your Majesty, that melon field has vanished before my very eyes, as if it disappeared underground. Now, not even a single withered vine can be found. It's as if this melon field had never existed at all. I saw it with my own eyes and dare not deceive Your Majesty."

In other words, this melon field was created solely for that one auspicious omen. Now that His Majesty has divided it up, the melon field no longer has any reason to exist, so it has simply disappeared.

Emperor Yong'an felt a little regretful that he hadn't been able to witness that scene firsthand; otherwise, it would have been incredibly awe-inspiring.

This matter was quickly learned by several important officials, who then realized how lucky they were to have gotten a piece of this juicy gossip!

Who would have thought?

Some people were hoping to have another chance to try it, but now, that chance is completely gone.

This also foreshadows that Emperor Yong'an ate that auspicious melon, so there was no need for the other melons to exist.

Moreover, this means that Heaven only bestowed this auspicious omen upon His Majesty, not upon all his subjects.

Emperor Yong'an was both regretful and pleased.

With a wave of his hand, he expanded Xu Zhaozhao's fiefdom.

For a princess with a fief of 1,200 households, this was definitely the most powerful of all the princesses and dukes.

Because princesses are usually granted a nominal fief of three thousand households, while their actual fief is rarely more than a thousand.

The former Princess Qingping of the Qi Prince's Mansion did not even have a fief; she was merely granted the title of princess in name only.

The actual fiefdom of Princess Leyang, the legitimate daughter of the King of Qi, was only a few hundred households.

So, who wouldn't envy Xu Zhaozhao!