The banquet was held very smoothly. Emperor Yan Mingting valued Huo Yuanzhou very much, and this great victory also made Yan Mingting feel proud.

He no longer needs to rely on General He. As long as he supports Huo Yuanzhou, the military power of Dayan will be in Huo Yuanzhou's hands, which is better than in General He's hands.

No matter what, Huo Yuanzhou has half royal blood.

He was a mixed-race child of a royal princess and a foreigner. He had half foreign blood and basically had no chance of ascending the throne, so Yan Mingting was quite confident in him.

At least it makes him feel more at ease than General He who has been in business for decades.

"Mr. Huo, I remember that you have been widowed for two years, right?" Yan Mingting was a little tipsy after drinking a few glasses of wine, and took advantage of the alcohol to ask Huo Yuanzhou about his marriage.

Huo Yuanzhou bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, my wife passed away more than two years ago."

Even though Huo Yuanzhou focused more on marching and fighting, and spent most of his time either in the military camp or chasing the Northern Rong in battle, and his relationship with his wife was average, she was married to him after all.

As for Huo Yuanzhou's several wives, his feelings for them were just treating them as family members. It is unlikely that he really loved them.

For him, getting married is basically just a process that must be followed when one reaches a certain age.

Also, he really needs someone to give birth to children for him and he needs a complete family.

Who would have thought that he married four wives, but none of them gave birth to his children.

Huo Yuanzhou is now twenty-six years old, and he has no sons or daughters.

"Mr. Huo has few children, and it has been two years since his wife passed away. Let me find a new wife for you?" Yan Mingting said to Huo Yuanzhou with a smile.

Huo Yuanzhou had no objection.

Yes, most of Huo Yuanzhou’s four wives were chosen by Yan Mingting.

It made no difference to him who he married. Yan Mingting gave him a range of options, and in the end, of course, Huo Yuanzhou chose the one to marry.

The conversation between Huo Yuanzhou and Yan Mingting was heard by everyone nearby.

The ministers who were very close to Huo Yuanzhou looked at him with warm eyes. Not to mention the military generals, even the civil officials looked at him with burning eyes.

Civil and military conflicts?

That depends on your identity.

Who among the ambitious would not want to be the father-in-law of a powerful general like Huo Yuanzhou who is highly regarded by the emperor?

Huo Yuanzhou is a general at such a young age, almost on par with General He who has been in power for decades. How could they not want to have a relationship with him?

Now that His Majesty has mentioned Huo Yuanzhou's marriage, can they try their best to win this handsome son-in-law?

As for the fact that Huo Yuanzhou had married four wives, no one took it to heart.

As for men, women are just roles for them to carry on the family line and manage the harem, so they don’t care that much about them.

Being able to reach Huo Yuanzhou is the most important thing.

Not only did the men want to marry their daughters/sisters to Huo Yuanzhou, but many unmarried women in the female family also secretly looked at Huo Yuanzhou.

The young general was very graceful. His face, which originally had a beard, had now been shaved off, revealing a handsome and youthful face.

Huo Yuanzhou's face is really good-looking, with deep features and extraordinary handsomeness. He is cool and handsome, which really touches the hearts of girls.

Moreover, girls all admire heroes. A brave and warlike general like Huo Yuanzhou is really admired by young girls.

It must be great to be able to marry General Huo, right?

Of course Wushuang also heard the conversation between Yan Mingting and Huo Yuanzhou. She looked at the face she liked very much and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"General Huo doesn't have any children yet?" Wushuang asked Huo Yuanzhou with a smile.

Yan Mingting and Zhao Xuanyi both looked at Wushuang, and seeing her expression they wondered if she was thinking about herself.

Wushuang has been in the palace for ten years and still has no children. After hearing about Huo Yuanzhou's situation, did she start thinking about herself?

"General Huo, don't you have a wife or concubines?" Wushuang asked while looking at her hands. She had painted her hands with nail polish, and they looked very beautiful in a bright red.

As she looked at him, she said, "General Huo needs to work hard. Marrying a wife requires caution, but taking a concubine doesn't."

"General Huo is already twenty-six and still has no children. It's quite a pity." Wushuang raised her eyes and looked at Huo Yuanzhou and said, "Do you want me to arrange a few fertile beauties for General Huo?"

Huo Yuanzhou didn't know why, but when he heard her say that she would arrange a concubine for him, he felt a little sad. However, he still followed his heart and said respectfully to Wushuang, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but it's not necessary."

"I don't like too many people in the backyard." Huo Yuanzhou said.

It was enough to have one wife, he didn't want too many people in the backyard.

When Huo Yuanzhou was a child, he witnessed the fights between his biological mother and his father's other women. Even though his mother was a princess married into a foreign country and did not need to compete for favor, the wind would not stop even if the tree wanted to be still. Even if his mother did not want to fight those women, they would not let her go.

Later, he went to Dayan and was raised by Yan Mingting. During these years, he also witnessed the struggles in the harem.

Huo Yuanzhou didn't really say that he had no thoughts about women, but he was more focused on marching and fighting, so he didn't have that many thoughts.

It is enough for him to marry one wife, he does not need concubines or anything like that.

"How can you say no?" Wushuang smiled, "General Huo, don't you have any thoughts about having an heir?"

"General Huo's wife didn't give him any children, so how could he reject a concubine? Even though a concubine's son is a bastard and doesn't hold the same status as a legitimate son, he is still General Huo's son, isn't he?"

Yan Mingting looked at his concubine.

He didn't feel anything was wrong.

Yes, Yan Mingting is also a legitimate son.

Although he was the second legitimate son born to the late emperor's empress, not the eldest legitimate son, he was still a legitimate son. So he didn't think that Wushuang's words "the status of a concubine's son is not as good as that of a legitimate son" were directed at him, and then he got angry.

Yan Mingting had to admit that Wushuang was right. It was indeed a bit inappropriate for Huo Yuanzhou to insist on not taking a concubine even though he had no children.

Huo Yuanzhou's parents are both gone, so as the elder who raised him, he must of course make plans for his offspring.

"Mr. Huo, what the Imperial Concubine said is indeed correct. It is indeed inappropriate that you still have no children."

"Shall I also select a few beauties for you?" Yan Mingting asked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and the Royal Concubine for your kindness. I don't like too many people in the backyard." Huo Yuanzhou said.

Seeing his serious expression, Yan Mingting thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I won't force you."

Giving a beautiful woman as a gift is only valuable if the person involved is happy. If you force someone to accept the beautiful woman, then the purpose and result of giving the beautiful woman will be contradictory.

He and Huo Yuanzhou are not enemies, and he doesn't have to send a beauty to monitor him or serve as a spy.

Wushuang looked at Huo Yuanzhou, and for some reason, the other party suddenly raised his head and looked at her. The two looked at each other for a few seconds.

Wushuang smiled brightly when he saw him looking at him.

But in this smile, there is more teasing and a hint of amusement.