Chapter 677: Asking for marriage again!

Shen Emei's face turned red with anger at that moment. What did that mean?

You say she is old, an old maid?

Shen Yuanxu also frowned when he heard about the third son of the Minister of Rites. Why not find an eldest son? The eldest son can inherit the family business. Although the third son is also a legitimate son, when the family is divided, he can only get a small part of the industry, and the resources he gets are very different from those of the eldest son.

Still at this age?

He knew that at his daughter's age, it would be almost impossible for her to find someone of the same age, with a good family background and no one around.

But isn’t three years younger a little too young?

"Why don't you accept the order and thank me?" The white-faced eunuch narrowed his eyes and spoke in a cold voice.

Shen Yuanjing quickly accepted the order.

The white-faced eunuch left the Shen family with his chin raised.

Since the Shen family has asked His Majesty for a marriage, they should humbly obey His Majesty's arrangements.

What the hell was that just now? She asked His Majesty to grant her a marriage, but she was dissatisfied with the person His Majesty had granted her?

Why doesn't he ask for a chastity arch from the women in the brothel?

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"Emei, do you know the third son of the Minister of Rites?" Shen Yuanjing has been in contact with people from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue recently, and the Ministry of Rites was put last in his list.

Shen Emei had naturally heard of him, but had never seen him in person.

"My daughter is older than him, and they are not in the same academy. I have heard of her, but I have never seen her."

When Shen Yuanjing saw his daughter's expression, he knew that she did not like the husband who was arranged to marry her.

"Emei, are you dissatisfied with this husband?"

Shen Emei had already weighed the pros and cons in her mind.

"No, my daughter knows that at her age, it is almost impossible to find someone of the same age, family background, and clean surroundings. The man that Your Majesty has pointed out to my daughter is a little younger, but everything else is good."

Shen Yuanjing was happy for his daughter when he saw that she had come to her senses.

"This man passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen and was given an official post. His future is limitless."

What rank is the county magistrate?

Fortunately, this person is clean, so it makes up for it.

"Father, I also want to be an official." There are already quite a few female officials in the court. Whenever Shen Emei sees those women wearing court robes leaving the court, she feels very envious.

Shen Yuanjing frowned immediately.

"It's different now than in the past. Officials are selected through the imperial examinations. If someone else's father can help them out, your identity is too conspicuous."

Shen Emei was very unconvinced.

"Just because I am a member of the Shen family, can other families arrange official positions for me, but I can't?"

Shen Yuanjing quickly looked outside the door.

"Shh, speak softly."

Shen Emei was still unconvinced, but she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

"Don't other people in the family have official positions? Even Chengfeng, who is superior to you in every way, is now a commoner, isn't he?"

Shen Emei was still sulking and didn't say a word no matter how Shen Yuanjing tried to comfort her.

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"Father, I want to seek an official position first, and then get married." Shen Chengfeng was not very willing to ask his father to grant him a marriage.

Shen Yuanxu: "Since ancient times, people have always gotten married before establishing a career. You have seen what Cheng Zheng did before. If he has something else happen, your marriage will be delayed again."

Shen Chengfeng lowered his head and said nothing.

"Emei has been putting it off again and again. Now at this age, you can only choose a second son who is not a prominent figure to marry. If you keep wasting time, how can you find a good candidate?"

Shen Chengfeng felt a little less annoyed when he thought about how Shen Emei had chosen a husband who was three years younger than her and was sent to a remote post.

"Father, do you also want His Majesty to choose a woman for me to marry?"

Shen Yuanxu shook his head solemnly: "I am optimistic about the daughter of the Minister of War. If you can marry her, you will definitely get help in the court in the future."

Shen Chengfeng thought about it, his face looked a little strange.

"Father, you are not talking about the fourth daughter of the Minister of War, are you?"

Shen Yuanxu: “Yes.”

Shen Chengfeng exclaimed: "How old is she? She hasn't reached the age of marriage yet, right?"

Shen Yuanxu: "It's normal for a man to be older than a woman. I've asked someone about the fourth young lady. She's beautiful and intelligent. She's also very good-looking. She'll definitely be a good wife in the future."

Just now he had mocked Shen Emei's husband for being three years younger than her, but now the person he was going to get engaged to was directly six years younger than him, and Shen Chengfeng couldn't laugh anymore.

When Shen Yuanxu went to the palace to ask for a marriage, Shen Lanxi didn't ask any more questions and agreed directly.

Two imperial decrees granting marriages were issued in succession, and the Shen family became extremely lively.

"My elder sister has always been conceited and didn't want to marry herself off too early. Now she is only married to a minor official. Isn't this called having high aspirations but low skills?"

"And my eldest brother, his marriage is really bumpy. I don't know if this fourth young lady can live to see her 15th birthday."

"Hush, a maid is coming."

The girls from the Shen family only continued talking after seeing the maid go over.

"For girls our age, their families have already started discussing marriages. But we have older brothers and sisters above us, so if they don't discuss marriages, we can't discuss marriages either."

"If we don't discuss marriage soon, all the good candidates will be picked up."

"We don't have a mother to help us arrange our marriages, so we have to arrange our own marriages."

Shen Yuanjing has had two wives, both of whom left behind children. His current wife is pregnant every day and can’t even take care of herself, so how can she take care of them?

The same thing happened in Shen Yuanxu's room. When Hu Jinyu was alive, he still took care of things. But now that she is gone, all the relationships they had before have faded.

A lot of things have happened to the Shen family in recent years. Although the dignitaries in the capital respect them openly, they are secretly unwilling to marry into the Shen family.

"Let's go find our father!"

"good!"

A group of girls of marriageable age gathered together to find their fathers.

Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanxu were annoyed for the whole afternoon. After the court session the next day, they both went to find Shen Lanxi without any prior arrangement.

"Your Majesty, the children in the family have all reached the marriageable age, but they have not yet found a marriage partner. The sons and daughters in the family have all come here after seeing their older brothers and sisters being granted marriages."

"Your Majesty, please arrange marriages for these children of marriageable age in our family!"

The two of them, one in front and the other behind, expressed their grievances and then began to make requests.

Shen Lanxi: "Logically speaking, marriage matters should be decided by parents."

Shen Yuanxu clasped his fists and said, "My wife passed away and there is no one to take care of the inner house. It is really inconvenient for me as a man."

Shen Yuanjing: "My wife is pregnant and it's not easy for her to take care of the baby. Besides, she is a foreigner and doesn't understand the marriage customs of our Aolai country. It's not appropriate to let her take care of the baby!"

Shen Lanxi: "What about Miao? Miao is your elder, and also their elder. It will definitely be appropriate for her to do it."

Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanxu all shook their heads.

"Since Yuan Hao left the capital, Third Aunt's temper has become more and more strange. When I am at home, I can often hear the sound of the Third House smashing things."

Shen Lanxi narrowed her eyes: "Is she dissatisfied with me for transferring Shen Yuanhao out of the capital?"