The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Your Majesty, you are right to think that way."
The head of the Imperial Academy chimed in, "Indeed, Your Majesty, Ye Lanyin is not a suitable match."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, you are right to think that way."
...
The crowd, one after another, began to praise the Regent in the Golden Palace, showering him with compliments.
The regent was thoroughly enjoying himself.
Then, they decided to stop while they were ahead.
"What you gentlemen say makes sense, and I also think I am quite excellent."
"I hold several positions and guard the border. If I were to die on the battlefield in the future, everything in the Regent's Palace would naturally be managed by the Regent's Consort."
The officials smiled broadly upon hearing this.
The older men even stroked their beards, their faces full of agreement.
"Since she is so outstanding, I will choose a regent's wife in the main hall today so that she can go back to the palace and properly discipline her unruly son."
"If I die in the future, there will be someone to take care of him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the smiles of all the officials froze.
As he spoke, his gaze swept across the entire room.
The regent is thirty-four or thirty-five, so why choose someone who's only ten or so?
"Lord Shen, I remember your daughter will be of marriageable age in a year?"
Lord Shen was taken aback, then denied it, saying, "No, no, Your Highness, my daughter has two more years to live..."
"Lord Du, I recall that your daughter has also come of age?"
Minister Du of the Ministry of War cried and said, "Your Highness, my children have run away with the lady."
At this moment, he was extremely grateful that his wife had taken the children and run back to her parents' home yesterday.
"It doesn't matter, she's still your daughter."
Upon hearing this, the Minister of War's eyes widened in fear. "Regent, you..."
"Lord Xia, I think your daughter would also be suitable, after all..."
Before the Regent could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject...this humble subject's daughter is engaged!"
"It's alright, it can be cancelled," the Regent said calmly.
The regent pointed out the ages of many officials' daughters, leaving them speechless with shock.
Everyone was startled and filled with fear.
Could it be that the Regent's marriage to Ye Lanyin is just a pretense? Is he actually trying to fill his harem and become the young prince's mother?
Their daughter has just reached marriageable age, while the young prince is already ten...
Moreover, the people of Xuan Yue Kingdom are ruthless.
If their daughter were to marry the regent, not only would they, as elderly parents, be burying their child, but their daughter might also become a widow.
"Ministers need not worry about your daughter's childbirth. I am busy with the war on the border, and I will make sure that Chengyun treats them as his own mother."
"There is no need to worry that I will favor any side. You are all my fathers-in-law, and I will treat you all equally."
Minister Du of the Ministry of War stared wide-eyed in lingering fear.
What?
Marry them all?
He looked left and right and saw that all the officials around him were staring with wide eyes.
He then asked timidly, "Your Highness, do you mean... to marry Lord Xia?"
The regent nodded with a smile.
Lord Xia glared at Lord Du of the Ministry of War, and was about to speak.
"Not only Lord Xia, but also Lord Du, Lord Shen, Lord Zhang, Lord Qiu..."
...
"In short, I will marry any woman who has reached the age of marriage."
"Choose one to be the Regent's Consort, and the rest will all be concubines. You will not be treated unfairly. There will be no concubines in the Regent's residence!"
Upon hearing this, Lord Shen immediately retorted, "Your Highness, I am a Minister, and my daughter is the legitimate daughter. How can she be a concubine?"
"Besides, you're already thirty-four or thirty-five years old, old enough to be the father of a lowly official's wife."
The regent uttered a curt "Eh," and immediately refuted it.
"Lord Shen, you can't say that, can you?"
"I am outstanding! Throughout history, outstanding people have always been in high demand. Why should age be a constraint?"
"That's it..."
"Your Majesty!" Lord Du immediately interrupted the Regent, not afraid of offending him, for his daughter's fate was of utmost importance.
He knelt down hastily, "Your Majesty, my daughter is still young and cannot be married off."
Lord Xia said:
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty. In an ordinary family, my daughter and the young prince are siblings, how can they be mother and son?"
Lord Wan was completely at a loss.
The Regent is of noble status; if he were twenty years old, they would be scrambling to get a place with him.
Now he's thirty-five, has such a big son, and still has to go to the battlefield. He doesn't even know when he'll die.
Moreover, he heard that the regent had not married for many years because of a hidden illness, which matched his earlier statement about not having children.
Now that you want to marry so many, isn't that like occupying a toilet without doing anything?
Even if he were to marry off his daughter, he couldn't let her marry into a monk's den.
He had no children to carry his family in his later years, and no one to see him off when he died.
Thinking of this, he prostrated himself on the ground:
"Your Majesty, I misheard you. The Regent and the eldest daughter of the Ye family are a match made in heaven."
"If they are to be happily married, your humble servant... your humble servant will be the first to present them with a grand red envelope!"
He was heartbroken; it was truly a case of losing more than he gained.
Originally, he was afraid that if the Regent married Ye Lanyin, there would be another faction in the court, which would be detrimental to him.
Now that the Regent is asking for his daughter's hand in marriage, if His Majesty agrees, he cannot guarantee his daughter's future; she might even become a concubine.
If the regent dies, she may become a widow, or worse, be buried alive with him.
Even if the regent doesn't die, she might still live as a widow, or worse, die alone.
He's at a disadvantage no matter what he does!
Why!
This is wrong, that is wrong, and yet so much silver is being given away out of thin air!
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