Chapter 236: Choosing a Prince Consort

"Let's not talk about anything else. It has always been the case that only the prince consort marries the princess. Who taught you to say marries the prince consort? And you like that young master?"

Chu Youning looked a little speechless.

[I’ll let it go that my niece, who only knew about playing in the mud yesterday, suddenly wants to find a man today, and she even wants a prince consort. Is this appropriate?]

On the polo field, Xie Ciyan, who was galloping on his horse, was caught off guard by these words. He looked up in confusion, and the polo ball that was about to touch his hand was seized by the young master of the prime minister's mansion and hit it away with one stroke.

"Xie brother, it's not good to be distracted during the game~"

The young master raised his eyebrows and smiled, then spurred his horse and whipped it.

Xie Ciyan quickly retracted his gaze, his eyes becoming fiery.

His aunt is here, and maybe his little fairy is here too or on the way, so he has to perform well, right?

As a result, a group of young men on the polo field quickly noticed that the farewell banquet suddenly became as lively as if a chicken had been injected with blood.

Not only did he have to be quick, but he also had to... maintain beauty. Every time he successfully grabbed the ball or kicked it through the goal, he would strike an aesthetic pose in the direction of the women.

"It's the same whether you marry a prince consort or a princess. They're just looking for a decoration anyway."

Chu Lange's eyes were clear, and she didn't feel there was anything wrong with what she said.

Then, she said with a strange look in her eyes: "Chu Youning, do you think your cousin is a little strange?"

"It's not strange. Isn't it just a replica of my second brother, the same peacock spreading its feathers to court a mate?"

Chu Youning spoke calmly, and then added helplessly: "For you, the word 'shang' means serving. Your husband is marrying the princess, which means that your husband will marry into your princess's mansion to take care of you. You are still your husband, do you still want to marry into someone else's family and serve him?"

"Ah? Is there such a saying?" Chu Lange frowned, and then immediately changed the subject: "Then I will choose the prince consort, that should be okay, right?"

"Um."

Chu Youning nodded lightly, then looked towards the horse farm.

[Summer is here, and other animals are starting to feel sleepy, but it is the mating season for cats. ]

[Two days ago, he insisted on my sister, but today, my sister is not here, so he flirted with these girls and opened his screen behind my sister's back, tui! ]

The peacock with its tail spread out on the horse field was just about to lift up his hair in a style of a hook, but the next second, his hand stopped and his expression began to turn ugly.

He decisively covered his stomach.

"I'm feeling a little unwell. I need to stop playing midfield and have someone replace me!"

Chu Youning didn't care whether Xie Ciyan was really feeling unwell or pretending to be unwell, and continued chatting with the two girls beside him.

"Why would you choose someone if you don't like them?"

On the side, Lord Baojin couldn't help rolling his eyes: "You can choose someone you don't like as your consort, not to mention sleeping with him. Don't you feel uncomfortable kissing him?"

Chu Lange looked towards Bao Jin with his head held high, his eyes filled with disdain:

"What do you know? This princess chose a prince consort simply because she didn't want to follow in my aunt's footsteps. If she had chosen earlier, she could have picked someone who was not so bad and kept him in the mansion. She could have also avoided the possibility of marrying off in the future."

"Wait a minute!"

Chu Youning grasped the key point sharply.

"So...you cried yesterday...not just because you felt sorry for what happened to your aunt?"

"Yes!" Chu Lange nodded heavily, "Anyone who has such a tragic experience deserves sympathy."

“But she was a princess before, and we are princesses now too. I feel so sad when I think that we might end up as miserable as her in the future.

If I marry someone from another country, I won’t be able to eat the things I like, and I may not have my freedom. What if I get beaten up? Then I won’t have my father and mother to support me.”

As he spoke, Chu Lange stuffed the list of men in the capital into Chu Youning's hands.

"Aunt, please pick them quickly. If you like any of them, we'll take them all. Your Princess's Mansion hasn't been built yet, so send them to my Princess' Mansion to be raised first. Then we'll go and cry to our father. He'll have to give us the imperial decree of marriage even if he doesn't want to!"

When Lord Baojin heard what Chu Lange said, he immediately felt that her words were reasonable.

"Well... I spent money on you today, can you... let me choose?"

"You are not a princess, and you don't need to marry into a foreign clan in the future. Why are you so picky?"

Chu Lange glared at Lord Baojin County with displeasure.

The Lord of Baojin County immediately smiled awkwardly:

"Well... although I won't marry into another family, the marriage of a county lord usually has to be arranged by your father. What if your father chooses an ugly woman for me?

Please help me choose one and ask for an imperial decree to grant me marriage.

In return, before I return to Nanchuan, I will pay for anything you like!"

Chu Lange was successfully moved by the last words of Baojin County Lord. Fearing that she would go back on her word, she nodded immediately: "Deal! If you dare to go back on your word, I will find you an ugly man with a bunch of concubines, and then I will annoy you to death!"

Chu Youning listened to the two people bickering and looked down at the booklet in his hand.

There is some interesting stuff in Chu Lange's list.

It records the promising young unmarried youths from various families in the capital, and a list is compiled after careful examination of their backgrounds, appearances, and conduct.

But what surprised her was that the person at the top of the list was Qing Qianxue.

"No... Why is Qing Qianxue also on the list? No one has seen his true face under the mask. What if there is an ugly monster underneath?"

Chu Lange chuckled, "Aunt, you don't understand this, right? Not to mention that the Imperial Master's face is personally certified by this princess as being beautiful, his usual temperament, coupled with that elusive sense of mystery, is enough to make people yearn for him."

"Alright... that's fine~"

Chu Youning raised his eyebrows and continued reading.

What surprised her was that all three of her brothers in the Jiang family were on the list, and successfully ranked in the top ten in Beijing.

Chu Youning couldn't help but take a few more glances at the portrait of his elder brother Jiang Yunzhou.

Actually, she had never met this elder brother during her two trips through the book, and her understanding of him was just a few words from a few people in the Jiang Mansion.

Last time, he was tricked and killed on the battlefield by Chu Haoze, and now... he is stationed at the border and cannot return to Beijing for the time being.

"Aunt, why are you staring at the brothers of the Jiang family? Are you planning to choose a brother of the Jiang family as your consort?"

Chu Lange saw that Chu Youning kept his eyes on Jiang Yunzhou for too long and made a sound in surprise.

Then, she continued on her own:

"Although this is an option, the eldest brother of the Jiang family is older than you. The second brother's chatterbox will annoy you to death. The third brother is even worse. He has a sweetheart and is a taciturn person. The fourth brother... is too childish and likes to wear skirts. Auntie, you'd better forget it."

“…”

Chu Youning simply threw the booklet in his hand into the hands of Baojin County Lord.

She looked at Chu Lange and was speechless.

In other words, how did this girl manage to speak so amazingly every time?