Chapter 438 My Own Choice
"Scumbag."
Lin Anyuan didn't hold back in his criticism.
Murong Yuanzhou laughed again, "How am I a scumbag? My brother is being unreasonable."
He wasn't that radical; he didn't think that liking someone meant offending those old guys in the court and immediately marrying her as his principal wife.
Why can't we take it slow?
Besides, matters of the heart are based on mutual consent, and he himself doesn't understand why he has such thoughts.
Perhaps in his heart, the country was the most important thing, and beautiful women were not.
Lin Anyuan looked at him and said, "These past two days, the court officials have been submitting memorials again, demanding that the Crown Princess be decided by the morning. Have you made a choice for the Crown Princess? After all, she is your wife, so it's better for you to choose her yourself. Don't expect your sister-in-law and me to worry about it."
Murong Yuanzhou was also troubled. "These ministers are really just bored and have nothing better to do. Oh well, I can understand them. Sister-in-law, could you please host a banquet?"
If the Crown Princess cannot be chosen, the old ministers will start to worry about the lack of a successor to the throne.
Lin Anyuan looked at him like he was a heartless man.
Murong Yuanzhou's lips twitched.
Ye Wan glanced at the Crown Prince as well, "To be honest, I don't want to do it at all, but if you want to, then do it."
Murong Yuanzhou smiled and said, "Let's hold one. I don't know all the daughters in the capital. It would be good to get them all together at once."
As for whether or not to choose anyone, he couldn't say for sure.
Seeing a crowd surrounding him and Ye Wan, Lin Anyuan began to shoo them away.
“If you guys have nothing better to do, go out and play, or go out and do something worthwhile. Don’t stay here all day getting in our way. Your mother and I still have things to say to you.”
He and Wanwan were whispering to each other, and these brats came to eavesdrop.
"Then I won't disturb you, my brother and sister-in-law. I'll go back to the East Palace first. My nephews and nieces will come with me to play there. We'll come back for dinner later."
Murong Yuanzhou left with his men.
Seeing that the man had walked away, Lin Anyuan complained, "Did you see that? I told you he was a scumbag. I asked you to host a banquet, and if there were any women you liked, wouldn't another woman be entering the Eastern Palace? And don't even ask me to criticize him. Isn't this behavior exactly what a scumbag does?"
"Wanwan, do you think I should break them up? It's such a waste of a talented woman to make him a concubine."
Ye Wan also felt it was a pity.
Although women can now stand in the court, they are still subject to many restrictions, and there are even more troubles after they get married and have children.
“An Yuan, everyone has their own life to live, we shouldn’t interfere too much with the child.”
That's someone else's life choice. What can she say? It's a matter of mutual consent between the two of them. Why should she be the villain who breaks up the couple?
Perhaps after a few years, when the emotional impulses subside, I will be able to face my own heart.
Even in the thousands of years that followed, men and women were never truly equal. How can they be equal now? She is not a saint who can change everyone's perceptions overnight.
"Even a farmer who harvests 30% more grain is thinking about changing his wife. He is the crown prince, the future emperor, not an ordinary person."
“An Yuan, not everyone can stay with one wife for their whole life like you.”
"This is A-Zhou's own choice, and it is also Shen Si-Xu's own choice. I will feel sorry, but I will not interfere too much."
Ye Wan felt that perhaps she was just this kind of person by nature, rather indifferent, and didn't want to meddle too much in other people's business.
Over the years, Daya has compiled medical books and opened a girls' academy, Erya has gone into business to provide more jobs for women to earn money, and Sanya has made great achievements on the battlefield and even recruited women into the army. She has done everything she could in the rear.
Sitting in the back seat wasn't as easy as I'd imagined.
This era cannot be changed by one person alone.
Ye Wan always felt that she had gotten older in the past few years and had lost her former vigor, but the person next to her had not changed and was still full of enthusiasm.
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Anyuan touched her face when he saw her lost in thought.
I'm thinking of you.
Ye Wan smiled, her eyes reflecting the image of the person before her.
“I’m right in front of you, and you still miss me.” Lin Anyuan felt a sense of peace just looking at her, a feeling that no one else could give him.
"I'm thinking about the past you, and the present you, Lin Anyuan. Give me a hug." Ye Wan said, reaching out to hug him tightly.
She was very fortunate that, even after the initial excitement and impulsiveness faded, the two of them remained each other's closest and most trusted confidants.
Not far away, Eunuch Jixiang hurriedly stopped the palace servants who were about to come over, and even turned his head away himself.
I couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. Having grown up in the palace, the Emperor and Empress's relationship remained as good as ever, and there were many folk tales about them.
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On the day of Lesser Cold, Ye Wan hosted a palace banquet.
All the daughters of the officials in the capital came, accompanied by their mothers. Because the palace banquet was arranged in a hurry, officials from other places could not make it back, and many people sighed with regret.
This is His Highness the Crown Prince choosing a consort; if you miss it, you miss it. You're not destined for this.
Today, Chen Sixu also brought her mother, and they were seated relatively close to the front.
More and more noble ladies couldn't help but look at Shen Sixu.
Ye Wan said to Chen Sixu, "If you're feeling unwell, you can go back early."
Chen Sixu smiled politely, "Your Majesty, I'm not feeling unwell. It's just that my mother is a little sad. A mother always thinks her daughter is perfect."
Before coming today, Mother Shen had cried, and now her face was very stiff, which looked rather strange to anyone.
"I understand. Let Madam Shen go to the back to sit for a while." Ye Wan instructed the palace maid beside her to take Madam Shen away.
Mother Shen stood up abruptly.
Shen Sixu sighed. She didn't want her mother to come, but her mother insisted.
Since they've already come all this way and are powerless to change the fact, why bother putting on a long face? Their family's status is already lowly.
The little favor the Crown Prince showed her caused her mother to lose her true self.
"I... I'll go right away." Mother Shen said, bowing her head.
Feeling uneasy, Shen Sixu personally led her mother to the side hall.
The noblewomen and ladies of high rank all turned their curious gazes toward Shen Sixu and her daughter.
At times like these, unless someone is incredibly stupid, they won't speak carelessly or do anything provocative.
Upon arriving at the side hall, Shen Sixu dismissed the young palace maid who was serving her and carefully observed her mother, whose complexion was not good.
“Mother, if you really can’t understand, then I’ll give up being the Crown Prince’s concubine and just break off the engagement with His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Upon hearing this, Chen's mother was so startled that she dropped the teacup she had just picked up.
"How can that be? You... have you gone mad? That's the Crown Prince! You can't just annul the engagement like that! Who else would dare to marry you in the future?!"
Why are you spouting such nonsense? That's the Crown Prince, how can you annul the engagement? Don't you want to live anymore?
Chen Sixu gestured to the palace maid at the door that everything was alright, and then sat down calmly on the chair next to her.
"Isn't it better if no one marries me? It's perfect that I don't have to get married. If I'm happy one day, I'll find a son-in-law to live with me. If I'm not happy, I'll live alone and buy a few more people to take care of me. I won't be miserable in my old age. The things you're worried about won't happen at all."
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