Chapter 1957 Side Attack
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The emperor was not in a good mood. He had already looked through all the ministers in the capital who had young men of marriageable age when he was arranging a marriage for Chang Yu, and finally carefully selected Wei Zhi's son Wei Yu.
He didn't even like the rest when he was choosing for Changyu, let alone choosing for Mingda now.
So only a few provincial governors were left.
However, those officials were away from home with their families all year round, and the emperor had only heard of their children and nephews but never seen them, and some had never even heard of them.
It's impossible to say how reassured I am.
Therefore, the emperor recently asked Yin Li to investigate the families of the military governors in various places. As a result, there are not many talented and virtuous young men now. After investigating only three military governors, it was found that the sons and nephews of two of them did a lot of bad things such as stealing and bullying.
The reason why he had an unpleasant experience with Old Lord Tang last time was because of their disagreement on how to deal with the son of an official.
Lord Tang believed that the emperor's punishment was excessive and violated the law, so he asked the emperor to change his ways.
At present, the emperor no longer has much hope for the children of officials in the court. Instead, he wants to choose a son-in-law from the reserve talents of the aristocratic families.
So he recently sent letters to several heads of aristocratic families. The emperor sighed and said, "It's a pity that Yang Changbo married so early, otherwise he would have been quite suitable."
Prince: ...
How come not only his sister, but now even his father is targeting Yang Heshu?
The emperor felt very sorry. He felt that among all the children of the aristocratic families, the only one who could match their wisdom and intelligence was Yang Heshu, who was both talented and beautiful.
When the emperor heard the prince asking about Mingda's marriage, he asked casually, "Why, do you have a suitable candidate?"
The prince frowned. He didn't like Bai Cheng. Even though the princess spoke well of him, he still felt that Bai Cheng's family background and talent were far from being as good as Mingda's.
But after hearing about the candidates his father had recently been looking for, and how several of the chosen sons of prominent families had been politely rejected, he suddenly remembered his own wedding.
The prince said unhappily, "Didn't the emperor swear not to marry into an aristocratic family?"
The emperor was startled and said, "Did I say that?"
The Crown Prince said, "Even though your father doesn't remember, I do. I'm afraid the clan leaders and the ladies in the harem of the aristocratic families also remember her. If you marry Mingda off like this, won't she be laughed at?"
The emperor's face turned cold, "Who dares?"
He snorted and said, "And it's not like you don't have sisters who married into aristocratic families."
The Crown Prince said bluntly, "My second and third sisters are the ones who least often return to the palace. Although their lives are more prosperous than those of the other sisters, they lack much freedom."
The queen, who had been coaxing her grandson on the couch as if she were invisible, finally spoke: "Mingda is frail, and I don't want her to marry into an aristocratic family. The relationships in aristocratic families are complicated and too stressful."
The emperor had a lot to say, but as soon as the queen opened her mouth, he fell silent.
The prince looked at his father, then at his mother, and decided to side with his mother. He said, "If you ask me, why not pick someone in the capital, someone with decent character and appearance, and someone who is smart and not annoying? From now on, she can stay in the capital and rely on the royal family, and no one can bully her."
As soon as the prince opened his mouth, the emperor instantly said like a hedgehog: "No!"
He said, "My wisdom is such that even if I can't find the best in the world, at least she should have good family background, talent, character and appearance. Otherwise, it would be too unfair to her."
Although the prince also thought so, he felt that instead of suffering with the aristocratic families, it would be better to choose someone who suits his taste.
He could never forget that when he was looking for a marriage partner, he was picked and chosen by several aristocratic families. Humph, he and his father had obviously been humble enough. When they mentioned the daughter of the Cui family, not only did the Cui family show disdain, but the families that were married to the Cui family also helped to pick.
Even after he chose Cui's daughter, Lu came to propose marriage right after him, saying that when one family has a daughter, hundreds of families will seek her out. Cui rejected him, but turned around and agreed to Lu's proposal, but then mentioned another Cui girl to him.
There was a lot of disrespect in his words, and he looked down on the Longxi Li family.
It was also because of this that the emperor and the crown prince gave up Cui's daughter in anger and instead chose Su as the crown princess. The emperor even announced that he would never marry Cui.
In fact, his original words were that he would never marry into a wealthy family.
Afterwards, the emperor kept it in for many years. He first revised the clan records, demoting the Cui family from a first-class family to a third-class family, and also reduced the number of people selected from the Qinghe area.
Therefore, if the children of the Cui family wanted to enter officialdom, the number of places they could get through recommendation was very small, and they could only take the imperial examinations.
Originally, after the current emperor ascended the throne, the number of nominees nominated from various places each year has been reduced. If the number in the Qinghe area is reduced further, it may take three to two years to get one nominee.
Otherwise, why are there so few officials from the Cui family in the court now?
Although it seemed like revenge had been taken, the prince felt a tightness in his chest when he thought about what happened when he was picked. Mingda was weaker than him and was a girl.
If she were to marry into a wealthy family and be ridiculed by others, how miserable would her life be?
The prince was even more unwilling when he thought about it. "Anyway, Father, if you can't choose one from the children of the ministers in the court, then choose an ordinary one. Forget about the aristocratic family."
The emperor couldn't help but get angry when he heard this tone. The queen looked on and stuffed the child into the prince's arms, saying to him, "Eagle slave misses his mother. Take him to see her."
The prince reluctantly took the child to find the princess.
When the eagle slave was in his father's arms, he became excited. Not only did he jump twice in his arms, he also patted the prince's face with his hands and shouted "ah ah".
The prince grabbed his hand and said, "Let's fly again when we get back."
The Crown Princess on the other side of the screen seemed to have heard her son's laughter and immediately ran out to meet him, muttering to the Crown Prince, "Please don't abandon him to the sky. Zhou Man said that this is not good for the child. He will be frightened and restless at night."
The prince snorted, "How could my son be so cowardly?"
The queen had no more words to say about the father and son’s stubborn temper. She patted the emperor’s hand and leaned tiredly on the pillow.
The emperor immediately put away his anger towards the prince, sat down beside the queen, held her hand and asked, "Are you tired?"
The Queen sighed and said, "There have been too many things going on in the palace lately."
The Empress rarely complained about the heavy palace duties in front of the Emperor. He was taken aback when he heard this, and then felt even more distressed. He held her hand and asked, "Do you want to select a few female officials to help you?"
"You can't make the decision for me," the Queen asked. "You wrote to the patriarchs of the various noble families. Did you take a fancy to the legitimate sons of their families?"
The emperor said as a matter of course: "Of course she is a legitimate daughter. Our Mingda is also a legitimate princess. How can a concubine's daughter be worthy of her?"
The Queen smiled and asked, "Is there any other prince?"
The emperor said, "There are only two. The others are either not old enough or already engaged. One of them is..."
The Empress sighed and interrupted the Emperor. She said, "The life of a royal consort is not much easier than that of an Empress like me. Your Majesty, are you willing to let Mingda work so hard?"
The emperor frowned and began to think.
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