Tong Guowei was horrified when he heard this, but he couldn't understand why the emperor acted this way.
Could it be that the girl from the Lin family is the emperor's illegitimate daughter?
But that's not right. If she is the emperor's daughter, then the eldest prince and the tenth prince are the emperor's biological sons.
Thinking of what his beloved son said, it seems that the emperor really likes the girl of the Lin family. He is the son of two princes and two important ministers, and he married her off without any hesitation.
After hesitating for a moment, Tong Guowei said to Qing Heng, "Since your third brother has interceded for you, and this is the emperor's marriage, and you are so willing, then I agree. Don't worry, I will ask your mother to change the betrothal gift for you into a dowry."
Hearing that his father agreed, Qingheng was very happy. "Thank you, father, for your help. Thank you, brother, for pleading for me."
Seeing his stupid brother expressing his gratitude to him, Longkodo said unhappily, "It's enough for you to know that I'm good. Remember to ask Miss Lin to say good things about me in front of Qingchuan."
Thinking about it, I feel jealous because my younger brother is about to get married, and I don’t know when I will be able to marry her.
Qing Heng obviously thought of it, "Don't worry, Third Brother, I will help you if I have the chance."
Qingheng thought that if his brother really got together with Miss Luo, then he and his brother would become brothers-in-law, and he could then ask Miss Luo to say more good things about him in front of Miss Baoer.
Moreover, he and Bao'er were now engaged, and he could visit Bao'er anytime, which was really great. Qingheng felt extremely happy at this moment, and he thanked the emperor from the bottom of his heart, saying that he was such a kind man.
Tong Guowei was puzzled. Seeing his sons congratulating his fifth son, he said angrily, "Okay, everyone, go home. Longkodo, come with me to the study..."
Compared with the lively Tongjia family, the Nian family was relatively quiet. After all, there were only Nian Gengyao's brother and sister-in-law at home.
Therefore, the ones who received the imperial edict became the two elder brothers of the Nian family, Nian Xiyao and Nian Xiyao.
After the two of them finished listening to the contents of the imperial edict, they looked at each other in surprise.
Nian Xiyao pulled the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict and asked him what was going on, and while asking, he stuffed a purse into the eunuch's pocket.
The eunuch weighed it and found it light. He squeezed it and knew it was a silver note.
"Master Nian, I don't know what's going on. I only know that at the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday, the Emperor arranged for the Ninth and Tenth Princes to marry Miss Lin. Today, he sent us to your residence, and a group of eunuchs went to the Tonggiya residence to deliver his decree. It is said that the Emperor also arranged for the Fifth Prince of the Tonggiya residence to marry Miss Lin. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, thank you for telling me, you have worked hard. You can use this purse to have a cup of tea." As he said this, he stuffed another purse into his pocket.
The eunuch saw how tactful he was and smiled with satisfaction, "You are too polite, sir."
After the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict left, Madam Nian asked Nian Xiyao in confusion, "Sir, what is the emperor doing?"
Nian Xiyao sighed, "I don't know either, but Gengyao should be happy. After all, he has always had feelings for Miss Lin. Although she has been changed from the main wife to the concubine...but this is a marriage granted by the emperor."
Nian Xiyao naturally knew that the girl Nian Gengyao liked was Lin Baoer, and his brother had asked him to take good care of the girl before leaving.
But as far as I know, they don't need my care, including the Ninth Prince, the Tenth Prince, and the young master of the Tongjia Mansion.
I just don’t know if my younger brother can accept when he comes back that she was originally the principal wife, but then an imperial decree made her a concubine, and she suddenly had a few more good brothers.
Then Nian Xiyao said to his wife, "You have something to do first. I will go and write a letter to Gengyao."
"Hmm." Mrs. Nian said nothing more after hearing this. She knew that her master had a plan for success.
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When the wealthy families in the capital heard the news that the emperor had granted the marriage, they couldn't understand what he was thinking.
So every household was talking about it.
In fact, even the emperor sometimes couldn't understand why he agreed to the prince's strange proposal. Isn't this a trap for Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi?
But the emperor was only puzzled afterwards, not angry, and only felt that he should be nicer to Baoer. I think it was because the girl from the Lin family was too much to his liking.
"Sister, how do I prepare betrothal gifts for them?" Baoer was so worried.
Qingchuan laughed at the side, "It seems that this blessing of being surrounded by beauties is not so easy to enjoy."
Bao Er said angrily, "You still say that, why don't you help me find a solution?"
"There are ways to do this, but the best way is to make meritorious contributions, so the emperor will definitely reward you."
"Besides, they all know our family situation. Even if we empty our family coffers, it wouldn't be enough to support one family. So I thought we could find a way to earn some credit. But we're getting married in just two months, so time isn't enough. I think you shouldn't overthink it."
"No, you should discuss it with them. I think the most important thing for you right now is to buy a big yard. Otherwise, our current house won't be big enough for your four husbands."
Baoer thought about it and agreed. Those men all came from good families. They probably had their own courtyards at home. They wouldn't have to squeeze into one courtyard with several people like her.
"It looks like a courtyard with at least five entrances would be enough. I wonder how much silver it would cost to buy one with five entrances."
Qingchuan thought for a moment and said, "A good house would cost at least five thousand taels. Where do you plan to buy a house? The north side of the city is not bad, but it's still a little worse."
Baoer thought for a moment and said, "I plan to move to the west of the city. It's close to where Daddy works at the government office. Besides, they will definitely have to go to court and work in the future, so it's convenient for them to go to the palace."
"I don't know if the money I've saved recently is enough to buy a big house, and I don't know if anyone is selling it. It feels like the time is too close."
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