Chapter 78 Guilt
Xie Xun was still young and needed a marriage to secure his throne, so most of the women listed in the Imperial Household Department's roster were girls in their late teens and early twenties. Their age difference from Xie Xun was significant, making them unsuitable. However, they had good family backgrounds and were of the right age to bear children...
Xie Chengyan stopped talking mid-sentence. Although everyone in the room was surnamed Xie, the Tian family's affairs involved the imperial court. Even the brotherly bond between him and Xie Chengen would fade, let alone others. So there were some things he couldn't say.
But seeing Xie Chengyuan still looking clueless, he immediately felt helpless. If he was like this, how was he going to the southern border to be a vassal next year?
Xie Zhaohe, who was present, was very smart and understood the implication of Xie Chengyan's words.
Finally, Xie Zhaohe left Xie Chengyan and said, "That's true, but having said that, your marriage is still unsettled. I heard that the Queen Mother also tried to get you someone, but you sent them all back without even touching them."
"I don't like it." Xie Chengyan sighed and said, "It's not clean."
"What are you talking about? They are all young ladies from well-known families, how can they not be clean?" Xie Zhaohe frowned and whispered, "You are just too picky."
"That's not what I'm talking about—"
"What are their identities? My sister doesn't know. When has the Queen Mother ever trusted me?"
Xie Chengyan asked back. Xie Zhaohe knew this, but since he was born in a royal family, anyone's marriage would be inappropriate. He listened to the above and just made do with it. He didn't expect that Xie Chengyan would reject the person sent by the empress dowager just because of this.
But he didn't have anyone he liked, and if things went on like that, he'd be the talk of the town. She asked again, "So who are you looking for? If there's one, I'll go talk to the Imperial Household Department. With my help, they'll get things done quickly."
Xie Chengyan suddenly recalled the wedding of Xie Zhaohe and Lu Qianshan. The Imperial Household Department at the time had indeed been as quick as she'd claimed. From the time they decided to get married to the day of the wedding banquet, it took less than five days. Shortly after the wedding, Lu Qianshan left for southern Xinjiang to take up his fiefdom. The wedding was rushed, so hastily that outsiders assumed the royal family was desperate to marry off their daughter.
Xie Chengyan felt that as long as he mentioned a girl's name, his sister would send the girl to his palace tomorrow, and everything from the ancestral hall to the common people would be taken care of smoothly.
Xie Zhaohe has this ability.
"No, but I don't want to choose someone from an aristocratic family. A commoner is best, without any family connections involved."
Xie Zhaohe paused, completely confused by his idea. The Dayin Kingdom's imperial family didn't have to choose a concubine from an aristocratic family. This was the ancestral precept established by the founding emperor, but it wasn't a blanket rule. Most people, influenced by history and to secure their place in the imperial family, would choose from aristocratic families.
There are very few people who come from ordinary people.
But after all, everyone has their own aspirations. Xie Chengyan is already not young anymore and is not at the age where he needs to be restricted by others. Moreover, his younger brother is very special. Perhaps it is because he was not spoiled when he was a child, so he is more mature than his other brothers.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhaohe relaxed and said softly, "I can't get close to commoner girls. If you have a favorite, remember to bring her back to meet me. If it's possible, I'll pay the betrothal gifts. Although we are from the royal family, we are still human after all. We can't treat the girl unfairly and let others think we are arrogant."
Xie Zhaohe did this for a reason. When her father passed away, he said that the royal family felt guilty towards the fourth son and that if she had the ability in the future, she would try to help him.
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