"Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace..."
Ji Ruoxi also knew that this was a good marriage that she could never ask for.
But when I thought about the emperor's face and figure, I couldn't tell whether I felt more disappointed or grateful.
Finally, the matter has been settled.
After the matter was settled, Ji Hongchang rushed to Sanhe County as fast as a pie.
Ji Ruoxi met up with the maidservant at the door and went to the house that the Ji family had bought in the capital.
The house was empty, with only two old servants left to guard the door. It could be lived in after a little cleaning...
Emperor Tianwu seemed to have received a revelation from the Ji family and took the initiative to pass on the message to the remaining seven empresses to be selected.
If anyone wants to withdraw from the selection queue, they can arrange marriage on their own and then ask Emperor Tianwu to grant the marriage.
A marriage granted by Emperor Tianwu undoubtedly has an extra layer of glory and an extra layer of security.
There are eight queens to be selected, and the one with the lowest official position in the family is Ji Ruoxi.
She had just withdrawn and was married to the second son of the Minister of Revenue?
Some people were happy that they had one less rival, some people envied Ji Ruoxi for finding a good marriage, and some people gloated that the Cui family had married into a low-class family.
The Minister of Revenue, Cui Chaoyong, is a favorite of the emperor!
The Ministry of Revenue was extremely wealthy and made a fortune every day.
I heard that whenever the imperial court launched any new product, the Cui Mansion would be the first to try it out.
Just based on this point, all the noble families in the capital are flocking to it.
But I don’t know what they are thinking, the second young master of the Cui family and the young masters after him are not engaged yet.
The matchmakers were almost knocking on the doorstep, but they still refused to give in.
I thought she was going to marry someone from a wealthy and powerful family?
When I turned around, I found out that I was married to the daughter of a fourth-rank official?
Ha ha ha ha!
Laugh out loud!
Minister Cui seemed to be oblivious to the sarcasm and ridicule. He held a closed-door family meeting and then happily went about his business.
The procedures for discussing marriage are complicated. Since it is His Majesty who has granted the marriage, it should be taken more seriously.
There were also those who were clear-headed and saw the benefits of Ji Ruoxi's marriage.
"Excluding the Ji family, there are still seven queens left to be chosen, but there is only one final queen."
"Your Majesty has made it clear that the rest will not be taken as concubines. They will all be returned to their native places or granted marriage."
"Ji Ruoxi has found this good marriage, what about the remaining queens to be chosen?"
Many families began to calculate, and after some calculation, they all broke out in cold sweats.
Among the aristocratic families in the capital, most of the young men of marriageable age are married or engaged.
The remaining unengaged ones are those who are in difficulty and cannot find a husband or wife of either high or low standard.
If you choose a marriage partner from such a family, the ones left will become worse and worse as time goes by.
The daughters of families who can become "queen candidates" are all top-notch. Who would be willing to choose such a daughter?
For a moment, all the families who were "candidates for the queen" began to waver: should they voluntarily withdraw from the queue for the queen and choose a good young man from aristocratic family in advance?
Or should we stick to the path of Huashan and rush towards the position of queen?
However, within a day, two other families, who thought they had little chance of winning, began to secretly look for people to discuss marriage.
Once a suitable person is found and both parties reach an agreement in secret, they will ask for the emperor's approval for the marriage.
Emperor Tianwu was very generous and agreed immediately. He also rewarded the newlyweds with a pair of gold and jade ruyi.
The remaining five families hesitated for two days, and two of them withdrew from the selection queue and asked for imperial decree to grant the marriage.
At this point, there are only three families left who want to go all the way to Huashan.
The three companies were eyeing each other covetously and started various outrageous operations.
With only two days left until the final election, the Duke of Ying was suddenly revealed to have occupied people's land and forced civilians to death!
Emperor Tianwu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.
In just one day, all the illegal activities of the British Mansion were exposed.
This situation is not only happening in the Duke of England’s mansion, but also in the Duke of England’s wife’s family…
The Duke of Ying was directly stripped of his title, the seized land was returned to the people, the servants were thrown into prison, and the Duke of Ying was exiled after his property was confiscated...
The capital city was in an uproar in an instant!
The Duke of England was originally a duke conferred by the previous dynasty. He had kept a low profile in the past two years and thought he had finally had a chance to turn things around. But who knew that his opponents would uncover such a scandal and he was buried in the dust...
The Duke of England didn't understand: these things happened in remote areas, and it was never told to the outside world that they were the property of the Duke of England's mansion, so how could they be exposed at this time?
Someone secretly passed on the message: the one who reported him was Yangwei Houfu, who was also a candidate for the queen.
The Duke of England was immediately furious: Marquis Yangwei was also conferred by the previous dynasty, and his situation was similar to that of the Duke of England...
The Duke of England reported the Marquis of Yangwei in return: the Marquis of Yangwei's farm and shop evaded taxes.
The Marquis of Yangwei was demoted to commoners overnight, his property was confiscated and he was exiled.
The wife of Marquis Yangwei refused to accept the decision and desperately rang the drum to report the matter: It was just tax evasion, she could just pay the tax instead, why should her property be confiscated and she should be exiled?
Emperor Tianwu unexpectedly responded to her positively, which was rare: From the beginning of the selection of the empress, Emperor Tianwu said that she must have a clean family background and must have never done any evil!
If every family wanted to send their daughter to the palace to become queen, they had to first check themselves to see if they were qualified.
Now that such a thing has been exposed, it is tantamount to deceiving the emperor and deceiving superiors!
Confiscating property and exiling are minor punishments. Logically, the entire clan should be exterminated!
Only then did Lady Yangwei give up.
Emperor Tianwu set his eyes on the only aristocratic family that had survived and warned them in public.
"Tomorrow is the day when my queen will be chosen. Now the only one left is the princess of Prince Hui's mansion."
"If Prince Hui claims that his family is upright, he can send his daughter to the palace tomorrow."
"If the Hui County Prince's Mansion has not withdrawn from the election before noon today, I will send people to investigate in detail. If any problems are found, their property will be confiscated and they will be exiled!"
After Emperor Tianwu finished speaking, the people were in an uproar.
Among the aristocratic families, who dares to say that a big tree has no dead branches?
Who doesn’t have tricks, big or small?
These tricks can be done but not said...
The aristocratic families and civil and military officials of the Tianwu Dynasty realized belatedly: Did Emperor Tianwu have no intention of establishing a queen?
Do you want to be single till old?
If you don't want to be the queen, then don't do it. Why make such a big condom and make everyone go through it?
They were all thinking in their hearts, while staring at Prince Hui: Will he choose to quit? Or will he choose to take a gamble?
Near noon, Prince Hui hurried into the palace. Afterwards, Emperor Tianwu announced that Prince Hui had voluntarily withdrawn, and that Emperor Tianwu would grant marriage to the last queen to be selected...
No one expected or expected such a big event as the "post-election" to end in this way. Everyone was dumbfounded.
Forget it, whoever wants the throne can have it, no one dares to get involved in it anymore.
After this incident, all the civil and military officials were more unanimous than ever before: they would never again urge Emperor Tianwu to establish a queen.
Anyway, we already have a crown prince and a grandson...
Let Emperor Tianwu remain single until he grows old!
Emperor Tianwu, who had been "single until old age", sat smugly in Zhan Yunfu's yard, drinking Huangshan Maofeng and eating lollipops...
He had just fought with Zhan Yunfu. Zhan Yunfu held a gun and he held a knife. Both of them were sweating profusely and felt tingling all over.
At this moment, he was in a very good mood: "Sister, do you think I can live in peace now?"
Zhan Yunfu snorted, rolled her eyes at him, and let him experience it for himself.
He has fooled all the civil and military officials together. Isn't he afraid that the truth will be discovered?
Emperor Tianwu laughed and said, "Now there is no one who can stand between you and me, just wait a little longer..."
Before Emperor Tianwu left, Lu Shangfu hurried in and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, something happened to Ningyuan Hou..."
Zhan Yunfu stood up suddenly and cried out in surprise: "What did you say?" (End of this chapter)
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