Lord Jiang looked at Gu Xin with a puzzled expression.
The other envoys from the south were also completely bewildered.
Their princess is already married, and now she can only be the Queen of Nanlin, how could she be the Queen?
Although the prince consort's face was disfigured, he was still very capable in all aspects. The two had three children together, and they were both young and had a very good relationship. How could their eldest princess possibly marry a king from another country?
That's absolutely impossible!
Lord Jiang didn't want to overthink things. Seeing that Gu Xin was hesitant to continue, he asked, "Please, Princess Xin Xin, speak plainly."
Gu Xin said, "What I mean is, if your Grand Prince Consort becomes the King of Nanlin, then your eldest princess will be the Queen, right? Anyway, when they both reach a certain age, the throne will go to their children, won't it? No matter who is the King, the successors will all be their bloodline."
Lord Jiang frowned: "How can that be the same? The children of the eldest princess and the grand consort, the sons take the grand consort's surname, and the daughters take the princess's surname. If their son succeeds to the throne in the future, the children will indeed be the eldest princess's, but the surname will have been changed. This is not in accordance with the rules; it is handing over the ancestral legacy to others."
Gu Xin smiled and shook her head: "What if our daughter is more capable? Wouldn't that still belong to the Long family? Besides, if the Grand Prince Consort really does this, who in Nanlin can resist? Didn't you just say that more than half of the military power in Nanlin belongs to the Grand Prince Consort's family? Even if the King and Queen of Nanlin trust them, it would be easy for them to rebel."
"Similarly, as you said, the eldest princess and the prince consort have three children, and their relationship is genuine. If the prince consort's family rebels, I bet the eldest princess will side with her husband's family and even help persuade you to accept him."
"You say the Grand Prince Consort is disfigured and cannot be a royal consort or king. You've forgotten that this rule was established by the current royal family of Nanlin, the Long family, and only the descendants of the Long family should abide by it. The Grand Prince Consort can change his ways once he becomes king. Therefore, the Grand Princess doesn't need to abandon him; the Grand Prince Consort can still be a member of the royal family. As for whether the Nanlin royal family will bear the surname Long or the Grand Prince Consort's surname in the future, that depends on how deep the Grand Prince Consort's love for the Grand Princess is, and also on whether their children, daughter or son, are more outstanding."
"There's another point you haven't considered, Lord Jiang. It's about the incident where the Grand Prince Consort was surrounded by assassins. You yourself said they were assassins; if they were deployed, shouldn't they have just killed him outright? Why, after killing Renmei, did they disfigure him instead? Judging from the situation at the time, it's because someone didn't want the Grand Prince Consort to become a prince consort as a young general, which would be an advantage for the Southern Lin royal family. Besides that, there are other possibilities. I wonder if Lord Jiang and the other officials have considered these possibilities?"
Lord Jiang was stunned by Gu Xin's series of questions, and he couldn't even think about the last one.
He was still wondering if the royal family could suppress the rebellion if the Grand Prince Consort's family were to rebel. The answer was no.
Because the royal family trusted the Grand Prince Consort's family from the beginning, not to mention that the most beloved daughter of the King and Queen of Nanlin married into their family. In addition, in the history of Nanlin, neither internal usurpation nor external rebellion had caused a big stir. The couple probably never thought about all this!
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