“Yuan’er, how about this, your mother will choose a well-bred lady for you, the daughter of this small landlord, and take her as a concubine.”
"This status is indeed too low," the Empress said hesitantly.
"Mother, I only want to marry her." Long Yuan smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "She is twenty years old this year and has already been married once. But this year, her husband became successful and abandoned her."
"Nonsense, how could a woman like that be worthy of you?"
The Queen was absolutely furious.
His son, the current Prince Yuan, whose father is the Emperor and whose brother is the Crown Prince, has a perfectly clean harem. He could marry any woman he wanted, yet he chose this divorced daughter of a small landowner over so many other noble ladies. "It's utterly ridiculous, utterly absurd."
"Mother?"
"Stop talking, I won't agree." The Empress said through gritted teeth, "I have a niece from my maternal family, who is sixteen years old and extremely beautiful. I have already asked her, and she is willing to marry you."
“She’s willing, but I’m not.” Long Yuan shook his head.
"presumptuous."
"Mother, please listen to my reasons before making a decision, shall we?"
Long Yuan knelt down again, bowing to them.
"you say."
The Empress was still furious, a situation even the Emperor probably couldn't understand. Only the Crown Prince looked at him with a worried expression.
"Yuan'er, if you truly love her, why not place her in the backyard? She—"
"Brother, it's different." In the inner courtyard, how many women have died in tears every day because of this?
His Qiao'er should be happy and full of energy. Besides, even if he agreed, Ning Hongze wouldn't allow it.
Ning Hong would then find a way to chop him up.
“This girl has an older brother.” Long Yuan handed him the notebook.
"So what if he has an older brother? Don't you have an older brother too?" The Emperor flipped through the notebook that Long Yuan had handed him; it was quite a fun notebook.
The Xuan paper was cut to the size of two adult men's palms, and the cover was a piece of white cloth, which was sewn together with a needle and thread.
However, after reading what was written in the book, the emperor immediately stood up.
"Your Highness, take a look and see if what this person is saying is true or false."
This notebook contains some records, for example, about cotton?
Cotton can be made into cotton clothes and quilts, thus protecting the soldiers guarding the border from the cold to the greatest extent.
Of course, I also learned about down jackets? These are even warmer.
What shocked the emperor most was that there was some food inside, with a yield of over a thousand catties per mu. If such things existed, would the people of their country fear going hungry?
As for the records that follow, they are all miscellaneous things, some useful and some useless.
The Crown Prince also looked at Long Yuan with a shocked expression.
"Where did this come from?"
"I took this from the girl's room."
"What? You're saying this girl is that amazing?"
If she's really that amazing, then what good would it do to marry her?
“No, this was given to her by her brother.” Long Yuan shook his head. “Father, Your Highness, take another look. This is clearly an account book. This should be her brother’s dowry for her.”
"Dowry?" Upon closer inspection, the emperor realized it was indeed an account book. After introducing these items, several pages of Xuan paper contained recorded figures.
Things like those produced by Zhuangzi.
They have all of these things; they actually have them all.
If this can be popularized, why worry that their country will not prosper and become powerful?
"If this girl's dowry is indeed these things, then I will approve it."
The Crown Prince also looked eager, but he ultimately doted on Long Yuan. "Long Yuan, if you don't like this girl, don't force yourself. I can be courteous and personally visit her to persuade her to leave the mountain."
"He's indifferent to fame and fortune, and quite lazy. I doubt we can get him to come."
After confirming his feelings, Long Yuan kept thinking about how to persuade his father and mother.
He felt there shouldn't be any major problems, since getting married was his own business, but he felt a little uneasy.
In the dead of night, I couldn’t resist sneaking into Ning Qiao’er’s room. I only wanted to steal a glance at her, but I found a book on her desk.
He casually flipped through it, but the contents shocked him to the core.
He immediately calmed down.
With this book, there were no more obstacles to their marriage.
Long Yuan immediately wrote a long passage, expressing his hope that Ning Qiao'er would wait for his return.
After writing this, he felt much more at ease and went to explore several of the Ning family's estates that very night.
Only then did they realize that the Ning family was not just small landlords, but actually large landlords, and they had hidden it very well.
"But wouldn't it be a disservice to you to have my son marry such a girl?" The Empress was still unwilling.
"Mother, I am not wronged." He stole these things because he liked the girl. To be honest, she had no intention of giving them to him.
Long Yuan's smile was somewhat awkward.
"Do you really like this girl?"
"Yes, I really like it."
"Ke Yuan'er, how can you be sure these things are real? What if it's just that your brother is after our family's wealth and is making a fuss about it?" That's not impossible.
"Her brother hasn't decided whether or not to marry her to me."
"What?"
"Has this brother gone mad?"
The Empress was astonished; her son was so handsome, yet they were still unwilling to have him.
“His brother said that unless you propose marriage in person, he will not agree to let his sister marry me. He means what he says.”
"Those things."
“I was afraid you wouldn’t agree, so I sneaked into their room and stole it. Father, I also went undercover at their estate at night. Everything in this book is true.”
"However, your mother and I cannot leave the palace at will."
Such capable people can only be won over, not forced.
If it could truly bring about a peaceful and prosperous world, sacrificing even one son, his most beloved son, would be worthwhile.
Besides, his son was willing to do it himself. These things were clearly meant to give the girl more benefits, hoping that in the future, they would treat her well because she had such a capable brother.
"Very well, since you have already said so, I will naturally grant your request. I will now draft an edict."
“Father, I am willing to go.” The Crown Prince volunteered.
"you?"
"On behalf of my father and mother, I have come to propose marriage." The Crown Prince bowed deeply, "to express our deep respect for this young lady."
“What you say is very true, Your Highness.” Long Yuan immediately laughed. “If Father and Mother cannot go, it will be the same if Your Highness goes.”
Longyuan's face lit up with joy.
He believed that Ning Hong would be terrified if she saw her brother, the Crown Prince.
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