The daughter of the wealthy Jiang family in the imperial city? ?
How did he remember that the wife Zhou Huaiqian married some time ago was the daughter of the Jiang family, a wealthy merchant family in the imperial city?
He remembered that there was only one wealthy businessman with the surname Jiang in the imperial city, and that was Jiang Youcai!
Did Jiang Youcai have two daughters? One born to his wife, and one raised by his concubine?
The daughter of the first wife has already married Zhou Huaiqian. Could it be that His Majesty...
General Wang was startled and exclaimed hurriedly, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you absolutely cannot do this! The identity of the Jiang family's illegitimate daughter is simply not acceptable, Your Majesty!"
The status of a merchant's daughter alone was already lower than that of a young lady from an official family. If they took the Jiang family's illegitimate daughter into the palace, wouldn't that just make people laugh and mock them for having too low a threshold for a harem?
Furthermore, if Your Majesty really took Zhou Huaiqian's sister-in-law into the palace and she became his favorite, wouldn't Zhou Huaiqian become even more arrogant in the future?!
General Wang's rough voice startled everyone and they all turned to look at him.
The Prime Minister, who had been interrupted, was also a little unhappy at this time. His Majesty finally found someone he liked, so what was going on with this General Wang?!
For a while, General Wang became the target of public criticism.
But General Wang didn't care what others thought. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I know I shouldn't interfere in your private affairs, but if Your Majesty accepts an illegitimate daughter of the Jiang family into the palace, you will be ridiculed by others!"
"If your majesty's first child is born to the Jiang family's illegitimate daughter, then the little prince will also be criticized because of his mother's background, Your Majesty!"
General Wang frowned and looked at Song Wenjing stubbornly, trying to make him change his mind.
Song Wenjing remained calm and collected. He looked at General Wang and asked, "Who said she was the illegitimate daughter of the Jiang family?"
General Wang was stunned, somewhat bewildered: "Ah? But the Jiang family only has one daughter. If she's not an illegitimate daughter who's wandering around, then she's..."
"The Jiang family has only one daughter, and the one I admire is none other than the Jiang family's legitimate daughter—Jiang Jingyu."
Song Wenjing rarely had the patience to explain things to him, but he was quite patient when it came to anything related to Jiang Jingyu.
General Wang's pupils trembled, and he said in disbelief: "Jiang, the Jiang family's legitimate daughter? That, that's not..."
Song Wenjing stood up suddenly. He anticipated what General Wang was going to say and interrupted him first.
"That's right, the person I love is none other than Jiang Jingyu, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family. I will soon take her into my harem, but before I do, I have one thing to announce to the world."
The ministers all looked up at Song Wenjing, waiting for him to tell the world what he wanted to announce.
Song Wenjing said with an unquestionable look: "From now on, I will disband the harem. I have never touched the concubines in the harem. After leaving the palace, they can marry someone else or go far away. No one will interfere with their decision."
The ministers were shocked, opened their mouths wide, and looked at Song Wenjing in astonishment.
Disband the harem? ?
Before the ministers could come to their senses, Song Wenjing's voice rang out again in the hall, clearly reaching the ears of each of them.
"I love one person, and my heart can only hold one person. I don't need three thousand beauties in my harem. Having her alone for the rest of my life is enough."
When the sound fell, one could hear a pin drop in the hall.
Before the ministers could open their mouths to refute, Song Wenjing looked at them sharply and said, "I have made up my mind. You do not need to persuade me. The imperial decree has been issued, and I will not joke with you."
The words that were about to come out of everyone's mouth were instantly stuck in their throats.
They knew too well that His Majesty was a man of his word. Once he made a decision, not even eighty horses, let alone ten, could change it!
It is indeed a bit lonely to have only one beauties in the harem, but it is better than having three thousand beauties in the harem, each of whom makes His Majesty disgusted, right?
At least one person has won the heart of His Majesty. Although dismissing the harem is absurd, as long as the new concubine can give birth to a prince for His Majesty, they will allow the absurdity to happen! !
Therefore, none of the ministers objected to Song Wenjing's determination to disband the harem.
There is no way, because His Majesty hates women, he has been childless for five years since he came to power. Now that someone who can save the royal heir has finally appeared, they have no choice but to support him.
Song Wenjing was very satisfied with the ministers' reactions.
But among the officials and court officials, there are always one or two people who go against others, such as General Wang.
General Wang immediately stood up and rushed to the front of the palace, exclaiming, "Your Majesty! I have no objection to your Majesty dismissing the harem officials, but your Majesty must not accept the Jiang family's legitimate daughter into the palace!"
The Prime Minister frowned and looked at General Wang, saying in a cold voice, "General Wang, what do you mean? Just now, Your Majesty said that you can't take the illegitimate daughter of the Jiang family into the palace, but now the person Your Majesty wants to take is the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family. Why is it not allowed again?!"
General Wang glared at him and said in a deep voice, "Prime Minister, do you know who the Jiang family's legitimate daughter is?"
The Prime Minister disagreed and glanced at General Wang: "Of course I know, she is the one that His Majesty likes."
General Wang: “!!”
He was powerless to refute what this old man said! !
General Wang took a deep breath and roared, "The Jiang family's legitimate daughter is Zhou Huaiqian's new wife! If Your Majesty accepts her into the palace, it won't be a perfect match, it will be the emperor usurping his subject's wife!"
If Your Majesty really does something like taking your minister's wife, it will leave a stain in the history books and you will be branded as a tyrant!
Quiet. The huge Golden Throne Hall suddenly became silent.
Everyone looked at General Wang in disbelief: "General Wang, are you serious?"
General Wang said gravely, "If it's true, just ask His Majesty and you'll know."
Everyone looked at Song Wenjing, who was sitting high up in the throne. "Your Majesty, is what General Wang said true? Is the woman Your Majesty wants to marry really General Zhou's wife?"
Song Wenjing pursed his lips and spoke every word clearly.
"She will divorce Zhou Huaiqian today, and from now on they will have no further ties. She is not some general's wife, she is my queen, my wife."
It's his A-yu.
"Your Majesty! I will not stop you from dismissing the harem, but I will absolutely not stand by and watch you do something as absurd as taking my wife away from me!"
"Your Majesty is a wise ruler praised by all. You must not bear the eternal infamy of a ruler seizing a minister's wife because of a momentary impulse!"
Song Wenjing stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the courtiers in the hall like a god.
"What if the king took his minister's wife for her? What if he bore the infamy?"
"I have made up my mind. I will soon take Ayu into the palace. All the ministers... just wait to welcome the new Queen Nanxuan into the palace!"
Song Wenjing left these words and strode towards the side hall, turning a deaf ear to the ministers' advice and shouts.
The figure on the dragon throne disappeared, leaving the ministers looking at each other in bewilderment.
"This, this, this is ridiculous, ridiculous!"
"What should I do now? Do I really have to watch His Majesty seize my wife and become a tyrant cursed by the world?!"
The Prime Minister narrowed his slightly cloudy eyes.
"At this point, I'm afraid only one person can persuade His Majesty..."
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