Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds, and the chopsticks in the emperor's hand fell to the ground.
Then the emperor and empress stood up suddenly and stared at Qi Yuan in disbelief.
The emperor took a deep breath and asked, "Are you joking?"
Even though the emperor had seen many ups and downs, he was still so worried about his rebellious son's marriage.
You should know that since Qi Yuan was fifteen years old, he and the queen have been choosing a princess for him.
Qi Yuan is now 27 years old. The women of his age have children who are almost ten years old, but Qi Yuan is still alone.
Such a bastard who refused to get married suddenly came one day and asked them to grant him a marriage.
Not only the emperor couldn't believe it, but the queen too.
He and the queen exchanged glances, both of them in surprise and disbelief.
He saw that the emperor and empress were both nervous and expectant, waiting for his answer.
Qi Yuan also felt a little guilty, "It's true."
He spoke word by word with great seriousness.
I thought that after saying this, my father and mother would be relieved and no longer worry about his marriage, but the emperor at the top suddenly spoke.
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
Although the emperor asked this question for some unknown reason, he did not regret it.
If he granted the marriage directly without asking for details, Qi Yuan would come to see him in the future with a man in his hand.
That scene... He was so scared that he was about to faint.
Qi Yuan: “…”
Qi Yuan just thought it was ridiculous. Why would his father, the emperor, and his mother think that he liked men?
He pinched his brows, took a deep breath, and asked helplessly, "What do you think?"
"I'm asking you because I'm not sure." The emperor coughed lightly. "Tell me quickly. Your mother and I will never agree to you marrying a man."
"It's a girl, don't worry, Father and Mother."
Qi Yuan spoke slowly.
"It's a girl!! Your Majesty, we're going to have a daughter-in-law!!"
Qi Yuan's words were like a stone of peace of mind, which made the emperor and empress's anxious hearts finally settle down, and also made their shock and joy gush out like a spring.
"Father, Your Majesty, and Mother, may I get up now?"
The queen was extremely happy. Her face was full of smiles and her eyes were shining. The only thought in her mind was that Qi Yuan was willing to get married.
He didn't pay any attention to what Qi Yuan said.
The queen walked to the door, clasped her hands together, and kept muttering to herself.
"Bless me, bless me, thank you, Guanyin Bodhisattva, for letting my son finally find his way back..."
Qi Yuan sighed and raised his dark eyes to look at the emperor.
The emperor, like the queen, was somewhat lost in thought at this moment.
He seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, walked up to Qi Yuan, and grabbed Qi Yuan's shoulders tightly with both hands.
The deep wrinkles at the corners of the emperor's mouth and on both sides of his forehead seemed to be filled with smiles.
"It's good that it's a girl! My Yuan'er has finally grown up." The emperor was very pleased.
Qi Yuan looked at the emperor's bright eyes and his graying hair, and felt a little guilty.
My father is ten years older than my mother and looks much older. He is more eager for me to get married and have children than my mother is.
The emperor and empress were so excited that they calmed down and asked Qi Yuan who the woman was from.
"She is the daughter of a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites." Qi Yuan said in a low voice.
The emperor thought for a moment, frowning slightly.
"I remember his daughter has already been engaged?"
The emperor smiled meaningfully, "My son actually likes a married woman?"
The queen also looked at Qi Yuan in shock, and the couple stared at Qi Yuan.
"Yuan'er, you... forget it. As long as my son likes her, let alone she hasn't married yet, even if she has given birth to a child, Queen Mother will help my son snatch her away."
"Your mother is right. Don't worry, Yuan'er. This is nothing. I will warn the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion and ask them to cancel the engagement."
Neither the emperor nor the empress were rigid in character, and those in power were rarely bound by moral constraints.
Qi Yuan is completely different from them and has a strong character.
He was a man of few words, and was at a disadvantage in front of the talkative emperor and empress.
For the first time, Qi Yuan felt that he should ask Gu Qingfeng to enter the palace with him today.
He didn't have to be framed like this. When he thought about his father and mother misunderstanding that he liked Xu Wanning, Qi Yuan felt a little uncomfortable.
How could he fall for such a vulgar and vicious woman?
"No!" Qi Yuan shook his head coldly, "I like someone else."
"Does the Xu family have other daughters?" the emperor asked. He had never heard of it.
The Queen suddenly remembered, "Is it the daughter who was just brought home?"
The emperor and empress lived in the palace for a long time. There were so many ministers in the capital, and these ministers had countless families. The Xu family was not very noticeable in the capital.
It is normal that the emperor does not remember.
Even the queen only heard about this matter occasionally.
Qi Yuan nodded, "It's her."
The queen's eyes were a little complicated, seeing that the emperor was puzzled.
She began to explain, "The Xu family told the public that their eldest daughter had poor health in her early years, so they sent her to a temple to practice cultivation, and only brought her back to the capital when she was older."
"But I heard from my sister-in-law that the Xu family's story is false. The eldest daughter they adopted is the Xu family's biological daughter. The daughter they raised in the mansion for many years is just a fake. The Xu family took the wrong child from the same farmer years ago. This is what we call a pearl covered in dust. She was only recognized and returned to the Xu family after she reached the age of marriage."
"There is such a thing?"
The emperor's fierce eyes narrowed slightly and he stroked his beard.
"I thought this was something that only happened in the novels that the Queen read."
The Queen nodded. "The Xu family has been keeping this a secret. My sister-in-law only learned of this secret by chance, and she told me as a funny story."
When the queen heard this, she just sighed a few times and forgot about it.
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