"Really?" Li Bingchen's heart was filled with surprise and joy. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at His Majesty the King with a look of surprise and disbelief. He immediately replied, "Thank you, Father. Your word is your bond. I don't think you would lie to a child like me."
The king couldn't help but laugh again, but he maintained his composure, slowly shaking his head and saying, "Don't rush to flatter me. I haven't finished speaking yet. Let me finish what I have to say, hear my conditions, and then you can decide what you want to choose."
Li Bingchen's expression stiffened slightly, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He asked cautiously, "Father, what are your conditions?"
His Majesty the King naturally did not answer Li Bingchen's question, but instead asked with a smile, "Which young lady from the Gu family is she? She's a nice person, isn't she?"
Seeing His Majesty the King suddenly transform from an angry warrior into a 'big-tailed' wolf, Li Bingchen was startled again, feeling even more uneasy and wary: "Yun Duo is a very good person. Not only is she good, but her father and teacher are also capable people who can help you solve your problems, so she is naturally even better."
Hearing his son's words, which were half threat and half reminder, His Majesty the King could no longer hold back. He laughed and said, "Good lad, threatening your old man now."
"However, you're not wrong. Gu Shaoyong is indeed capable. This time, he was able to bring agricultural scientists back to China. Next time, he might be able to bring back some physicists, chemists, and mathematicians..."
"As long as those Chinese elites who are far away overseas can return to China and devote themselves to the country's development, one day China will be able to take off like a dragon and get rid of the current humiliating and difficult days."
"You're right, Gu Shaoyong is a capable man."
"We need to try and win them over."
At this point, he stroked his chin and continued, "Our royal family and the Gu family have a long-standing agreement that the marriage between the two families is a done deal. Originally, the Gu family only had one choice, Gu Pingting, but now... we can consider letting one of you brothers marry Yun Duo."
For no particular reason, upon hearing the king say that one of them should marry Yun Duo, Li Bingchen's heart jumped. Without thinking, he shouted, "No, absolutely not!"
"No?" The king glanced at Li Bingchen and said indifferently, "Why not?"
“Well, it’s definitely not going to work!” Li Bingchen stared at his father, the king, with his neck stiff. After a moment, he thought of a reason and quickly said, “Yun Duo is still young. Diplomat Gu and Aunt Zhou both dote on her. They definitely won’t let her get engaged at such a young age.”
“Father, the new policy was personally promulgated by you, and you also spoke on the national radio yourself, encouraging people to love freely. You can’t say one thing and do another.”
The king looked at Li Bingchen with great interest and deliberately asked, "Hmm? How come what I say is one thing, but what I do is another?"
At this moment, Li Bingchen couldn't care less about anything else. He felt his blood rushing to his head and blurted out without thinking, "You're disregarding Yun Duo's personal wishes and want to arrange a marriage between Yun Duo and our royal family. This violates the marriage law promulgated by the new policy and goes against your advocacy on the national radio. You say one thing and do another!"
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