Chapter 25 The Emperor Wants to Marry His Subject, Shocking Them All!
Xie Junlin opened his eyes.
Looking at the elderly minister below, he resisted the urge to drag the man out and chop him into pieces.
He parted his lips slightly.
"When you mentioned this the other day, I have already said that we can discuss this later. I am only thirty-six, and you think that I will not live past thirty-seven. If you don't quickly choose a prince, the country will be without a ruler after I die, right?"
The ministers were all shocked when they heard this.
Why is the emperor so magnanimous today?
It’s not like the emperor hadn’t mentioned this before. Although he was unhappy, he didn’t speak so harshly. He even said the word “passed away”…
The ministers did not dare to think too much and knelt down to apologize at the same time.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Your Majesty is in his prime, and he is expected to live forever. How could he not live past thirty-seven?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Xie Junlin glanced at these people.
He did not call on these people to stand up, but just let them kneel there.
He thought that it was probably because he had such a good temper that these people repeatedly offended his authority!
In the hall, it was so quiet for a while that you could hear a pin drop.
The ministers began to feel a little uneasy in such dead silence.
They didn't dare to look up at the emperor, but only turned their heads slightly to look at their colleagues around them, and their eyes met.
what to do?
Are you still looking for death by following Censor Wang?
The one who had the guts to speak out just now was Censor Wang. When the court was dismissed yesterday, Censor Wang had secretly communicated with many of them. Censor Wang said that he would bring up the matter of adopting a child in the court today, and hoped that everyone would follow his lead and support him then...
All of them have some kind of marriage relationship with the royal family. Royal family members who want to send their children to the palace to be princes have already come to them many times to ask for help. They thought that since Censor Wang was leading the charge today, it would not be impossible for them to follow behind and help out.
But now, the emperor is angry, do they still dare?
If they try to poke the emperor in the face again together with Censor Wang, the emperor will chop off their heads, right?
In the silence, many people have chosen not to commit suicide by following Censor Wang.
Censor Wang secretly turned his head to look at these people, and as soon as they met his gaze, they immediately lowered their heads and avoided him.
Censor Wang gritted his teeth.
Damn it.
A bunch of disloyal guys!
The group retreated, but he couldn't retreat.
He had already received money from others, so he had to get the job done today no matter what.
Censor Wang trembled and looked up.
He thought to himself, the emperor wouldn't chop off his head, it's just a small thing, it shouldn't be necessary, right?
With a firm grit of teeth, Censor Wang kowtowed and saluted, then gritted his teeth and spoke again.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We sincerely hope that Your Majesty can rule for thousands of years. However, emperors of all dynasties would choose to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible, so that the court and the people can be stabilized. Your Majesty, I think it would be good for you to pick a few children to raise in the palace first. If Your Majesty has his own children in the future, it would be fine to send them away..."
Censor Wang stopped talking after this.
Xie Junlin looked at Wang Yushi and sneered as he completed what he hadn't finished saying -
"Lord Wang, you have something else to say, right? You mean to say that if I can give birth to a child in the future, I will give the adopted child away. But if I am useless and cannot give birth, then it is better to decide on an heir early than to choose one randomly when I am old, right?"
“…”
Censor Wang trembled with fear.
The emperor is really angry today!
He was so scared that he immediately lowered his body and kowtowed!
"Your Majesty, please calm down! I deserve to die! I dare not! I absolutely do not mean that! I am loyal to Your Majesty, and I really only care about Your Majesty!"
Xie Junlin sneered.
He said sternly, "You don't dare? I think you are very brave! There are so many people in the hall, and the others are silent, but you insist on jumping out and poking my lungs. Do you have more heads than them?"
Censor Wang turned pale with fright.
It's over, it's over...
The Emperor was really angry...
He's finished!
Xie Junlin glanced at all the ministers and said in a cold voice, "Even an ordinary citizen would be angry if you repeatedly mentioned the issue of not being able to have children, let alone me? I am the Son of Heaven, and you keep using this matter to hurt me. Do you really think I dare not chop off your heads!"
Now it was not only Censor Wang who was kowtowing; all the ministers bowed their heads and kowtowed, shouting at the Emperor to calm down.
Faced with the emperor's wrath, all the ministers in the hall were trembling with fear.
Xie Junlin looked at this group of ministers coldly.
Oh.
Let him calm down?
People find trouble every day to provoke his anger. When he really gets angry, everyone kneels down and tells him to calm down. He can't get angry even though he's been provoked, right?
What he hates most is being told to calm down!
Besides being angry, Xie Junlin also felt an indescribable sense of desolation and fatigue in his heart.
Look, he is unable to have children and is living such a sad life.
Everyone was forcing him to adopt other people's children. Everyone thought that since he was destined to be childless, there was no need for him to struggle. He couldn't have children anyway, so what was there for him to struggle for?
A person without a son will be looked down upon, even if he is an emperor.
Xie Junlin lowered his eyes in self-mockery.
People are really strange. He had no hope before. Facing the persecution of ministers, he could accept his fate and face it calmly. But now his ancestors appeared and guided him. He knew that there was a woman who might be able to give birth to a child for him. Facing the persecution of ministers again, he suddenly didn't want to endure it anymore.
It seemed as if he had the confidence to fight back.
He looked at Censor Wang.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered.
He remembered what eunuch Chen Hai said to him yesterday.
He opened his lips slightly, "Censor Wang, do you know what Chen Hai said to me yesterday?"
“…”
Wang Yushi looked up at Xie Junlin tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I don't know."
Xie Junlin said calmly, "Yesterday, Chen Hai said that my childlessness for many years might not be my fault, but the inability of the concubines in the harem to give birth. He suggested to me that I should go to the common people to find women who have given birth to seven or eight children and bring them to the palace. These women might be able to bring good luck to me."
Censor Wang was stunned.
What?
You actually blame the concubines in the harem for not being able to have children?
So many people are infertile? That's unlikely, right?
While Wang Yushi was stunned, Xie Junlin said slowly, "Lord Wang, I remember your wife gave birth to four children, is that right?"
Censor Wang was stunned again.
Suddenly, his pupils constricted!
He looked at Xie Junlin in disbelief, and an absurd guess came to his mind!
Xie Junlin raised his lips slightly, "Lord Wang just said that you are loyal to me, and you are really devoted to me. Since Lord Wang is so loyal, then I will fulfill your loyalty. When you go back today, ask your wife who can give birth to a child if she is willing to enter the palace to accompany me."
“…”
Censor Wang was so shocked that he almost couldn't breathe!
The other ministers also looked at Xie Junlin in disbelief, as if they had heard the most ridiculous words!
Isn't this ridiculous?
The emperor who owns six palaces actually asked the minister for his wife in public!
Although there have been cases of emperors taking their subjects' wives since ancient times, the emperor is the only one who openly demands his subject's wife in the court, right?
This was so absurd that they couldn't believe it!
While the other ministers were looking at each other in shock, Censor Wang had already become limp and fell to the ground.
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