Chapter 30: Do you want to give your wife to the emperor?
He didn't want to die and have his grave dug by his grandson, so he quickly decided, "Okay, okay, then I'll wait two years and have another baby. I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry at all, I can still live in two years!"
Shen Yuanwei breathed a sigh of relief.
She glanced sideways at Xiao Lingzhao, and Xiao Lingzhao looked over at her with a smile on his face, and they smiled back at each other.
She thought that having a husband who was not deaf and dumb and was willing to share the burden was indeed a very happy thing in a marriage.
The old general sighed.
"Speaking of having children, I think of the emperor. You two may not know that the emperor did something ridiculous in the court today, which was criticized by everyone. The ministers dared not say anything to him, and they must have cursed him to death in their hearts."
When Shen Yuanwei heard the word "Emperor", her ears perked up.
She suddenly looked at the old general.
Xiao Lingzhao asked, "What happened?"
The old general glanced at Shen Yuanwei and found it difficult to speak.
Shen Yuanwei's eyelashes trembled slightly, "Dad, I can't listen to what happens in the court, right? Then, I'll go out first..."
The old general waved his hand and said, "It's not that you can't listen, but this is not pleasant to hear. I don't know how to tell you."
The old lady pushed his arm and said, "What are you afraid of? We have never interfered with the emperor's appointment of a crown prince. How can the emperor snatch our daughter-in-law? There is nothing to be ashamed of. Just tell them everything."
"!"
When Shen Yuanwei heard what her mother-in-law said, her heart skipped a beat.
The emperor wants to snatch their daughter-in-law?
So you want to rob her?
No way, could it be that her fertility physique was really exposed? But this is not right, she hasn't even gotten pregnant yet, how could this fertility physique be exposed?
When Shen Yuanwei was feeling restless, the old general started talking about what was happening in the court.
"Alas, today when the emperor came to court, Censor Wang brought up the old matter again, advising the emperor to adopt a few children from the royal family as soon as possible so that he could choose one of them as the crown prince in the future. In the past, when the emperor heard about this, he would be unhappy, but he would not punish the ministers. But today, he was furious for some reason."
"He asked the ministers, 'I am only thirty-six. Do you think I won't live to be thirty-seven? If you don't choose a child, the country will be without a master when I die, right?'"
Shen Yuanwei pricked up her ears when she heard this, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
The emperor's body was useless, but his mouth was very powerful. Even though his body was infertile and he couldn't give birth to a child, he could curse people to death with just one mouth.
She listened to what the old general said next.
"When the emperor finished speaking, the ministers were so scared that they all knelt down and begged him to calm down. He didn't ask anyone to stand up, he just let everyone kneel down."
"Normally, the emperor is already furious, and no one would dare to talk about this anymore. But Censor Wang is so ignorant that he wants to anger the emperor."
"He said that he was loyal and that he was doing it for the emperor's own good. It would not hurt to select a few children and raise them in the palace early. If the emperor has his own children in the future, he can just send these children out of the palace—"
"The emperor asked him coldly, 'You mean, if I can give birth to a child, I can drive these adopted children away, but if I am useless, if I can't give birth to a child no matter what, then it is better to choose a few children early than to choose randomly when I am old, right?"
"Censor Wang was so frightened that he kowtowed quickly, but the emperor did not let him go. He first scolded him and said he was asking for his own death. Then the emperor started to make stupid moves."
"The Emperor said that Eunuch Chen Hai suggested to him that the concubines in the harem could not give birth to children. Maybe it was the concubines' problem. It would be better to find some women who have given birth to many children to favor. Who knows, these women might be able to bring good luck and give birth to heirs."
"The Emperor asked Censor Wang, he remembered that Censor Wang's wife had given birth to four children, she was a fertile woman, since Censor Wang was so loyal and concerned about his offspring, then Censor Wang should just offer his wife to him."
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Shen Yuanwei was stunned when she heard this.
If the old general hadn't said it himself, she would have suspected that someone had made up this story to discredit the emperor.
She has watched so many TV dramas about emperors in modern times, but she has never seen an emperor so shameless.
He actually asked for his minister's wife in public. He was so unscrupulous. Wasn't he afraid that people would call him a tyrant if it got out?
but……
Having said that, it was Censor Wang who was the first to be aggressive today, so it was quite extraordinary that the emperor fought back against Censor Wang in this way.
She asked with a smile, "Dad, is Censor Wang so scared that he's about to faint?"
The old general nodded.
"That's right. I heard that Censor Wang was so frightened that his face turned pale and he fell to the ground. Later, he couldn't even walk and had to be carried out."
"Other ministers were not much better than him, because after threatening Censor Wang, the emperor threatened other ministers, saying that if anyone dared to force him to adopt a child again, he would immediately send guards to the minister's home and bring the minister's mother, wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law into the palace to sleep with him. Anyway, everyone is loyal to him and is so concerned about his offspring, so it will not be difficult for them to send all the women in their families to bear children for him..."
Shen Yuanwei stared at the old general with wide eyes, and swallowed hard after a long while.
This emperor is a little crazy.
You can say he was ridiculous, but he was also forced into a desperate situation by the ministers. It feels good to fight back like this. But if you really want to say a few words to defend him, there is really no way to refute him. It is really unreasonable for him to say such things.
Shen Yuanwei looked at the old general and Xiao Lingzhao.
The two men were lamenting the emperor's difficulties.
"In fact, the emperor's life is also very difficult. Even if he is an ordinary man, he will be laughed at by the people in the village if he can't have children. What's more, he is the emperor? It's not just the people in one village who laugh at him. The whole world is laughing at him. He is already under great psychological pressure. These people force him to adopt other people's children every day. Everyone is coveting his throne. How can he not go crazy?"
After the old general finished speaking, Xiao Lingzhao also nodded and said "hmm".
"Yes, although the emperor is the supreme ruler, sometimes when I think about it, the emperor is also quite pitiful. When he was a child, the late emperor favored the son of the imperial concubine and was not kind to him, which made him suffer a lot. But later, the late emperor forced the people to rebel, and when he saw that the country was about to be lost, the late emperor hurriedly appointed him as the crown prince and asked him to defend the capital, and he ran away with the imperial concubine and her son. After the emperor finally regained the country after several years, the late emperor ran back and wanted to enjoy the fruits of his labor, and asked the emperor to return the country to him. The emperor finally defeated the late emperor and sat firmly on the throne, but he had not been able to have children for so many years. The royal family was coveting his throne, and the ministers were forcing him to adopt children. He didn't have a few years of peace..."
Xiao Lingzhao sighed, "I really hope that God can give the emperor a child. I am willing to be a vegetarian for three years for this. He is a good emperor, and he should have a good ending."
Shen Yuanwei seemed to be thinking about something.
This emperor who has no heir is actually a beautiful, strong and tragic man?
Seeing that Xiao Lingzhao cared so much about the emperor, Shen Yuanwei's eyes flashed.
She leaned close to Xiao Lingzhao's ear and asked him softly -
"Your husband is so loyal to the emperor and is willing to be a vegetarian for three years. If the emperor wants you to give your wife to him to bear children, will you agree?"
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