Lin Qihua's eyes darkened. It seemed that this Prince An was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
In the palace
After hearing Xu Heming's words, the Emperor tapped his fingers on the table intermittently.
"You're saying that the Marquis of Ru'an's family went to Li'an County specifically to propose marriage to the richest family in Li?" Zhu Jingchen thought to himself, he didn't believe for a second that Lin Qihua really had no ambition.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I think the Li family has brought out all of their assets to show for their dowry." Although Xu Heming didn't know how much the Li family had, he figured the Emperor wouldn't care unless he mentioned it in detail. Besides, it would be troublesome if the Emperor thought the Li family could still produce money.
"What did the Li family say?" Zhu Jingchen wondered. He was genuinely curious about the wealth of the richest man in Lanno Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, Lady Li said she is willing to donate her dowry to the court free of charge," Xu Heming said, bowing.
"Oh? She didn't ask for anything?" Zhu Jingchen felt that the claim of it being free was somewhat unreal.
How can a person not want anything?
Are you really willing to take out so much money?
Even he himself was unwilling.
However, perhaps those things were not earned by Li herself, which is why she squandered them so lavishly, just to vent her anger.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jingchen thought that if his children were to squander money like this, he would probably be furious.
"Your Majesty, Lady Zhu has two small requests," Xu Heming said truthfully.
"Tell me about it." Zhu Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he had a request; he didn't like feeling indebted to others.
“The Li family wants to dissolve the marriage with the Marquis of Ru’an’s family and also wants to protect the Li family couple.” Xu Heming didn’t think these two requests were difficult.
“Protecting the Li family couple is not a difficult task, but Heming, I don’t have a suitable reason to dissolve her engagement with the Marquis of Ru’an’s family right now.” Zhu Jingchen looked at Xu Heming, a thought forming in his mind.
At this moment, he deliberately put on a troubled expression and said.
Xu Heming frowned at first. He didn't understand why the Emperor thought this matter was difficult to handle.
It's just a matter of saying a few words, isn't it?
The Lin family broke their promise first.
“He Ming, if Li’s dowry wasn’t so generous, it might be easier for me. But she wants to offer it to the court. If I were to issue an edict to dissolve the engagement, wouldn’t people think that I’m after Li’s dowry? That would be a bad reputation for me,” Zhu Jingchen said, deliberately putting himself in a difficult position.
"Then... let Li marry into the Marquis of Ru'an's family?" Xu Heming was a little uncertain. How could someone take something from another and then abandon them after using it?
Xu Heming really didn't understand the Emperor's thoughts, but if this was truly the Emperor's will, he could only comply.
"Hey, wouldn't that make us seem too heartless?" Zhu Jingchen shook his head and looked at Xu Heming.
Xu Heming was his right-hand man, and he had risked his life for him many times over the years, all of which he knew.
However, he was also wary of his sincerity towards him.
He wanted to know if he would agree to marry a merchant's daughter.
“Heming, did Qingshi bring this person back? Qingshi is getting older, and he should have a mother to take care of him.” Zhu Jingchen said with a smile.
"Yes!" Xu Heming's heart pounded, wondering what the emperor wanted to say.
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