This time, he picked up the wine jug and added wine to Chu You's and his own glasses.
Then, he put down the white porcelain wine pot, respectfully held the cup with both hands towards Chu You, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.
He toasted Chu You with this glass of wine.
Yuan Zhe didn't need to say anything else, Chu You immediately understood that Yuan Zhe agreed.
Chu You finally breathed a sigh of relief. He held the cup in one hand, toasted Yuan Zhe, and drank the wine in one gulp. His every move was bold and unrestrained.
Yuan Zhe filled their glasses again before saying, "Your Highness, leave this matter to me."
What he said was not only to persuade the aristocratic families in the court, but also to persuade Empress Dowager Yuan.
"Then I'll entrust this matter to my cousin." Chu You's eyes and eyebrows were suddenly filled with joy. He changed from his initial rage and gloom, and looked very energetic.
Meeting Chu You's burning and bright eyes, Yuan Zhe felt a little complicated, and a strange light flashed across his eyes.
After thinking about it, Yuan Zhe still carefully considered his words and reminded: "Your Highness, please think clearly. The third daughter of the Gu family can't help you with anything, so..."
He paused, fixed his eyes firmly on Chu You's face, and continued clearly, "If Your Highness must marry her as your principal wife, then you must take a daughter from a noble family as your concubine."
Chu You: “…”
Chu You's expression changed instantly and his face tightened.
Yuan Zhe said again: "Your Highness, this is my condition."
Yuan Zhe rarely called himself "minister" in front of Chu You, which obviously showed his impartial attitude.
Chu You said nothing, his thin lips pressed into a straight line, his hands placed on his knees clenched tightly, trying hard to suppress the dissatisfaction churning in his heart.
There was deathly silence in the private room. The atmosphere was stiff and the silence spread. The air gradually became stagnant, as if a storm was about to come.
Yuan Zhe met Chu You's cold gaze without avoiding it, his face still showing his persistence, and he advised kindly: "Your Highness, you need a noble family."
He was not exaggerating or threatening King Kang. The fact was, King Kang did need a noble family.
Chu You drank silently, his body still as tight as a bowstring.
While observing the changes in Chu You's expression, Yuan Zhe continued in an orderly manner: "Your Highness, although my Yuan family currently has a certain influence on other noble families, the reason why noble families are noble families is because they are noble and unyielding, and have proud character. If you want the noble families to be willing to die for your Highness, your Highness should not treat them as servants."
"The daughter of an aristocratic family is of noble birth and is as precious as gold and jade. It is an injustice to make her a concubine. Your Highness must let the aristocratic family see your sincerity."
Yuan Zhe spoke in one breath, and at the end, he added earnestly: "Your Highness, this world has never been ruled by the emperor alone."
What he left unsaid was that the world has always been governed by the emperor and his ministers together.
If King Kang wants to conquer the world, he must rely on these aristocratic families. In the future, he will also need to rely on the aristocratic families to govern the world. The emperor and the aristocratic families are interdependent.
After that, Yuan Zhe stopped talking and just looked at Chu You steadily.
Chu You also didn't speak for a long time, and the surroundings were silent.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chu You finally nodded with difficulty.
Yuan Zhe felt relieved: he was afraid that King Kang would be stubborn and would love the country more than the beauty. As long as King Kang had the overall situation in mind, he could rest assured and have enough confidence to persuade the Queen Mother.
Chu You bowed to Yuan Zhe and said, "I'll leave it to you, cousin."
"No way!" Yuan Zhe stood up and bowed solemnly to Chu You.
Chu You stood up, stroked his sleeves and said, "Cousin, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Goodbye, Your Highness." Yuan Zhe respectfully saw Chu You off. He could probably guess in his mind where Chu You was going, but he didn't say much.
As Yuan Zhe expected, after Chu You left the restaurant, he rode his horse directly to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. He looked hurried, and his handsome face showed anxiety, anticipation, joy, and a hint of uneasiness.
He rode his horse at full speed all the way, passing through several busy and bustling streets, and arrived at Dingyuan Marquis Mansion in just a cup of tea.
The eunuch knocked on the corner door of the marquis's mansion, and without waiting for the doorman to report, Chu You rudely pushed the doorman's door open and rushed in aggressively.
Chu You pretended not to hear anything and walked forward with big strides, his posture straight as a sword, with an aura of killing gods and Buddhas who stood in his way.
Along the way, some servants from the marquis's mansion came towards them, but these servants also did not dare to stop the dignified King Kang.
Chu You came to the main hall without any hindrance.
His eyes immediately caught sight of Gu Yunyan, who was dressed in red. Her little face was lowered and she stood on bent knees. Her porcelain-like skin had lost its former radiance, and her eyes revealed suppressed grievance and unwillingness.
Next to Gu Yunyan was Lady Yu, the wife of the Duke of Ying. At this moment, Lady Yu was picking up a hairpin from the tray held by the maid and slowly inserting it into Gu Yunyan's bun...
Chu You seemed to be slapped in the face. His face instantly turned pale and a sinister aura emanated from his whole body.
He rushed into the hall like a gust of wind. The low cries of maids and old women were heard one after another around him, but Chu You didn't care at all. He rushed to Gu Yunmeng with a clear purpose.
“Bang!”
Chu You raised his arm and swung his palm, heavily knocking over the red lacquered wooden tray in the maid's hand.
The corner of the tray hit the back of the British Duchess's hand, and the hairpin and the tray fell to the ground with a clanging sound.
The pearls on the hairpin scattered, and the pearls as big as rice grains rolled all over the ground.
"Mian'er!" Chu You stretched out his other hand at lightning speed, grabbed Gu Yunmeng's wrist with his strong palm, and pulled her to his side.
Gu Yunyan's originally dim eyes blossomed with brilliant brilliance like a morning star the moment she saw Chu You, and her cherry lips moved slightly: "Your Highness."
The two words were hoarse and restrained, and her slightly moist pupils seemed to contain thousands of words.
It was as if an invisible knife had stabbed deeply into Chu You's heart, then been pulled out and stabbed in again.
He couldn't believe that if he had come a step later, Gu Yunyan and Fang Mingfeng's marriage would have been settled... and he might have lost her!
Just thinking about this possibility made Chu You feel like dying.
Fortunately, he arrived in time! Fortunately, he did not lose his daughter!
In the hall, Madam Gu, Lady Yinggong's wife, and the matchmaker looked at this scene with different expressions, and the atmosphere was awkward and stiff. The action of King Kang was tantamount to slapping the Yinggong Mansion in the face in public.
Outside the hall, pairs of curious eyes were watching the movements inside, and one of them belonged to Juanbi.
If Juanbi knew, it meant that Gu Yanfei also knew.
"Miss, it's a pity that you didn't see it with your own eyes. When King Kang rushed in, he was like a mad bull charging around, and he even broke that fine hairpin. That was the hairpin from Jinyuji!"
"King Kang held the Third Lady's hand and solemnly promised the Madam Dowager that she would give him three more days, and within those three days, he would come back to propose marriage in a dignified manner."
"I saw that the Third Miss's eyes were red with emotion."
Juanbi talked incessantly, gesticulating as he spoke, and when he got excited, he clapped his hands happily.
Gu Yanfei sat leisurely by the window, leaning back in his chair, listening absentmindedly, playing with the phoenix-patterned jade pendant in his hand.
The jade pendant feels delicate, moist, cool and smooth.
Gu Yanfei gently rubbed the jade pendant with the tip of his right thumb, concentrating on mobilizing the spiritual power in his body, slowly guiding the spiritual energy in the jade pendant into his body through the pores on his fingertips.
The warm spiritual energy slowly flows through the veins of the body...
The dynasty has lasted for three generations so far.
The first generation was Emperor Taizu, who conquered the world and after ascending the throne, suppressed the aristocratic families and implemented the imperial examination system.
The second generation was the late emperor. His first wife was a woman from a poor family, chosen by Emperor Taizu. After the late emperor ascended the throne, he married a woman from an aristocratic family as his successor, and gave birth to King Kang. King Kang was the late emperor's most beloved youngest son, so he wanted to change the crown prince, but was ultimately constrained by the court and failed. So the late emperor began to support the aristocratic family to create support for his youngest son.
The third generation is the current emperor.
(End of this chapter)
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