Su Lin, who was kneeling, immediately nodded and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, this servant obeys the decree and will carry it out immediately."
Qi Yehan looked at the memorials before him and instantly lost all desire to read them. He slowly stood up and coldly looked at the people kneeling below, asking them a question.
"Why aren't you leaving? What are you kneeling here for? Do you really intend to send your daughters to the palace to become my concubines?"
The group of people kneeling below were all ministers. Yesterday, the Empress Dowager issued an edict ordering all ministers with daughters of marriageable age to be sent to the palace so that the royal family could continue its lineage.
These ministers all knew that the reason the emperor had no children was because he was impotent and had no way of bringing happiness to women, let alone getting the concubines in the harem to conceive imperial offspring; that was simply impossible.
So when these ministers heard that the Empress Dowager had issued such an imperial edict, the first thing they thought of was that they could not allow their daughters to enter the palace and suffer.
That's why we're seeing this scene before us. These ministers entered the palace to plead with the Emperor to have the Empress Dowager retract her decision.
That's why we have this scene before us, where almost all the ministers in the palace with daughters are kneeling in this hall.
Qi Yehan hadn't expected these ministers to be so unwilling. Although he hadn't originally intended for their daughters to enter the palace, seeing their behavior still made him somewhat uncomfortable.
Qi Yehan was quite aware of his own situation. He was certain that there was nothing wrong with him, but for some reason, he couldn't muster any interest in the women in his harem.
He would never touch these women if he wasn't interested.
So although he has many concubines in his harem, he has not touched any of them so far, which is why there are no children in his harem yet.
Although he was the emperor, for some reason, he had a kind of emotional purity. He only wanted to touch one woman, and that woman could only be the one he cared about.
When the ministers heard Qi Yehan say those words, their eyes lit up immediately.
Because the emperor's words meant that he had agreed to withdraw his order.
The ministers were overjoyed. As they were leaving, they kowtowed several times to Qi Yehan before rushing towards the entrance of the main hall.
If it were just one person acting like this, Qi Yehan could accept it, but the fact that every single one of these ministers was like this made it hard for him to accept.
As one minister after another ran out, Qi Yehan's already unpleasant expression turned even more unpleasant, and his face became extremely gloomy.
After all the ministers had fled, Qi Yehan looked at Su Lin and said coldly.
"These ministers are really crazy. People who don't know the situation might think that I did something to them to make them all look terrified when they left."
Su Lin had just returned; he had arranged the tasks assigned by the Emperor and rushed back immediately.
As soon as he returned, he saw the ministers rushing outside in a hurry. He was a little confused and didn't know what was going on.
It took Su Lin a while to realize what was happening in front of him.
Upon hearing the Emperor speak, Su Lin immediately addressed Qi Yehan.
"Your Majesty, it's all because these ministers are ignorant. Their daughters are not blessed. Your Majesty will surely find the true love the master spoke of."
Yes, that's what the master said. The current Empress Dowager is a devout Buddhist and asked the master to calculate when Qi Yehan would have an heir years ago.
However, what the master said at the time was a bit strange, so Qi Yehan didn't pay much attention to it.
Now that Su Lin said this, Qi Yehan instantly remembered that the master had mentioned that he would meet his soulmate in this very year.
To Qi Yehan, who did not believe in Buddhism, these things were utter nonsense and a scam.
"Su Lin, you don't actually believe what that person said is true, do you? I only let him off the hook because he didn't do anything heinous. Otherwise, I would have had that ancestral temple he built demolished long ago."
When Su Lin heard the Emperor ask this question, he immediately nodded, looked at Qi Yehan, and said with a face full of certainty.
"Your Majesty, don't underestimate this master. He is truly incredibly accurate. Everything he says is true."
Even though Su Lin said that, Qi Yehan still didn't believe it. He just felt that these things were all scams and deceptions and couldn't be taken seriously.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. If the Empress Dowager sends someone again to ask me to take a concubine, I will refuse directly. I don't want to deal with these things anymore."
"As for having offspring, I'll leave it to fate. At worst, I'll follow the ministers' suggestion and adopt one. However, I won't do that unless absolutely necessary. I'm still in good health; it's too early to discuss such matters now."
Upon hearing Qi Yehan's words, Su Lin immediately nodded.
"Your Majesty, rest assured! This servant understands what to do."
Qi Yehan nodded. During this period, he was really driven crazy by the Empress Dowager. She threatened him every day with the fact that she had no children.
If it weren't for the fact that she was his biological mother and had raised him with great difficulty, he would never have let her continue to cause trouble like this for so long.
He no longer wanted to play along with the Empress Dowager's antics, so he could only let things take their course.
Qi Yehan knew that if he never met a woman who could move his heart, he was destined to have no children in this life.
So there's no use in him getting anxious now. He might as well just let things take their course and wait patiently!
If he really meets her, he will treat her well.
Jiang Jingyue stayed in the woodshed for three days, looking for a suitable opportunity to go out, but she couldn't find one.
Today, she finally found an opportunity. The woman who had been with Zhao Hu the day before actually came to talk to Jiang Jingyue.
She would let Jiang Jingyue go if he agreed to give up his position as the legal wife.
Hearing her say that, Jiang Jingyue did not refuse and agreed.
"I can agree to that, but can you guarantee you can persuade your general to let me go?"
The woman immediately looked at Jiang Jingyue and nodded, then said to Jiang Jingyue with certainty.
"Yes, you can. Trust me, I have a way to make him let you go willingly."
Hearing her say that, Jiang Jingyue raised an eyebrow.
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