Chapter 428: Imperial Decree for Marriage
Zhao Ling dreamed that after she said this, Zhao Houjing was about to speak immediately.
"You'd better think it over before you speak. I'll send someone to verify it. If you lie to me, you definitely don't want to know the consequences."
What can I say? I can only say, "No one knows a son better than his mother." Zhao Houjing looked at his mother's serious eyes and immediately swallowed the name on his lips.
Finally, Zhao Houjing thought about the girls who had shown interest in him, and finally he chose one who he felt was barely worthy of him.
"The granddaughter of General Chengguo's family."
"Yu Hongkun's granddaughter, sure." Zhao Lingmeng agreed immediately. This family had indeed sent someone to her. She actually liked this granddaughter of theirs, just because of her personality! She had learned martial arts since she was a child, and there was no way Zhao Houjing could beat her. It was for this reason that she had removed her from the list.
However, she only found out about this through the secret guards, so no one knew about it publicly. Her eldest son insisted on going ahead with it, so she had to help him.
Anyway, if Zhao Houjing asked her to settle the lawsuit in the future, she could only advise, "Husband and wife! Fight at the end of the bed and make up at the end of the bed." She was now looking forward to that day.
"Mom, are you really agreeing?" His mother agreed so readily that Zhao Houjing still felt a little unreal at this moment.
"You chose her anyway, so you're responsible for how she'll live her life in the future. As your mother, I'm giving you a piece of advice: General Yu's family dotes on their daughters. If you treat her badly in the future, you'll have to bear the consequences of your father's misery!"
Zhao Lingmeng was actually a little happy at the moment. As long as she could wait until her son got married, she could let the young couple move out and live on their own. Thinking about the lively life that would come with her eldest son, she was really looking forward to it.
Zhao Houjing was silent for a moment, then thought about Miss Yu's cheerful personality. He felt that they should be easy to get along with, and his mother was just trying to scare him.
But now that he had gotten what he wanted, he was in a good mood and was still willing to promise his mother, "Don't worry, mother, I will treat my future wife well."
"Okay, now that you three have made your decision, I'll go to the palace." Zhao Lingmeng clapped her hands and stood up, ready to pack up and go back to the palace. She was worried that if she delayed any longer, her eldest son would cause trouble again.
Zhao Houjing and the other two tactfully excused themselves. Despite the twists and turns in the process, the three brothers were still quite satisfied with their respective outcomes. Zhao Houjing, in particular, felt strangely happy because he felt his future wife's family background was higher than that of his two younger brothers.
When Zhao Houjing left his mother's Menglin Courtyard, he asked his two younger brothers in a rather cheerful mood, "Do you want to go to eldest brother's courtyard to have some tea and celebrate?"
Seeing that his elder brother looked like a smug villain, Zhao Houyang really didn't want to bother with such a fool, so he just turned his sleeves and left.
Zhao Houjing felt that his third brother must be envious and jealous of him. In his heart, he said he would not argue with such a third brother. Instead, he looked at Zhao Houming with a smile: "Second brother, what about you?"
Seeing his elder brother like this, Zhao Houming was too lazy to flatter him, but he still smiled and said, "I want to go back to the courtyard to study! I still have to take the imperial examination in three years!"
Zhao Houjing watched his two younger brothers leave, his good mood still unaffected. Originally, he was not very satisfied with the eldest daughter's family background, but now he was very satisfied with the comparison.
When the Queen saw the list handed over by Princess Funing, she was very confused.
"Royal sister, are you sure you want these three? The one Zhao Houyang chose is only a fifth-rank one, which is too low, right? And what about Zhao Houjing? Don't you know the inside story?"
The queen was really afraid that her sister would regret it later, so the one Zhao Houming chose was just okay, but his family background was still a bit low.
Zhao Lingmeng knew the Queen had good intentions, so she quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I know all this, but I can't change the children's preferences! They still have to live their own lives. As long as they like it, that's fine."
"Oh, you are really generous." The queen really admired this imperial sister. If her son liked someone from such a low family background, she would probably not give in.
"I can only say that it is a blessing for my children and grandchildren! Sister-in-law, please keep these people for me, otherwise the children will make trouble with me in the mansion again." Zhao Lingmeng said this in a joking tone.
The Empress patted Zhao Lingmeng's hand and said, "Don't worry. These three of you are not some peerless beauties, and your family background is not so good. I can agree to it without hesitation and will definitely keep them for you."
"When the time comes, I'll have to trouble the Empress Dowager to ask my brother to grant an imperial decree to grant the marriage! What an honor that will be!" Zhao Lingmeng smiled on her face, thinking in her heart, I mainly want to lock down my eldest son and his future wife.
"Don't worry, this is no problem." The Queen felt that these were trivial matters for the Imperial Sister, so she felt no pressure to agree. Moreover, the Imperial Sister had taught Yang Chengchen so well, so even if it was difficult, she would not refuse.
"I feel relieved with what the Imperial Sister-in-law said. Thank you very much, Imperial Sister-in-law!"
Upon hearing this, the Queen gave Zhao Lingmeng a reproachful look and asked, "Are you still being polite to me?"
"I'm just being polite, everyone will appreciate it!" Zhao Lingmeng had a pretty good relationship with the queen, so she felt no pressure at all to make such a little joke.
"You..." The Empress was delighted to see Princess Funing chatting so casually with the two of them. She grabbed Zhao Lingmeng's hand and refused to let her leave the palace, insisting she stay there for lunch.
In the end, Zhao Lingmeng had lunch in the Queen's palace before taking people out of the palace and returning home.
What Zhao Lingmeng didn't expect was that as soon as she arrived at the mansion and changed into casual clothes, a servant came back to report that the imperial decree granting marriage had arrived.
Zhao Lingmeng was a bit confused for a moment. Wasn't the final selection still a few days away? How could the imperial decree granting the marriage have already come down?
Although she was confused, she still cooperated with Qiuyue and the others, changed her clothes and put on makeup, and then took people to the front yard to receive the imperial edict.
Even more confused than Zhao Lingmeng were the other mansions that received the imperial edict, especially the Mansion of the Wailang of the Ministry of Rites. Their family was only of the fifth rank, and they had never thought that their eldest daughter would be favored by Princess Funing.
However, Yuan Zheyuan's eldest daughter was born to the original wife, so they didn't treat her very well. She was almost invisible at home. But she wasn't particularly bad. She did put in some superficial efforts, just not much.
However, when the imperial edict came down, Yuan Zheyuan's second wife's eyes moved. She also had a daughter, and she was only less than one year younger than the daughter born to the original wife.
Although Yuan Zheyuan often turned a blind eye, he was smart and knew what his wife was planning at a glance.
He warned her seriously, "Don't have any evil thoughts about this. The marriage is granted by the imperial decree and there can be no mistakes. Don't even think about those ideas of marrying in place of each other, otherwise my family and your family will have to reunite in the underworld. The super-class Princess's Mansion is not something a mansion like ours can plan."
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