The emperor naturally had never seen the daughter of General Liu Xiangshan, but he heard that she was as beautiful as a flower, a beauty that could overwhelm the whole country, so he just married her.
As for whether the eyes are good or not, it is not the most important thing. It seems that this eye disease is related to Pei Yuanjun. It is not serious and he can still see people. It is not a big deal. At most, he can give him a few more concubines in the future.
Liu Xiangshan's daughter has the same status as Crown Princess Ji Hanyue, both are ladies from the most powerful families. When they were at the border, Liu Xiangshan was Pei Yuanjun's deputy. Faced with such a passionate and beautiful woman, the emperor really didn't believe that Pei Yuanjun would not be moved.
After the emperor said this, he looked at Pei Yuanjun expectantly, waiting for him to give in.
"Your Majesty, my marriage is really not urgent. Besides, Miss Liu is not who I care about." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, and it was obvious that he didn't take it to heart.
"Didn't you grow up together at the border? You brought her with you to the capital this time. Aren't you trying to ask me for a marriage?" the emperor asked unhappily. He really wanted to grant the marriage, as the Prince of Yun was not young anymore.
When he was this old, Queen Yuan had already entered the palace. Thinking of Queen Yuan, his heart ached. He took a deep breath and suppressed the thousands of thoughts in his mind.
"I brought her to the capital to choose a suitable marriage for her. As for growing up together, that is even more impossible. I am several years older than her. We never met each other even when we were at the border in the past, so how can we grow up together?" Pei Yuanjun decisively distanced himself from the matter without any hesitation.
It seems like there is really no affection at all.
"Are you really not interested in her?" the emperor asked uncertainly, his eyes sweeping across his face with a bit of scrutiny.
"It's really unintentional." Pei Yuanjun narrowed his sleepy eyes slightly, revealing a carefree elegance.
"Since you have no interest in her, then you have a woman you like. Tell me which family she is from and I will arrange a marriage for you." The emperor suddenly laughed.
"Your Majesty, you know that I have never been close to women, and I am not the oldest now." Pei Yuanjun smiled slightly and made an excuse indifferently.
Although he is quite old, he is certainly not the oldest unmarried person in the royal family. The prince was engaged to the Ji family, but Madam Ji died three years ago. Ji Hanyue observed three years of mourning, so the marriage was delayed. He is the eldest of all the brothers in the royal family, and since he has not married, the next few naturally did not get married either.
King Jing, King Wei, and King Yan were all unmarried, and had not even chosen a suitable candidate.
"There are three types of unfilial behavior, and having no descendants is the worst. Since you are not in a hurry right now, I will let it go for now. After King Jing and King Wei get engaged, you will definitely get married as well." The emperor gave in.
When it came to Pei Yuanjun's marriage, he made concessions again and again.
He had wanted to arrange Pei Yuanjun's marriage for a long time. Originally, Pei Yuanjun was just his cousin, and could not compare with the Crown Prince and King Jing because of the different generation.
It’s just that Pei Yuanjun kept bringing up age, and he had no choice. Speaking of age, every prince was indeed older than him.
"Your Majesty, I will find the person I like. Please don't worry about it." Pei Yuanjun looked helpless and seemed to be perfunctory.
Several eunuchs serving on the side lowered their heads tightly, not daring to utter a word. Only the Prince of Yun would dare to say such words. Let's try someone else saying it in front of the Emperor. Even if it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who dared to say such words, the Emperor would immediately get angry. Only the Prince of Yun, the Emperor had an extremely good attitude towards him.
Sometimes, even if the Prince of Yun said something offensive, the emperor would just laugh it off.
"You have said this to me for many years, but I have never seen you fall in love with anyone else.
Border, I thought you were after Liu Xiangshan's daughter, since she's not the one you like, then you should stay in Beijing to choose. After all, there are more young ladies from noble families in Beijing, so you can choose from her. I'll ask the Queen to help you choose in a few days."
The emperor waved his hand and said.
"Your Majesty, I have to be satisfied." Pei Yuanjun continued to fight for his rights.
"You will naturally be satisfied. After the queen is chosen, you can take a look. If there is one you like, pick her first, and then you can choose again. You have been alone for so many years and have no one to take care of you. We have to choose a few more this time. I think we have to choose the main wife and the concubines on the two sides first." The emperor said excitedly.
"Prince Jing and Prince Wei have not yet officially chosen their concubines, and the Crown Prince also has to choose one now. We can't let them put it off until later, right? Anyway, I'm the youngest, so let me be the last one to be chosen." Pei Yuanjun stood up with a headache and said goodbye to the emperor. He felt extremely overwhelmed when he talked about this kind of thing.
"Your Majesty, I remember that I have some official business to attend to in the palace, so I will take my leave now."
After saying that, he stepped back, turned around and left when he reached the door.
In the imperial study, the emperor shook his head helplessly, and then seemed to have thought of something. His expression turned cold and he tilted his head and coughed softly a few times.
"Your Majesty, please use some water." The eunuch chief Li Quan hurried forward and said.
The emperor took the water and took a sip, then pressed his chest with a somewhat sickly look, and turned his gaze to Pei Yuanjun's back with a deep look in his eyes.
"Is it time for the Prince of Yun to get married?" After a long while, the emperor asked in a low voice that sounded like he was talking to himself.
"Prince Yun is not young anymore, it's time for him to get married." Li Quan knew that the emperor was asking him, so he hurriedly lowered his head and answered respectfully.
"Since you can get married, why are you still unwilling to get married?" the emperor asked again.
Li Quan's forehead began to sweat, but he had to answer: "Maybe the Prince of Yun wants to find a beautiful woman who suits his taste."
"Then why did he refuse when I asked him to choose?" The Queen continued to ask, as if she was determined to find an answer from Li Quan.
Li Quan was sweating not only on his forehead but also on his back. Could he interfere in the affairs of the Prince of Yun? The eunuch chief steward in the Queen's palace was of the same rank as himself. He just said a few more words about the Prince of Yun's marriage. When the Prince of Yun found out, he directly scolded him in front of the Queen and stabbed him in the heart with a sword.
The queen fainted from fear, and the guards rushed to protect the emperor, even alarming the emperor, but what happened in the end? In the end, Prince Yun was fine and walked out of the palace in a swagger. The queen was so scared that she didn't dare to see Prince Yun for a while, and now the marriage was asked about her again.
If he answered carelessly, Li Quan felt that he would be the next person to be killed by the sword.
"Your Majesty, when the prince was on the border before, he didn't meet many daughters of noble families. Now he has only lived in the capital for a while. You have to let the prince have more choices." Li Quan answered more cautiously, fearing that his answer would go against the Prince of Yun's previous intention.
This man dared to draw his sword in front of the Empress, and the Emperor even protected his people. I am just a small eunuch and cannot afford to offend this man.
"In that case, let him choose again. As long as he likes it, it's fine!"
The emperor was silent for a while, and then he sighed again after a long while. The imperial study suddenly became quiet. No one asked questions, and no one answered...
Qu Moying didn't expect to meet Yu Qingmeng and Xu Lipeng in the Prince's Mansion. In fact, she saw Yu Qingmeng and Xu Lipeng coming from a distance. She wanted to stop at that time, but then she continued to move forward. Yu Qingmeng and Xu Lipeng were the guilty ones, and she didn't need to avoid them.
But I didn't expect that when I got closer, I only saw Yu Qingmeng. My watery eyes slid across a path on the side and only saw a corner of Xu Lipeng's clothes.
He actually avoided it.
This is still the second day of the prince's memorial service, and there are still many people coming. The prince guarded the mourning hall all day yesterday. The people who came to pay their respects today were of lower status and were not relatives of the prince's mansion, so the prince no longer guarded the mourning hall today. With his status, he didn't need to do so yesterday.
No matter how noble the Crown Princess is, she is not as noble as the Crown Prince.
The whole day of keeping vigil yesterday was also a manifestation of the Crown Prince's affection for the Crown Princess. Everyone knows that the Crown Prince is deeply in love with the Crown Princess. If it were not for taking care of the Crown Princess, he would not have allowed the current Concubine Ji to enter the Eastern Palace. Of course, Concubine Ji is also a good person and does not covet the power of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. If it were not for taking care of her cousin, she would not be willing to enter the Eastern Palace.
When she first entered the Eastern Palace, she repeatedly expressed her unwillingness. Later, it was a letter from the Crown Princess that made her change her mind, but she said that she would only serve the Crown Princess.
These past rumors have given the Crown Prince and Ji Youran an excellent reputation.
Now that the Crown Princess has passed away, many people are secretly saying that with Concubine Ji's character and status, she is worthy of being the Crown Princess.
Originally, when the principal wife passed away, the concubine could not take the throne, and the princess had to marry another lady from a prominent family. However, Ji Youran's situation was different. She entered the Eastern Palace for the Crown Princess, and it was the Crown Princess who specially invited her in and gave her the status of a concubine for the convenience of taking care of her. In fact, she and the Crown Prince did not really consummate their marriage.
From all these, it seems that Concubine Ji's character is good enough to make her a principal wife.
But since what happened yesterday was exposed, many people have been suspicious, always feeling that this Concubine Ji is not as detached as the legend says, and it seems like a farce of a wife-concubine dispute, and it has even reached the Crown Princess's mourning hall. How can this be? If it had reached the Crown Princess's bedside in the past, the Crown Princess would have been so angry that she would have died, right
These rumors have just spread, and unlike the previous rumors about Ji Youran, some people believe them, some doubt them, and some think that they are completely deliberate smear campaigns.
But no matter which one it was, it had nothing to do with Qu Moying at the moment. What concerned her now was Yu Qingmeng. When she saw Yu Qingmeng's eyes filled with tears, she knew something was wrong and she turned sideways and pulled Yu Dong's sleeve.
His feet stopped far away from Yu Qingmeng. This was the corridor leading to the Crown Princess's mourning hall. There were many people coming and going. It was not the inner courtyard. Not only female relatives passed by, but also some men passing by from time to time.
But if she didn't go over, how could Yu Qingmeng not come over? She had been waiting for her here. When she saw her standing still, she immediately rushed over and burst into tears. She rushed to Qu Moying's front quickly, her legs softened and she was about to kneel down. She called out pitifully with tears in her eyes, "Fourth Miss Qu..."
Yu Dong was startled, and stepped forward quickly to protect Qu Moying. He stared at Yu Qingmeng nervously, grabbed her hand, interrupted Yu Qingmeng, and scolded: "Aunt Yu, what do you want to do to our young lady? This is the East Palace, you can't do anything reckless. If you disturb His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you will definitely be in trouble."
These words were spoken quickly and loudly, completely interrupting Yu Qingmeng's words.
And her hands were quick, holding Yu Qingmeng's hand tightly and not letting go!
Yu Qingmeng's legs went weak and she was about to kneel, but she fell on Yu Dong instead. Yu Dong took a few steps back and accidentally stepped on Qu Moying's skirt. Qu Moying could no longer stand and she screamed and fell backwards. Yu Chun followed her and fell to the ground with her.
The master and the servant fell into a heap, and it looked like Yu Qingmeng had knocked the other person down. Everyone passing by stopped in shock and looked over here in astonishment...