The fourth prince's crying was still getting louder. After Queen Fang finished speaking, Shen Chen hurriedly turned back to coax his son.
Emperor Longqing glared at Shen Chen, and after a while he sighed calmly: "In your current situation, if there is no one around you, how can I feel at ease with you?"
He acted like a very good uncle: "The late emperor was most worried about your mother. Your parents are in the underworld, and they always hope to see you get married and start a family as soon as possible. You are now in such a bad relationship with the fifth brother, do you still expect them to worry about your life?"
Shen Chen was silent for a moment, then he stiffened his neck and looked up at Emperor Longqing again, lowered his voice and shook his head: "Uncle, I know you are doing this for my own good..."
Queen Fang coaxed her son while looking back at him: "Why are you hurting your uncle's heart like this? Your uncle is also thinking about you. Do you know that your mother... Princess Linjiang mentioned it when she came to the palace yesterday, saying that she hopes to settle your marriage before leaving Beijing to return to her fiefdom. Do you want to just find a girl to marry?"
Shen Chen stood up quickly as if struck by lightning, forgetting even to kneel down: "You won't agree to her, will you?!"
He hurriedly shook his head: "She wanted to marry her niece from her mother's family to me! I don't want to marry her!"
He complained, then gritted his teeth again: "That's what she was thinking!"
"Nonsense!" Emperor Longqing rebuked him, "No matter what, they have raised you for so many years, it is natural for them to be anxious about your marriage. Aren't you hurting their feelings by saying this?"
That being said, everyone could see that the grudge between this barbarian Shen Chen and the Linjiang Palace could never be resolved.
Empress Fang glanced at Emperor Longqing and softened her tone to persuade him: "Think about it yourself, is it better to marry Yonghe or the niece of Princess Linjiang? Although Yonghe is a princess, your uncle has already decided that she will marry into the Shen family's head wife."
In other words, no separate princess palace will be built.
This is nothing short of a great grace.
Shen Chen sighed and shook his head.
Queen Fang complained: "How come you are so stubborn, kid?!"
"Uncle and aunt..." Shen Chen coughed and looked up at them honestly: "I... I already have a girl I like!"
Empress Fang and Emperor Longqing looked at each other in surprise.
How could I forget about this
It was Queen Fang who reacted first: "Whose girl is this?"
Shen Chen confidently took out a small portrait from his sleeve: "Here, it's the Mr. Ji from Huizhou, Fujian."
Queen Fang's face turned ugly, and she immediately scolded him, "Nonsense!"
Of course she knew about this Ji Dajia. She was the daughter of a criminal and had originally been imprisoned in the Music Bureau. Later, she was pardoned by herself and allowed to leave the palace.
She was determined to remain single for life, so she went to Huizhou, where women were the majority, and opened an embroidery shop, specializing in teaching Suzhou embroidery. She became a well-known Suzhou embroidery master.
But no matter how great his reputation was, he was, after all, a member of the Jiaofangsi!
Emperor Longqing quickly calmed down, pointed at him and looked at him: "How do you know her?"
"I heard it at Phoenix Tower." Shen Chen didn't care, his eyes sparkled as he spoke: "Uncle, I heard from those people that she is not only good at Suzhou embroidery, but also looks like a fairy... She is the most beautiful woman in Huizhou."
It is human nature for young people to admire beauty.
But Queen Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Those are just rumors that embellish her. I released her myself. How could I not see how she was different from the others? How can you believe everything you hear?"
Emperor Longqing noticed something was wrong, and after a moment's deliberation, he opened his eyes and looked at him: "So, you agreed to go to the Fujian Maritime Customs Office right away, just for this Mr. Ji?"
Shen Chen scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Ridiculous!" Emperor Longqing was furious. "No wonder your father and mother always say you are unruly! Look at you, you are really embarrassing your father!"
Shen Chen lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Emperor Longqing was still very angry: "You don't want to marry a princess, but you want to marry a female historian! Do you know that if this gets out, people all over the world will laugh at you?!"
Shen Chen was obviously getting stubborn, and he snorted and muttered, "Then why don't you just not let the world know?"
After a pause, he continued, "Anyway, I don't care. I just want to marry Mr. Ji!"
Emperor Longqing was so angry that he laughed. He kicked him so hard that he felt a headache and told him to get out.
Shen Chen got up and pinched the Fourth Prince's face, making him frown and about to cry, and then he ran away.
Empress Fang was both angry and amused. She looked at Emperor Longqing and said, "He is still a child who has not grown up..." She was a little worried, "Looking at him like this, how can he take on important tasks? Are you really confident in letting him go to Fujian?"
Fujian has been plagued by problems for a long time. How could a person like Shen Chen clean up the situation
Emperor Longqing calmed down, held his son on his knees and teased him, laughing: "It's good that he is fearless. Besides, he is not going alone. Qian Shiyun and others are with him."
"What about Yonghe?" Queen Fang frowned and then relaxed: "This girl Yonghe is obviously concerned. She has been very concerned about Shen Chen's affairs recently."
"What's the big deal?" Emperor Longqing said, "He's just a little kid, and he hasn't yet calmed down. If he really gets the Ji family, he'll know. Let him make a fuss for now, and when he's done making a fuss and calms down, he'll stop making a fuss."
This is how men all go through.
What's more, Shen Chen is a well-known playboy.
Queen Fang nodded and was about to speak when Aunt Xiao came in and asked to see her, saying that she had something to report.
Queen Fang called someone in. Aunt Xiao stood aside without even raising her head and said softly, "Your Majesty, someone from Lanyue Palace just came and said that the Fifth Prince had some indigestion today and his stomach was not feeling well. He has been crying all day..."
The fifth prince will be learning to walk in about a week. Recently, his body has recovered to the strength of a calf.
Now he suddenly complains of indigestion.
Empress Fang calmly took the Fourth Prince from Emperor Longqing's arms and said, "Then quickly ask Court Judge Kong to take a look. He was fine when he came to pay his respects this morning... How come he suddenly became ill? Concubine De is really... The child is so young, how could she let him eat as much as he wanted..."
Emperor Longqing had already stood up and interrupted her: "I'll go over and take a look."
He looked as if he was afraid that something might happen to the child. He was becoming more and more concerned about the Fifth Prince. Empress Fang subconsciously hugged the Fourth Prince tightly in her arms, but her face was also very anxious: "You are right, I will go over to take a look too. This indigestion problem can be serious or minor, I hope something really happens..."
Emperor Longqing said nothing and walked away in a hurry.
Empress Fang coughed, told the wet nurse to take good care of the Fourth Prince, and followed Emperor Longqing out the door.