Chapter 637: The Imperial Edict is Cancelled and Rewritten
Chapter 637: The Imperial Edict is Cancelled and Rewritten
"I believe it!
Trust you, you little bastard! "
Emperor Hong De gritted his teeth and glared at Xiao Jingyu hatefully.
Xiao Jingyu just sat there sipping tea, looking nonchalant.
"Because of you, your father, I have spent the whole morning listening to the nagging of those court officials who advised me to abolish the imperial decree granting marriage and choose another daughter of a famous family for you.
You haven't rested yet and you rush back to the palace at night to make me angry.
Xiao Jingyu, you are such a filial son! "
Xiao Jingyu glanced at Emperor Hongde who was pretending to be angry, put down the teacup in his hand, smiled, and said, "It's good that your father knows that I am a filial son.
The idea I just came up with... is for your own good, so as to avoid putting you in an awkward position.
As long as I am no longer a prince, all problems will no longer be problems.
When my son and Yue'er both become common people...
By that time, whether a commoner couple wanted to get engaged or get married had nothing to do with the officials in the court.
They can’t control it even if they want to!
This is both simple and convenient.
Isn't it? "
“What’s simple?
What's the hassle?
This is a totally bad idea!
If you really do that, you would be slapping your father in the face!
snort!
I am the king of a country!
My son just wants to marry a wife. Can such a small matter be controlled by the ministers in the court?
Just because they don't want me to marry someone, why can't I marry them?
They want me to marry their daughter as my daughter-in-law, so I have to obey them?
I haven't shown my power for a long time, and they can't even remember who is the emperor and who should listen to whom!
In this case, I will help them learn a lesson.
Back then, they forced me to expand my harem and wanted to stuff their unmarried daughters into the harem. They did all kinds of things in the name of stabilizing the throne, and they did all kinds of things to make trouble.
But what is the result?
Until now, I still live alone with your mother.
Now they are doing this again, using that trick on my son...
snort!
Okay, then I will play with them again and let them know who is the emperor and who is the sky of Jingyue Kingdom!"
“Father is mighty!
I know that my father is still the father I admire!
Father would never be so cowardly as to be controlled by them;
Nor will I be easily influenced by them.
My father's words are always as strong as a mountain and his words are as heavy as law.
I admire you very much!"
As Xiao Jingyu spoke, he stood up, clasped his fists towards Emperor Hongde, and bowed deeply.
"Okay, stop flattering me!
Who just now didn't want to be my son anymore in order to get married?"
Emperor Hongde glanced at Xiao Jingyu, took the tea handed to him by Queen Luan Xiying and took two sips.
"Father, what you said is wrong!
I have never said that I am not the emperor's son.
I am just saying that I don’t need to be a prince or a royal prince…”
"Isn't it the same?"
Emperor Hong De interrupted Xiao Jingyu before he could continue.
“My son was originally a prince;
Your title of king was conferred by your royal grandfather.
Now, just to marry a wife, he has to be stripped of his title and expelled from his clan...
Isn't this a slap in my face?
Am I so useless?
I can't even fulfill my son's wish of marrying a wife he likes. I'd rather not be the emperor anymore!"
"Then what is Father's plan for this matter?"
Xiao Jingyu asked.
“What else can we plan?
There is a folk saying: If you can’t hear crickets chirping, it’s time to stop farming!
My son is going to marry a wife, who is the wife he is going to marry...
After all, it is our royal family's own business.
It was just that Qinxing Marquis Leng Xian was convicted and executed, and Leng Rongyue became the daughter of a criminal overnight. This made some people in the court greedy again, and they wanted to take the opportunity to squeeze out Leng Rongyue and replace them with their daughters.
Princess Yu, daughter-in-law of the royal family...
Leng Rongyue may not care about these, but some people do!
What they don’t know is that, on the contrary, it is we who covet Leng Rongyue!
Leng Rongyue, this daughter-in-law...I have decided to marry her!
Since Leng Rongyue is now the daughter of a criminal, this identity has become the reason for those court officials to attack her...
Then I might as well give her a new identity."
"What do you mean, father?"
Xiao Jingyu looked at Emperor Hong De with a gleam in his eyes.
"Father meant it literally.
I want to give Rongyue a decent one that matches my son's status."
Emperor Hongde looked at his son, then at Empress Luan Xiying, and said with a smile, "I'll tell you the truth!
I already thought of it...
Once Leng Xian, the Marquis of Qinxing, is executed, Leng Rongyue will surely bear the reputation of being the "daughter of a guilty minister";
How could the court officials allow Leng Rongyue to marry into Prince Yu's mansion with the reputation of "daughter of a criminal"?
The imperial decree granting marriage that I issued previously is bound to become a piece of waste paper.
Therefore, at that time, I had already written another imperial edict... oh no, two."
"Two?"
Empress Luan Xiying looked at Emperor Hongde in confusion.
"Aying heard it right, that's two."
Seeing that Xiao Jingyu and the Queen had many questions to ask, Emperor Hongde raised his hand to stop them, "Wait!
Don’t ask any more questions!
It’s getting late, I’m tired and want to rest.
Yu'er, you should go back to Chengji Palace first.
Wait until tomorrow morning..."
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