The favorite of the royal group: the money-loving little ancestor soared to the top by selling talis

Chapter 222 Chapter 222: You really have a baby

The smile on the emperor's face disappeared instantly and he turned to look at Mr. Cheng.

Everyone noticed something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, let's go to the study!" Mr. Cheng said with a smile.

"Okay, but please call Mrs. Cheng, the third lady and Miss Cheng! The Queen has something to say to them."

"Okay." Mr. Cheng looked at Mrs. Chen and Cheng Shushu, and suddenly understood that the Emperor and Queen were here for their eldest granddaughter.

Chen's face turned pale as she met the emperor and empress for the first time.

Everyone left one after another without making a sound of footsteps, and they didn't dare to speak.

Mr. Cheng stood up and took the Emperor, Empress and Xuan Liyu to his study, followed by Mrs. Chen and Cheng Shushu.

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Cheng Yi and the Cheng family hid in his study room to discuss the emperor and queen's search for Chen and Cheng Shushu.

Half an hour later...

The emperor and queen quietly left Cheng Mansion with Xuan Liyu.

By the time the Cheng family found out, they had already been gone for a quarter of an hour.

Seeing that Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng both had gloomy faces, they knew that something bad was definitely happening.

"Father, mother, what does the emperor want to discuss with you?" Cheng Yi was very worried.

Only Cheng Jinting in the Cheng family knew the reason.

"The Emperor wants Shu'er to marry His Highness the Crown Prince as the Crown Princess. He only gives us five days to think about it."

Mr. Cheng slumped down on the chair with all his strength. His mind reflected on what the emperor said during the half hour he was in the study...

He felt like he was falling into an ice cave.

If in the past, he could refuse completely, the emperor would not force him.

But now His Highness the Prince is very naughty, and his only request is to marry Cheng Shushu as the Crown Princess, otherwise he will never marry a wife, touch a woman, or have children for the rest of his life.

This frightened the emperor and empress, and of course she was also very angry.

The emperor and empress did not mind that Cheng Shushu was good at polishing mirrors, as long as she gave birth to three children for the prince and allowed her sweetheart to enter the palace as a female official and serve her for life.

The only requirement is that she cannot do anything to disgrace the prince.

In addition, the emperor also gave many benefits to the Cheng family. For example, each of the sons of the Cheng family was granted an official title, the girls of the Cheng family were granted the title of county head, and the wife of the Cheng family was granted the title of second-grade imperial concubine.

In addition, the betrothal gift was 300,000 taels of silver, and each member of the Cheng family was given a box of gold and silver jewelry.

The emperor also promised to hand over one-third of Dai Viet's mineral resources to Cheng Shan for management.

These benefits are so real that if it were anyone else, they would have promised the emperor a long time ago.

Mr. Cheng, however, kept refusing until the emperor became angry, and it was the empress and Xuan Liyu who coaxed him for a long time before a "war" broke out.

The emperor finally gave Mr. Cheng five days to think about it.

They said they were giving him time to think about it, but in fact he still forced him to agree.

Let Cheng Shushu be the crown princess?

The Cheng family was shocked.

The whole country is celebrating to leave someone else's house alone, but the Cheng family has an ancestral rule that Cheng family girls cannot enter the palace and become concubines.

After observing it for nearly a hundred years, is it still necessary to break it?
But if he resists the order, will the Cheng family be confiscated and beheaded?

But if he agrees, the old Cheng family might have to lift the coffin.

"Dad, what do you think? Do you really want to resist the decree? Is the ancestral precepts more important? Or the hundreds of people in the Cheng family?"

Cheng Er couldn't help but get excited. He had a wife and three sons, but he didn't want to be beheaded for resisting the decree. Mrs. Liu was also very anxious.

Her eldest son just got married a few days ago, and she hasn't given birth to her grandson yet.

Last year, my husband was promoted to a high-ranking official, and my eldest son and second son were also promoted.

The good times had just begun, how could she be willing to give up?
"Mom and Dad, no matter how important the ancestral teachings are, our lives are also important. Jinyang's wife has just become pregnant. You will be able to hold your great-great-grandson in September."

Lin's eyes were red and her voice was choked.

She looked at Cheng Yi, hoping that her husband could support her.

After looking forward to it for more than ten years, last year I finally waited until my son recovered, got a wife, and was about to have a grandchild, but then he got married again.

If he resists the decree and offends Emperor Long Yan, hundreds of members of the Cheng family will be exiled to Ning Guta even if they don't die.

When Cheng Jinyang heard that Qi Yue was pregnant, he was stunned for a while before he knew what it meant.

"Yue'er, do you really have a baby?"

"Well, I just got pregnant, and I still have time to show it to the doctor." Qi Yue blushed, embarrassed by everyone, and lowered her head in panic.

When Mrs. Cheng heard that Qi Yue was pregnant, she excitedly walked to her side and held her hand.

"Thank you for your hard work, kid..."

"grandmother……"

"Don't worry, you will give birth to your great-great-grandson safely. Grandma will not let anything happen to you..." Mrs. Cheng comforted Qi Yue, and she turned back to glance at Mr. Cheng.

For the sake of her great-great-grandson, she would not let him do anything wrong.

Mr. Cheng looked extremely embarrassed.

"Grandpa, we all know that the purpose of Lao Clan's ancestral precepts is also for the sake of the Cheng family's descendants. But now, whether the marriage is a crisis or an opportunity, it all depends on how we grasp it."

Cheng Jinting advised, worried that Mr. Cheng would be stubborn and go to see his ancestors with his ancestral precepts in mind.

Cheng Jinmiao also advised: "Grandpa, the reputations of His Royal Highness and my eldest cousin are both in trouble. No good girl wants to marry, and no decent family wants to marry. If they can get married, it is not entirely a bad thing. At least it can make outsiders shut up."

After working as an official for half a year last year, he learned more about the ways of the world and official ethics.

Cheng Jinyan stood up and looked at Mr. Cheng. "Grandpa, whether it is an ancestral precept, a marriage, or a beheading for resisting an edict, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to marry his eldest cousin. This is her business. Shouldn't we ask her what she thinks?"

"If she is not willing, do we have to force her to marry His Highness the Crown Prince? If she is willing, how can we prevent her from marrying the person she wants to marry?"

"..." Everyone was stunned and looked at Cheng Shushu.

"Shu'er, what do you think? Didn't you say before that you didn't want to marry someone else? If you don't want to, we won't force you."

Mrs. Chen frowned, her eyes showing concern for Cheng Shushu.

In fact, she is not very happy for her eldest daughter to marry the prince. Once she enters the palace, she will be as deep as the sea. When she becomes the princess or queen, she will be trapped in the palace for the rest of her life, losing her freedom and the happiness of her family.

By then, she might not be able to see her eldest daughter as often as she wanted to in the rest of her life.

Cheng Shushu looked at every face of the Cheng family and hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Shu'er... is willing."

Everyone was shocked.

She resisted getting married a few days ago, why did she agree so quickly now?
Is it because my husband’s family is a royal family?

Mr. Cheng looked at Cheng Shushu with a deep look, waiting for her explanation.

"Grandpa, Shu'er believes that marrying His Highness the Crown Prince will only bring benefits and no disadvantages to Shu'er, the Cheng family, or the royal family. First of all, the emperor offers so many benefits that I believe no one in Dai Viet can refuse.

Secondly, if hundreds of members of the Cheng family were affected because of Shu'er's rebellion, Shu'er would rather hit the wall now. "

Everyone listened quietly and did not express their thoughts.

"Shu'er, are you really willing? Marrying into the palace is not as wonderful as you thought. That place... eats people without spitting out their bones. Once you go in, you won't be able to get out."

Chen's eyes were filled with tears, worried about the rest of her eldest daughter's life.