My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 256: All Like Dingbei Marquis

"……Yeah……"

Qin Yuan stepped over him and slept on the inside.

Gu Jinghui said vaguely: “Yuan’er, I’m a little tired. I had something to say, but I can’t remember it.”

"I can't remember, just go to sleep."

Qin Yuan turned over and rolled her eyes.

Gu Jinghui said: "Let me think about it again."

Qin Yuan ignored him. He wouldn't be able to remember it tonight anyway.

Not long after, Qin Yuan fell asleep. In her drowsiness, she felt her body was very hot and very tight.

I can't get free.

Terrible.

……

Old Madam Gu, however, did not sleep but sat under the lamp in silence.

On the bedside table was also placed Mr. Gu Liu's new poetry collection.

Rong Mama coaxed her, "Why are you still not sleeping at this late hour? Could it be that our Sixth Master's poems are so good that you can't bear to sleep after reading them?"

"Hey, you old fool are teasing me again. I don't know what Lao Liu can write. Even if there is some improvement, it is still far from the level of the scholars."

"Then what are you daydreaming about?"

"I saw the third child and Yuan'er together, they were such a good match, I was really happy. And I thought that the sixth child was younger than him, and he already had many children, I don't know when he will have a child. I felt... I couldn't sleep."

Rong Ma said, "The Marquis has returned safely, and good days are still ahead. They are both good, and they will have children sooner or later. The Marquis' wife is young, talented and beautiful, and she is good at managing the household and is good at medicine. Who can compare to this blessing?"

Madam Gu sighed, "You are right. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. There is no point in me worrying about this. I just can't help it."

Aunt Rong said: "The Marquis has a unique fate, and the wife is also a rare talent. She must be his destined wife. The two of them are compatible, and the Marquis will definitely be able to break through the limitations of his fate..."

Madam Gu shed tears and said, "This child is so well-behaved and has such a hard life. If... that would be too pitiful."

……

Weiyang Palace.

The emperor was still reviewing memorials by candlelight. The ice sculptures in the hall had melted away until only the base remained. The chief eunuch squinted his eyes and looked drowsy.

"Old King, Old King," the emperor coughed lightly a few times.

The chief eunuch raised his eyelids, waved his whisk lightly, put on a smile, and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to Kunning Palace?"

"...Well, let's go and take a look."

The Emperor stood up, took two steps, and asked, "Isn't the Queen going to choose a concubine with the Crown Prince today?"

"That's right," the chief eunuch said with a smile, "The Ninth Princess, Princess Fuyun, and the Crown Prince should still be in Kunning Palace accompanying Queen Lin to select."

"Nonsense."

Although the emperor reprimanded, there was a smile on his face.

The chief eunuch said, "Although the two princesses are young, they know how to care about their brother. Queen Lin couldn't get enough of them, so she came to discuss the matter together. However, the crown prince is undecided and has not yet chosen one."

"Then I'll join in the fun too."

The chief eunuch immediately shouted in a shrill voice: "Get up."

When the sedan chair arrived at Kunning Palace, the palace servants had already received the news. Empress Lin and the prince and princesses came to greet them. The emperor got off the sedan chair and asked with a smile: "What are you doing in Kunning Palace so late at night?"

Princess Fuyun stepped forward and said, "Father, we are helping the Crown Prince choose a concubine."

The Ninth Princess also said, "My brother the Crown Prince has been undecided, and my mother can't choose one either." Empress Lin strictly followed the Emperor's order to practice frugality, and she tried to save as much as possible in Kunning Palace. There were only a few dim palace lanterns in the courtyard.

The prince wore a Yishan crown and a red robe with a round collar and narrow sleeves. There was a golden dragon on the front, back and shoulders. His jade-white, thin face looked even sicker under the light. He stood aside and smiled, "Father, don't listen to their nonsense. These two girls are just making trouble and have no shame. How can a sister choose a sister for her brother?"

The emperor ignored the lawsuit between the siblings and just gently embraced Queen Lin and walked into the palace, smiling and asking, "Does the prince have a crush on someone?"

"Your Majesty, the prince is like a gourd without a mouth. He just said that he would let the queen mother arrange everything for him, but it seems that no one likes him. I am helpless. Your Majesty should make the decision for him."

The prince followed his parents obediently and chuckled, "I just want to be like my father and find a woman I like to spend my life with."

Princess Fuyun's face flashed with disdain and resentment, which soon disappeared, and she said with a smile: "Father, don't listen to what the crown prince says. He wants to find a stunning beauty."

"Stunning?"

The emperor stopped and looked at Queen Lin.

Queen Lin looked bewildered.

The prince quickly scolded, "Seventh sister, don't talk nonsense."

Princess Fuyun said seriously, "The books piled up in the Queen Mother's Palace include all the noble ladies of marriageable age in the capital. Some are talented in poetry, some are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, some have distinguished family backgrounds... and some are even proficient in Buddhism. All the noble ladies have their own strengths. The Crown Prince doesn't like any of them, so of course he has to find a stunning beauty."

The Ninth Princess said, "Why can't she be both talented and beautiful? My sister-in-law can't be a vulgar woman. She will be the mother of the country in the future, so I have to choose her carefully."

Princess Fuyun lowered her eyebrows to hide the strange look in her eyes.

Queen Lin smiled and said, "You are still children, you don't understand. The selection of the Crown Princess focuses on talent and character, while appearance and talent are secondary."

After all, I didn’t say that background is not important.

The prince hesitated and said, "The Queen Mother... The Queen Mother wants me to choose the Song family."

The emperor's face flashed with anger, and then he asked, "What do you think, Prince?"

The prince smiled and said, "Since my father is here, why not take a look at it as well?"

Half an hour later, the emperor looked at the pile of scrolls on the table and sighed, "This matter... let's discuss it later."

"It's late at night. Father and mother, please go to bed early. The children will take their leave."

The prince stood up and left with his sisters.

The emperor sighed softly: "They, they are bullying my prince."

Queen Lin said helplessly: "The Crown Prince is sick and weak, and the three ministers are only willing to use concubines or daughters from other families to fill the number. It is obvious that they are worried about the Crown Prince..."

The couple looked at each other with gloomy expressions.

In fact, not only the three officials were worried, they were also worried.

Because of this, they wanted to choose a wife for the prince whose maternal family was strong, so that she could protect the prince's descendants and raise them safely, and ensure that the prince would have descendants to offer blood sacrifices to him even after he had passed away.

But none of the important ministers were shortlisted, so even the emperor could do nothing about it.

Day two.

The emperor flew into a rage at the morning court and scolded many of his ministers.

That would not be enough. The emperor said that the officials were becoming less and less effective in their work and that he would have to conduct a new inspection of the officials.

Suddenly all the ministers looked worried.

The imperial examination is held every three or six years to assess the officials in the capital. In the past, officials and their families kept in touch with each other, shared their views, and protected each other, but it was just a formality.

The emperor was not unaware of this either.

Now that it has suddenly happened, it is really puzzling. Many people are secretly wondering whether the emperor wants to use this opportunity to change the political situation?

The emperor happened to see the memorial submitted by the Dingbei Marquis's mansion on this day. After reading it, he was overjoyed and said, "If all the ministers were like the Dingbei Marquis, then the Daxing Empire would be forever secure."