This news was too sudden for Chen Ling to react.
"Tell me the reason?"
Chen Ling calmed down and asked curiously.
He couldn't understand why Wu Pingquan would suddenly bring this up.
"Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Chinese Empire, you can get engaged at the age of 16 and get married at the age of 18.
Your Majesty has already reached the age to get engaged. I hope that Your Majesty will choose a consort to be engaged to calm the people.”
Wu Pingquan replied seriously, as if Chen Ling was an unpardonable sinner if he did not choose a concubine.
Chen Ling's mouth twitched when he heard that.
At this moment, he finally understood that this was the reason.
The so-called pacifying the hearts of the people was all fake.
Now that the Chinese Empire's strength was rising day by day, it was certain that it would unify the entire country and inherit the throne in the future.
In ancient times, the center of an empire was the emperor.
The most important thing for an emperor was to have an heir.
In this way, even if the emperor suddenly died, the entire country would still be inherited.
However, if the emperor did not have any children, then it would be a big problem.
Therefore, Wu Pingquan and the others did not have any thoughts of rebelling. Instead, they hoped that Chen Ling would have a child. That way, if anything happened, the Chinese Empire would not be destroyed.
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
After listening to Wu Pingquan, Chen Ling suddenly realized that it had been almost two years since he transmigrated.
He had transmigrated in 1898, and now it was 1900. He had crossed a century.
In the past two years, Chen Ling had been busy thinking of ways to increase the strength of the Chinese Empire and catch up with the western countries.
Therefore, he did not consider the issue of harem at all. According to Chen Ling's thoughts, it was not too late to consider this issue when he was 25 or 26 years old.
However, he had forgotten that this was ancient times. Getting engaged at the age of 16 and getting married at the age of 18 was considered too late.
This was the Chinese Empire's forced implementation of the marriage law. Otherwise, if she gave birth to your child at the age of 13, would you believe it?
Take the universities in Beijing for example. All the university students had wives. Some even had two or three wives.
Showing off his affection?
There was no such thing as a single university student in this era.
Thinking of this, Chen Ling wondered if he should choose a concubine.
It was every man's dream to have three palaces and six courtyards.
It seemed that the selection of imperial concubines in ancient times was a very important matter. They had to go through the national audition.
Should the preliminary selection be divided into eight regions?
Then, the group stage, the elimination stage, the semi-finals, and the finals would be held.
Bah!
This was choosing a concubine, not choosing a super girl.
Then, he thought about the young ladies who participated in the competition. They were all little lolis, rich, and had an airport.
He couldn't afford an A.
"Forget it, let's not mention this matter again. We'll talk about it after the country is unified.”
Thinking of a pair of Aces, Chen Ling stopped thinking about it. He couldn't afford it.
"But Your Majesty…"
Wu Pingquan wanted to say something but was interrupted by Chen Ling.
"Alright, that's all for today. You guys can go back and do your work.”
After Chen Ling finished speaking, he stood up and left.
After Chen Ling left, the ministers bowed and looked at each other. In the end, they could only sigh helplessly.
Chen Ling was not an emperor who could be swayed by these ministers. In the Chinese Empire, Chen Ling's words were golden and jade, and his words contained the laws of heaven.
At night, Chen Ling was lying on the little girl's lap and enjoying her massage.
"Young master, are you going to choose a consort?”
The little girl Chun Xing asked nervously.
"Hmm? Who did you hear that from?" Chen Ling asked curiously.
This news spread too quickly. It had already reached the little girl's ears.
"Young Master, the palace maids who served me told me.”
The little girl said with a little disappointment.
"Don't listen to their nonsense. I'm only 16 years old.”
Chen Ling curled his lips and said. He didn't want to fight against A.
"Young Master, 16 isn't young anymore. If it was in the past, he would have married and had children.
When Old Master was still alive, he wanted to arrange a marriage for Young Master, but in the end…
Young Master, Chun Xing was wrong. She shouldn't have mentioned Old Master.”
As the little girl spoke, she realized that she had said something wrong and quickly apologized.
Actually, Chen Ling wasn't angry. He didn't feel anything for his father in this world.
However, at least it's easy for me. I'll go and burn incense for him during the Qingming Festival.
Wuuu…
Chen Ling opened his eyes and found that the little girl was crying.
"What's wrong? Who bullied you?" Chen Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wasn't angry.
"Young Master, don't be angry. Chun Xing was wrong.”
"Don't worry, Young Master won't be angry."
Seeing that Chen Ling's expression was not fake, the little girl was relieved.
Actually, Chen Ling had a special feeling for the little girl.
It wasn't a sister, but it wasn't a romantic relationship either. It was a very special kind of relationship.
When he transmigrated, the little girl was the only one who took care of him wholeheartedly.
Even when he said that he was going to rebel, the little girl was so scared that her entire body was trembling. She followed by his side and did not retreat.
He had been very busy for the past two years, and the little girl had been quietly helping him take care of his daily chores.
"Chun Xing, Young Master will grant you the position of Imperial Consort. Do you want it?”
Chen Ling said to the little girl with a smile.
"Ah!"
The little girl was stunned for a moment before she immediately stood up and ran out of the room with a red face.
"Young Master can make the decision for the spring apricot."
After Chun Xing ran out, a shy voice was heard.
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