The Imperial Palace, the royal study.
"Minister Wang, you have worked hard this time. Once again, you have made great contributions to the Kingdom of David. After the reorganization of the Wang Family Army is completed, I will reward you according to your contributions.”
Emperor David Xuanzheng closed the surrender letter that Wang Jiren brought back and said with a smile.
"On behalf of the Wang Family Army, I thank the Lord for your kindness." Wang Jiren knelt down and bowed respectfully.
"Minister Wang, please don't be polite." After saying that, he personally went down to help her up.
He patted the official's thick shoulder and said with concern,""We haven't seen each other for more than a year. How is Minister Wang's health?”
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty.”Wang Jiren's stiff voice softened." Your Majesty, what about you? Are you alright?"
" I'm still the same. It's just that I feel that I'm getting old in the past two years and I'm gradually feeling a little powerless. It's also thanks to the Crown Prince sharing the burden that I'm much more relaxed. It's just that…"
Halfway through his words, Emperor Xuan Zheng sighed." But this Crown Prince is not young anymore. As for the candidates for the Crown Princess…Most of my other sons are already married. Those who are not married are the younger ones. Only this Crown Prince of mine…"
Emperor Xuan Zheng paused and sighed repeatedly, each time louder than the last, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was worried about the Crown Prince's marriage.
Wang Jiren raised his thick eyebrows and decided to look down and pretend that he did not hear anything.
Seeing him like this, Emperor Xuan Zheng cursed him for being an old fox.
If the mountain didn't come, he would have to go!
"Minister Wang, I heard that your granddaughter has been found, is it true?”
Wang Jiren understood that this was his granddaughter.
His face tensed up as he said," The Emperor is right. This minister's granddaughter has indeed been found. However…the Emperor doesn't know that this minister's granddaughter was abducted when she was two years old. She has been staying in that ravine for twelve years and raised in that poor peasant family. Her behavior is vulgar and far inferior to the noble ladies in the capital.”
Emperor Xuanzheng smiled." My dear minister, you have just returned. I'm afraid you have not seen your granddaughter. I heard that although she was raised in a peasant family, her behavior is very elegant…"
"Even so, it's still far from enough…"
"This jade can only be crafted after it has been carved. Even the noble ladies of the capital are not as educated and reasonable as they are now.”
Hearing this, Wang Jiren knew that Emperor Xuanzheng had come prepared.
He understood Emperor Xuan Zheng's intentions. He was only using a restraining technique. Back then, his daughter almost entered the harem. However, she was lucky at that time. It was during the turmoil at the border and he was afraid that he would be distracted on the battlefield, so the matter was left unsettled.
After he returned to the capital, his daughter fell in love with that kid from the Wen family. At that time, after he investigated his personality, he hurriedly married his daughter off.
But he didn't expect that he was already so old and didn't have a son to inherit the throne. To put it bluntly, he didn't have many years left. But Emperor Xuan Zheng was still worried and now he was even targeting his granddaughter who had just returned!
To put it nicely, she was the Crown Princess, but everyone knew that the palace gates were as deep as the sea. Although he was the Defender General and held military power, he did not have many wishes. His only wish was for his only daughter to be well.
It went without saying that the daughter would definitely be unwilling to let her granddaughter marry into the Imperial Family.
Just as Wang Jiren was thinking if he handed over his military power, would Emperor Xuanzheng give up on the idea of hitting his granddaughter-in-law, the Crown Prince arrived from outside!
In a short while, Wei Huanyu, who was dressed in a dark brocade robe, slowly arrived.
After calling out, Emperor Xuan Zheng smiled and said to his son,"Crown Prince came at the right time. Zhen was just talking to the Great General about your marriage.”
Wei Huanyu looked at Wang Jiren beside him. His black eyes flashed slightly and he said calmly,"Has Imperial Father been chosen?"
Hearing this, even the most respected person in the world was stunned. He looked at his son in disbelief. In the past, every time he mentioned the candidate for the crown prince consort, he would always reject it with various reasons. But today, not only did he not reject it, he even asked if there was a candidate.
This was simply like a red rain falling from the sky.
After looking at him for a while, she saw that he was still expressionless and indifferent. She secretly suspected that he had heard wrongly just now.
"Your Majesty." Emperor Xuan Zheng came back to his senses at the reminder of his trusted aide. He coughed dryly and said,"The girl that the Duke of Wen's Public House just found, the granddaughter of General Wang, what does the Crown Prince think?”
When Wang Jiren heard this, he realized that he was going to use force. He quickly said,"Emperor, please reconsider. Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know that this official's granddaughter is rude and uncouth. She really isn't worthy of Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
"Ai, Minister Wang, what you said is not a problem. It's not like we're going to let the two of them get married immediately. As far as I know, the girl from the Wen family is only fourteen this year and there are still two years before she reaches adulthood.”
"But…"
Without waiting for Wang Jiren to finish, Wei Huanyu said lightly,""Your son will listen to Imperial Father's arrangements."
This time, not only was Emperor Xuanzheng shocked, Wang Jiren was also extremely shocked.
"Your Highness…"
"But Father, I am the Crown Prince and the heir to the throne. The character of the Crown Princess represents the face of the Great Wei Country and also represents the face of me. Miss Wen has just returned to the capital, why don't we see if she can be the daughter-in-law of the royal family?”
Emperor Xuan Zheng thought about it and agreed.
A country's ruler's words carried nine tripods. What he said was an imperial edict. If he didn't obey it, he would be defying it.
Wang Jiren had no choice but to leave the palace with a heavy heart.
Emperor Xuan Zheng sighed as he looked at the old general's back. He said to Wei Huanyu,""Minister Wang only thought that I wanted to restrain him, but he didn't know that I never had such intentions.”
"Great General will understand Father's painstaking efforts.”
Emperor Xuanzheng waved his hand." I more or less understand Minister Wang's personality. He is stubborn and stubborn. Forget it. If he insists on thinking this way, let him be.”
After saying that, she thought of something and narrowed her eyes at her son." Yu 'er, there's something wrong with you today.”
Wei Huanyu's eyebrows did not move as he said lightly,""Hasn't Imperial Father always been worried about your son's marriage? Today, your son has agreed, but why does Imperial Father say that there is something wrong with your son?”
" This…You…" Emperor Xuan Zheng couldn't win against his son and said angrily,""I can't win against you, hmph!"
……
Wang Jiren returned to the General's Estate with a dark expression. When Uncle Tian saw this, his heart skipped a beat.
The general came back from the palace, could it be…
Uncle Tian became nervous." General, but the Emperor…"
Wang Jiren was about to say something, but he swallowed it back." Forget it. Did Miss come back?”
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