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Chapter 781: Chapter 383: Will Not Have Children
In Xingde Palace, Zhao Yao stared at the list in front of him, lost in thought.
Tong Xi stood by his side. Seeing Zhao Yao staring at the list for ages without a word, he found it strange and hesitantly asked, "Your Highness, is there a problem with the list? Why haven’t you said anything after looking at it for so long?"
Zhao Yao rubbed his forehead and sighed slightly, "Alas, I didn’t expect there to be so many girls who will come of age in two years."
"Your Highness, there are so many ministers in the court, surely they have many daughters. What’s so strange about that?"
Zhao Yao’s fingers lightly tapped on the list, frowning, and said, "Which family is it going to be?" There were quite a few families on the list that fit the criteria, but he couldn’t figure out which one would be his future father-in-law’s family. "Tong Xi, which one do you think it is?"
Tong Xi glanced at the list and quickly shook his head, "I don’t know."
"Who do you think Father will choose for me?"
Tong Xi thought seriously and said, "I think it’s the Prime Minister He’s family."
On this list, the first one was the Prime Minister He’s family.
"Why do you think it’s the Prime Minister He’s family?" Zhao Yao was startled by Tong Xi’s answer, full of disbelief.
Tong Xi answered straightforwardly, "Because the Prime Minister is formidable."
Zhao Yao pointed at himself, "Do you think your prince is worthy?"
"Your Highness, why wouldn’t you be worthy? You’re a prince, soon to be a prince, of noble status. It’s the ladies from the Prime Minister He’s family who are not worthy of you." Tong Xi didn’t like hearing Zhao Yao belittle himself, "Besides, Your Highness, you are so extraordinary, in my heart, no girl in the world is worthy of you."
"What’s the status of Prime Minister He, how could Father possibly let his daughter marry me?" Zhao Yao didn’t truly think he wasn’t worthy of a girl from the Prime Minister He’s family, but he believed the Prime Minister’s status was too unique. After all, Prime Minister He was a close confidant of the Emperor. Moreover, when the deposed Crown Prince and Prince Dai wanted to marry the Prime Minister He’s daughter, the Emperor did not agree. Everyone tacitly assumed the Emperor would not allow the princesses to marry daughters from the Prime Minister He or Grandmaster Liu, or the daughters of the four Great Generals. "Besides, I’ve always been a prince out of favor, without power, influence, or money, what qualifications do I have to marry a daughter of the Prime Minister?"
"Your Highness, the Emperor cherishes you, maybe he really will let you marry a daughter from the Prime Minister’s family."
"No, Father won’t marry the Prime Minister He’s daughter to me." Zhao Yao spoke confidently, "If Father marries the Prime Minister He’s daughter to me, it’s like putting me on the grill to roast."
"Your Highness, you’ve already gone to Lingnan, even if he gives you a daughter from the Prime Minister He’s family, it doesn’t matter." Although Tong Xi believed no girl in the world was worthy of his prince, among this list, only the daughter of Prime Minister He was barely suitable for his prince.
"It’s impossible for Prime Minister He’s or Grandmaster Liu’s family."
Tong Xi didn’t say anything more after hearing Zhao Yao’s firm belief.
"I originally thought Father would give me a girl from the Li Family, but there’s no girl from the Li Family on this list." The Li Family girl was a year younger than Zhao Yao and had come of age just last month.
"Yes, the Li Family girl is quite good too, why didn’t the Emperor grant her to you?" Tong Xi asked, full of confusion, "Besides, you have a good relationship with Prince Chu. If the Emperor granted the Li Family girl to you, it would be legitimate, and the ministers wouldn’t say anything, nor would they be suspicious of you."
"Indeed, but Father didn’t, it’s really strange." Zhao Yao thought if his future princess were a girl from the Li Family, he could openly ask the Li Family for help, like borrowing books or inviting teachers to Lingnan. Unexpectedly, Father didn’t grant him the Li Family girl, dashing these plans in his heart.
"Your Highness, honestly speaking, apart from the families of Prime Minister He and Grandmaster Liu, the others are quite average and not at all worthy of you." Most families on the list were of lower ranks, and none held significant positions.
"That’s just as well." Zhao Yao was quite satisfied with these "low" officials, "If Father truly chooses one of these families for my future Yue Family, that would actually be good for me."
"But I think it would be a great injustice to you."
"What’s unjust about it." Zhao Yao laughed, "I think it’s great."
"Your Highness, this is your princess, can’t you take it more seriously?" Tong Xi felt speechless that Zhao Yao didn’t care about the status of his future princess.
As Zhao Yao put away the list, he said to Tong Xi, "For your prince, my future princess’s background isn’t important, as long as she has a good temperament."