Emperor Sheng De gave an annoyed look at Feng Xi, who was still pressing her. He really wished that his daughter was mute, so she wouldn't say things that gave him a headache all day long.
But if he didn't answer, his daughter wouldn't move, holding the pictures in her hands without even raising her eyes.
"Why do you think it is? Of course I want you to make a good selection for your eldest sister and choose a husband who is satisfactory to you and she is also satisfied."
Feng Xi: "?"
"So I got married and she got married? How can I be satisfied with her husband?"
She was confused. Really, she was just lying down in her side hall, so why did she come here to suffer this kind of punishment?
On the other hand, Emperor Sheng De said with a look of hatred that iron cannot be made into steel:
"You idiot! How chaotic is Dazhao today? The prince, the third child, the fourth child... which one of them doesn't regard you as a thorn in the side? Finally, your eldest sister has no objection to you, so naturally you have to choose a husband who is equally gentle and upright. Give her my son-in-law, lest she also be led astray!"
Feng Xi: "..."
Although she felt that what her cheap father said made sense, but:
"Can't she love freely?"
Emperor Sheng De: "..."
Now he can roughly understand the new words in Feng Xi's mouth. This love probably means finding a husband by yourself.
"Xi'er, as the saying goes, parents order matchmakers. If your eldest sister is a man, she can naturally choose a wife by herself. But now that she is a woman who has not left the court, how can she go around looking for a husband? And age..."
Emperor Sheng De said a lot, and Feng Xi briefly went through it in her mind. It was probably not easy for women in this era to have free love.
The folk customs of Dazhao are indeed open, but although women can sit with men at the same table and participate in poetry and drinking parties, they cannot be as unreserved as men.
In addition, most of the women from the Jokhang family were engaged since childhood, or were close to their childhood sweethearts, and the environment for free love was further compressed.
Not to mention that Feng Yunxuan is a princess, and the birth of a princess depends on her family background and status.
If you want to surrender to another country, it's okay. The other party is probably the lord of the country, or the lord's confirmed successor.
If you come to the family of a minister of Jokhang, your status, status, and merits will all be important.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the princess has a sweetheart of ordinary status, such as the guards around her, the servants who accompany her, etc...
But Princess Jozhao is just like the prince, so she can also take concubines!
It’s just that this concubine is called Shijun.
Since there is a servant, then Princess Jokhang's consort is naturally the same as the prince's concubine. We may not like it, but we have to find someone decent, right?
Similarly, concubines can also take concubines. In the history of Jokhang, there were actually many princesses and concubines who had their own affairs...
This is why Emperor Sheng De didn't have any psychological burden when he granted marriage to his daughter and brother's son, thinking that they could be an alliance of interests even if they didn't like each other.
"I see."
Feng Xi nodded after understanding the explanation, gaining a new understanding of the arranged marriage in the book.
"How is it? Are any of these children from aristocratic families satisfied with you?"
Emperor Sheng De looked at the more than ten portraits in his hand and said to himself that he had asked the Dark Dragon Guard to carefully select them. There must be a few candidates among them.
Then he heard Feng Xi say:
"I'm satisfied. These fifteen partners all look very satisfied."
Emperor Sheng De: "..."
"I asked you to pick a few! I didn't ask you to pick them all!"
"Ah? Really? But it's not like I choose a partner. Of course they all look the same. What's more, if these people are placed in front of your eldest daughter, they are probably the same and equally unqualified~"
Feng Xi spoke the truth and didn't even intend to save any face for Emperor Sheng De.
Seeing this, Emperor Shengde finally took a deep breath and said:
"Does this mean that even if you are satisfied, she cannot be satisfied? Or are you both not satisfied?"
Feng Xi smiled:
"How could it be? If the son is obviously dissatisfied, she might be satisfied. But if the son is satisfied, she will definitely not be satisfied."
At first, Emperor Sheng De didn't know what riddle this unfortunate thing was playing, but when he thought of what she said that day before Concubine Liu Xian and Concubine Liu entered the palace, there was something he didn't understand.
This unfortunate thing implies that his eldest daughter also likes Zhao Ling, but she has no intention of letting him go!
Thinking of this, he became angry with that boy Zhao Ling.
What's wrong with imitating his father?
Jing has learned to rely on his face to flirt with women!
Thinking back when he and Yuan Ming traveled together, those little ladies never took their eyes off Yuan Ming!
Although he also knew that they did not provoke this on their own initiative, this matter was really annoying to his daughter.
"Since you know it in your heart, why don't you choose it for your eldest sister? Maybe if you choose a good one for her, she won't have those unruly thoughts."
Emperor Sheng De looked at Feng Xi angrily, admitting that as his father, he could not treat everyone equally after all.
Because his Xi'er was the daughter of the queen, and the queen was the only woman he chose by himself in this huge harem.
That was his wife, the one he was married to.
Of course, it was also because this daughter was really spiritual now. She seemed crazy, but he could see the future of Da Zhao in her.
As a result, Feng Xi, who had high hopes for him, fell on the table on the spot and said with a look of rejection:
"My son is not her elder. Can't you ask Concubine Liu Xian to share the headache with you? Why are you here to embarrass my son?"
Hearing this, Emperor Sheng De almost couldn't control his hand, but Zhao Xi, who was looking at him with a wink, said:
"Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for the princess. The princess has no intention of doing this, so it's useless for you to force her, right?"
Before Emperor Sheng De answered, Feng Xi lay down and said clearly:
"Yes, yes, what's the point of making things difficult for your subordinates!"
Emperor Shengde: "!"
Just as Emperor Sheng De was about to slap Feng Xi on the head, someone came outside the palace to report that it was his consort Qi Xiao who wanted to see him.
So Qi Xiao, who quickly handled the affairs within the government office and rushed back to the palace as quickly as possible to ask a certain phoenix why he couldn't have a baby, received a stack of scrolls as soon as he entered the palace.
"My father actually lets a lunatic like me choose a husband for someone, do you dare to believe it? If I dare to pick a husband, others will not dare to ask for it, right?"
Feng Xi put the scroll into Qi Xiao's hand and boasted very naturally:
"In comparison, you are more reliable because you are wise, talented, and discerning. If you choose it, it means I chose it, right?"
Qi Xiao: "..."
Well, if his old father-in-law hadn't been present, he would have really wanted to ask him, who was so wise, powerful, and stunningly talented, how he could not tell her what to do and still keep his illness under wraps.
So Feng Xi, who had never been rejected by Qi Xiao except when they first met, was actually rejected today.
Then Emperor Shengde saw that his daughter, who had been cold-hearted to him just now, actually looked at Qi Xiao with a look of shock and even grievance and said:
"Er Gouzi, you have changed!"
Qi Xiao: "?"
Qi Xiao's lips twitched slightly, but Emperor Sheng De, who thought his daughter was going to act coquettishly towards Qi Xiao and was very angry because of this, laughed on the spot.
Feng Xi, on the other hand, looked eagerly at the pile of scrolls rejected by Qi Xiao, and said again:
"Salt has become expensive and feelings have faded. Ergouzi, you were not like this before..."
Qi Xiao: "..."
Taking a deep breath, Qi Xiao didn't know how he was going to answer this for a moment.
It was true that a certain Phoenix spoke unforgivingly, but his bright eyes were full of grievances, and his tone of voice when questioning him was soft, making him reluctant to be angry even if he wanted to.
In the end, Qi Xiao just stretched out his hand and pinched Feng Xi's face. It was not the way he used to steal the fragrance with one hand, but the way he stretched his hand from left to right, pinched the girl's fair and delicate cheeks and gently pulled them.
"You used to call me Hao Changgong, but now you call me Ergouzi. Do you think our relationship can get better?"
"sure!"
Feng Xi raised her head for a second, put the scroll in her hand into Qi Xiao's arms again and said:
"As long as you help me choose the candidate, you will still be a good long-term employee of me, and I will treat you well all my life."
I don’t know how many times I have heard this sentence, but what can Qi Xiao do if I still don’t realize it?
Of course I forgive her.
So Qi Xiao naturally accepted the scroll and discussed it with Emperor Sheng De who was obviously tortured by Feng Xi.
In the end, the two of them selected five candidates for Feng Yunxuan who could be the consort based on their family background, conduct, appearance, and age.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Emperor Shengde and Qi Xiao will marry Feng Yunxuan if they choose them. These five people will still have to show up at the Hundred Flowers Banquet in a few days and let Feng Yunxuan take care of them.
Qi Xiao, who returned to the side hall after selecting the five potential consorts, felt that it was time for him to talk to a certain Phoenix about whether he could do it or not.
