The king's inability to do anything has already spread in the capital before tomorrow.
By the early morning of the next day, everyone in the capital knew that the king was unable to give birth to a son.
Naturally, the servants of the Kong Mansion also heard the news.
"Uncle Jiu, I just heard something." A servant from Kong's mansion hurriedly came to the front yard to find the housekeeper.
Seeing his serious expression, the housekeeper thought something big had happened and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
The servant leaned close to the steward's ear and whispered: "When I went out to buy groceries, I heard that the king's side was not good enough to have children, so he has not had any heirs for a long time."
"What?" The housekeeper was shocked by this rumor.
"Uncle Jiu, everyone in the capital is talking about this now, and I am not talking nonsense." The servant said, "Everyone said that he has a nose and eyes, so it doesn't seem to be false. Besides, the king does not have any heirs."
"I'll report this to the master right away." After the housekeeper said that, he hurried to find Kong Taichang.
Kong Taichang was having breakfast when he saw the housekeeper walking in anxiously and asked what happened.
The housekeeper reported what he had just heard to Kong Taichang.
After hearing this, Mrs. Kong looked very calm.
Seeing that he had no reaction at all, the housekeeper asked in surprise: "Master, do you know?"
Kong Taichang nodded and said: "Well, it's not surprising." After the Duke of Zhen said those words at the celebration banquet last night, he expected that the news of King Dai's failure would spread throughout the capital.
"Sir, if His Highness the King is not able to do it, what should I do with the young lady?" The young lady was given a marriage to His Highness the King as a concubine. If His Highness, Dai Wang, can't do it, then if the young lady marries you, wouldn't it mean that she would be left a widow? This would be too unfair for the young lady.
Kong Taichang had finished his breakfast and took a few sips of tea. "Yao'er will not marry the king as a concubine." After the morning court today, he went to see the emperor and refused the marriage.
"Master, what are your plans..."
"It's getting late, I should go to court." Kong Taichang walked to the door, and Kong Yuan was already waiting in front of the carriage.
"Dad." Kong Yuan saluted Kong Taichang and immediately helped Kong Taichang get into the car.
After the father and son were seated securely, the coachman raised his whip and whipped the horse's back, and the carriage drove slowly towards the imperial city.
"Dad, are you ready?" Kong Yuan asked.
Kong Taichang nodded solemnly: "It's done." After saying that, he suddenly sighed softly, "I'm afraid you and I will be imprisoned."
"Dad, I'm not afraid of going to jail. I'm just going to suffer a lot from my mother and sister in the future."
"I made an agreement with your mother. If anything happens to you and me, I will let your mother take my sister and leave the capital."
Kong Yuan frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid my mother and sister won't be able to escape from the capital."
Kong Taichang also thought of this possibility and remained silent.
"I'm afraid that King Dai will not give up this marriage easily." The Kong family is too important to His Highness, King Dai. "Even if the Emperor abolishes this gifted marriage, King Dai will not give up. Maybe King Dai will use any means to do so." ." This is what he least wants to see.
Kong Taichang naturally thought of this aspect as well. He said in a serious tone: "This is what I fear most as a father. Your Majesty's marriage is putting our Kong family on the fire. We will not refuse the marriage, and the lives of our family are not worried for the time being, but our Kong family The reputation of the Kong family was ruined. We refused to marry and our family’s lives were in danger, but the Kong family’s reputation was saved.”
"Dad, the reputation of the Kong family is more important than anything else." As descendants of the Kong family, what they have to do is to protect the reputation of the Kong family for thousands of years. They cannot let the reputation of the Kong family fall again, otherwise they will go there in the future. He went underground, shameless to face his ancestors.
"It just hurts your mother and your sister. As a father, I can't forgive them." Kong Taichang originally planned to divorce his wife and drive his daughter out of the Kong family, but it was too late.
"Dad, my mother and sister won't blame you."
"I know they won't blame me, but... alas..." Kong Taichang said in his heart, he could only compensate his wife and daughter in the next life. "What did our Kong family do to make the emperor unhappy?" After much thought, he felt that the emperor should not marry his daughter to the king as a concubine. However, the emperor just did this.
"Our Kong family has not done anything extraordinary." Kong Yuan hesitated and said, "In the eyes of the emperor, our Kong family is just a bargaining chip to balance the prince and the acting king."
Kong Yuan's words hurt Kong Taichang's heart, and he looked sad: "Chips?"
"Dad, you should have seen long ago that in the emperor's heart, our Kong family is not that important, but a tool for the emperor to balance the power of the court, and the Li family..." At this point, Kong Yuan paused. He saw the right person. Taichang's face was filled with unwillingness and he didn't say any more.
Kong Taichang continued what he said: "The Li family is deeply respected by the emperor."
"Yes, in the emperor's heart, the Li family is more important than the Kong family." Kong Yuan said objectively, "Although the Li family is not as rich as the Kong family, the Li family has a better reputation than the Kong family in the past hundred years. Now the Li family His status in the minds of scholars all over the world is very high, not only not inferior to our Confucius family, but actually surpassing our Confucius family."
Kong Taichang's eyes were red and wet.
He choked up and said: "If it weren't for that beast, why would our Kong family be like this and lose to the Li family?"
"Dad, we have to accept this fact." Kong Yuan said calmly, "This is why the emperor gave his younger sister a marriage to the king as his concubine."
This fact is difficult for Kong Taichang to accept, but there is nothing he can do if he doesn't accept it.
"If your little sister really marries the king and becomes the concubine, our Kong family will be really ruined and we will be cast aside by scholars all over the world."
"well……"
"If this time, we are punished for resisting the decree, our Kong family will keep its reputation." Kong Taichang's tone suddenly turned sad, "This time our Kong family is in doom. Fortunately, our Kong family's reputation can be restored."
"Dad, this is the responsibility of our Kong family." Kong Yuan has known their responsibilities as the Kong family since he was a child, and he also knows that reputation is more important than life to the Kong family. "Dad, neither I, nor my mother, nor my sister regret being part of the Kong family."
After saying this, Kong Taichang couldn't bear it anymore, covered his face and cried silently.
Kong Yuan felt very uncomfortable when he saw his father like this. Tears also blurred vision.
He took a deep breath and said: "Dad, maybe things are not as bad as we thought. Although the emperor regards our Kong family as a bargaining chip to balance the prince and the acting king, the emperor is not a ruthless person."
Kong Taichang raised his hand and wiped the tears on his face haphazardly with his sleeves.
"Dad, as long as you sincerely beg the emperor to withdraw the marriage decree, the emperor may agree and won't blame you."
"You are right, the emperor is not a cold-blooded person. Our Kong family has done a lot for the court and the people over the years. Even if there is no credit, there is still hard work." Kong Taichang comforted himself, "Maybe the emperor will forgive you. We are the Kong family."
"Although the reputation of our Kong family is not as good as that of the current Li family, at least it has some status in the hearts of scholars all over the world. The emperor will be more or less concerned about it."
"You're right." Kong Taichang said, pretending to smile at Kong Yuan in a relaxed manner, "As a father, I feel that our father and son's lives should not be cut off."
"Dad, I think so too."
As the father and son said this, they immediately looked at each other and laughed heartily.
While he was laughing, the driver stopped the car and said, "Master, Master, we are here."
Kong Taichang and Kong Yuan quickly adjusted their appearance and got out of the car.
At this time, many ministers had arrived at the palace gate.
The palace door has not been opened yet, so the ministers can only wait at the palace gate.
As soon as Kong Taichang and Kong Yuan got out of the car, many ministers surrounded them and greeted them. These ministers all support the king.
Ever since Emperor Wu of Zhou granted the marriage, the people of Dai Wang's party regarded Kong Taichang and his son as their own.
Kong Taichang and Kong Yuan responded to their greetings distantly, but these ministers seemed not to notice their indifference and still talked to them enthusiastically.
The father and son had no choice but to run to find He Xiang and the others.
He Xiang and Taishi Liu were chatting when they saw Kong Taichang and his son suddenly came to say hello to them and responded politely. I originally thought that Kong Taichang and his son would leave after saying hello, but I didn't expect that they had no intention of leaving.
There are five chapters in v series on the shelf, and I will provide the first update first.
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