Putting aside Li Qinzai’s status as a married man, and just looking at Li Qinzai’s character and character, King Teng did not think that this man was a good match for his daughter.
In Prince Teng's heart, Li Qinzai was indeed a little ruffian.
I have never seen Li Qinzai look serious. When he first met Prince Teng, Li Qinzai opened his mouth and lied, and Prince Teng almost went bankrupt.
After getting to know his daughter, Li Qinzai and her never knew each other. No matter how much King Teng tried to stop him, their bad relationship finally burst out of the ground like green buds in spring.
How could Prince Teng agree to marry his daughter to such an unruly and ruffian-like person?
The Lord of Jinxiang County walked into the hall, bowed his eyelids and saluted Prince Teng.
Prince Teng hummed and said calmly: "If my daughter feels bored in the palace, she can invite her friends from the capital to come and get together. It is very chaotic outside, so there is no need to go out."
Jin Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Father, is my daughter going to be the fate of a caged bird in this life?"
Prince Teng's face grew colder: "After this incident, you will be free again. Can I lock you up for the rest of your life?"
Jin Xiang was silent for a moment and whispered: "My daughter heard that His Majesty issued a decree to the Yu family today..."
Prince Teng's expression suddenly darkened.
"Yes, the decree has been issued," Prince Teng stared at her face and said, "As you and Na Shuzi wish, the emperor will demote Yu Yin and urge him to leave Chang'an today. Obviously the emperor is not willing to complete the relationship between us and the Yu family.
Marriage."
Jin Xiang's face suddenly flashed with joy, but he quickly concealed it.
However, her fleeting expression was accurately captured by Prince Teng.
"You feel very happy?" King Teng asked coldly.
"My daughter doesn't dare."
Prince Teng snorted and said: "It doesn't matter if you are happy. If the emperor doesn't want to marry you, I will find a good family. Even if I promise you to a commoner, you will still be an innocent and unmarried person. It is better than having a low eyebrow all your life."
It’s better to be a concubine in someone else’s house.”
Jin Xiang's eyes turned red and he said sadly: "My daughter and Li Qinzai are in love. I don't care if he has a married wife. As long as he loves me and pities me all his life, that will be enough. To my daughter, status is really not important."
It’s so important, if we just want people to grow old together, how can those worldly status be brought into a handful of loess?”
Prince Teng was furious: "Nonsense! You don't care about your status, I do! I, Prince Teng, am also a member of the royal family. If my daughter marries someone else as a concubine, Prince Teng's palace will become the laughing stock of the world. I can't afford to embarrass that person!"
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Jin Xiang was so worried that he couldn't help but kneel down and cover his face and cry.
Seeing Jinxiang's fragile and helpless appearance, Prince Teng felt extremely regretful and pitiful.
This daughter has always been the apple of his eye. Prince Teng also has other children, but he has been repeatedly demoted in recent years. Only his daughter Jinxiang has followed him around without any regrets.
Jin Xiang used to be cold-tempered and taciturn, but she served her father with impeccable filial piety. Among the many children in the family, Prince Teng loved her the most.
But the sky has no eyes, why did such a well-behaved and obedient daughter let her fall into this evil fate?
Thinking that his daughter had been harmed, Prince Teng could not help but gnash his teeth at the little ruffian.
Seeing his daughter crying so hard that she knelt on the ground weakly and covered her face, Prince Teng's heart ached again.
"Daughter, what is so good about Li Qinzai? What do you like about him?" Prince Teng sighed helplessly.
Jin Xiang cried: "What you like is what you like, whether it is a good match or a bad match, it is all determined by God, and my daughter cannot escape it."
King Teng said coldly: "Don't tell me that you like him for his contributions to the country, for sharing the emperor's worries, and for the livelihood of the people. He is indeed brilliant in the hearts of the monarchs, ministers and people, but this has nothing to do with the life of a couple. A man who has contributed to the country has nothing to do with it."
A pillar is not necessarily a good husband."
Jin Xiang shook his head sadly: "My daughter admires his achievements, but she never thinks that it has anything to do with life... What my daughter likes is that he can make me happy at any time and make me feel that I am loved at any time.
His indifferent temperament of having no desires in life is the kindness from the bottom of his heart beneath his ungrateful appearance..."
Looking up at Prince Teng, Jin Xiang said quietly: "He tore up the improperly obtained marriage certificate in front of the father. Why did the father think he did this?"
King Teng couldn't help but hesitate.
Of course he knew why Li Qinzai tore up the marriage contract. It was because he couldn't bear to force a poor father who tried his best to protect his daughter, and was unwilling to use disgraceful means of threats and blackmail to achieve his goal.
No matter how bad Li Qinzai's image was in Prince Teng's heart, Prince Teng had to admit that there was indeed a bottom line in this Shu's behavior. It couldn't be said to be good, but it was definitely not that bad.
"But he is a married man after all, and you are the daughter of a clan member. It is not in line with etiquette to be a concubine!" King Teng said in a more serious tone.
Jinxiang lowered his eyelids and said softly: "What if my daughter is no longer the county head? What if my daughter is removed from the title of county head by Zongzheng Temple?"
Prince Teng's eyes widened in shock, but he saw Jin Xiang looking firmly into his eyes without fear.
Prince Teng was stunned by her eyes. It was a look of fanaticism for faith, a look of martyrdom at the expense of life.
What kind of ecstasy soup did Li Qinzai pour into her, so that her good daughter was bewitched to this extent!
"How dare you! What exactly do you want to do?" Prince Teng said with a trembling voice.
Jin Xiang smiled slightly, then lowered his head and said softly: "In my life, my father, have you ever had the experience of risking your own life to do something for the one you love?"
"In this life, a person will always experience a moment when a moth flies into a flame. Whether he dies or reaches nirvana, he will have no regrets."
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British government.
Li Ji closed his eyes and sat on the recliner to rest his mind. Li Siwen knelt down in front of him and told him with a helpless expression the bad things his son had done recently.
"Father, this rebellious son Qin Zai is becoming more and more lawless. It is not enough to marry the daughter of the Cui family. He actually covets the daughter of the clan. This matter has been criticized in the court. I heard that many censors have planned to petition for impeachment. In the market of Chang'an
The rumors among the people are even more unpleasant, and they are not good for our Duke's Palace or Prince Teng's Palace."
Li Ji hummed, but without opening his eyes, he said calmly: "It doesn't matter what love affairs you have with your children. You can have a concubine who doesn't care about you, so why can't Qin Zai?"
Li Siwen smiled bitterly and said: "The concubine the child took was the daughter of a commoner family, but the one he adopted as a concubine was a daughter of a clan. How can it be the same... Uh, father, what do you mean when you say that the concubine of the child is careless? mean?"
Li Ji finally opened his eyes and glanced at him, but was too lazy to answer.
After the affair between Li Qinzai and the head of Jinxiang County spread in Chang'an City, Li Ji was not surprised.
As early as last year during the Yan Sheng case, the Lord of Jinxiang County came to inquire. Li Ji noticed that there was something unusual between the two. Now it was just revealed.