What does it mean? What does it mean to have no choice? What does it mean to just leave oneself to fate?
How could studying have anything to do with marrying a wife?
Mother, I don’t study well, don’t lie to me!
He didn't have to think about becoming an emperor, after all, that matter felt very far away from him.
But the matter of marrying a wife is directly related to himself. This time, he can't just sit back and watch.
After thinking about it carefully, he thought of a possibility.
"Mother, why is this? Is it because the parents ordered the matchmaker?"
"That's right, but not entirely right."
The Queen spoke, curling up the corner of her mouth and showing a slight smile.
Sure enough, she guessed right. This five-year-old son really knew.
Long Lin frowned, showing an even more confused look.
"Please tell me, Queen Mother."
Long Lin was really anxious. It turned out that he really knew very little about this world.
I thought that as a prince, everything would be fine. As long as I didn't covet the throne, I would be rich and prosperous, and I would have many wives and concubines.
How do I feel now? It seems like everything is just what he thought.
The more eager Long Lin was, the stronger the smile on the queen's lips became.
"Okay, the Queen Mother will tell you naturally."
"The prince of the Dragon Dynasty will serve as an official at the age of fifteen. You should already know this."
Long Lin nodded. The wet nurse had mentioned it to him more than once.
The wet nurse said that the prince's academic performance will be used as a basis for becoming an official.
The Grand Scholar will make an evaluation, and the Emperor will make the final decision to serve as an official.
In other words, the bachelor has the right to make recommendations, but the final decision rests with the emperor.
Therefore, in order to obtain a good official position, studying becomes particularly important.
Seeing Long Lin nod, the queen continued to speak.
"But you don't know that when the prince reaches adulthood at the age of twenty, he will marry his first wife, who is also his first wife."
Long Lin raised his head, showing a hint of surprise. He really didn't know about this.
I never expected that I would wait until I was twenty.
Ahem...Twenty is just right, this is not a problem.
The first wife is indeed very important. To put it bluntly, she is the eldest wife.
"The prince is not qualified to choose this head wife until the last moment."
The more Long Lin listened, the more confused he became, so he could only be patient.
Then the queen talked to him a lot, and he finally understood.
It turns out that this matter really has a lot to do with studying. No wonder the mother would associate it with it.
The prince of the Long Dynasty got married, and the prince really had no say in his first wife.
The women who could marry were also greatly restricted. They could only be important ministers in the cabinet and outstanding women in the palaces of princes, generals and prime ministers.
But Long Lin felt that the disgusting part about this matter was precisely here.
First of all, a prince will become an official at the age of fifteen. The size of the official position will basically affect the views of many important officials towards the prince.
Secondly, your performance after becoming an official, whether you perform well or not, will naturally be in full view of the public and there is no way to hide it.
Then after serving as an official for five years, it was time for the wedding at the age of twenty.
In other words, in Long Dynasty, princes are not allowed to get married before they are twenty years old.
This Long Lin didn't care at all, but what happened next made Long Lin feel deeply troubled.
In Long Lin's words, this is not about the prince choosing a woman to marry, but relying on various performances to attract her.
The whole process is actually very simple.
The prince becomes an official and then performs well for the ministers to observe and select.
Whether the prince is good or bad, superior or inferior, how could he escape the wise eyes of important ministers in five years.
If the performance is good and the ministers are satisfied, they will naturally be willing to marry the most outstanding woman in the clan, but if the performance is too bad, the ministers will remain silent.
When there are many women who are willing to marry the prince, the prince has the right to choose, which also shows that the prince's performance is very good.
But when there is only one woman willing to marry the prince, then you have no choice but to marry this woman.
Of course, these women are all decent-looking people with good moral character.
But there is an even worse situation, that is, all the important ministers are not optimistic about it, so bad that no woman will marry the prince.
Once this happens, the prince will directly cancel the marriage that year.
Not only must the marriage be cancelled, but the marriage must not take place within the next five years. After five years, the emperor will appoint a person to hastily complete the marriage without holding a banquet.
Of course, despite the regulations, such a thing has never happened.
If you don't care about the prince, you must also care about the emperor. Naturally, there are still important ministers who are willing to sacrifice outstanding women from their descendants to marry the prince.
The situation is probably like this, if there are too many, you can choose, if there are too few, you don’t have to choose.
How much? That means you have to perform well so that others can recognize you.
If you want to perform well, you must first have a good official when you become an official.
How to have a good official? That is for the prince to work hard while studying.
Now Long Lin finally understood that studying was actually related to marrying a wife.
Oh my God! Where has he been? Is it so difficult to find a wife when you become a prince?
He thought that once he traveled through time, he would never have to think about marrying a wife again.
Now that I'm going round and round, it turns out that it's still a fucking difficult thing in life.
Ahhhh...ahhhhh...
Long Lin was wailing in his heart, feeling that the days of Xiao Xianyu were far away.
There is really no solution to this matter. I feel like there is no other solution except working hard.
He and Long Qi turned twenty at the same time, which meant that these important ministers could choose one of them.
If Long Qi performs too well, everyone will definitely choose Long Qi, so Long Qi has the right to choose.
But if there are too few of them, then it is not a question of selection, but a question of whether there is a choice.
Don't make a mistake, everyone chose Long Qi.
Waiting for five years is a small matter, but I am afraid that the face will be lost to the whole country.
When the time comes, he will no longer be a little salted fish, and he might even become a little mouse crossing the street.
Now he finally understood. No wonder Long Qi worked so hard, studying and practicing martial arts at the same time, putting on a life-threatening posture.
The throne can be given up, but women cannot.
It's no longer possible, we need to take action, otherwise we really have no choice.
If there is no choice and he ends up with an ugly girl, then God may not be able to stand his journey through time and kill him.
Long Lin's little eyes rolled around, obviously thinking.
The smile on the queen's lips became deeper and deeper, even though Long Lin had been listening and never spoke.
But the result is basically certain for the Queen.
Sure enough, stern urging and kind words are actually far less beneficial than understanding.
Ha...man! Although Long Lin is young, he is still a man.
The Queen frowned slightly, and the Emperor's figure immediately appeared in her mind.
She felt a little sour in her heart, but she had nothing to express her feelings to. She had not seen the emperor for a long time.
