"Father..."
Pri Minister Zhang spoke endlessly in praise of Prince Qin, and Zhang Shiyu could no longer bear to listen.
She said, "Father, surely you don’t intend for to marry Prince Qin?"
Pri Minister Zhang replied, "Father has been speaking to you at length, and you still don’t understand my aning? Alas, the future of the realm will not belong to Prince Ning, it will surely be Prince Qin. If you don’t marry Prince Qin, then who?"
Zhang Shiyu was stunned for a long while, then burst into tears again.
"Father, what do I care who becos Emperor? I like Prince Ning, not Prince Qin!"
"Ah...?" Pri Minister Zhang was heartbroken, wearing an expression of intense disappointnt, and said, "How can you think like this? As children born into a family like ours, how can we disregard personal feelings? I won’t object to you becoming a concubine, but it must be a royal concubine. If Prince Ning remains Prince Ning for life, then his concubine won’t match your status.
Today I see clearly that Prince Ning’s kind, who doesn’t know how to adapt, cannot win the Emperor’s favor. If you marry Prince Qin, with assisting you, I guarantee Prince Qin will beco Emperor."
Zhang Shiyu pouted; she naturally understood these reasons.
But then again, Jin Zijin truly did not want her, so what could she do?
There was still Gu Youyou. During the major selection that year, she vaguely felt that the woman’s appearance was not simple. So among so many candidates who seed better than Gu Youyou, Zhang Shiyu specifically chose to target Gu Youyou.
In hindsight, her instincts were quite sharp.
It’s just a pity she didn’t get rid of her back then.
Given her status, the only way to trample Gu Youyou underfoot was to beco an imperial consort.
If in the future Prince Qin becos Emperor, she would be the imperial consort, and by then she would settle the score with Gu Youyou.
Thinking of this, she nodded to Pri Minister Zhang.
"Father, just make the arrangents, your daughter will listen to you."
"That’s more like it!" Pri Minister Zhang laughed and said, "Jin Zijin has been conferred the title of Prince Ning. At this ti, if I use your marriage to support Prince Qin, he will have no reason to refuse. You just rest at ho. In the next couple of days, I’ll choose a ti to visit Prince Qin’s residence."
He looked at the lump on Zhang Shiyu’s head with concern, reached out a hand to touch it, and Zhang Shiyu scread in pain.
"Father, what are you doing, it really hurts."
"You know it hurts and you still bumped into it? Ah, hurry and find a doctor to take a look at it."
...
Miss Du handled matters quickly and soon found a few suitable young won for Lin Shenxing. She thought they all seed decent and ca to discuss with Gu Youyou.
"Look at this young lady, the second daughter of the Minister of Personnel, sixteen years old, with a plump face, she seems to be a person of good fortune."
Gu Youyou took a look at the portrait and noticed that the girl was slightly plump.
It did fit the ancient aesthetic standards.
"And this one, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, fourteen years old, just a few months away from reaching adulthood, so it won’t delay the marriage. Although she’s a concubine’s daughter, she is the eldest daughter and raised by the main wife, so she’s almost like a legitimate daughter."
"Fourteen is too young, I don’t want to hasten her fate," said Gu Youyou.
This fourteen-year-old girl looked like a child who hadn’t fully grown, which would be too unfortunate.
"And this one, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Punishnts, seventeen years old. Age is just right, and the Vice Minister’s wife is eager to match her with soone of high status. Since she’s the eldest legitimate daughter, her marriage prospects greatly impact those of her siblings, so the family is paying close attention."
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