Chapter 168: Wishful Thinking

"If you want me to say, let's be honest, don't think about who to help, especially Zhu Ling, who has lost his power now and doesn't even recognize it today!"

Seeing that Li Ming listened to what he said, Li Wang couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and hurriedly took out a page of the draft edict from the placket of his clothes and handed it to him, "Father, please see, this is a few days ago, by chance, from the Ministry of Rites, the content is written ...... Your Majesty now, I want to choose a ...... for His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

"What do you mean......"

took the draft edict from Li Wang's hand, opened it, and read it carefully a few times, the worry on Li Ming's face was a little lighter, and a thought that coincided with Li Wang also poured into his mind. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]

In the past, he was able to marry his daughter to Emperor Longqing as Princess Yu, and today, he can marry another granddaughter to Zhu Lingjun as his wife...... Now the prince who is most liked by Emperor Longqing has a relationship and turns hostility into jade silk, no matter how this is calculated, it is an extremely cost-effective thing!

It's just that a shrewd person like Zhu Lingjun must be smart enough to marry the girl he marries, otherwise, the wind on the pillow is not good, and he can't stand firm in Zhu Lingjun's backyard, but it's not beautiful......

Seeing that his proposal caused Li Ming's face to change, Li Wang knew that his father was thinking the same as him, but if he knew it, he would know it, and he still had to let Li Ming say it himself, otherwise, let Li Ming's eldest son. That is, Ling Ling's own uncle took care of it, and he spent this amount of effort, but the gains outweighed the losses, "Father? ”

"My son has made a great contribution to my Li family!"

Although I haven't thought about which granddaughter of my family I want to send to Zhu Lingjun as the princess, this is a matter of this. But it has already been finalized in Li Ming's heart. "Your Majesty has said that the person who was imprisoned is not true. Why should we be stubborn, we have to help him to get to the top! Come! Call all the girls in the house who have not yet come out of the house, and ask for grandchildren, all of them. Fast! ”

It's early, not late.

There have already been mass deserters in the Northeast Battalion. According to investigation, the reason was that he was afraid of being involved with Zhu Lingli and being convicted by Emperor Longqing...... The only way to do this is to cut through the mess with a quick knife. Drawing a clear line with Zhu Lingling is the best way to stabilize the morale of the army and avoid trouble for their Li family!

Li Ming thought so. What I was thinking about in my heart was how to mention this matter to Emperor Longqing, after all. When he was before, he had already done something, so that Emperor Longqing could see it in his eyes and lose face.

Attitude is a must, and punishment is inevitable, but what to do to minimize losses is the most important thing for him to consider at present.

Thinking of this, Li Ming instinctively thought of Li Wang, a concubine who had great ideas on weekdays, turned his head, glanced at him, and saw that he was not in a hurry at all, as if he had already made up his mind, and just waited for himself to ask, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and he didn't care that there were several sisters-in-law present in the house, so he opened his mouth to ask him, "Wang'er, what else do you think about this matter?" ”

"The son thinks that choosing a concubine is a matter for the three princes, and for him, who to choose as the concubine is just a formality, and it's not a big deal."

After saying this, Li Wang paused slightly, saw Li Ming staring at himself with puzzled eyebrows, and motioned for himself to continue, before he smiled again and said the second half of the sentence that he had prepared a long time ago, "He is a person whose mother family has no power, what he needs is, of course, the support of people with great power, and our family, which supports the northeast and has a close relationship with Jiangnan, is undoubtedly the best and most conducive to his future competition for the top position...... My father knew a few years ago that the beauty of sending charcoal in the snow, why can't he see it clearly today? As far as the son knows, His Majesty is a very nostalgic and grateful person, as long as his father's attitude is clear and sincere, His Majesty will not blame his father for his previous actions or anything, and it should be a matter of course for His Majesty to ......remember his father's past actions and anything."

Back then, Li Ming married his concubine to Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu, as a concubine, which was actually a desperate move, not what Li Wang said, but a pair of "discerning eyes" that saw clearly the beauty of sending charcoal in the snow.

At that time, Li Ming was just a military general who was a partial general in the Northeast Battalion, and in Yanjing, there was no power at all, and the reason why he married his eldest daughter to King Yu, who was powerless and not favored by Emperor Jiajing at that time, that is, the current Emperor Longqing, was a concubine was entirely because the eldest daughter of her family was of marriageable age and was included in the list of concubines...... The other powerful princes each chose their favorite women to go back to be their wives and concubines, and there were only a few women left, including his daughter, who were not in love!

There are only two fates for women who enter the list of concubines, either marry the prince, be a concubine or a side concubine, or even a concubine with a lower status, and get a chance to fly on the branch and become a phoenix, or be assigned by the emperor to marry a courtier or the son and grandson of a courtier, and bury it in the backyard from then on, and there will be no future.

Therefore, in the face of the fact that his concubine was not chosen by the powerful prince, Li Ming pondered and meditated hard and struggled ruthlessly, and finally decided to meet with King Yu, who was avoided by everyone at that time, and proposed to him that he was willing to marry his concubine to him as a concubine, and was willing to give him the support he could.

As the so-called icing on the cake is easy, it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, Li Ming's desperate move, it happened that he really planted melons and got melons in Zhu Zaiyuan, and later, after Zhu Zaigao succeeded to the throne, he brought supreme glory and full of blessings to the Li family!

Today, although the situation in which Ling Jun is in is not the same as that faced by Zhu Zaiyuan at that time, as far as he is concerned, he who has no military power, if he can be "lucky" to marry the girl of the Li family, and because of this, he will be supported by the two battalions in the northeast and the south of the Yangtze River...... plus the Northwest Battalion, which has always had a good relationship with him...... The next emperor after Emperor Longqing must be him!

With such a low-hanging benefit, Zhu Lingjun has no reason to refuse.

Li Ming thought like this, and looked at Li Wang's gaze, and he liked it a little more.

This son is a man of great wisdom, although he is not a son-in-law, but he is definitely much more productive than his elm-like sons-in-law!

Perhaps, he should think about it, mention the identity of Li Wang's mother, so that Li Wang can also become a concubine who is qualified to inherit the family business, his wife is still there, and he has not committed seven crimes, it is definitely not okay to be degraded, but ...... It's okay to raise Li Wang's mother to half a position and let her be a flat wife......

Yes, that's it!

was thinking about the promotion of Li Wang's mother, and the housekeeper brought all the girls of the grandchildren of the family to the main hall, the eldest was thirteen or fourteen years old, which was the marriageable age, and the youngest, about seven or eight years old, was still a child who didn't know much about men and women.

Born in a place like the Li family, even if he is still a child, he is also well versed in the affairs of the house, and it is not good to say, pleasing the husband, pleasing the elders, squeezing others, intrigues and tricks, etc., all of them are top masters, of course, this other person, including other sisters and brothers who were also born in this courtyard like them.

"Grandfather Wan An."

"Grandpa Wan'an."

More than a dozen little girls, all of them showing off their flowers, standing in two rows with low eyebrows and greeting in unison, can be regarded as a good scene, but at this time, Li Ming has no interest in appreciating it at all.

He needs a worthy granddaughter or granddaughter, at least, a smart woman who can enter Ling Jun's eyes, can entangle him, and get his long-term favor, otherwise, with Ling Jun's shrewdness, he will send a person with three heads and six arms, and at a certain time, he will have to ask the person he sent to have nothing to hide!

If you don't have it, it's better not to have it, Li Ming is very clear about this truth.

Waving his hand and signaling the little girls to get up, Li Ming started from the front, staring at his granddaughters and granddaughters one by one, and they all looked good, but they didn't know ...... Which is more suitable......

Although Ling Jun is not a concubine, he is a prince after all, and the person who marries him as a concubine must be a concubine, but it doesn't matter, as long as the person is suitable, mentioning the position of the girl's mother or grandmother, isn't it just a matter of his words?

If you can't become a wife, you can also be a flat wife, and the children born to your flat wife can also be regarded as a concubine, but it's really not good, just let him have a son who is a concubine, and raise the girl under his name, and he will get it!

Thinking of this, Li Ming's gaze sank slightly, retracted his gaze, and asked more than a dozen little girls, "Your Majesty intends to choose a concubine for His Royal Highness the Third Prince, which of you children is bound to win?" ”

The Li family is a relative of the eldest prince Linglu, this is the entire Li family, even the children who have just left, know clearly, so at this moment, when Li Ming suddenly asked such a sentence, half of the dozen or so little girls present were stunned in place, looked up in disbelief, and looked at his face rudely.

"You don't have to go, even if you go, if you are picked, you will only be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and you don't know how to die!"

Glancing at a few little girls who showed their gaffes because of surprise, Li Ming shook his head in disappointment, called the housekeeper to step forward, and asked them all to take them away, "I don't even have this calmness in case of trouble, how can I be the best girl of my Li family!" Housekeeper, pass on my words, replace their upbringing mothers-in-law, find some useful ones, and make sure that they can stand alone before leaving the cabinet, and in the backyard of the future husband, support a piece of my Li family's heaven! (To be continued)

ps: Bow to thank Huyan Haha for the rice bonus ticket, Mo Da~