Chapter 567: Two Versions of the Story
The Emperor had not expected that Old Fox Lai Taihong would make such a direct request in front of all the civil and military officials.
The marriage date for the Crown Prince and Leng Yu Yan was set, which had already been a tremendous honor for the Prince Zhenbei Mansion.
That Old Fox didn’t even bother to ask whether he was willing to grant Ye Jiu to Li Yuyue; straight away, he spoke of setting a wedding date.
Truly infuriating!
Lai Taihong spoke again, "Emperor, my eldest grandson is already twenty-three years old, not young anymore. This old subject truly wishes to embrace a great-grandchild soon. But this grandson of mine doesn’t take a fancy to any of the girls around him. There are quite a few in Beilan City who like him, but the moment we talk about looking for a match, he gets a headache."
This remark was quite amusing, causing the assembly of ministers to laugh out loud.
Seeing the reaction, the severity on the Emperor’s face softened, and he too chuckled.
But as he chuckled, his smile grew stiff.
Wasn’t this Old Fox insinuating that Ye Jiu was getting old?
He knew that even if a man was unmarried at thirty, as long as his family background was superior, why worry about not having a wife?
The hand he had resting under the imperial case began to count on his fingers; how old was Ye Jiu?
He remembered that Ye Jiu was born the same year as Ah Shi. Their birthdays were close. Ah Shi had been married off for four years now, having gone to Beiliang in her fifteenth year. By such calculation, these two daughters of his were both nineteen already.