C98 (2/2)

”Eh, Jin'er is the direct descendant of my General's Estate. Isn't that obvious?”

”So you want your daughter to live in the midst of a myriad of flowers. No matter how many flowers there are in the world, you need to remain firm and unmoving. You want to choose the most powerless and unambitious, fatherless and unrelated, an ordinary young man from a clean family?”

A trace of mischievousness flashed across Lu JinNian's eyes, ”Daughter doesn't mind this kind of person without a car, house, and savings, but I'm afraid this kind of person won't even be able to take out a betrothal gift.”

Lu Mo Ting's face stiffened, ”Don't mess around.”

”Your daughter isn't fooling around. It was clearly your father who was dishonest,” Lu JinNian laughed, ”Your daughter thinks that since His Majesty has so many affairs to attend to every day, he definitely won't think about your daughter's marriage for no reason. If your father doesn't tell you the truth, then your daughter won't be able to help you.”

Lu Mo Ting, ”...”

Simply put, the Crown Prince had done something terrible recently.

The Crown Prince had always been shouting, but now he was shouting even louder.

The Emperor Xiao Wen Feng had always used checks and balances to deal with the tangled relations between the imperial court and the Imperial Court. If the Crown Prince were to be crippled, the balance between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, as well as their supporters, would be broken.

Therefore, they could either continue to favor the crown prince and maintain the current balance. However, this way, the Second Prince's faction would inevitably feel dissatisfied and resentful, which would cause the balance to be broken.

Perhaps he was looking for a new balance with regards to his children. The Third Prince was not in the mood for court politics and liked to live in the wild. The Fourth Prince was indeed talented.

However, before that, Xiao Wen Feng wanted to see the attitude and intentions of the court officials.

As everyone knew, Lu Mo Ting and Xiao Wen Feng had grown up together. Xiao Wen Feng was the only one who had been loyal to Lu Mo Ting, and he was the only one among the ministers that had a neutral attitude towards the candidates. If they wanted to control Lu Mo Ting's movements, they could only start from his daughter.

Lu Qingwan was about to become the imperial concubine of the Fourth Prince. Lu Qingyao hadn't even reached her age, yet she was already chasing after the son of Prime Minister Pei. Pei Yu's butt had already run off …

This was nothing, Lu Mo Ting only cared about Lu Jin Nian, the direct daughter that his principal wife Chu Yun Di had left for him.

Proposing Lu Jinniang's marriage was a bait Xiao Wenfeng wanted to test the direction of the wind in the hall.

Today, when Xiao Wen Feng discussed things with him, he rejected him in his heart. He once thought that in his own home, he must have the person he loved the most, and their child must be doted on by all means.

But because of the Shen family, Chu Yundi left home in anger, he lost everything he loved. For the sake of his majesty, he promised his daughter's life's future. Perhaps before, he still had a sliver of a struggle, saying that he wasn't a good husband, but could become a good father.

But the truth proved that he wasn't one of them, as the only thing that remained was the word 'loyal monarch'.