Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

When Emperor Renxiao ordered Shen Yuanxu to come in, anyone with a discerning eye could see what was going on.

The officials who secretly supported Zhou Ruyuan began to get anxious.

Shen Yuanxu went to the court holding the imperial edict. No one dared to find fault with him. Even Emperor Renxiao was exempted from kowtow at the first opportunity.

"Yuanxu, tell your uncle who has wronged you."

Shen Yuanxu knelt on the ground holding the imperial edict in his hands. He was a grown man approaching his thirties, but now he was like a young wife, complaining aggrievedly.

"Uncle, I want to sue the Left Prime Minister Wu Yanzhi."

Poor Wu Yanzhi entered the palace early today because Zhou Ruyuan returned to Beijing. He had no idea what happened at home and was still accused of something.

Emperor Renxiao's eyes flickered, and he looked much friendlier than before.

"Tell me what's going on."

Shen Yuanxu: "Uncle, I feel wronged!"

Shen Lanxi watched with a smile, she didn't expect that Shen Yuanxu, who was usually serious, would act like this when he was playing.

"I went to the Wu family today to propose marriage, but the Wu family didn't take the imperial edict seriously at all. They even sent a bunch of concubines to marry me as legitimate daughters. I want to ask Prime Minister Wu what his intention is. Do you think our emperor is too easy to deceive?"

Another big hat was put on Wu Yanzhi's head, which made him stunned.

Shen Yuanxu went to propose marriage? Who asked him to propose marriage? He hadn't even started to arrange the matter of recording the concubine's daughter as the legitimate daughter?

Shen Yuanxu looked dejected. If he hadn't been unable to cry, he would have probably been crying by now.

"Uncle, you have to make the decision for me! I'm not saying that concubines are bad, I'm just angry at Prime Minister Wu's attitude. It's obviously the Wu family's fault, and the marriage is my compensation. I didn't expect Prime Minister Wu to be such a coward, pretending to obey but actually disobeying and deceiving his superiors and subordinates."

Wu Yanzhi was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Usually Shen Yuanxu seems to be quiet and obedient, but I didn't expect that he is a dog that doesn't bark. Once he barks, he bites!

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! I came to the palace when Old Chen opened the palace gates, and I have never been back since then. I don't know anything about what happened at home!"

Emperor Renxiao understood what was going on and realized that it was because Shen Yuanxu was dissatisfied with Wu Yanzhi for using a concubine's daughter to impersonate a legitimate daughter and felt that he was at a disadvantage.

With a brain like this, I can only take part in the imperial examination.

"Wang Bao, go to the Prime Minister's residence and find out what's going on."

"Yes." Wang Bao quickly led the guards away.

Emperor Renxiao naturally did not want to see the Shen family and the Wu family marry. Shen Yuanxu could make it satisfy him without him doing anything. Today, something finally made him happy.

"Yuan Xu, I heard that Prime Minister Wu no longer has a legitimate daughter. Would you consider this marriage again?"

He still admired Shen Yuanxu's remarks that every citizen has a share of responsibility when the country is in trouble.

Shen Yuanxu: "Why not? Yes, there is!"

Wu Yanzhi was furious: "My youngest daughter is already engaged, and the wedding date is being discussed. She will be married by the end of the year at the latest. I will definitely not let my youngest daughter break off the engagement and marry you."

Shen Yuanxu laughed: "Prime Minister Wu, have you forgotten that your little daughter is only a few months old? How could you promise her to be married off before the end of the year? You just don't want to compensate me and are deliberately disobeying my order!"

After a moment of silence, the whole court was in an uproar.

"Did the old man hear correctly?"

"That's right, Shen Yuanxu's move is really powerful. It's like cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron."

"Prime Minister Wu has failed this time. He has met his match."

"Shen Yuanxu's head was definitely broken by a horse, and he actually wants to marry a child?"

"That's not how an old cow eats young grass. If he had gotten married a few years earlier, his granddaughter would have been the same age as that child."

There was constant murmur of discussion in the court.

Wu Yanzhi's face was flushed and bloodshot appeared in his eyes.

"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, Shen Yuanxu, you are going too far!"

"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for this old minister..."

Emperor Renxiao remained silent. He let the discussions in the court drown out the noise in the vegetable market, and he did not say anything to stop them. It was not until Wang Bao came running back breathlessly and recounted the whole story of the Wu family that he sternly ordered the court officials to be quiet.

"My dear Minister Wu~" Emperor Renxiao looked at Wu Yanzhi meaningfully.

Wu Yanzhi shuddered and had a bad feeling in his heart.

"This is your family's business, so I can't get involved. You and Wang Bao go to the side hall and listen!"

Wu Yanzhi was very familiar with His Majesty. When he heard him say this, his heart sank to the bottom.

He didn't need to listen, he already knew His Majesty's decision.

But the process still had to be completed. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew were all grace from the emperor. The main reason why he could get to where he is today was that he knew how to adapt to the times.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."

After a while, Wu Yanzhi came back.

When he came back, he knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I failed to discipline my family and allowed them to do whatever they wanted. I failed to supervise them."

Emperor Renxiao sighed, "Every family has its own problems. You are busy with the affairs of the court every day and have no time to take care of the harem. It is inevitable that there will be omissions. I am not unkind."

Wu Yanzhi's heart was dead.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Renxiao said to Shen Yuanxu: "Yuanxu, this is all a misunderstanding. I will allow you to think about marrying the daughter of the Shen family again."

Shen Yuanxu said angrily, as if he was speaking in anger: "Uncle, I cannot bear the way the Wu family treated me. I want to marry the Wu family's legitimate daughter, no matter if she is eighty, eighteen, or a few months old, as long as she is a legitimate daughter, I will marry her."

Emperor Renxiao: “…” Although the result is good, it is unacceptable from the perspective of ethics!

Shen Yuanxu was tall and strong, but he was very narrow-minded. Wu Yanzhi's daughter cheated on him, and then he made Wu Yanzhi lose his daughter.

On the one hand, he is an old minister, and on the other hand, he has already spoken. It’s a difficult situation!

"Your Majesty, I support Shen Yuanxu's request to marry the Wu family's legitimate daughter!" Shen Lanxi stepped forward with a smile and asked for permission.

Wei Dongzhu: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wu already owed Shen Yuanxu a debt, and the marriage contract was meant to compensate him. Besides, the Prime Minister also agreed to it before."

Zhou Ruyuan frowned and glanced at Shen Lanxi and Wei Dongzhu.

Emperor Renxiao was silent, and none of the court officials dared to speak.

Wu Yanzhi closed his eyes resignedly, and when he opened them again, he had already made the decision.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to carry out your decree, but I have a request."

Emperor Renxiao raised his eyelids and said, "You can say whatever you want."

Wu Yanzhi's eyes flashed with cruelty and calculation: "Since Shen Yuanxu is sincere in asking for marriage, I ask that the marriage be completed as soon as possible."

Everyone in the court: "..."

Shen Yuanxu is crazy, Wu Yanzhi is even crazier!

These two deserve to be father-in-law and son-in-law.

After Wu Yanzhi finished speaking, he quickly continued, "I beg Your Majesty to grant my request for the sake of my years of dedication to the Great Zhou."

Although it was clearly a gratifying trend, Emperor Renxiao was at a loss as to whether to proceed or not.