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Hearing Ling Wenze's question, Concubine Jin and Fifth Prince were stunned.

Concubine Jin said: "Male wives... It's not impossible. My father's servant of the Ministry of Justice, named Bai Zhijian, married a male wife, and he swore that he would never take a concubine in his life. However, your father, the emperor side…"

Ling Wenze can pick up some of Bai Zhijian's affairs from his memory. This man is known for his uprightness. Last year he married a man and vowed to marry only this person in his life. There was a lot of trouble in the capital.Emperor Yong was displeased with Bai Zhijian because he had said similar things to the queen but failed to do so...

Seeing Concubine Jin's hesitation, Ling Wenze asked her: "Do you think the emperor will not agree?"

Concubine Jin shook her head, and said after consideration: "It's not necessarily that you won't agree. Your father probably won't ask for anything from you."

Ling Wenze understood that even if the Third Prince was ineffective, Emperor Yong would not be too surprised.

Ling Wenze touched his nose, and asked again: "If so, what if I want to marry a young lady?"

Concubine Jin and the fifth prince were both stunned. After a while, the fifth prince said: "Third brother, you don't mean to marry that little girl named Zhi Yuan?"

Ling Wenze nodded, and the Fifth Prince frowned and asked him again: "You really like him so much?"

Naturally, Ling Wenze couldn't explain the real reason to him, so he just smiled, acquiescing.

Concubine Jin said sternly: "The male wife Bai Shilang married is a concubine from a merchant family. After all, you are a son of the royal family. If you marry a young lady... your father may not agree. Ze'er, you must not act willfully."

Seeing Concubine Jin and Fifth Prince's worried looks, Ling Wenze said with a smile: "I will definitely marry Zhiyuan, don't worry, Concubine Shu will help me."

Ling Wenze's words did not make Concubine Jin and Fifth Prince feel at ease, but seeing Ling Wenze's determination to win, the mother and son looked at each other without saying anything.

After Ling Wenze left, Concubine Jin still asked the Fifth Prince worriedly: "Jin'er, I always feel that your third brother has changed a lot."

Ling Wenjin asked her with a smile: "Does the mother concubine like the third elder brother from before, or the current one?"

Concubine Jin thought for a while, and said firmly: "Of course it is now. If Sister Hui is alive in heaven, she must hope that Ze'er will no longer be the same as before."

Ling Wenjin didn't mention the conversation with Ling Wenze in the afternoon, but comforted him: "Mother, don't worry, the third brother is really different from before, he knows what he's doing."

Concubine Jin finally smiled, and she gently stroked Ling Wenjin's hair: "Concubine Mu doesn't want you to get involved in those disputes, but only hopes that you will be safe and healthy forever."

Ling Wenjin grabbed her hand and smiled at her, but said nothing.He also doesn't want to get involved in disputes, but many things are beyond his control.

Concubine Jin also knew that being born in the royal family was destined to be unsettled, so she still sighed: "Do whatever you want, Concubine Mu will always support you."

Ling Wenjin had a sore nose, and threw herself into Concubine Jin's arms and hugged her tightly.

Back in his bedroom, Ling Wenjin took out the dagger that Ling Wenze had given him, sat on the floor, and started carving with a stone he picked up at random.This is his usual posture, sitting on the ground a little farther away, facing the table case and bookshelf, allowing his eyes to sweep across the entire bookshelf.Just like what he told Ling Wenze, most of his books here are military books, which were given to him by Liang Cangqiong.

It is said to be carving, but the tofu-like texture still makes him feel a little unreal.Glancing at the row of wood carvings on the top of the bookshelf, Ling Wenjin remembered what Liang Cangqiong had said to him.

"Cang Qiong thinks that His Highness should not waste his talent on wood carving. His Highness has the talent of heaven. If His Highness needs it one day, Cang Qiong is willing to persuade my father to help His Highness."

He hasn't told Ling Wenze these words yet. He is only 13 years old, and Liang Cangqiong is only [-] this year. Who would believe that two teenagers at this age have already started planning something that is life and death?There are also those arrangements of grandfather, which cannot be easily told to Ling Wenze.

But Ling Wenjin had to admit that he really coveted that position.After all, that was the pinnacle of power. Sitting there, he could help grandfather implement the law, avenge his uncle, improve General Liang's combat readiness, and do many things he wanted to do.

Over the years, Emperor Yong ignored the frontier more and more. He thought that You Jiang had been beaten honestly, but neither General Liang, Liang Cangqiong, nor Ling Wenjin himself thought so.You Jiang's wolf ambition has never been completely extinct, they are just resting and recuperating.

Regarding Emperor Yong, Ling Wenjin felt that his father was not a good emperor, he ascended to the throne and gained the world by virtue of his noble status, but he couldn't manage the world well.Otherwise, he would not favor Concubine Shu and the Second Prince so much and let them do many wrong things.

Unconsciously clenched the dagger in his hand, and clenched the stone with his left hand, Ling Wenjin tried hard to restrain his resentment.He will never forget the grief of his grandfather and concubine mother after his uncle died...

"what!"

There was a sudden startled sound in his ears, Ling Wenjin shook his hand, and the dagger in his right hand was slashed towards his left.The word "It's over" flashed in his mind, Ling Wenjin thought that his left hand was going to be cut off by the dagger, but the next moment he found that the dagger was on his left hand without any lethality.He looked at his left hand in disbelief, and suddenly realized that Ling Wenze might have hidden something from him.

Ling Wenyan panicked and pulled Ling Wenjin's left hand to check, she was so frightened that she almost shed tears: "Xiaojin, are you okay...I saw your carving knife on the table...I thought you didn't have it...I..."

Ling Wenjin quickly took the dagger away, and comforted: "It's okay, sister, look, I'm fine."

Ling Wenyan saw that his left hand did not have any scars, so she was relieved, but she still shed tears with lingering fear: "I'm sorry, I won't make this kind of joke with you again."

Ling Wenjin put the dagger back into the scabbard, smiled and hugged Ling Wenyan: "Congratulations then, sister, you have finally grown up."

Ling Wenyan was amused by him, then let him go, pinched his ears and taught him a lesson: "You kid is getting better and better, you dare to make fun of your sister and me!"

Ling Wenjin hurriedly begged for mercy, but Ling Wenyan finally let go of his ears.

Pulling Ling Wenyan to sit by the table, Ling Wenjin asked, "How are you at Grandpa's place today?"

Ling Wenyan said happily: "As usual, grandpa asked me to look through many case files, which is very interesting. By the way, Bai Shilang is also here. Do you know that Bai Shilang is not very happy recently because his wife opened a bookstore. Bai Shilang obviously doesn't like his wife's contact with other people, and he allowed him to open a bookstore. You haven't seen his appearance, such a burly man with a fierce face, but when he mentioned his wife Showing a look of grievance, hahaha..."

Ling Wenjin could imagine that scene: "Although Bai Shilang always looks serious, he really dotes on his husband and wife."

Ling Wenyan also thought this pair was very interesting: "That is to say, if you ask me, their relationship is much better than many couples."

Ling Wenjin remembered what Ling Wenze said today, and told Ling Wenyan about Ling Wenze's plan to marry Zhi Yuan.

After hearing this, Ling Wenyan was so surprised that she didn't know what to say, and she said after a while: "Brother Sanhuang, this... Will father agree?"

"I don't know," Ling Wenjin shook his head, "He said Concubine Shu would definitely help him."

Ling Wenyan's face darkened: "He wants to ask Concubine Shu for help? How can he ask Concubine Shu for help?"

Ling Wenjin patted her hand, and explained to Ling Wenze: "It's better to use than to help. Father is about to make a crown prince. Although the third brother and I don't seem to be a threat, if we can completely rule out the three Concubine Shu will definitely be willing to help with the possibility of my brother taking the throne."

His expression softened, and Ling Wenyan asked him: "Does Brother San Huang really like that young lady?"

Ling Wenjin also had doubts: "He didn't admit that he liked that young lady, he just said that he wanted to marry him. I don't know what he wants to do."

"Xiao Jin, do you really believe in Brother San Huang?"

"I still don't fully believe it yet, I... still need time."

Ling Wenyan held his hand: "No matter what, my concubine and I will definitely support you!"

Ling Wenjin smiled. Perhaps it was his sorrow to be born in the royal family, but he must be the luckiest person to have a mother like Concubine Jin and a sister like Ling Wenyan.

Ling Wenze returned to his palace, and heard from the palace people that Zhi Yuan didn't even eat dinner and was reading all the time.After entering the outer room, he found that Zhi Yuan was indeed still immersed in the book.

"Is this military book so beautiful?"

Hearing Ling Wenze's voice, Zhi Yuan put down her book and got up to meet him: "Your Highness."

Ling Wenze sent someone to bring food, and asked Zhi Yuan to sit down at the table: "No matter how beautiful the book is, it's not a meal. Come on, sit down and eat."

Zhi Yuan sat down obediently, originally intending to help Ling Wen Ze Sheng, but he stopped her.

Ling Wenze rubbed his stomach and said, "I've already eaten at Xiaowu's, so don't worry about me."

After finishing speaking, Ling Wenze went to the table and picked up a military book that Zhi Yuan had read, opened it, and then said in surprise: "There are so many annotations on it, are you writing it?"

Zhi Yuan swallowed the food in her mouth, and said, "No, I had these when I got them. His Royal Highness Fifth Prince... is really amazing."

Ling Wenze looked at it carefully, and said: "Actually, I don't know whether this word belongs to Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu said that these books were given to him by his attendant Liang Cangqiong, since Xiao Wu dared to borrow these books Give me... tsk, find a chance to ask him."

Zhi Yuan felt that Ling Wenze was warning him that if these annotations were really written by the fifth prince, it would be troublesome for someone who cared to know, so he looked at Ling Wenze and said, "Zhi Yuan understands, it is Zhi Yuan's slip of the tongue."

Ling Wenze was taken aback by the sudden confession, and when he came to his senses, he explained: "What I said is true, there is no other meaning."

Zhi Yuan nodded, put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm full."

Ling Wenze was a little powerless, it seemed that Zhi Yuan didn't trust him.Looking at Zhi Yuan's face, Ling Wenze muttered in his heart: Forget it, take your time.