hsntnovel Chapter 2364 Bad idea
Chapter 2364 Bad idea
Li Shen also understood what Zhao Guang meant. Who doesn't want his daughter to marry the top scholar? But Wang Lianzhi has never passed the exam, so Zhao Guang must be a little disappointed.
"Alas~~~" Li Shen sighed and said sincerely:
"Zhao Guang, I'm not lying to you. Think about it carefully. If Wang Lianzhi really passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, and you lead him like this,
Do you think he will come back to marry your daughter?
"Number one scholar, your future is limitless. Even if Wang Lianzhi is deeply in love with your daughter and is willing to come back to marry her, it may not be a good thing."
"Why does His Royal Highness Prince Ji say so?"
Zhao Guang was a little confused. Shouldn't it be a good thing for Wang Lianzhi to come back after graduating from high school and marry his daughter?
How can it not be a good thing?
"Do you know that the top scholar in Chang'an City, as long as he comes from a humble family and has no background, is targeted by these nobles in Chang'an City.
Everyone was competing with each other, wanting to marry their daughters to the top scholar.
From the royal family to the civil and military officials, even the aristocratic families are no exception.
If these people knew that the top scholar had a special liking for the daughter of a small merchant like you, what would be your fate?
"You should be very clear about the consequences of disappearing without a trace or having your family destroyed, right?"
Li Shen finally made a chopping motion towards Zhao Guang, and Zhao Guang couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Prince Ji was not exaggerating at all; this was indeed possible.
Seeing the effect, Li Shen immediately continued:
"I'm not trying to scare you, nor am I exaggerating. There are many cases of people abandoning their wives after passing the imperial examination.
Two years ago, there was a top scholar in the imperial examination named Chen Shimei. This bastard abandoned his wife and children after he won the title.
He wanted to marry a princess of higher status, but was found by his wife and children. In order to conceal the truth, this guy actually wanted to kill his wife and children to silence them.
Fortunately, the truth was finally revealed and he was sentenced to beheading.
You said, you are still waiting for him to pass the imperial examination, aren't you stupid?"
"There's actually such a thing? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Zhao Guang was horrified after hearing Li Shen's story. He had just killed them to silence them, and now he was killing his wife and children.
He suddenly realized that Wang Lianzhi's success in the imperial examination would be extremely harmful to their family.
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. Since it involves the royal family, it must be kept secret. I am only telling you today.
If you spread this, your entire family will be executed."
Li Shen tells lies without thinking.
Zhao Guang was stunned.
Zhao Guang really believed what Li Shen said. He felt that it was natural. The royal dignity was inviolable and anything that happened must be covered up. It was normal that he, a commoner, had not heard of it.
"But Your Highness, the matter of escaping from slavery..." This is the most crucial point.
"Didn't I just say that if they get married, the remaining child will be your grandchild and they will be good citizens?
At least this child has your blood in him.
And don’t you have a son?
If you adopt one of your grandsons, your Zhao family's bloodline will become a good citizen. No matter what his last name is, he is still your Zhao family's bloodline, right? "
Li Shen gave Zhao Guang a bad idea, at least that's what Wang Xuance and Pei Ziyu thought.
In this vast world, it is rare to adopt a child to the son-in-law's family. Generally, children are adopted only by people with the same surname, father and clan.
This young man actually asked someone to adopt the child to someone with a different surname. Isn't this just throwing away his own bloodline?
Sure enough, as the two were thinking about it, they saw that Zhao Guang's face looked a little bad. He looked like he was going to curse someone, but he was also scared and a little angry.
"What do you think? This is a good idea of mine, right?" Li Shen didn't realize it and was still trying to take credit for it.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, doesn't this mean I have to throw away a grandson?" Zhao Guang asked directly, his tone sounding a little unpleasant.
What exactly was King Ji’s idea?
"Well... that's right. Well... you need to think about it for me."
Li Shen scratched his head and realized that his idea was not very good. The other family only had one grandson, so wouldn't their family line be extinct?
Li Shen leaned back in his chair, thinking hard, but there was really no solution. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wang Xuance.
Wang Xuance shook his head, indicating that he had not thought of it either.
Li Shen looked at Pei Ziyu on the other side, who also shook his head and saluted. This kind of thing is not easy to decide.
The two people's adultery violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty and should have been punished, but Prince Ji wanted to match them up.
Is Prince Ji just too bored to do anything? Pei Ziyu wondered.
There was really no other way. Li Shen scratched his head vigorously.
"Bang!" He slammed the table hard.
"Anyway, there are two options. The first is to let Wang Lianzhi marry your daughter. The second is the crime of adultery, with both of them sentenced to one and a half years in prison.
You choose one.
If you choose the second option, I will banish your daughter as a slave and publish your daughter's story in the newspaper as a typical case.
When the time comes, I will let your little story spread all over the world, and see who will still do business with you."
When normal methods failed, Li Shen resorted to rogue tactics. His status as a prince was particularly useful in this regard.
Li Shen kept cursing in his heart, he was trying to persuade you with good intentions to save your daughter's reputation, but you were trying to obstruct him in every possible way.
Isn't this just forcing yourself to get angry?
Sure enough, after hearing Li Shen's next words, Zhao Guang's face became even uglier. This was too mean.
This matter is embarrassing enough when it spreads in Xizhou, but Prince Ji actually wants to publish it in the newspaper. Wouldn't he be laughed at by the whole world?
"Your Highness Prince Ji, you can't..." He wanted to argue but was interrupted by Li Shen.
“There is nothing I cannot do, it just depends on whether I want to do it or not.
Zhao Guang, you may not know my temper since you are not in Chang'an. If I get cruel, even I will be afraid of myself.
Please don't be ungrateful and force me to use force.
It's up to you to decide how to choose." Li Shen finally lost his patience. Sometimes reasoning just doesn't work.
Because some people don't understand the truth.
"Zhao Guang, His Royal Highness Prince Ji is kind-hearted and doesn't want to see your daughter's reputation ruined, so he resorted to this desperate measure. Please don't make the mistake of doing so.
Are you doing porcelain and cloth business here?
I heard that business is not doing well recently, what do you think?
Just when Zhao Guang was hesitating, Pei Ziyu looked at Zhao Guang and said calmly.
Zhao Guang's heart immediately trembled:
"I...I also want to protect my daughter's reputation. Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness. I will leave it to your Highness to decide."
Although Prince Ji has a bad reputation, to be honest, he is not as scary as Pei Ziyu.
Prince Ji will be gone soon and it is impossible for him to stay in Xizhou Prefecture forever, but Pei Ziyu is different. He has been in Xizhou Prefecture for many years and has deep roots there.
(Oh, I’m so punctual today. Save one.)