Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 19 Marriage Grant
In Emperor Jing'an's view, his grandson Yuan Qingbai saved him and made a great contribution to saving the emperor. Of course he should be rewarded heavily!

But how to give a big reward?
Should Yuan Qingbai be knighted?

Emperor Jing'an had a rule that none of his princes, except the prince, would be ennobled before reaching adulthood, to prevent young nobles from becoming arrogant and acting as they please.

The same goes for treating emperors and grandchildren.

Even though he loved the emperor's grandson Yuan Qingliang very much, he did not knight him before he came of age.

And Yuan Qingbai is only twelve years old now, and he has just been raised and trained by him recently.

If you don't get a title, will you be rewarded with a lot of property?

Emperor Jing'an has already rewarded Yuan Qingbai with a lot of property, but it would not be good to reward him in large quantities.

After thinking about it, Emperor Jing'an decided: Let's get married!

Originally, Yuan Qingbai's father, the third prince, made the final decision on his marriage.

Now that he is being raised and taught by Emperor Jing'an, the emperor's grandfather, Emperor Jing'an has the final say.

Even if he was not raised and taught by Emperor Jing'an, wouldn't it be okay if Emperor Jing'an wanted to make the decision?
In the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's marriage was regarded as a great reward!
Yuan Qingliang and Yuan Qingtang were both granted marriage by Emperor Jing'an at an early age. Among them, Yuan Qingliang was granted marriage when he was ten years old.

When the third prince was under ten years old, Emperor Jing'an appointed him to marry the Xiahou family.

Emperor Jing'an also liked doing this kind of work.

So, when Emperor Jing'an returned to Shenjing City from Chengde, he dealt with the princeling matter, and then took a break from his busy schedule to marry his beloved grandson Yuan Qingbai.

He ordered people to make a list of women from the families of powerful and famous officials whose age was suitable for Yuan Qingbai.

The list is not short, including Jia Yuanchun.

Although the Jia family was implicated in the prince's rebellion.

However, both Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion still retain the lintels of Guogong Mansion.

The Jia Mansion finally produced two founding Dukes and a second-generation Rongguo Duke, Jia Daishan.

Now there are also Jia Mu, the wife of a first-rank duke, and two first-class generals of the third rank.

Jia Yuanchun is also the eldest granddaughter of Rongguo Mansion.

There's no excuse for her not being on this list.

Emperor Jing'an read the list again and again, and considered it again and again.

Then I checked a few, including Jia Yuanchun.

Emperor Jing'an felt a little guilty about Jia Daishan.

He has a really deep relationship with Jia Daishan, the emperor and his ministers, and Jia Daishan is also his great contributor.

And he also knew that Jia Daihua, Jia Jing, and Jia She were not directly involved in the prince's rebellion. Jia Daihua was loyal to him, the old emperor.

In addition, because of his relationship with Jia Daishan, the prince and Jia She had been in contact since childhood, and he approved of it at the beginning.

If it weren't for the prince's bad deeds this time, which made him unable to resist severely punishing the princelings, the Jia family would not be so implicated.

Moreover, Jia Yuanchun is Jia Zheng's daughter. If she were Jia She's daughter, Emperor Jing'an probably wouldn't check the box.

After careful consideration, Emperor Jing'an also ticked Jia Yuanchun's name.

But it's just to check the name temporarily. We also need to ask about the appearance and personality, and assign a batch of birth dates.

When Emperor Jing'an ticked off a few names, he then ordered his trusted eunuchs to find out about the appearance and character of these women, and to find out their birthdays and horoscopes.

Although Jia Mu of Rongguo Mansion plans to send Yuan Chun into the harem of the new emperor in the future.

However, if Yuanchun was chosen by Emperor Jing'an to marry Yuan Qingbai, Jia's mother would think it was a good thing.

The Jia family had just been implicated in the prince's rebellion. Emperor Jing'an's move was a sign of the royal family of the Rongguo family, and would be beneficial to the dignity and wealth of the Jia family and Jia's mother who had just been greatly damaged.

Jia Daihua also praised Yuan Qingbai in front of Jia Mu, and also whispered that Yuan Qingbai would probably be the prince in the future, and the chance of the third prince succeeding to the throne was not small. Once the third prince succeeded, Yuan Qingbai would probably succeed in the future...

what does this mean?
This means that if Yuan Chun marries Yuan Qingbai, she will most likely become a princess in the future, and she will have the opportunity to become a queen!
This makes Mother Jia very excited!

If Yuanchun becomes a queen in the future, then Rongguo Mansion...

Jia Daihua also whispered that if the fifth prince succeeds to the throne in the future, Rongguo Mansion may suffer disaster, because Rongguo Mansion has been branded as a princeling, so he will simply take the opportunity to climb up to the throne of the third prince. As a result, Jia Mu bribed the eunuch a lot of money.

The eunuch who received the bribe praised Yuan Chun's appearance and character when he reported back to Emperor Jing'an, saying that although Yuan Chun was still young, he was already as mature as a flower and had virtuous, filial and talented people.

It's not a lie, Yuanchun is indeed like this.

The eunuch accepted this bribe with peace of mind.

However, when Emperor Jing'an granted the marriage this time, the woman's appearance and personality were secondary. What was important was her family background and...birth date!
The clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very concerned about birth dates, and only the clan's mansion and Qin Tian Jian could access the jade ultimatum.

This is one of the reasons why the crown prince and the second prince wanted to go to Nightmare Town, and why Emperor Jing'an was so superstitious about Nightmare Town.

All major marriages of princes and grandsons must be approved by the Qintian Supervisor.

The cold-faced third prince is simply obsessed with birth dates. When hiring people, he often asks them to hand over their birth dates to him for consideration and comment...

This time, when Emperor Jing'an obtained the birth dates of Jia Yuanchun and several other women, and had them approved by the Qintian Supervisor, he found that the birth dates of Jia Yuanchun and Yuan Qingbai were the most consistent.

Ok!

"Daishan, is this the continuation of the fate between you and me, the emperor and my ministers? Now you don't have to blame me. I will give your eldest granddaughter to the emperor's grandson whom I love now!"

Emperor Jing'an sighed in his heart.

Then he ordered someone to summon the third prince and Yuan Qingbai, and talked about the marriage.

How dare the third prince disobey his father's gift of marriage? He has always attached great importance to filial piety, and is even more obsessed with birth dates.

Moreover, although the Jia family is not as good as before, it is still the home of powerful and famous officials.

Yuan Qingbai was eager to do so.

He is a person who has lived the past life and the present life.

In this era, etiquette was strict and people paid great attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.

What's more, he has become the grandson of the emperor in this life, and has been raised and taught by Emperor Jing'an.

He doesn't think that he can make the decision on his own regarding marriage in this life and can fall in love freely.

If he had such thoughts, he would be wrong.

He has already set his sights on the world and the Emperor!

He had already mentally acquiesced in advance that Emperor Jing'an or the third prince would appoint his first wife in this life, and she would be someone he had never met.

You want to get the woman you love, but are you afraid that you won't have the chance in the future?
The days are still long, and life in this life is very exciting.

But now Emperor Jing'an has granted him a marriage, and the person he is to marry is actually Jia Yuanchun of the Jia Mansion!
Yuanchun is the golden hairpin in the original work after all.

The original work said that Yuanchun was virtuous, filial and talented.

According to the description in the original work, the girls in the Jia family should all be good-looking. Yuanchun's younger brother Jia Baoyu is like a top-notch pretty boy, and Yuanchun even became a noble concubine.

How could she look any worse? And there is a good chance that the country will be beautiful and fragrant.

If Emperor Jing'an hadn't given Yuan Chun the marriage to Yuan Qingbai this time, he would have given it to someone whom Yuan Qingbai was unfamiliar with, and the appearance might not be so good.

As for his family background, Yuan Qingbai believes that based on himself and his cold-faced father, it would be low-level for him to rely on his wife's natal family, not to mention that the Jia family is still a home of powerful and famous officials.

"I am familiar with "Dream of Red Mansions", I have entered the world of Red Mansions, and now I am married to Jia Yuanchun by the imperial grandfather. This is fate!"

Yuan Qingbai sighed in his heart.

　I see everyone is discussing why Yuan Chun is the heroine.

　　Let me tell you the main reason.

　　This is a novel about Red Mansions. If the heroine were not Jin Chai, many readers would run away from it.

　　People of suitable age to be heroines include Yuan Chun, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Qin Keqing, and Youshi.

　　Naturally, Yuanchun is more suitable. After all, she is the granddaughter of the eldest daughter of Rongguo Palace, and she became a concubine in the original novel.

　　Besides, if Qingbai doesn't marry Yuan Chun, won't Yuan Chun become his concubine in the future?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)