Chapter 1955
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Old King Ping glanced at his son and asked curiously, "What happened? Why are you so happy?"
Qi Chengxuan could not help but touch his face and asked in confusion, "Is it that obvious?"
That was true!
Old King Ping looked at the obvious joy on his son's face and said, "Nobody knows a son better than a father. Moreover, you never stopped smiling."
Qi Chengxuan smiled. "I've indeed encountered two happy things."
Old King Ping's interest was piqued, "Oh?"
Qi Chengxuan looked at him and said, "I'll keep the first one a secret. I'll tell you when the time comes. As for the second one … "
He dragged his words and said under Old King Ping's expectant gaze, "I met an interesting girl."
An interesting girl?
Old King Ping's eyes lit up.
This was a big deal!
He had a deep relationship with the princess consort. When the princess consort passed away, he refused to take in a concubine.
He had been guarding Qi Chengxuan alone for as many years as he was old.
Qi Chengxuan's mother was the Princess Royal of the Great Ming Dynasty, the younger sister of the emperor.
Theoretically, the emperor's son-in-law was forbidden from taking in a concubine. However, the Princess Royal had passed away for so many years and King Ping was guarding her alone. The emperor in the palace found it hard to bear with this brother-in-law of his.
He once planned to arrange a marriage for King Ping but was firmly rejected by King Ping in the name of missing his beloved wife.
Therefore, in this huge King Ping's Mansion, the real masters were only Old King Ping and Qi Chengxuan.
This was one of the reasons why the imperial family had been so kind to King Ping's Mansion all these years.
Logically speaking, Qi Chengxuan had the highest status among the princes with a different surname in the Great Ming Dynasty. He also held a part of the military power in his hands. He was one of the best candidates for marriage among the aristocratic families.
Before Qi Chengxuan turned 20 years old, many families had come to inquire about him.
Even the emperor in the palace had said that he would choose a good marriage for his nephew.
However, no one knew what was going on. Every time King Ping found someone he fancied, or the person in the palace loosened up a little and wanted to betroth a noble lady to King Ping's heir, that lady would definitely meet with an accident within three days.
She would either catch a cold and be bedridden or suffer some minor injuries while riding a carriage.
Furthermore, none of these things were man-made. They were all extremely coincidental.
…
This kind of thing happened a few times, and Crown Prince Ping's reputation of bringing bad luck to his wife spread throughout the upper circle of the capital.
Although no one dared to say it in front of him, who would dare to marry their daughter to him if they truly cared about her?
There were those who coveted the power of King Ping's Residence and were willing to give up a daughter to climb up this branch, but King Ping did not care about them.
As a result, the original Crown Prince of King Ping became the new King Ping. He was already twenty-two years old, but his marriage was still unsettled.
Old King Ping was a little anxious. Qi Chengxuan, on the other hand, felt that his life was pretty good.
He had never liked those delicate girls, and it was hard to imagine what it would be like to live with such a woman for the rest of his life.
When he mentioned this to the old King Ping, the old King Ping was secretly worried that his son might have some kind of unspeakable disease. Or did he have a hobby of splitting peaches?
For a long time, the old King Ping had been worrying about how to have an open and honest talk with his son without hurting his son's self-esteem.
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