After Fei Qingyu finished speaking, she also returned to her seat.

Eunuch De came down, handed a bright yellow imperial edict to Li Beimo, and congratulated with a smile: "This is the marriage edict that your Majesty has prepared long ago. Congratulations to His Royal Highness, Princess Qian'an."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Li Beimo took the imperial edict with both hands, feeling that at this moment, Qingqing finally truly belonged to him.

He took Cheng Qingqing's hand, and the two of them knelt down to thank the emperor and empress.

"Thank you, father, emperor and mother, for making it possible!"

"Yes." Baili Changyao looked at them and nodded, "Both I and the queen see your feelings for Qing'er, and we can rest assured to leave Qing'er to you. I won't say more. Wedding You can choose the date yourself, and I will hold a wedding ceremony for you after you choose the date!"

"Thank you, Father."

The two thanked each other again, stood up and returned to their seats.

Bailiyi picked up the wine glass and congratulated, "Congratulations, Sister, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Congratulations to His Highness the Crown Prince, and congratulations to Princess Qian'an."

The surrounding officials also raised their glasses to congratulate him.

"Thank you, sir." Li Beimo and Cheng Qingqing also raised their wine glasses to accept the officials who kept coming to congratulate them.

"The banquet begins, let's sing and dance!"

Following Eunuch De's loud shout, a group of musicians and dancers in moon-white skirts filed in through the palace door.

After a while, the melodious sound of silk and bamboo wind music sounded, and the dancers twisted their enchanting waists and danced gracefully.

The atmosphere in the main hall also became more relaxed. The ministers were drinking wine while enjoying singing and dancing. It looked like the emperor and his ministers were having family fun together!

But some people were always restless, especially the imperial censors, who began to worry about the emperor's heirs.

After another round of singing and dancing, a royal censor stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now that the world is at peace, Princess Qian'an has also found her own happiness. She will return to Fengjin Kingdom soon. The Emperor should also welcome the harem. The royal family has blossomed."

After hearing this, the chatter and laughter in the main hall stopped. The ministers looked at the emperor and empress on the high seat, and their minds became active.

Seeing that the emperor was sullen and silent, another minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of my eternal prosperity, I sincerely ask you to accept concubines, spread the branches and leaves of the royal family, and multiply heirs!"

"I beg the emperor to accept concubines, spread the branches and leaves of the royal family, and inherit the future!"

Most of the civil and military ministers stood up and asked the emperor to admit more people into the harem.

Cheng Qingqing looked at these officials and sneered in her heart. All of them wanted to send their daughters to the palace to consolidate their status and power in the court!

When these officials had finished talking, Baili Changyao spoke slowly: "My dear friends! In addition to welcoming the soldiers who have returned in triumph today, I have two other things to announce."

As the emperor spoke, the hall instantly fell silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Before this, I once said that there will only be one queen in my harem. However, some adults have just entered the court as officials and may not have heard me say this. So I will say it again today: I will only have one person in my harem. If you marry a queen and have a concubine, you must not mention it again in the future. From today on, I will tell the world about this matter. If anyone mentions the matter of me having a concubine again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"This……"

The ministers who brought their daughter into the palace looked at each other in disbelief, a little unbelievable that this was said by an emperor.

Since ancient times, which emperor has not had three palaces, six courtyards, and 72 concubines?

But when it's this one's turn, why is it different? What about the daughter they carefully raised?

A minister was unwilling to give in, and took his daughter to the middle of the hall and knelt down, "Your Majesty, for the sake of our country, you should welcome the concubines to spread their wings, so as to ensure that there will be successors to our dynasty. This is my little girl Xiao Yurou, who just passed away this year. After reaching the age of 16, if your majesty sees it as okay, let the little girl enter the palace to accompany your majesty and serve the queen."

After hearing her father's words, Xiao Yurou raised her head in time, revealing a delicate and beautiful face.

Seeing her face, many of the men present were stunned, especially those charming eyes that were looking forward to her, which were particularly charming and made people feel itchy.

However, Baili Changyao's face turned even colder.

"Is there a successor? Mr. Xiao, don't you think that I am the crown prince?"

The emperor's voice suddenly rose, and Xiao Shilang was startled. His knees softened and he knelt down, "Your Majesty, forgive me! I am a minister... I am a minister..."

"It seems that Mr. Xiao has been too busy recently and has time to take care of my harem. In this case, from tomorrow onwards, I will order you to be the prefect of Beigui City!" the emperor ordered.

Mr. Xiao's whole body suddenly went limp. He thought that with his daughter's beauty, he would be favored by the emperor and taken into the harem. If she could become a noble concubine, his official career would be smooth.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not a womanizer, and he was demoted one level and transferred to a place like Beigui City, with no possibility of promotion in the future.

"Your Majesty, please forgive my father this time!" Xiao Yurou suddenly raised her head and looked at Baili Changyao, "Everything is my fault. It is my daughter who loves you too much, so I want to enter the palace to serve you. That’s what made His Majesty unhappy. If Your Majesty wants to punish me, let me punish you!”

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed. This Xiao Yurou is so bold. The emperor has already issued an order, but she still dares to intercede for her father. Is she feeling impatient?

However, things seemed to have changed. The emperor was fascinated when he saw Xiao Yurou's face.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Yurou's face turned red, with a strange light shining in her eyes.

"Okay..." Baili Changyao stood up, walked around the table and walked down the steps, his longing eyes fixed on Xiao Yurou's face.

"Hmph!" Cheng Qingqing sneered and walked out with a cup of tea.

But she didn't speak. She wanted to see how capable Xiao Yurou was?

Baili Changyao's eyes were dull, and he walked up to Xiao Yurou like a puppet, reaching out to touch her face.

"Wow..."

Suddenly a cup of scalding hot tea was thrown into Xiao Yurou's face.

Xiao Yurou seemed to have been wary of her for a long time. She raised her hand to block the cup of tea with her sleeves, screamed in surprise, and was about to throw herself into Baili Changyao's arms.

But the hem of her skirt was stepped on by Cheng Qingqing, and she fell down, threw herself at a dog, and hit her head heavily on the ground.

Cheng Qingqing put away the killing intent in her eyes, looked at Baili Changyao and shouted, "Father!"

Baili Changyao's eyes suddenly regained clarity, and when he saw that he was actually standing in the middle of the hall, he shook his head.

Thinking of Xiao Yurou's eyes just now, she seemed to understand something? Suddenly Long Yan was furious, "Someone is coming..."

"Father! Leave this matter to me." Cheng Qingqing shook her head slightly at him.

Xiao Yurou got up, raised her pitiful little face to look at Baili Changyao, and shouted delicately: "Your Majesty..."

"Huh!" Baili Changyao snorted and rolled his sleeves, turned around and walked up the steps.

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