In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

After Rouze's funeral, Yinzhen fell into grief and could not forget it for a long time.

The emperor really couldn't bear to see his son become so unkempt and lose his spirit for a woman.

After the court session that day, before Yinzhen had even walked far, Liang Jiugong, the chief eunuch beside Kangxi, called him, "Fourth Prince, Fourth Prince, the Emperor summons you to see him."

In the imperial study, Kangxi sat in front of the desk, reading the memorials while leaving Yinzhen kneeling on the ground without calling him to get up. After finishing the work at hand, Kangxi raised his eyes to look at Yinzhen who was bowing his head and not speaking.

"Yinzhen, do you know why I called you here?"

Yinzhen had some guesses in his mind. After all, although he felt sad and guilty about Rouze's death and two lives, he was the one who intentionally allowed such a result.

The reason why he showed such sincere feelings towards Rouze and could not forget her was naturally to attract the emperor's attention. Now that he thought about it, his plan was successful.

"Father, I know that I have been feeling a bit down lately."

"It's just that Rouze is my son's legitimate wife, and we have been deeply in love since we got married. Moreover, she died during childbirth. I, my son, cannot let it go for the time being. I hope that the emperor will forgive me."

Seeing his son suffer the pain of losing his wife and children at such a young age, Kangxi, who had experienced the same thing, felt a little sad.

He sighed deeply, restrained his expression, and advised: "How can a man be so depressed because of his children's love affair!"

"You have to know that you are not only a husband and a father, you are also the Fourth Prince of the Qing Dynasty and my son. Your status does not allow you to become like this for a woman."

Although Kangxi loved his son, as an emperor, he would not allow his son to be devastated because of a woman. He thought that Yinzhen was not very old, only just turned 20, and it was normal that he could not easily control the love between men and women.

So he paused and didn't continue. But it was not okay to let Yinzhen go like this. Kangxi would not allow another romantic man to appear in the royal family. He turned around and mentioned the candidate for the successor.

"There was a girl in the previous selection who left a name tag but has not been arranged to marry yet. I will take a look and then I will arrange a Manchu princess to be your wife!"

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Father, it has been less than a year since Rouze passed away. I, your son, want to wait on Rouze for the full three years. This is the last thing I can do for Rouze. Please grant me your permission, Father."

Kangxi was furious and pointed at Yinzhen and said, "This is too much of a sentimental relationship. How can a prince mourn for a woman?"

Yinzhen knew that if he did not take this step to make progress and let Kangxi confirm his true feelings for Rouze and his resolute refusal to take a new wife, Kangxi would never think of Yixiu as his new wife. After all, in Kangxi's view, a concubine's daughter could not be the prince's principal wife.

Only if he insisted on missing Rouze wholeheartedly could he make the emperor, under the advice of Concubine De, agree to marry Rouze's sister Yixiu to him.

If Yinzhen took the initiative to ask, the emperor would definitely doubt the relationship between him and Yixiu. Once the emperor knew that Yinzhen had feelings for Yixiu, he would surely doubt Rouze's death. Yinzhen believed that as long as the emperor wanted to investigate, there was nothing in this world that he could not find out.

Therefore, Yinzhen could only operate in this roundabout way. As for Defei, Yinzhen knew her very well. As long as Defei wanted to maintain the relationship between Uya and Ulanara, she would definitely not just watch Yixiu marry someone else.

Yinzhen knelt in the imperial study for a whole day, and Kangxi finally relented and agreed to Yinzhen's request to be filial to his wife. However, Kangxi forced him to change the three years to one year, and clearly rejected Yinzhen's intention to not marry a second wife.

Kangxi directly stated that a new wife would enter the palace one year later no matter what, and Yinzhen must marry her then. This was an imperial decree!

After Yinzhen expressed his gratitude, he was helped back to the palace. Kangxi thought for a while, then went to Yonghe Palace to find Defei, his biological mother, and talked to her about Yinzhen's wife's demise.

When Kangxi mentioned that he wanted to choose a princess from a prominent Manchu family as Yinzhen's wife, Defei's heart sank when she heard this. If he chose someone with an outstanding family background, how would she control Yinzhen's backyard then?

If she chose someone with an average family background, she would have to sacrifice her reputation for the only princess of the Ulanara clan to be inferior to someone else. Besides, if she was only given the position of a concubine, how could the Ulanara clan be satisfied? If she was not satisfied, wouldn't all her previous efforts be in vain?

Defei said: "Yinzhen has been affectionate since he was young. He and Rouze were in love at the beginning. Rouze's death was a great blow to him. I guess Yinzhen didn't have the mind to consider the candidate for the successor wife at this time."

"Besides, the princesses with good family backgrounds and good looks in the capital have already been arranged by the emperor to marry members of the royal family. There are no good princesses left. Why not wait and see in the new selection in two years?"

Kangxi pondered for a while and felt that it was true. There were no suitable candidates in this session, and the next session might be better.

At this time, Defei changed the subject and said, "In two years, Yinzhen will be 22 years old. Men of his age have already had children. It's just a pity that Yinzhen lost his wife and son. When he marries a successor in the next election, he may have to wait until he is 24 or 25 to have a legitimate son."

As soon as Defei said this, Kangxi was dissatisfied, "No, we can't wait until the next term, there are still princes waiting for marriage in the next term. It's too long, and it's not good for a brother to have no wife in his twenties."

Turning around, Kangxi saw that Concubine De looked doubtful, so he asked, "Concubine De, do you have any good candidates?"

"Your Majesty, I do have a good candidate, but..."

"Oh, just what?"

"But this girl is exempted from the imperial selection, and she is also a concubine's daughter."

"Exempt from the selection of concubines? Which concubine's daughter are you talking about?" There were many concubines exempted from the selection in each selection, but just concubine's daughters? Kangxi had no impression.

"Are you talking about the daughter of Fei Yanggu of the Ulanara clan?"

"Fei Yanggu's daughter? The one who was exempted from selection due to illness?" Kangxi looked at Defei suspiciously, and kept analyzing in his mind what Defei's intention was behind mentioning this candidate.

Ulanara had two daughters. The eldest daughter was Yinzhen's deceased wife, Rouze. As for the second daughter, not only was she born out of wedlock, but she was also not known to have any outstanding qualities. She did not even participate in the beauty contest, so it seemed that she had no intention of currying favor with the royal family.

Kangxi remained silent. Seeing this, Defei felt nervous, but since the matter had already been brought up, she would not let it go. She waited for Kangxi to speak.

"De Fei, have you ever met this Second Princess Ulanara?"

"Your Majesty, before the selection, I wanted to summon the two princesses from the Ulanara Mansion to the palace. After all, I am the aunt of Princess Ulanara. Unfortunately, the day before the selection, Princess Ulanara fell ill, so only Rouze came."

"Later, Second Princess Ulanala was exempted from the election due to illness, and now Madam Ulanala has passed away, so I have never had the chance to meet Second Princess Ulanala."

"Oh, you haven't seen her, so why do you think this Princess Ulanara would be the right candidate?" Kangxi's eyes narrowed and he looked straight at Concubine De. Kangxi had already guessed what Concubine De was thinking. It was nothing more than to continue the marriage between the Uya clan and the Ulanara clan. Kangxi had no objection to such thoughts.

After all, if she wanted to object, Rouze would not have been able to marry Yinzhen at the beginning. Thinking about it this way, the candidate proposed by Concubine De was indeed quite suitable, except for the fact that she was born out of wedlock.

Defei could tell from Kangxi's tone that he had actually started to consider Yixiu, but he had some reservations, which must have been related to the fact that Yixiu was born out of wedlock.