Chapter 163: Conflict and Anxiety

At the beginning of August, Feng Yaoguang took care of Nanling affairs.

All affairs returned to normal, and the frightened people in the imperial city were appeased. Wherever the troops passed, any damage to the houses, property, life or injuries of the people were compensated.

A new batch of civil and military officials in the court was replaced, and an order was issued to open the special examination in September, and all students in the world could participate.

If there were officials in various places who obstructed students from taking the exam or cheated, they would be exiled and never employed in the future.

After that, Feng Yaoguang led the Yaoguang Army to the border, joined Gu Chiran, and the two returned to the court.

On the way back, Gu Chiran asked seriously: "After becoming the Emperor of Nanling, do you have any special ideas?"

"Special ideas?" Feng Yaoguang raised his eyebrows, "You mean do I, as the emperor, want to have three palaces and six courtyards and rule the world?"

Gu Chiran said: "You already rule the world."

Feng Yaoguang sat upright on the horse, with an upright posture, looking quietly ahead, his handsome face showing a bit of indifference: "I hate the Nanling Palace. All the bad memories of my childhood come from there, so I have no interest in being an emperor. As for the three palaces and six courtyards..."

His eyes became colder: "In addition to intrigue, deception, and burying one after another of the bones of beautiful women, what other benefits are there?"

Gu Chiran thought about it seriously and felt that from a man's point of view, there are actually many benefits.

To rule the world, isn't it to make everyone in the world listen to you? Enjoy the privilege of being the only one and being high above, and don't allow anyone to disobey.

Three palaces and six courtyards, all the beauties in the world are in your arms, and you can marry anyone you want.

However, Feng Yaoguang's childhood experience was not very good. The three palaces and six courtyards might mean a nightmare to him, and he might not necessarily want it.

As for the continuation of offspring?

To be honest, even if Gu Chiran had never been a prince, he felt that too many offspring were not necessarily a good thing. Whenever there was a power struggle in a large family, there were rarely scenes of brothers being friendly and respectful. Most of them had their own ulterior motives and hated each other.

The royal family was even more accustomed to killing each other.

So what's the use of having many children?

Few of them lived to the end of their lives, but many died in infancy and died young.

Gu Chiran was silent for a moment, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Since ancient times, the emperor's three thousand beauties have become a cognition, whether it is due to the emperor's romanticism, or the distribution of interests, or just the constraints of power, the means of gathering court officials... But for most emperors, these are already established things, and few people will change.

But Feng Yaoguang's situation is very special now.

If it were someone else, with Nanling on one side and the beloved on the other, I'm afraid they wouldn't know how to choose - most men would probably choose the country.

But this person is Feng Yaoguang...

Gu Chiran asked calmly: "So you have decided to make Nanling a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty?"

Feng Yaoguang nodded: "Yes. The Yaoguang Army belongs to the Yong Dynasty, and I am also a general of the Yong Dynasty. In essence, Nanling was conquered by the Yong Dynasty army."

"Then..." Gu Chiran hesitated for a moment, "If you don't want the three palaces and six courtyards, will you ask His Majesty to give up the three palaces and six courtyards?"

Feng Yaoguang was silent, and looked at him seriously: "Do you think I should make this request?"

Gu Chiran's expression was a little tangled: "In fact, I think His Majesty is not a lustful person."

Feng Yaoguang said: "His Majesty is indeed not a romantic and lustful person, but some decisions have nothing to do with lust."

After saying this, he frowned slightly, and his mood was a little complicated.

He felt that he was a little impure, maybe after holding more chips in his hand, he couldn't help but want more.

He had never thought about Yan Donghuang's three palaces and six courtyards before, nor did he think about whether he would be just one of them - after all, Sheng Jingan was Yan Donghuang's fiancé before.

Later, Donghuang cancelled her engagement with Sheng Jingan and gave him a promise. Feng Yaoguang was so happy that he was busy digesting the sudden joy. How could he dare to be greedy?

But now the situation is different.

He holds the Nanling Kingdom in his hands.

Although he didn't think that after having Nanling, he must be above Donghuang, and he didn't think about being ungrateful and negotiating any conditions, but is there a little hope that he can use the jade seal to exchange a promise with her?

Feng Yaoguang couldn't help feeling a little uneasy when he thought of this.

After a while, he felt that he had become the king of Nanling, and it was natural for him to have a legitimate husband. It was not too much to ask His Majesty to only like him, after all, he would not have a second wife.

The marriage between emperors can just promote the eternal friendship between the two countries.

In the future, if they have a child... well, if there is only one, let the two countries unify. If there are two children, each of them will manage a country. What a perfect decision.

But on the other hand, he felt that Yan Donghuang was stubborn and would not tolerate hardship. Others could not control her at all. The more he tried to control her, the less she would buy in. Instead, it would be counterproductive.

What if she changed her mind and thought that it would be good for him to go back to be the King of Nanling and didn't want to let him down, so the engagement was cancelled? What should he do?

Feng Yaoguang had been thinking about this problem for three months.

He thought about it when he was training soldiers, when he was in court, when he was reviewing memorials, and when he was sleeping at night.

But until now, he still couldn't make up his mind.

Melancholy.

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