After thinking about it, Zhao Dongting could only talk about his age and said, "I am still young and I am not even as old as a private marriage, so why should I be anxious?"

There was a clear rule in the Song Dynasty that a man married at fifteen and a woman married at thirteen, and Zhao Dongting was not yet this age.

But Lu Xiufu said: "The emperor is the true dragon emperor, so he is naturally different from the people. Moreover, there are many people who are still young but marrying each other. The emperor is regarded as a role model for the people."

A man marries at fifteen, and a woman marries at thirteen means that a man should marry at the age of fifteen, and a woman should get married at the age of thirteen. In this era, there are only regulations on the age limit for marriage. No matter how young you are, there is no problem with getting married. There are child brides everywhere in the folk, and there are little dads and mothers everywhere.

In this way, the royal family is naturally even more exaggerated.

There are many men in the royal family who have been in the side room under ten years old.

Some people have been married late but have favored maids before getting married, or have special women who teach them sexual intercourse with their own body and have mature sexual experience. Now the Southern Song Dynasty is in a state of chaos, and Zhao Dongting has encountered unexpected accidents several times. The situation is special. It is normal for Concubine Yang Shu and the others to want Zhao Dongting to take a concubine to have a child as soon as possible.

Zhao Bing, the younger King of Guang, has now accepted the marriage to the side princess.

Zhao Dongting was saved by Lu Xiufu's words.

After a while, he couldn't come up with any other reason, so he simply said: "It's not that I don't want to accept a concubine, but that I already have a beautiful woman in my heart. I swear to marry her. Before her, it's hard for me to hold other women."

He is telling the truth.

Zhao Dongting grew up in modern education and had a relatively open concept. When he traveled to the Southern Song Dynasty, he never thought that Le Chan would be the only one in his harem. Take Ying Er for example. As a personal maid, she would inevitably become Zhao Dongting's concubine in the future, and Zhao Dongting did not reject this.

However, he is willing to accept a concubine, but it is definitely not now.

He now pretended to be Le Chan in his heart. Although he was in love with each other, he had not achieved the right result in the end and was really unintentional to be entangled with other women.

This is like a modern boy, while pursuing a girl, it is difficult to have feelings for other girls. The so-called lover's eyes are filled with Xi Shi. If he really likes it, the woman he pursues will occupy all his mind and make him have no time to take care of him.

This is the case with Zhao Dongting at this time.

When Lu Xiufu and others heard this, their faces became strange.

In their opinion, Zhao Dongting's thoughts are very strange. If you have a woman you like in your heart, you can't take a concubine and have a child?

The governor of Leizhou, Mu Kangxun, bowed and said, "Emperor, I only want to give birth to a dragon son. What's the point of not liking it?"

Lu Xiufu and Chen Wenlong both nodded.

In this era, taking concubines is for beauty and childbirth, and there are few true feelings.

Even if there is true love among the people, it is mostly between a man and his wife, and it is a relationship cultivated after marriage, like Liu Hongyi and his wife.

A woman has no status, even a wife is like this, let alone a concubine.

To put it bluntly, a concubine is just a tool for giving birth and solving physiological needs.

There is no problem with Mu Kangxun's words. In this era, it is natural. I was born with beautiful women and married. No matter whether he likes them or not, as long as he can have a baby. Even if he can't have a baby, it's nothing, it's fine, it's enough to be happy.

And isn’t the concubine in the palace equivalent to the emperor’s concubine?

In the era of parents' destiny, men usually never even met each other before getting married. In this context, who would care about their relationship?

The background of the Southern Song Dynasty was destined to rarely talk about the word "feeling" between men and women in this era.

These are all abnormalities, only a very small number between Le Wuchen and his wife, Zhao Dongting and Le Chan.

"this……"

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned again.

He knew the relationship between men and women in this era, but he did not agree.

This is not because Zhao Dongting resisted having sex with a strange woman. In his previous life, he had been doing things outside for social engagements.

However, he resisted having children with strange women. Just thinking about it, he felt ridiculous.

Two people who have never met before have sex and then have a baby. What should I do in the future?

Do not ignore it? Or slowly cultivate feelings?

Zhao Dongting did not want to become a stallion, so he would never marry a woman without feelings, let alone have children.

He said: "It's better to talk about this in a few years. I don't want my pillow to be strangers who I don't know."

However, Lu Xiufu picked out a loophole from his words and immediately said, "There are already several beauties in the emperor's palace, but they are not considered to be unfamiliar with each other, right?"

Zhao Dongting was shocked and became very upset.

He just forgot about this, yes, Yang Shu and the others wanted to pick him up, and most of them were selected by Ying Er, Music and Wu and other girls.

The appearance of several girls slowly appeared in Zhao Dongting's mind, and then the scene of marrying and having children appeared.

This made him shake his head repeatedly, "No, no!"

If he hadn't known Ying Er and the others in the past, Zhao Dongting would probably not refuse such a beautiful woman as them, but would have been secretly happy. However, now he and several girls are familiar with each other, but he can't bear to suffer the disaster.

The disaster without emotion is simply venting the desires of animals. In this way, Zhao Dongting always feels guilty and feels ashamed of a few women.

If he were that kind of person, he would have caused trouble to all the girls such as Ying Er, Yun Jin, and so on. How could he wait until now?

He might marry them and have children, but that was definitely in the event of a natural relationship, and now, it is obviously not that far.

Sometimes, it is really hard to compare which of ancient or modern sexual concepts is more open.

Lu Xiufu and the others looked at Zhao Dongting shaking their heads with "terror" on their faces, and couldn't help but wonder, "Master, why can't you do it?"

Zhao Dongting thought that he could not persuade them, so he simply put on the emperor's airs and said, "In short, I said no, but I can't! I will not accept a concubine now, so there is no need to discuss this matter."

He can have sex with strange women, but he will never have children.

And he would never want to have sex with Ying Er, Le Wu, and had a good relationship.

In short, Zhao Dongting’s idea is that he can marry a child, but he must be the woman I really like. Now, it is Le Chan.

Lu Xiufu, Chen Wenlong and others look at me, I look at you, I don’t know what to say.

Tell me again?

What should I do if the emperor gets angry?

They were just ministers, and they dared not show Zhao Dongting the face like Yang Shufei and forced him to accept the concubine.

The yard suddenly became silent.

After a while, Xi Yi asked in a vain: "Your Majesty, what is the matter of the Book of the People..."

"You made it yourself and clean it up yourself, otherwise I will deal with you." Zhao Dongting was very angry.

He was sure that the matter of Wanmin Shu was also instructed by Concubine Yang Shu. Now it is the end of the year, and the people are still too busy with their own affairs, and they still have the time to care about Zhao Dongting's affairs?

Xi Yi smiled embarrassedly and didn't dare to say anything else.

Seeing this, Lu Xiufu and the others sighed slightly. It seemed that they could not persuade the emperor, so they could only report this to the Queen Mother.

The fact that Zhao Dongting liked Le Chan was not spread, and they didn't know who Zhao Dongting liked was, and they didn't dare to ask. But this matter must be reported to the Empress Dowager.

Although Zhao Dongting is young now, in a few years, he will become a leftover man.

In this era, if a man does not marry for more than fifteen years and a woman does not marry for more than thirteen years, that is, a leftover man and a woman.

Even if you don’t marry, at least you have to have a marriage contract. Unless you hide in the mountains and forests, you will be criticized. If a man is on the seventeenth, eighth, and a woman is still married to him or her, he will be a senior left-handed man and a woman.

Of course, Le Chan and Le Wu have a marriage contract, which can be considered a marriage.

After all, there have been wars for a long time and the people are displaced, and many engagements have been delayed. With engagements, it is difficult to remarry, so naturally they become leftover women.

Even if you are imprisoned like Yunjin, it is understandable.

The yard became quiet again.

At this time, Liu Hongyi finally rushed outside the bedroom with the eunuch.

On the way, he had asked the eunuch what the emperor asked for.

The eunuch just replied: "I don't know the specific ones, I only know that the emperor seems to have the intention to deal with the local nobles."

This surprised Liu Hongyi, and he was always thinking about his thoughts on the way he came.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he fell to the ground, "I will bow to the emperor."

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "General Liu, please get up and come and sit down!"

A eunuch quickly brought a chair.

Liu Hongyi saluted Lu Xiufu and the others again, and then sat on the chair, but he did not take the initiative to ask Zhao Dongting what he was doing.

The officialdom still pays attention to taboos. For example, when he seeks out the eunuch's words, such things cannot be revealed in public.

Zhao Dongting looked at him, smiled and asked, "General Liu, how many troops does the Huanglong Imperial Army have now?"

Liu Hongyi was full of righteousness, and Zhao Dongting felt that he was quite close to him.

Upon hearing this, Liu Hongyi replied: "Back to the emperor, there are now 30,000 former soldiers in the imperial guards, and more than 2,000 new recruits have been recruited in the past few months."

"Um."

Zhao Dongting nodded, "You draw two thousand old soldiers from it and accompany the officials of the Finance Department to pay the grain and collect taxes."

Liu Hongyi couldn't help it now and asked, "Is the emperor going to collect taxes by force?"

Zhao Dongting said: "What can those nobles do not cooperate with taxes and I do not use force to collect taxes?"

Liu Hongyi frowned, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."
Chapter completed!