Chapter 165 Three-Year Agreement
Yan Donghuang didn't say anything, just looked at him calmly.
Feng Yaoguang looked slightly tense.
"What if I don't agree?" Yan Donghuang said in a calm tone, unable to detect any emotions, "What will you do?"
Feng Yaoguang pursed her lips, paused slightly while holding her hand, and then slowly stood up, placing his hands on the armrests on both sides of the dragon chair, looking down at her eyes: "I dare not do anything, aren't we discussing this with His Majesty? "
Yan Donghuang raised his head slightly: "Discuss?"
Feng Yaoguang hummed, his eyes fell on her red lips, his eyes were dim, and he was a little impatient: "Even if Your Majesty does not agree, I can't do anything. I can't force Your Majesty to agree, but..."
He suddenly leaned over and pecked her on the lips: "Your Majesty just said you would reward me, but how do you plan to reward me?"
The atmosphere is a bit subtle.
Yan Donghuang narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the handsome but slightly haggard face in front of him: "Now that you have conquered the world, do you still need a reward from me?"
"Your Majesty means what you say." Feng Yaoguang frowned.
Yan Donghuang said calmly: "If you threaten me with the jade seal, I will consider your request."
Feng Yaoguang's face changed slightly and he knelt down on one knee: "I dare not threaten Your Majesty."
"I can't make a promise to you at the moment."
Feng Yaoguang lowered her eyes and remained silent.
"Yaoguang, I have just ascended the throne, and I cannot predict what will happen in the future. If I make a promise to you but cannot do it, I will break my promise." Yan Donghuang said calmly, "The same is true for you. Nanling needs to cultivate and recuperate. When you regain your strength, you don’t have that much time to focus on your children.”
Hearing this, Feng Yaoguang was silent for a moment, "How about I ask for a three-year commitment?"
Yan Donghuang was slightly surprised: "Three years?"
"Yes." Feng Yaoguang nodded, "In the past three years, Your Majesty will focus on government affairs. Your Majesty will be devoted to you, and Your Majesty will be devoted to you. You will not accept other men into the palace, and will not commit to the affection of other men. You will only favor your minister. "
After a pause, "If there is someone your Majesty likes more in the future, you can tell me in advance and take him into the harem after three years."
A three-year promise.
This requirement is easy to meet.
After all, they are all still young. Except for the jade seal in Nanling, Feng Yaoguang is also confident in his appearance. Looking at the imperial city, he doesn't think any man can surpass him in both appearance and identity.
He knew in his heart that His Majesty didn't really like him that much. In fact, he had no obvious feelings for Sheng Jing'an before.
He even doubted that His Majesty would ever fall in love with someone.
But he still wants to work hard and try to make His Majesty fall in love with him within three years. Only in this way, when the three-year period is up, can he have greater confidence to make His Majesty no longer like other people.
Yan Donghuang obviously didn't expect that the promise could have a time limit. Sure enough, Feng Yaoguang's mind was different from that of ordinary people.
After thinking carefully for a moment, she nodded slowly: "Okay. If you regret it and fall in love with another woman after three years, I will help you."
Before Feng Yaoguang could feel happy because she agreed, his expression suddenly changed when he heard these words.
Obviously this sentence was normal, but he just felt like a basin of cold water was poured from his head without warning.
Your Majesty didn't care at all that he would change his mind. When he said that he was willing to fulfill his wish, his tone was as natural as if he was deciding on a major political matter.
Feng Yaoguang pursed her lips and said in a tight voice, "I won't like other women."
Yan Donghuang raised his eyebrows.
"My heart is very small and cannot accommodate others." Feng Yaoguang held her hand again and placed it on his heart, "Your Majesty can feel my heart, it only beats for Your Majesty."
This sentence is a bit disgusting.
Yan Donghuang retracted his hand and said calmly: "Even without me, your heart will still beat."
Only the heart of a dead person cannot beat.
Feng Yaoguang pursed her lips, her expression seemed to be a bit coquettish: "Your Majesty will not show mercy at all."
"Are you fragrant or jade?"
"I will be whatever Your Majesty wants me to be." Feng Yaoguang took a step back and bowed, "May I ask when Your Majesty plans to marry me?"
Yan Donghuang frowned slightly: "You should focus on Nanling's national affairs recently."
"The state affairs are not urgent. I have arranged enough reliable officials to handle government affairs in Nanling." Feng Yaoguang said, hesitatingly, "In order to maintain the normalcy of government affairs, Nanling officials did not kill all the officials, but only some treacherous officials... Maybe It’s to show loyalty, some ministers want me to fill the harem as soon as possible.”
"You didn't agree?"
"It is impossible for me to agree."
Yan Donghuang analyzed rationally: "From the perspective of the king of a country, monogamy is unrealistic. Yaoguang, I actually hope that you can put aside the love between your children and concentrate on the important affairs of the country."
Feng Yaoguang said nothing.
"After this battle, Nanling has lost some vitality. The previous king was stupid and traitorous ministers were in power. The people of Nanling must have had a hard time. Although you wanted to take revenge and prove your innocence, you became the king of Nanling in the end. You should focus on the country.”
Since ancient times, few emperors who were too devoted ended well.
Especially irresponsible to the common people in the world.
Feng Yaoguang was silent for a moment and couldn't help but retort: "But even an emperor has the right to choose to be with the person he likes. After gaining power, can he only put his family, country and world first?"
Yan Donghuang's expression was indifferent: "The supreme status means the supreme responsibility. If you just want the love between your children, you don't have to sit in this seat."
Since the day she became the empress of Yong, she had not planned to have a passionate love.
She knew that Feng Yaoguang was right.
She could not lose the right to choose her feelings just because she sat on that position.
He just liked someone, not committed an unforgivable crime.
But as an emperor, he should know which is more important, responsibility or feelings.
Feng Yaoguang lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Yan Donghuang said calmly: "I will agree to your request. You will not marry other wives within three years, and I will not take other husbands, but that's all."
"Yes." Feng Yaoguang understood what she meant and nodded slowly, "I will never force your majesty to do anything, but feelings are always beyond one's control. I just fight for what I want, nothing else."
After leaving Chongming Hall, Feng Yaoguang went to the Imperial Observatory.
Regarding Feng Yaoguang and Yan Donghuang's marriage, Prime Minister Pei, Taifu Qi and several Shangshu adults were not optimistic.
Probably because of the inherent thinking of men.
They can understand the mentality of men who are willing to make compromises when they are of low status. For example, if a noble son marries a princess as his husband, he should be respectful to the princess and observe the difference between superiors and subordinates.
But Feng Yaoguang is a military commander with military power, holding great power, and now he has declared himself emperor in Nanling, which is extremely noble.
Although Nanling is a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty, would Feng Yaoguang think so?
Compared to becoming the husband of a female emperor, being the king of a country with three palaces and six courtyards can obviously better demonstrate a man's dignity.
The emperor and the husband.
Even the dumbest people know how to choose.