Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

"However, if you can't say it, then you have to choose one of the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting to show others."

The general's wife spoke slowly and her eyes swept around gently.

No wonder she was not required to participate. If she couldn't answer the poem with flowers as the key word, she would have to choose one to show. If she were an ordinary girl, wouldn't she make a fool of herself?

Although she could answer the questions and was good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she didn't want to participate in her cousin's wife selection, so it was better for her to just watch!

Mu Tangxi watched the women reciting poems using flowers as the key word while eating the flower cakes that were served to them.

Well, it goes perfectly with scented tea, not greasy at all, and filled with pleasant floral scent.

After listening to the poems recited by several young ladies, Mu Tangxi was a little confused. Why were these all poems from the poetry collection?

They seemed to like the poems in the collection very much. Several of them took turns reciting them fluently, as if they had memorized the collection by heart!

It’s only been a few days, and you’ve already memorized it?

Xu Jingshu knew that it was because the master asked the children to copy the poetry collection, so she also asked her second and third sons to copy it several times. The master confiscated the copied papers, but she did.

She also saw the contents of the poetry collection, and the girls in front of her were all reciting verses from it.

Could this be a new trend?

Behind the screen, Xu Guangzhu supported his chin and glanced at the boy beside him with boredom.

"Your Highness, why did you come to this flower-viewing banquet? Do you also want to choose a wife in advance?"

The third prince, Ji Qichen, rolled his eyes and said, "My second brother hasn't married yet, why would I suddenly want to marry?"

Xu Guangzhu asked in confusion, "Yes, then why are you here at this time?"

Ji Qichen's handsome face was full of depression. "It was my mother who asked me to come here. She asked me to decide on the concubine early."

“Hahahahahahahahahahaha, your mother is urging you too!” Xu Kwang Soo suppressed his laughter to avoid being discovered by people outside.

He suddenly said seriously, "But Your Highness should really hurry up. Prince Rui (the eldest prince) has already married a wife and has one son and two daughters."

"The second prince also has two concubines and a daughter!"

Of course Ji Qichen listened to what his tutor said, but the problem was that he didn't know who to choose!

Of course he has to seriously consider the woman who will live with him in the future!

He is still thinking about finding a wife who is in love with him, and two concubines who can get along well with him.

But when he thought about how dangerous his father's harem was, he suddenly didn't want to get married so much.

"Let's not talk about me for now. Have you chosen your wife?" Ji Qichen threw the question back.

Xu Guangzhu was suddenly deflated. "As for me, my mother has already picked out three candidates, and now she is just choosing one among them."

Ji Qichen patted his shoulder sympathetically, "Which of the three do you like better? Tell your mother now, she might listen to your opinion."

Xu Guangzhu sighed, "But I have no intention of getting married!"

He said excitedly, "Your Highness, you know that I have wanted to fight in the frontier since I was a child. Being a general means I have already put my head on the belt. What's the big deal about getting married at this time?"

"Will I let my newly married wife stay alone in the empty house? In a few years, will she stay alone in the empty house with my tablet in her arms?"

Ji Qichen looked at his companion with pity, "You are the eldest son of the general's mansion, the next Zhenbei general. As the heir, you must leave descendants before going to the frontier."

"Otherwise your mother wouldn't let you leave."

Xu Guangzhu was mad. He looked at the third prince in disbelief. "Didn't my mother say that as long as I got married, she would allow me to go to war?!"

Ji Qichen raised his eyebrows youthfully and asked back, "If you die on the battlefield, the general's mansion can only be inherited by your half brother, so in order to avoid this situation, your mother will definitely let you leave a child before she leaves."

"Oh, maybe you'll be asked to keep more than one child. After all, children are always prone to dying, so you have to keep several." Ji Qichen said in a firm tone.

Xu Guangzhu felt more and more uncomfortable. If he had several children, when would he be able to go to the border to fight?

Besides, it’s not like he can have a child just by saying so. Some people don’t have a child for several years!

Seo Kwang-soo slumped over the table in despair.

Ji Qichen coughed, trying to divert his study partner's attention. He raised his head and looked inside the banquet, finally stopping his gaze on the only person who was eating pastries...a little girl?

"Kwang Soo, your mother actually set her eyes on such a young child?!" Ji Qichen's bright eyes widened a little.

"Huh? What little girl?" Xu Guangzhu raised his head and looked out, "Where? Which one?"

"It's the one sitting in the front, very close to your mother!" Ji Qichen pointed in the direction.

After looking over, Seo Kwang-soo retorted, "What are you talking about! That's my cousin! She's only ten years old!"

Ji Qichen awkwardly withdrew his hand and was silent for a while. Not long after, he asked, "You have another cousin? Which one?"

"Of course I do. I mentioned it to you once before! She is the daughter of my aunt who married the prime minister!" Xu Guangzhu easily forgot what had just happened.

"She turns out to be Prime Minister Mu's daughter." Ji Qichen was a little surprised. After all, during the morning court yesterday, he was still watching Marquis Jingyang trying to drag the Prime Minister into the water. He didn't expect to see his daughter now.

"Yes, didn't you notice that my cousin has beautiful eyes?"

"Eyes? What good can a little girl see..." Ji Qichen looked over and his eyes suddenly widened, "No, why are your cousin's eyes amber!"

Xu Guangzhu was a little proud, "Isn't she pretty? I went to see her when she was five years old. She was super cute and even called me cousin!"

"Wait, I'm asking about the eye color. How did your aunt give birth to them?" Ji Qichen was puzzled. He had never heard of anyone in the General's Mansion having eyes of this color before.

No, it should be that all the people in the General’s Mansion have black eyes!

Could it be that someone in the Prime Minister's family has eyes of this color?

"Uh, I don't know about that either." Xu Guangzhu was stumped by the question. His aunt never told him the reason.

"Maybe, maybe it's a miracle?" he said uncertainly.

Ji Qichen barely suppressed this question, but immediately asked another one.

"So what is she here for? To watch you choose a wife?"

"See the world?"

Ji Qichen and Xu Guangzhu looked at each other, somewhat shocked, "You're not even sure about this?"

Seo Kwang Soo rubbed the back of his head and grinned, “Hehehehehe.”

"I haven't seen my cousin for five years. It's reasonable that I'm not familiar with her." Xu Guangzhu quickly found an excuse.