Li Wuyu cried yesterday, crying as she pleaded with Prime Minister Li to consent to her marriage to Wang Youbao.
However, Prime Minister Li did not agree at first, leaving Li Wuyu to kneel and cry continuously.
It was only later, after Prime Minister Li heard the reports from the subordinates who escorted Li Wuyu home, stating that Wang Youbao’s character was exceptionally good, though a merchant, he had an excellent reputation, especially for being particularly close with An Jing and Xiao Changyi.
Prime Minister Li didn’t pay much attention to An Jing but, as soon as he heard of Wang Youbao’s good relationship with Xiao Changyi, he immediately believed that Wang Youbao must indeed have an impeccable character.
It must be known that Prime Minister Li had always held Xiao Changyi in very high regard.
Even though Xiao Changyi was aloof and reclusive, avoiding contact with people, Prime Minister Li respected him, believing that Xiao Changyi was born to guard Xiyun; with Changyi, the Emperor of Xiyun felt secure, the Crown Prince felt secure, he, as the Prime Minister, felt secure, and all the citizens of Xiyun felt even more at ease.
And the reason Prime Minister Li had not married off his daughter Li Wuyu wasn’t that there were no suitors coming to propose, but because those who did come did not meet his approval, none caught his eye, feeling that even if his precious daughter married into wealth and status, she wouldn’t be happy, so he kept delaying, turning his precious daughter into an old maid, yet he still hadn’t arranged a match for her.
Now, with Wang Youbao having an extremely good character and also being the one his precious daughter adored, he knew that marrying her off to him would make his daughter happy, and he would be at ease as well.
With this thought, Prime Minister Li agreed, consented to his daughter’s marriage to Wang Youbao.
When Li Wuyu heard that Prime Minister Li had agreed, she finally stopped crying.
Thinking back on how she knelt and cried for so long yesterday, Li Wuyu felt somewhat embarrassed. If she had known how much her father revered her mentor, she would have just directly asked her mentor to personally intervene on her behalf, sparing her all this trouble.
"Father, my Youbao truly has an excellent character," suddenly, Li Wuyu praised her Youbao with great excitement. "You saw today, doesn’t he seem unlike any common merchant?"
Prime Minister Li recalled Wang Youbao’s handsome and polite demeanor, and his annoyance subsided, nodding, "He doesn’t seem like one indeed."
"Father, let me tell you," Li Wuyu suddenly lowered her voice to a secretive whisper that only she and Prime Minister Li could hear, "the Crown Prince also thinks the same, the Crown Prince said that day that my Youbao doesn’t resemble a merchant at all, but rather like someone who manages merchants."
Prime Minister Li’s heart jolted, he then sternly scolded, "You careless talker, you must never say such a thing to anyone else, keep it to yourself, do you hear me?"
Having a son-in-law used by the court was certainly good, but the fear was that he might be taken down by envy before he even got a chance to be employed.
One must know that position is not only important, it’s a lucrative one, and countless people yearn for it...
If it was known that the Crown Prince already had a favored candidate, that candidate would certainly be the target of countless envious eyes.
And he didn’t want his daughter to become a widow.
Li Wuyu immediately nodded as if mashing garlic, "I hear you, Father! It will rot in my stomach!"
She actually also thought this was a grave matter, hence, she only spoke of it this one time to her father.
Subsequently, Li Wuyu turned playful and smiling again, "Father, may I go see my Youbao?"
Prime Minister Li snorted, "No, you may not."
"Then what if I sneak out?" Li Wuyu shamelessly asked, not minding the idea of sneaking out through the back door at all.