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Chapter 562: I don’t want my children to go through the same path I’ve walked before

Xiao Beichen looked at Gu Chengfeng and said with a smile, "Old Four, Xiao Yao'er is about to reach the age of marriage. How about marrying her to the Crown Prince at the marriage ceremony?"

Gu Chengfeng rolled his eyes at him and complained, "Once the Crown Prince appoints a concubine, I'm afraid it will be a lively scene."

His daughter had just come of age and had been a Taoist since she was young. How could she know the ins and outs of the Beijing dignitaries? Even if he played tricks, he couldn't beat the Beijing noble ladies.

Although the third senior brother had already talked about marriage with him, it would be better to delay it for a day.

Seeing the different looks from his fellow brothers, Xiao Beichen felt a little embarrassed and said with a wry smile, "Why have I worked so hard all these years? I just hope that my son can marry someone he likes and not have to take a concubine."

"I will issue an order to protect the children. If anyone dares to lay hands on the Eastern Palace, I will chop off their fingers!" Xiao Beichen promised fiercely.

Among all his fellow disciples, those who did not get married were fine, and those who did get married all had only one wife and no concubines. Only he had several concubines in his harem.

Although he was the emperor and had no choice, he knew in his heart that he was also a Taoist priest, and this made him feel ashamed in front of his fellow disciples.

Even if he is an emperor.

As a Taoist priest, he once had great talent and good cultivation, but in the end he could only barely maintain the initial stage of Heavenly Master realm and could no longer make any progress.

If it weren't for the fact that his junior fellow apprentice brought back many cultivation resources after his nine journeys through the human world, stockpiled many good things, and taught him many Taoist techniques, he wouldn't have advanced so quickly.

He was able to break through to the peak level thanks to his junior brother.

This is an embarrassing but undeniable fact. Therefore, even though he is an emperor, he dare not be careless and wants to travel outside the capital to broaden his horizons and improve his state of mind.

He was busy being emperor in the first twenty years, and in the last twenty years he wanted to live for himself and lead a carefree life.

But he was leaving, and the heavy responsibility of ruling the country would be handed over to his eldest son.

Can the eldest son keep the throne? Will he also have to take people into the harem like he did in the past?

At least as a father he will not leave a mess behind, but will clear all obstacles for his son.

Xiao Che and Gu Yiyao had known each other for a long time in the Northern Territory. Now that Gu Yiyao had returned to the capital she was already a grown-up girl, and Xiao Che went to his father to ask for his hand in marriage to Xiaoyao.

Gu Yiyao also likes Xiao Che, and they are destined to be in love with each other.

If this could come to pass, it would be a perfect marriage made in heaven, but what they have to face is a situation where the powerful and wealthy are competing for profit and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

Of course, this situation cannot be left to the children to face, which is why Xiao Beichen said such harsh words.

Gu Chengfeng felt relieved after hearing this, and said helplessly: "I'm afraid that if you go traveling, the child will be bullied because of his unstable foundation. Besides, I'm afraid my sister-in-law won't be happy about it."

Since the marriage was going to be granted, Gu Chengfeng had nothing to hide or say.

Xiao Beichen lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then looked at his fellow apprentices and said seriously, "I don't want the children to walk the same path I have walked before."

"Since the children's foundation is not stable, let Che'er be the crown prince first. After all, the crown prince is only one step away from being the regent and ascending the throne."

"As long as I am the emperor, I still have the final say in the court. Wait until my eldest grandson is twenty years old, then let Che'er ascend the throne."

Thinking that he would be an old man at the age of sixty in twenty years, Xiao Beichen's expression froze slightly.

Then his eyes lightly swept over Yun Xuanyu who was not far away, and then he lowered his eyes, hiding the sadness in his heart.

As if thinking of something, he raised his eyes and looked at Yun Tang again: "Xiao Tang'er, do you still have the Yangxin Pill in stock? Give Third Senior Brother a few more bottles. Third Senior Brother doesn't want to age too quickly."

Yun Tang was speechless and muttered, "Third Senior Brother, haven't you noticed that you look at least three years younger recently?"

"Although it's not much, and it's impossible to really regain youth, but as your cultivation level increases and your lifespan grows, your body will change from the inside out."

"Look at Master and Senior Brother. Aren't they much younger than before? But they haven't changed as much as returning to their youth overnight."

Their master is 81 years old this year. Taoist Hong once said that he looked like he was ten years younger, but this was just an obvious change in a short period of time.

Their eldest senior brother is in his early fifties, but looks like he is in his forties. This is the result of his own cultivation realm having already reached the peak.

There is no need to take Yangxin Pills at all.

Second Brother will only be fifty next year, isn’t he very young?

Third Brother hasn't even turned 41 yet, and he's already worried about getting older? Really...

How could Yuntang know the age anxiety in her third senior brother's heart? There was a thirteen-year age difference between him and the seventh senior brother.

Xiao Beichen's original plan was to wait until Crown Prince Xiao Che ascended the throne and became the new emperor, and then he would leave the capital and become a true Taoist priest living a carefree life.

He took his little Yu'er back to the mountains, away from the prosperity, power and interests of the capital.

But Gu Chengfeng was worried that he would abandon the kingdom to the young emperor. Without the protection of his powerful father, the child would face pressure from all sides.

The ministers' favorite way to put pressure on the emperor was to stuff women into the emperor's harem under the guise of producing offspring for the emperor.

They all want to send a daughter to the palace to get more benefits for their family. Maybe they will win the fight and be the one who laughs last.

As for who the emperor likes, there are so many women in the harem who have lost favor. How many sons did they give birth to, and how many of them survived?

It’s none of their business!

For the sake of personal interests and family future, marriage became a battlefield of interests, and the emperor would become a pawn in the game between various families.

Back then, when Xiao Beichen returned to the capital so heroically to become the crown prince, didn't he also marry a crown princess and two concubines?

There are still not many women in his harem.

His biological father, the late emperor, had hundreds of women in his harem throughout his life, and he did not favor all of them. He did have quite a few children, but how many of them survived in the end?

He even fled to the East Territory to become a Taoist priest, and finally returned to the capital purely by chance. Of course, he also had the support of the Cheng Wang family and the families of his concubines.

As an emperor, he was not greedy for women and always remained rational and sober.

As a Taoist priest, he found it difficult to settle his business.

Now, in order to protect his son's interests, he decided to let his son be the crown prince for another twenty years.

As long as he, the emperor, is there, the court will remain the same, and no one can bully his son.

In the end, Xiao Beichen still asked Yuntang for a few bottles of Yangxin Pills, saying that he would stockpile them for peace of mind.

Finally, after discussion among the fellow disciples, it was decided not to grant the marriage this year and to maintain the status quo until they had a good rest for half a year.

Didn’t they say that the prince would marry when he turned 20? It’s just the right excuse to keep it that way.

Crown Prince Xiao Che will be appointed next year, Prince of Qi Xiao Fei will be appointed the year after, and Prince of Yan Xiao Ye will have to wait a few more years.

Speaking of marriage, we are back to Yuntang and Yun Xuanmo's marriage. Yuntang will also be coming of age next year.

But the master also said that Yuntang’s Princess Protector of the Nation is currently in the limelight, so it would be better to wait two years before discussing the marriage, so that others would not think that Yun Xuanmo became the Duke of Dingguo because of Yuntang.

His lovely ninth disciple is a good person, and he doesn't like others to look down on him.

Therefore, Yuntang and Yun Xuanmo's marriage was put on hold, and everyone unanimously decided to take a vacation and have fun first.