It was already late at night, but Zhao Yan couldn't calm down for a long time. After seeing Zhao Shu away, he kept locked himself in the study room, sitting there motionless, but his heart was like a storm. Especially when he saw a volume of imperial edict in front of him, he felt even more confused. He never expected that Zhao Shu would give him such an imperial edict.

Zhao Yan stared at the imperial edict in front of him and saw that in the middle of the night, he could think about something in his mind at first, but it gradually became more and more chaotic. In the end, he didn't know what he was thinking, so he simply closed his eyes and thought nothing, which made his mood slowly calm down.

"Brother, brother, I hope you can understand the painstaking efforts of your father. Never let me use this thing!" Zhao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, then grabbed the imperial edict in front of him with both hands and whispered. The content of this imperial edict is extraordinary, and he would never use it unless he had to.

At that moment, Zhao Yan brought the imperial edict back to the study in the inner house, hid it with the things he brought when he traveled through time, and then returned to Cao Ying's bedroom. At this time, Cao Ying had not yet rested. When he saw him coming in, he immediately stood up and said with concern: "Husband, who is here? Let you stay outside for so long?"

"This... is the father!" Zhao Yan hesitated when he heard Cao Ying's question, and finally answered honestly, but he did not say the reason why Zhao Shu came to see him, mainly because the fact today is of great importance. Apart from Zhao Shu and Zhao Yan, only Huang Wude knew about it, so Zhao Yan did not plan to Cao Ying.

When Cao Ying heard that the person who came to visit was Zhao Shu, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then he thought that Zhao Shu had just fallen ill yesterday and was still sick today and could not get up. But now he came with illness, which must be extremely important. However, if Zhao Yan didn't say it, she didn't ask. After all, some things are indeed inconvenient for women like them to know.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Zhao Yan accompanied Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang into the palace. They didn't know what happened to Zhao Shu going to Zhao Yan's mansion last night. Today, when they came to the palace, they were all sad. Especially when they thought that their father might die of illness in three months, they even cried bitterly on the spot. Instead, Zhao Shu seemed very open-minded and comforted his two daughters.

After finally waiting for Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang to stop crying, Zhao Shu asked them to sit down beside their bed. The father and daughter began to talk in a low voice, and Zhao Yan also sat on the side to accompany her. From time to time, she also made a few words, and she seemed happy for a while.

But at this moment, Zhao Shu suddenly sighed and said, "Shuning, Kang Ning, my father may not be able to last this year, but everyone has his own destiny. I have already seen through life and death, and I don't feel sad. But the marriage between you two is still not settled. This makes my father very worried!"

Speaking of which, Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang are indeed quite old, even in late wedding clubs, they are considered quite old women. Among them, Princess Bao'an is fine. After all, she has been married once, but Princess Shoukang has never married. Every time Zhao Shu wants to arrange a marriage for her, she insists on not allowing her. In addition, Empress Dowager Cao protects her, so Zhao Shu and Empress Gao have no choice but to Princess Shoukang.

If Zhao Shu mentioned Princess Bao'an and others' marriages, they would definitely find a way to shirk it. However, Zhao Shu was already so ill at this time, but she was still worried about their marriages. This made Princess Bao'an and both felt a little guilty. In the end, Princess Bao'an was the first to speak: "My daughter is unfilial, which makes the father worried!"

Seeing the guilty expressions on the faces of the two daughters, Zhao Shu took the opportunity to speak: "Shuning, Kang Ning, while I have a few months left, why not give up your marriage, so that even if I really can't stand it for my father, I can leave with confidence."

Zhao Shu was using illness to threaten Princess Bao'an and the other two, and was not afraid that they would not agree. After all, this was the thing that his father was most worried about.

Sure enough, when Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang heard that Zhao Shu wanted to make a marriage for them, they both looked at each other in embarrassment, and wanted to refuse but couldn't bear to speak. In the end, Princess Shoukang, who was outspoken, finally couldn't help but say: "Father, my daughter is indeed a bit willful in the marriage, but since the father has been uneasy, the daughter agreed to make the marriage, but her daughter has a request!"

"Oh, what request? As long as it can be done for your father, I will never refuse!" Zhao Shu saw Princess Shoukang agreeing, and finally said in shock that as long as Princess Shoukang is willing to get married, he, as a father, is willing to do anything.

"Actually, my daughter is not asking for what she wants, but wants to save her father. I agree to let the second sister choose her husband's consort. No matter what kind of man the second sister chooses as her husband, don't interfere too much, okay?" Princess Shoukang said seriously at this time. She knew about Princess Bao'an and Le Kong. Although Le Kong had been trying hard to change her identity, he could not hide the fact that he had been a monk before, so Princess Shoukang made such a request to Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu heard the strange request made by Princess Shoukang, and then looked at Princess Baoan, who was a little embarrassed, and immediately guessed something. At the same time, he looked at Princess Baoan deeply and said, "Shu Ning, tell your father honestly, have you already had someone you like?"

"Father, I..." Princess Bao'an would not lie, let alone faced her seriously ill father. It was just that this matter was related to her relationship with Li Kong, so she didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhao Yan next to him felt something was wrong when he heard Princess Shoukang make a request to Zhao Shu. Now Zhao Shu saw something, especially Princess Bao'an was hesitant and didn't even bother to tell him. This made him very anxious and quickly interrupted: "Father, the third sister means to let the second sister choose her husband by herself, so as not to meet a guy like Wang Shu who comes from a famous family but has a corrupt character!"

"Oh, is that?" Zhao Shu looked at the three siblings suspiciously when he heard Zhao Yan's words. A look of clarity flashed in his eyes. It seemed that he had seen through the thoughts of Zhao Yan and the other two. However, he did not worry about this anymore. Instead, he took the initiative to change the topic and began to ask what kind of man Princess Shoukang likes, which also made Zhao Yan and the other two breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps because Princess Shoukang was finally willing to get married, Zhao Shu's spirit suddenly became excited. She pulled the three siblings to say something for a long time. Of course, most of the topics revolved around Princess Shoukang's marriage. In fact, Zhao Yan and Princess Bao'an were also very surprised. They did not expect that Princess Shoukang would really agree to get married.

The most important thing for a princess to get married is naturally the choice of the prince-consort. The Song Dynasty had already formed a process for this. For example, when Prince Shoukang got married, he would definitely notify the nobles or officials of each family in advance, and then let the young men who were of the right age and were willing to be the princess report to the court. At that time, the court would select several suitable candidates from these men, and finally report to the palace, and the emperor, the queen, the queen, etc. decide the final candidate together.

Zhao Shu first asked Princess Shoukang if there was any suitable candidate. If she had a man she liked and the other party had a suitable family background, the above process of choosing a prince consort can naturally be omitted, of course, the premise is that the man must also agree.

Zhao Yan and Princess Bao'an knew that Princess Shoukang and Cao Song were very close to each other during this period. Speaking of which, with the rise of the bank's reputation, Cao Song finally got rid of his original bad reputation, especially among the merchants in the capital, when it comes to Cao Song's respect, of course, some people are talking about Cao Song's previous bad deeds behind their backs. However, this kind of thing has long been a proof of Cao Song's return, and no one cares too much.

In other words, Cao Song is now worthy of Princess Shoukang. In addition, they are so close, so Zhao Yan and Princess Bao'an thought that Princess Shoukang would directly choose Cao Song as the candidate for the son-in-law. But what they didn't expect was that Princess Shoukang did not do this. Instead, she said that she did not like someone, and everything would be done according to the procedure of choosing a son-in-law.

Zhao Shu didn't know about Princess Shoukang and Cao Song, and was very happy when she heard her daughter's words. She immediately asked someone to come and discuss with her about choosing a princess for Princess Shoukang. This made Queen Gao very happy. She even proposed to take the opportunity to help Princess Bao'an choose a princess together. However, Zhao Shu saw that Princess Bao'an seemed to have a favorite person and didn't want him to know, so she helped her reject Queen Gao's proposal.

Zhao Yan and the other two stayed in the palace for a whole day, and they didn't leave together until dark. However, just as they got on the carriage, Zhao Yan and Princess Bao'an immediately asked Princess Shoukang in unison: "Three Sisters (Three Sisters), are you really planning to get married?"

"Of course, I don't want my father to always worry about my marriage. In addition, women always want to get married. Since that's the case, it's better to marry yourself in the past few months to make your father feel at ease." Princess Shoukang said with an indifferent look on her face.

"But...but...but you are not very close to Cao Song, the third sister, and the last time Master Huining's statement about your marriage also pointed to Cao Song, why didn't you directly choose Cao Song as the candidate for the son-in-law when the father asked about it before?" Princess Bao'an said impatiently at this time.
Chapter completed!