Emperor's worry

Murong Jinzhi leaned his head back on the chair and played with his cup. As he looked at the wine in his cup, he replied fatly. "Boring -," he paused and thought of a certain woman. Recalling their interaction, his lips curled up into a smile and he changed his answer. "It was interesting."

Murong Zhan was surprised. He looked at his son and couldn't help but wonder more about his answer. Interesting? It means that something good must have happened on the way that he didn't know about. Murong Zhan smiled and looked at his son. "What kind of an interesting thing happened to you? Mind telling your dear father?"

"Did you meet an interesting woman perhaps?" Murong Zhan teased knowing well that this kind of thing wouldn't happen to his son. Sigh! As a father, he was a lot worried about his son's future life. His son detested women like anything. He didn't like them coming anywhere near him. No matter how much he tried to send beautiful women to him, his son wasn't moved. Instead, he would get angry and hang them up on the roof of the palace.

Hence, he had to stop sending women to his son. Though at one point, he even felt that there was a problem with his son's sexual orientation. To verify his guess, Murong Zhan quietly called for a set of beautiful men in his palace, chose one of the best among them, and send him to his son's bed. Wasn't he great? Murong Zhan felt that he was one of the most amazing fathers in the entire world. After all, which kind of a father would send a man to his son's bed? But, he did. However, who knew? Not only was his son not grateful and thankful for having such a caring father but, instead he got angry.

That day, Murong Jinzhi not only burned the bed which was used by that beautiful men but also, made all of the servants clean the entire palace thrice the normal amount. Yet, Murong Jinzhi wasn't done. One day, when the emperor was tired after dealing with the morning court and official letters, he went to sleep on his golden bed. In the middle of his sleep, Murong Zhan realized that something was wrong. He opened his eyes and soon noticed that there was another person lying on his bed.

And, to his shock, this person was a man!!! A man was sleeping with him on his dragon bed. This was the same man who was sent to Murong Jinzhi's bed by him. But now, he was lying next to him with his hands and feet tied, mouth covered with tight clothes, half-naked, with tears streaming down his face, looking all pitiful and helpless. At this time, Murong Zhan was shocked and angry but he also realized that his son was taking revenge on him.

Since then, Murong Zhan never dared to send anybody whether it was a woman or man to his son's bed. As time passed, Murong Zhan's worry grew deeper and deeper. Seeing all of his other children, getting engaged or married, he didn't know what to do for his son's future. He didn't want his son to spend the rest of his life alone.

Murong Zhan sighed and held his head. "Azhi, I am your father and I am worried about you. I know you hate both men and women. But, you can't remain alone for the rest of your life. You are the crown prince and the future emperor of the Azure Dragon Dynasty, you will have to get married. Is there anybody that seems pleasing to your eyes?"

Murong Jinzhi lifted his eyes, glanced at him slightly, and agreed, "Um."

Not hearing his son's agreement, Murong Zhan continued to speak out his heartfelt worries. "Azhi, there are so many beautiful women in the capital. If you don't like anybody here, then we can look for a beautiful lady from somewhere else. Also, there are several princesses -"

"No need," Murong Jinzhi interrupted. "Jiang Mansion," he threw a word, got up from his chair, and left the hall.

Murong Zhan: "............."

Wei Zhong: ".............."

"Huh?" Murong Zhan blinked his eyes in confusion as he watched his son's disappearing back. "Jiang Mansion? What does this boy mean? What is he trying to say?" he asked and looked at Wei Zhong. "Azhi!!! Come back and explain properly!!!!"

"The emperor, this slave thinks that the crown prince might like a lady from the Jiang Mansion," Wei Zhong explained cautiously.

"Really?" The emperor smiled, looking pleasantly surprised. "Wei Zhong is this true? Is my son finally willing to be moved by a woman?"

Wei Zhong nodded.

"Good! Good! Good!" The emperor laughed excitedly. "Jiang Mansion, huh? Wei Zhong, who do you think it could be? I have heard that General Jiang has a beautiful daughter."

Wei Zhong nodded. "Yes, Emperor. General Jiang has an elder daughter, who is almost at the age of getting married. She is very beautiful and talented. Infact, she is one of the most talented and worthy lady in the capital."

"Hmmm...." Murong Zhan nodded thoughtfully. "What is her name?"

"Jiang Muxun," Wei Zhong answered.

"Anybody else?" The emperor asked.

Wei Zhong thought about it and nodded. "Emperor, well, there is also one more lady but she," he paused.

The emperor raised his brows and looked at him. "What about her?"

"Well, Emperor, this girl is called Jiang Yuyu and she is the General's favorite daughter. However, her reputation is not good. Everybody in the capital knows that she is a waste, does not have spiritual roots, ugly, a fool, and quite stupid," Wei Zhong informed respectfully and looked at the emperor cautiously. "Emperor, she, she is Miss Lu Suyin's daughter."

"Ah..... Lu Suyin's daughter," Emperor Zhang smiled, not knowing what was going on in his mind. He got from the couch and turned to leave. However, thinking about something, he paused and looked back. "Azhi, this boy is so bad. I am his father. At least, he can tell me the young lady's name from the Jiang Mansion. Though this girl Jiang Muxun is quite famous in the capital, we still can't be sure whether she is one whom Azhi likes. As for Lu Suying's daughter, I don't trust the rumors around her. So, for now, we won't say anything about this. However, Wei Zhong, you get me all the information about every lady in the Jiang Mansion. Observe people carefully and report to me."

"Yes, Emperor." Wei Zhong nodded.