The moment those words were spoken, someone cried out in alarm, "Have a prince marry into another family?"
"Hu Yan Wuhen, how dare you utter such words, devoid of sovereign and father alike!"
"Supreme General, don't get this backward. Wei Kingdom is the one begging us now, yet you want a prince to marry into another family?"
"Hu Yan Wuhen! A prince's marriage represents the dignity of the state. Men marry women; women marry men—that is the natural order. Even common men consider marrying into a wife's family disgraceful. If a dignified prince of Qi Kingdom marries into another family, wouldn't people laugh their teeth out?"
"Supreme General, Xuanwei is a widow, a woman who has been married before. Though she is quite beautiful, she is nearing forty. Among His Majesty's princes, the unmarried ones are all under twenty, yet you want a prince not even twenty years old to marry... no, to be married off to a widow nearing forty. How could you even say such a thing?"
"Your Majesty, this must absolutely not be done. If word gets out, where will Qi Kingdom's dignity go? Where will Your Majesty's dignity go? And how is the prince who marries into another family supposed to face it?"
The court officials all spoke out to condemn Hu Yan Wuhen. Voices rose one over another, leaving him no chance to get a word in.
"Shut up, all of you!" Hao Yuntu suddenly bellowed from his high seat. The hall fell silent enough to hear a needle drop before he said with a dark expression, "Supreme General, having a prince marry into another family is indeed somewhat improper."
Hu Yan Wuhen said, "Your Majesty, Wei Kingdom's situation is plain for all to see. Xuan Chengtian has utterly lost the people's support. Whether it