Two Imperial Sons-in-Law from One Family

The many nobles and dignitaries in the great hall fell utterly silent, all staring at Lin Qi and his father with strange looks in their eyes.

Lin Qi being betrothed to Princess Qingli already represented Ying Zheng's favor and esteem, but Lin Hu being betrothed to Princess Quan was beyond anything that favor and esteem could explain. Everyone vaguely felt that Ying Zheng seemed to be "buying over" the father and son.

Buying them over—using imperial princesses to bind this father and son to him!

But what did Lin Qi possess that was worth the Emperor of Blood Qin buying him over for? Wealth? Though the Lin Family was immensely wealthy, wealthier than the vast majority of Blood Qin's nobles and dignitaries, could they truly be richer than the Blood Qin imperial family?

The Blood Qin Empire ruled the entire Eastern Continent, with hundreds of nearby small states as its vassals. Such a colossal empire brought with it inexhaustible wealth. The Lin Family was indeed rich, but no family could possibly compare with an empire.

Yet Ying Zheng had done exactly that. Therefore, Lin Qi must possess something even more worthy of Ying Zheng's attention. And that thing had to be extraordinarily precious—at least precious enough for Ying Zheng to use two princesses to win over and buy Lin Qi. One family producing two imperial sons-in-law had never happened in Blood Qin's history. What was more, Princess Quan was Princess Qingli's biological aunt. That made the matter even more absurd.

The father was marrying the aunt, while the son was marrying the niece. Their generations and forms of address would be tangled into a complete mess.

Some mature and prudent—or rather, stubbornly old-fashioned—ministers wanted to speak up and stop this, but when they recalled the horrifying scene from days ago,