On the subject of taking a wife and having children, he had thought about it sometimes, but at that time, he was still the powerful and influential Regent King, and the women who wanted to approach him all had ulterior motives, without exception.
Some wanted to marry him to enhance their family's power through his title, while others who had different intentions sought to place spies by his side.
For all of these, Ji Xiaoyuan was utterly fed up and refused outright.
Even three days before he had planned to retire to the countryside, he heard that his nephew the Emperor had arranged a marriage for him with some Princess Jialan from the Wan Dynasty!
What a joke!
He couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to the women around him, let alone cajole a strange woman from an enemy country whose name he didn't know; thus, he decisively left.
