Chapter 662

Chang'an.

Great Ming Palace.

Qin Mu was very satisfied with this newly built palace.

In the inner palace, there was also a large Taiye Pond where one could row a boat.

When free, he could boat on the lake with the beauties of the inner palace, carefree and happy.

Qin Mu valued the brothers Yan Lide and Yan Liben, who designed and built this palace, very highly, and intended to reward them and entrust them with important responsibilities.

"You two brothers, tell me, what reward do you want?"

The Yan brothers' background was not considered humble.

Their ancestors had been officials, and their father was also a famous master of calligraphy and painting of his generation.

However, their Yan family was far inferior compared to noble families like the Five Surnames and Seven Clans.

"Building the palace for Your Majesty is the honor of our two brothers; we dare not ask for any reward!" These two brothers were not greedy for money.

Qin Mu nodded slightly.

"How can there be no reward for doing a job? You just tell me."

Some love money, some love official positions.

When the Yan brothers came, they only said they wanted to finish building the Great Ming Palace, which was half-built. Besides that, Qin Mu really didn't know what talents the two brothers had.

This question was also a probe.

Yan Lide and Yan Liben looked at each other and nodded imperceptibly. 29

In their eyes, there seemed to be a hint of determination.

They spoke up.

"Your Majesty, our two brothers have not yet married. Now, the Fan Yanglu clan and the Xingyang Zheng clan want to propose marriage to us. We hope Your Majesty will grant permission!"

Hmm?

Qin Mu's brows furrowed.

The Lu clan and the Zheng clan both belonged to the Five Surnames and Seven Clans and were representatives of the noble families.

The influence of noble families in Great Qin was already very weak now.

Why did the Yan brothers still want to marry into those noble families of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans?

"You know that the power of noble families has no presence within Great Qin. Why do you still want to marry the daughters of noble families?"

Yan Lide and Yan Liben sensed that Qin Mu seemed a bit unhappy.

They were so scared that they hurriedly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, this is the last wish of the Yan family's ancestors for several generations. Our brothers just want to fulfill the last wish for our ancestors!" Ancestors' last wish!

Although this reason sounded far-fetched, Qin Mu knew that this was the true situation for many noble families.

He just didn't expect that such an idea would still exist now!

The influence of noble families was so profound!

And.

Qin Mu noticed a detail.

The Yan brothers just said that the Lu clan and the Zheng clan took the initiative to propose marriage to them.

What did this mean?

It meant the power of noble families was starting to want to infiltrate the Great Qin officialdom!

They wanted to use marriage to slowly turn the Great Qin officialdom into the territory of major noble families!