Chapter 14: Ten Days of Leisure

"Mo'er, look, this is a marriage post sent by the prince of Yingguo. This Wang clan has a family n, named Wang Chunyang, is the little n son of today's Ying Guogong, it is rumored that he has always been loved by Ying Guogong, en is noble, and my Xiao family is en when the household is right, the age is double eight, the age is also suitable for you, and dignified and beautiful, talent and appearance, it is a good match that you are hard to find, well, Mo'er, what do you mean? ”

After being welcomed by Xiao Mo to the study and seated, before Xiao Mo had time to say hello to the elders, grandmother Liu had already taken out a copy of the stack of courting posts in her hand and handed it to Xiao Mo, her voice was full of joy, and she asked quickly.

Xiao Mo picked up the post and glanced at it twice, and saw that it was all about the n's origin, so he didn't look at it carefully, because he knew that these were not important.

The important thing is that this Wang Chunyang represents the royal family of the Duke of Yingguo.

Xiao Mo calculated the powerful relationship, pondered for a moment, and before he could speak, he misunderstood Liu, thinking that Xiao Mo didn't like it, so he actually posted another post, and then handed it to Xiao Mo, and said: "Well, this Wang Chunyang is a little older, but now you are a lot older, although you are a high lord, but you can't pick and choose because of this, you must know that this priceless treasure is easy to obtain, and a good marriage is hard to find." But fortunately, there are many people who come to ask for relatives today, and the right people are not only in this Yingguo Mansion. What do you think of this family? She is the grandson of the Duke of Fuguo, Su Meirong, only fifteen years old, well-known knowledgeable, docile and virtuous, and the family background is no less than Wang Chunyang, his father is the fourth son of the Duke of Fuguo, although he is not the eldest son of the hereditary son, he does not have the qualifications of the hereditary prince, but he has also been awarded the title of Lord Zhong by the emperor. ”

Xiao Mo was strange, this Wang Chunyang was only ten years old, and Liu's mouth was actually "a little older".

Seeing that Xiao Mo was still Shen Yin, grandmother Liu Shi posted a post again, and continued: "Then you look at this post of asking for marriage, it was sent by the Protector Gong himself, and the Protector Luo Shang has a nephew named Luo Jinxi, who is rumored to be the first talent in Beijing, beautiful and unparalleled, and now he is already famous in the capital......"

However, this time, Xiao Mo was surprisingly simple, and before Liu finished speaking, he said in a deep voice: "Grandmother, early tomorrow morning, you will find someone to send this marriage post back to the Protector Mansion, if my Xiao family has too close a relationship with the Protector Mansion, I am afraid it will not be appropriate." ”

After hearing Xiao Mo's words, Liu couldn't help but be stunned.

Before she came to Xiao Mo, because of the fact that she felt that it was very important, she had already explored the origin and status of all the relatives today, this should be the prince of the country, the prince of the auxiliary country, and the prince of the protector of the country, although they are all the best in the great Chu, but if you talk about the longevity of the saints, the prestige is great, but the prince of the country is the protector. And the three families are also well-known as Na Luo Jinxi. In Liu's opinion, the Luo family is a good choice for the Xiao family, but I don't know why Xiao Mo would push down this marriage without thinking about it, and the tone is rare and neat.

Although the Liu family was resolute and decisive when he was in charge of the Xiao family, after all, he was only born in the countryside and was short-sighted, and he didn't understand the power of the court, the way of being an official, and the emperor's mental skills, and he didn't even know a little about it, so he didn't understand Xiao Mo's thoughts.

In fact, not only the Liu family doesn't understand, but the head of the family, Xiao Shenxing, also doesn't understand, and Xiao Shenyan, who used to be an official, also doesn't understand.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were suspicious, Xiao Mo explained: "Elders, I am young now, and I have already become a hereditary Marquis of Wei Guo and a scholar from the second grade, and I am afraid it is inevitable that I will enter the cabinet in the future." Although the saint is prosperous, it is precisely because of this that my Xiao family should be cautious and cautious in all kinds of things. And the line of the protector of the country, there are children in the army for generations, the influence of the Great Chu Army is not small, it is the spokesperson of the military power court, but 'Wu is irrelevant', 'the minister is not involved in military affairs" is the foundation of my Great Chu Dynasty, the ancestral legal system, if I really agree to this marriage, in the future, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be unhappy. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Mo couldn't help but shake his head, and said: "I'm afraid this protector is a little confused, now that the imperial court is in decline because of the invasion of the grassland barbarians, the military power is declining more and more, and if he wants to recover the decline, he actually hit me with the idea, doesn't he know how to avoid suspicion?" Although His Majesty doesn't like government affairs today, his imperial mind has been inherited since Taizu, so how can he be allowed to do this? It doesn't matter if he's confused, how can he take me off and go into the water? I'm afraid that it is the work of this time, and the matter of the protector coming to ask for relatives today has been reported to the emperor. ”

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Originally, on the day Xiao Mo returned to the dynasty and was enthroned, when he first met the protector Luo Shang, he still had a lot of good feelings for this temperament Mu Su's righteous protector Luo Shang, and felt that he should be an upright and strict person.

However, when Xiao Mo's "Jiying Palace" was sealed, Na Luo Sheng only knew that on behalf of the military forces, he blindly competed with the courtiers for power and power, and he was cheeky to try his best to share the exploits of Xiao Mo and others, regardless of the fact that the generals had repeatedly collapsed when they led the troops to fight, which had made Xiao Mo's favor towards him plummet.

And today, Luo Shang's intransigent and short-sighted approach made Xiao Mo's good impression of him disappear.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the army of the Chu Dynasty is nearly one million, and the military strength has declined to what it is now. Not to mention the others, when fighting against the grassland barbarians alone, many of the leading generals who were defeated in the first battle were members of the Protector Gongluo family.

After seeing the vision and ability of the protector Luo Shang again, Xiao Mo can say with certainty that if this protector Luo Shang still blindly thinks about borrowing power to strengthen his force in the future, he is afraid that it will be the glory of the Luo family for a hundred years, and his hands will be ruined.

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After Xiao Mo explained the reason, he didn't hear any voices for or no, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and looked up, but saw that the Xiao family in the study was all looking like they were all talking and stopping, especially their grandmother Liu, who was faintly full of loss.

It's no wonder that this Xiao family is only a landlord family in a remote state and county, even if Xiao Mo's fourth grandfather Xiao Shenyan once held an official position, but it was only from the master book of the eighth grade, and he was repeatedly excluded by others, only because Xiao Mo is now in power, he suddenly became a Jingwang clan, and the people's vision and knowledge are much worse.

Just like now, when the clansmen of the Xiao family heard Xiao Mo talking about the affairs of the court, they didn't even know how to answer, even if they had some ideas, they were afraid of saying the wrong thing, and they were all silent. Even Xiao Shenyan, who has had officialdom experience, is still the same at this moment.

And Xiao Mo's grandmother, Liu, was in a fluctuating mood at this time. I didn't expect that it was just a simple marriage, and it would be so important.

When Xiao Mo was young, she could be said to have spoiled Xiao Mo very much, coupled with the vigorous control of Yu Wang, she had to do everything about Xiao Mo, for fear that Xiao Mo would have something out of her control, but now at this moment, she found that her vision was capable, and she couldn't keep up with the situation, and what she did not only couldn't help Xiao Mo, but she didn't know what she was doing, and after being suspected of making trouble, her mood was so complicated that it was difficult to express it to outsiders.

After Xiao Mo understood the thoughts of the Xiao family, he also sighed in his heart.

As the so-called fighting tiger brothers, going into battle father and son soldiers, although "raising the virtuous and avoiding relatives" is an ancient saying, but the feudal dynasty period has never really been realized, the Chu Dynasty, the concept of clan is still very serious, and a person also brings his family members into the officialdom after becoming an official, which is a common thing. In this regard, although Xiao Mo came from the later generations, he did not have much resistance, after all, he still has a shallow foundation, and he needs a trustworthy clansman to help him do things.

It's a pity that Xiao Mo looks at the people of the Xiao clan all over the world, although there are a lot of them, but the ability of these people is high, that is, the appearance of collecting land rent and managing the family business, and they can enter the officialdom to help him, except for Xiao Shenyan, there is no one, and Xiao Shenyan is old, it is the time to enjoy his old age, but Xiao Mo can't bear to let him continue to work hard.

Otherwise, when Xiao Mo built his forces, he wouldn't have to bother so much.

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The atmosphere was a little chilly unconsciously there.

In the end, Xiao Shenxing coughed lightly, broke the calm, took the thick stack of marriage posts from Liu's hand, put it in Xiao Mo's hand, and then said: "Mo'er, I don't understand the affairs of the court, and I can't help you anything, the fourth brother said to me a few days ago, I am afraid that your current marriage is no longer as simple as ordinary people's marriage, and those of us who are elders are no longer suitable for ha, we don't have that vision and no ability, I didn't believe it, but today I saw those who came to propose, When I heard what you said, I could only believe it. Therefore, you should decide your marriage, and your grandmother and I will not care. ”

After Liu and Xiao Shenxing glanced at each other, they nodded helplessly, and said, "Originally, I was optimistic about marrying with the Protector Mansion, but when I heard you say this, it was my old fu who was short-sighted...... Mo'er, make up your own mind. ”

Compared with Xiao Shenxing's free and easy, Liu's tone was much more complaining.

In fact, whether it is Xiao Shenxing or Liu, they have long been psychologically prepared to let Xiao Mo marry independently. It's just that Xiao Mo is their only grandson after all, how can they not care about Xiao Mo's marriage? How can they be at ease if they don't participate? So after sending the "matchmakers" away, looking at the pile of posts with thick hands, I was excited, so I put my original idea behind me, and happily found Xiao Mo here to "give advice" to Xiao Mo.

But when they found out that they didn't have this vision after all, and doing what they thought could only be bad, they remembered their original decision again, so although they were disappointed, they finally returned the power of decision to Xiao Mo.

Seeing his grandfather and grandmother like this, Xiao Mo didn't even dare to say it, and kept comforting him with warm words, Xiao Shenxing was fine, but Liu still looked unhappy.

At this moment, Deng Shangquan entered the room, holding a post in his hand, and said to Xiao Mo: "Young Master, Master Zhang Yansheng Zhang has sent a post, please come to the Bamboo Silk Building tonight." ”

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