Chapter 31: The King Proposes Marriage
Su Xiang's mansion is also in a better location in Beijing, after all, it is Xiangguo's mansion.
But whether it is the decoration or the grandeur of the faΓ§ade, compared with the Seven Kings Mansion, it is a big difference. Su Xia escaped from the corner gate back then, and he had never entered or exited from the main gate in a serious way, and he stayed in the inner courtyard more often on weekdays.
Rong Hao's carriage stopped in front of Su Xiang's Mansion, and the guards hurriedly came over to clear the way and clear the pedestrians.
Su Xiang heard that the Seventh Prince came over in person and took Mrs. Hua out of the house to greet him.
Rong Hao got out of the carriage and wanted to turn around and habitually take Su Xia out, but after thinking about it, it was not good to do this kind of Meng Lang behavior in the Su family, so he put down his raised arm stupidly, motioned to the servant to put down the pedals, and led Su Xia off the car.
Su Xia looked at the two middle-aged people in front of him, needless to say, the male one must be his cheap father, tall and slender, very delicate between his eyebrows, he can see some of Su Xia's shadows, he must be a handsome guy when he was young, but he is kind and kind, and he is a strict wife at first glance. The other one is dressed gracefully and luxuriously, full of golden light, although he is not young, but he is not full of meat, his body shape is not bad, he is well maintained, and there are not many wrinkles on his face, this must be Mrs. Hua.
The two of them saluted Rong Hao, who waved his hand and motioned for them to get up. In fact, according to Rong Hao's thoughts, he originally didn't want them to salute, after all, he was Su Xia's elder, but thinking that Mrs. Hua bullied and abused Su Xia so much, she poured ice water on Su Xia on the nine cold days, and Su Xiang was a cowardly embryo, no matter what he didn't care about, he couldn't suppress the nameless fire in his heart, and he accepted their gift alive.
When they stood up, Su Xia also symbolically blessed his body, "Father, mother." β
Su Xiang didn't feel anything, and Mrs. Hua was ten thousand unwilling in her heart. She originally played a good wishful thinking, these seven princes did not get married, and her daughter married to be a ready-made princess, but she was inserted by Su Xia, and she was in a bad mood, but now she sees Su Xia looking better and better, and she looks very much like her dead mother between her eyebrows and eyes, so she has a nose that is not right for her nose and eyes for eyes, and snorted angrily, "Hmph, now that someone supports it, it's different, and it's careless to do a salute, and people who don't know still think that I have no tutor in Sufu." β
Su Xia is not the little bun back then. She's the Niu Hulu who has crossed over. Susha. She smiled slightly, and sneered at each other: "That's not it, the concubine of the Su Mansion has a tutor, where does the concubine get a tutor to speak of." β
Su Xiang saw that they were about to quarrel, and hurriedly stopped the conflict, "The prince is coming, how can he just stand at the door and wait, please move to the main hall, and treat the officials with good tea." β
Rong Hao smiled and nodded, "I'm tired of Su Xiang." Holding Su Xia's little hand with one hand, she followed Su Xiang into the main hall, and Mrs. Hua followed behind her and gritted her teeth angrily, no way, this dead girl now has the support of the prince behind her, and she can't afford to offend.
When Su Jiaojiao heard that Rong Hao was coming, she dressed up and dressed up, and the flowers and branches also came in, and the moment she saw Su Xia, the rouge on her face faded, and her pretty face turned white.
Although he had already guessed that it might be Su Xia when he heard that the eunuch beside the Seventh Prince had become a woman, it was another thing to see Su Xia following Rong Hao with brilliance today, and entering and leaving Su Mansion openly. Su Jiaojiao's lips pursed and she bowed to Rong Hao.
Rong Hao had the heart to avenge Su Xia, but he didn't see it, and he was only greeting Su Xiang.
Su Jiaojiao maintained a saluting posture, not daring to stand or move. After a cup of tea, it seemed that I saw Su Jiaojiao, "Yo, isn't this the eldest lady of the Su family!" Why, hurry up, this king just told your father about the speculation, almost forgot about you. β
Su Jiaojiao's feet were very sore, she gritted her teeth and stood firm, and the girl hurriedly came up to support her, so that she didn't wrestle.
Rong Hao nodded approvingly, "Su Xiang, the tutor in your house is quite strict, this king just took a look, and the posture of this eldest lady is very good-looking." β
Su Xia couldn't help but smile and sat under Rong Hao peeling melon seeds.
Rong Hao was also peeling melon seeds, with a clean small dish in front of him, he put the peeled melon seeds in the saucer, and said to Su Xia casually: "Su Xiang, the purpose of bringing Xiao Xia here this time must be clear to everyone." After all, Xiao Xia is a person from your Prime Minister's Mansion, and this king will marry the princess and hope that this princess will come out of your Prime Minister's Mansion. β
Su Xiang nodded, "Thanks to the prince's love." β
Mrs. Hua came up with the truth, what is the princess from the Prime Minister's Mansion, that is, the princess does not have to be Su Xia, any daughter of the Su family can be, right? Then who can compare to their own coquettishness. Jiaojiao, knowledgeable, beautiful, and still a concubine, it will be cheaper for Su Xia to be a concubine when the time comes. Mrs. Hua smiled secretly in her heart, looking at Su Xia's eyes full of resentment. Dead girl, see how long you can scream.
Rong Hao continued: "This king will go back to the palace to ask his father for a decree and ask to marry the daughter of the Su family. After that, he glanced at Mrs. Hua meaningfully, and then glanced at Su Jiaojiao.
When Mrs. Hua saw Rong Hao's eyes looking at herself and Su Jiaojiao, a fire of hope suddenly rose in her heart. She rushed ahead of Su Xia and replied, "Lord Wang, what are you talking about?" You asked to marry my daughter, that is the honor of our Su family, the saint asked, the lord must have agreed at once, where would you be reluctant. β
Su Jiaojiao also looked at her mother with shame and disgust, stretched out her hand and pulled her mother's sleeve, and shouted coquettishly "Niang ......", which turned back and forth, and was so shocked that Su Xia's hand peeling melon seeds shook and almost dropped the melon seeds to the ground.
Rong Hao used to be the captain of the melon-eating team, and he was very handy about reading the book and eating melon seeds, and he had already peeled a whole plate and handed it to Su Xia, "Oh, this king peeled it for you." You don't peel anymore, hurt your nails. β
Su Xia took the melon seeds and sat down to eat them with a smile.
Su Jiaojiao's eyes turned red when she saw the two of them showing affection like no one else.
Mrs. Hua patted her hand soothingly, and said in a low voice, "Jiaojiao, don't be angry." β
Su Jiaojiao took a sip of tea to relieve the suffocation in her chest.
Stay until noon, when it's time for dinner.
Su Xiang ordered his subordinates to prepare food, but Rong Hao refused. "Su Xiang, this king is here to take Xiao Xia back home and recognize a relative. After all, I haven't been back for several years. But the father doesn't like the prince's personal relationship with foreign ministers, you also know, this king is inconvenient to stay for a long time, and if he stays for a long time, I am afraid that there will be criticism outside. "Get up and pull Su Xia to go back.
Su Xiang also stood up, took a step forward, and pulled Su Xia's other sleeve, "Lord Wang, Su Xia is the daughter of my Su family, I'm afraid it's not good to follow you back to the Seven Princes' Mansion like this." β
Rong Hao turned his head and smiled at Su Xiang, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Lord Xiangguo is too worried, the matter between Su Xia and this king is known to the whole capital and even the whole country, you may not have seen much of it, but you must have heard the little song." Do you think there is any need to shy away from this already so? β
Su Xiang's face turned red and white for a while, and he had to let go, "Xiao Xia, you have to take care of yourself in the palace, don't make trouble for the prince." β
Su Xia glanced at her cheap father, and could see her father's care and reluctance for his daughter from his eyes, in the end, Su Xia's appearance was still a little bit like that of her mother, she smiled slightly, "Thank you daddy for your concern, my daughter will follow the rules and serve the prince well." It will not be a shame for Su Fu. β
Mrs. Hua put on her mother's shelf and cleared her throat, "Since you want to go with the prince, we won't keep you, so you can do it yourself." However, Su Fu is your mother's home, and you can come back and stay when you have time. β
Su Xia nodded, "That is, if you don't worry about your mother, Su Xia will definitely live happily and live comfortably." When Su Xia is tired of living in the palace, she will move back, so that her mother can see me every day. β
Mrs. Hua actually didn't want her to come back, and when she saw her face, she thought of her dead ghost mother, and she felt unhappy for a while. But she still maintained a full motherly appearance on her face, "Well, take good care of yourself." β
Rong Hao led Su Xia out of Su Mansion, Su Xiang and Mrs. Hua were sent to the door, watching Su Xia and Rong Hao get into the carriage.
Su Jiaojiao followed behind and grabbed her mother, "Mother, what do you mean by what the prince said today." What does it mean that the princess must be from the Su Mansion? β
Mrs. Hua was in her chest, "Don't you understand this?" My stupid daughter, what the prince means, the wife must be from Sufu, so Su Xia may be a concubine or a side concubine, but concubine, think about it, which daughter of our Sufu is more qualified than you? β
Su Jiaojiao blushed, "The prince is too unparticular, just say it directly, and his daughter will be shy." β
Mrs. Hua stretched out her hand and pinched Su Jiaojiao's soft pancreas, "Mother's stupid daughter, you are so cute, marrying the Seventh Prince will definitely spoil the sky, how can there be Su Xia's dead girl at that time." β
The dead girl Susha sneezed in the carriage.
Rong Hao closed the curtain tightly and blamed: "The weather is cold and warm in spring, and you don't wear a cloak." β
Su Xia shook her head, "Someone must be speaking ill of me behind my back, my ears are red." β
Rong Hao looked at her ears when he heard this, and the small earrings were indeed a little pink and red, "Well, it's a little red." By the way, Xiao Xia, I'll accompany you to dinner after I go back in a while, and then I'll go to the palace in the afternoon. β
Su Xia looked at him suspiciously, "Didn't you just come out of the palace in the morning?" What are you going to do? β
Rong Hao nodded her little nose, "It's not to marry you soon, I can't wait, I will enter the palace this afternoon to ask my father for advice." β
Su Xia's face turned red. "Lord Wang, are you a marriage proposal?"
Rong Hao nodded, "That's for sure, you have accepted the dowry." β
Su Xia raised her head in confusion, "I didn't accept it." β
Rong Hao pointed to the hairpin in her hair, "Oh, don't think about it." β
Su Xia sneered and laughed, "But I'm a concubine, I'm afraid your father won't agree to you to marry a concubine as a wife." β
Rong Hao sold Guanzi, "Mountain people have their own clever plans, please rest assured." β