After Xie Chengyin hesitated for a day, he finally did not tell Su Xubai about this matter in advance. He wanted to see what kind of choice Su Xubai would eventually make when he didn't know anything.
After all, the emperor was not optimistic about this marriage. Although he had verbally agreed to the prime minister, the imperial edict had not been issued and had been postponed for more than a month. Under Prime Minister Hao's repeated questioning, the emperor was helpless.
He wrote a marriage edict.
Although the emperor himself agreed, he always felt that he was being forced, so he was still a little unhappy in his heart, so that when he wrote the marriage decree, he praised the woman much less.
The imperial edict was delivered to the Wuchang Marquis Mansion early the next morning. Chengchun had just been able to get out of bed in the past two days. Su Xubai was especially nervous, so he stayed with her in the yard early in the morning.
Because of the broken sternum, Cheng Chun had been lying in bed for more than thirty days. He had lost a lot of weight. If someone hadn't helped him when he got out of bed, he could hardly stand up.
"Can we go?" Su Xubai carefully supported Cheng Chun, his eyes full of worry.
Every time he took a step, his chest still hurt, but it was now more bearable than before. Chengchun looked back at Su Xubai with a nervous look on his face, smiled and comforted him: "It's mostly healed, and I don't feel as bad when I walk anymore."
It hurts, Master Wu, don’t worry so much!”
Su Xubai slowly let go of his hand. Seeing the pairs walking back and forth in the yard three or four times, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "It seems like things are getting better."
!”
Chengchun smiled, held Hongdou's hand, and walked in the yard.
Just when Chengchun was about to sit down and rest for a while, Jiulan ran in in a panic, walked to Su Xubai and said: "There is an imperial edict from the palace!"
Su Xubai's eyebrows changed slightly, and then he said to Cheng Chun: "You have just recovered and can't move around for too long. Go back and lie down quickly. I'll be back as soon as I go!"
Jianlan said it very softly, but Chengchun still heard it. According to the rules, she was also a member of the family and should go to receive the order, but Su Xubai asked her to go back and lie down. Although Chengchun was surprised, she didn't think too much about it.
Much, after all, she is injured now and it is not convenient.
When Su Xubai arrived at the lobby, it was already crowded with people, and they were kneeling there. The uneasiness in his heart became more and more obvious, but the ones in front of him were the emperor's cronies. Even though he felt uneasy, he could now
All he could do was to obey orders honestly.
Su Xubai walked across the hall and knelt down next to Mrs. Su, listening to the father-in-law read out His Majesty's imperial edict.
The emperor's imperial edict of marriage was very sloppy. It was all official words. It was obvious that he didn't put much effort into writing it. However, the name of the person to whom he was to be married was clearly stated - Hao Jiaojiao.
Su Xubai was kneeling there, clenching her fists so tightly that her nails were almost embedded in her palms.
Eunuch Shang had already read out the imperial edict in his hand. He looked at Su Xubai who was kneeling there and said softly: "Master Su, aren't you going to accept the edict yet?"
Mrs. Su on the side was about to speak when Su Xuwei grabbed her by the corner of her clothes. Helpless, Mrs. Su could only watch anxiously.
Before coming, the emperor told Eunuch Shang that as long as the Su family accepted the edict, they should not embarrass them too much. The emperor had spoken up front, and he would naturally not embarrass Su Xubai. However, he could not go without the edict in his hand.
People pick up.
Eunuch Shang took a deep look at Su Xubai, and then said: "Do you have any dissatisfaction, Mr. Su? If you don't accept the imperial edict, it will be regarded as resistance... Even if Mr. Su is dissatisfied, he must always consider his parents at home.
Consider it!”
Su Xubai naturally understood this truth. He slowly let go of his tightly held hands. He stood up and walked to Eunuch Shang and received the imperial edict: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness!"
Eunuch Shang breathed a sigh of relief, then patted Su Xubai on the shoulder: "Then our family will be here to congratulate Mr. Su!"
Su Xubai smiled but said nothing.
Mrs. Su and Su Xuwei's hearts hanging high in the air slowly fell to the ground. Mother and son hurried up to talk to Eunuch Shang, gave him a large red envelope, and then sent him away with great care.
It was not until Eunuch Shang left that Su Xuwei looked back at Su Xubai.
Su Xubai's face was gloomy, extremely ugly. Prime Minister Hao had threatened his future with marrying a wife, and now he directly used the emperor's imperial edict to force him to bow his head. Not to mention him, even Su Xuwei, who had always been mild-tempered, was also
Angry: "I'm going to write a letter to my father right now. Prime Minister Hao is going too far. Does he really think that there is no one in our Su family?"
Mrs. Su looked at the two brothers in front of her, sighed helplessly, and finally said: "Now that the Marquis is not in the house, no matter what the matter is, we can only endure it. His Majesty simply has not set a wedding date, so we can still delay it."
, the boss will immediately send someone to deliver the letter to your father, work hard, and the letter must be delivered to your father as soon as possible."
Su Xuwei nodded solemnly, then turned and left.
Only Mrs. Su and Su Xubai were left looking at each other.
There was no anger on Su Xubai's face, only a touch of coolness. She felt a little heartbroken, so she slowly stepped forward and gently touched the top of Su Xubai's head.
Su Xubai has grown very tall, and Mrs. Su can no longer touch the top of his head as easily as she did when she was a child. She stood on tiptoes like she did when she was a child, and gently stroked his head: "It's okay.
We still have your father, and your father will definitely come back!"
Su Xubai said nothing.
In fact, he knew very clearly that even if the Marquis rushed back from the border now, the marriage was already a done deal. After all, it was an imperial edict and could not be reneged on at will.
How could Mrs. Su not understand what Su Xubai understood? But all she can do now is try to comfort him like she did when she was a child!
"Don't let Achun know about this!" Su Xubai, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "She is still injured, there is no need to let her know these things!"
Mrs. Su frowned slightly, but still nodded: "Okay!"
Su Xubai handed the imperial edict in his hand to Mrs. Su, and then returned to the courtyard. Mrs. Su looked at Su Xubai's back and felt a little dazed for a moment.
"Madam?" Mother Kong stepped forward and called softly.
Mrs. Su came back to her senses and smiled bitterly: "Look at Lao Wu's back, does it look like Mr. Hou in his youth?"
Aunt Kong was stunned for a while, and then said: "The fifth master is the child who is most like the Marquis. His appearance and temperament are all very similar!"
"Yes, they are all very similar!" Mrs. Su smiled helplessly.