HLnovel Chapter 398 The Emperor's Decree
Chapter 398 The Emperor's Decree
Even if Li Xiaoxiao cannot help her brother in his career, she should have no problem with money. The concealer sold in her shop is still a hot item after so much time has passed.
A small bottle sold for so much silver. How much silver would several shops earn in a day?
Li Xiaoxiao is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is better than those young ladies from official families, not inferior to them at all.
Although I don't like her very much, she does have many shining points.
"So what if she can earn some money? Doesn't our Prime Minister's Mansion need her money?" The Prime Minister's wife disagreed. In her opinion, money should match status. In the face of power, money is not worth mentioning at all.
"Mother, my brother has a good family background, but look at what he has done. If he doesn't marry someone who can support the Prime Minister's Mansion, there will definitely be chaos."
"Also, Li Xiaoxiao's status is just a little lower, which is not a big problem. If we really want to agree to this marriage, we can let Li Xiaoxiao recognize a high-ranking official as his godfather. In this way, all problems will be solved."
Cheng Yuner's words moved people emotionally and made them understand the reason. She only praised Li Xiaoxiao to the point of being unique in the world and was determined to make this marriage happen.
"Yun'er, is there anything you haven't said to me?" The Prime Minister's wife looked at her proud daughter suspiciously. She always felt that her daughter was a little different today and that she was too concerned about this marriage.
"It turns out that nothing can be hidden from my mother." Since she had seen through it, Cheng Yun'er didn't want to hide it anymore. It was her own mother, so it wouldn't hurt to tell her.
"Mother should know that Li Xiaoxiao's mother is Si Chengxu's aunt. She now lives in my cousin's house and spends every day with my cousin. I don't like Li Xiaoxiao to have too much contact with my cousin." Cheng Yun'er stopped there and didn't say anything else.
The prime minister's wife manages a huge prime minister's mansion. The bigger the family, the more things there are to do, and all kinds of dirty things are too numerous to count. Naturally, she understands what she means.
She had long known about her daughter's feelings for Si Chengxu, and she approved of it. A man like Si Chengxu, let alone her daughter, would also be attracted to him if she were a dozen years younger.
No matter in appearance or ability, they are both top-notch. Who can not be moved when seeing them? When Si Chengxu's mother Cheng Menggu came, she also mentioned the matter between the two of them to her.
But Cheng Menggu did not agree. Even though she liked Cheng Yuner very much, she had no say in Si Chengxu's marriage.
Moreover, Si Chengxu had said a long time ago that he wanted to find a wife on his own and not let them interfere. Si Zhenglin lived a muddle-headed life because he didn't marry the woman he loved.
Naturally, he didn't want his son to follow his old path again, so he agreed at that time. Cheng Menggu had no choice but to agree.
So the marriage between the two families could not be settled. Even so, Cheng Yun'er still did not give up. As long as Si Chengxu did not get married, she would wait for him.
After knowing her daughter's thoughts, the Prime Minister's wife became somewhat worried. This daughter was her pride and she was extremely concerned about her daughter's marriage, otherwise she would not have let her wait until such an age to get married.
If Li Xiaoxiao's appearance is really as good as her daughter said, Si Chengxu might really fall in love with her over time. What should her daughter do then?
The Prime Minister's wife, who was only thinking about her daughter, finally made up her mind. This matter was of great importance, and she had to go to the Prime Minister to discuss it again.
We also need to ask someone to find out more about Li Xiaoxiao's family. If they are really as good as my daughter said, it is not impossible for her to marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In ancient times, most men had three wives and four concubines. Even if she married into the family, they would first make her the principal wife. If that didn't work out, they would find a reason to demote her to a concubine.
Seeing that her mother's expression had relaxed a little, Cheng Yun'er felt secretly proud. Li Xiaoxiao is really looking forward to you marrying into the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as possible.
After the court session, the Prime Minister's wife hurried to the Prime Minister's study and discussed the matter with him for a long time. Knowing that it was her daughter's idea, the Prime Minister also began to consider it carefully.
At the same time, he sent people out to find out all the details of Li Xiaoxiao's family.
The people who were sent out came back soon and found out everything about Li Xiaoxiao's family's past in Jiunu County, the county town, and the capital.
Although they were still not satisfied, for the happiness of their precious daughter, the two discussed it for a long time before finally settling on the matter.
Since he had decided to marry Li Xiaoxiao, he thought about going to Li Xiaoxiao's house to propose.
Cheng Yun'er raised objections again, saying that this was just her brother's wishful thinking. The two had only met once, and Li Xiaoxiao might not even remember what Cheng Kun looked like.
Given Li Xiaoxiao's personality, she would definitely not agree to such a rash proposal. If rejected, not only would their Prime Minister's Mansion lose face, but they would also never be able to mention the matter again.
Therefore, Cheng Yuner suggested that the Prime Minister go to the Emperor to ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage. As long as the imperial decree is issued, Li Xiaoxiao will not have any excuse to shirk the matter.
The Prime Minister nodded and felt that what his daughter said made sense. After court the next day, he went to the imperial study and asked the emperor to issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage.
This kind of imperial decree granting marriage was very common among kings and nobles, and its main purpose was to give face to both the man and the woman.
The emperor did not suspect anything and immediately waved his hand, and an imperial decree granting the marriage was quickly sent to the government office.
Not long after Li Xiaoxiao left the house, the person who read the imperial edict came. Sun and Li Dahai looked at each other in confusion. How could there be an imperial edict?
The two of them didn't understand, but the housekeeper of the Si Mansion naturally understood, and hurriedly asked them to change into clean clothes and prepare to receive the order.
Sun and Li Dahai knelt down tremblingly. The eunuch who came to read the imperial edict looked proud and glanced at them with displeasure, then opened the edict leisurely.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: I have heard that Li Dahai has a daughter named Li Xiaoxiao, who is skillful, generous, gentle, honest, and of outstanding character and appearance. The eldest son of the current Prime Minister has reached the age of 20 and is now ready for marriage. It is time to choose a virtuous girl to be his match. Li Xiaoxiao is waiting for you in the boudoir, and she and Cheng Kun are a perfect match. In order to make you a beautiful couple, I hereby betroth you to Cheng Kun as his wife, and choose an auspicious day for the wedding. I decree this."
Sun and Li Dahai simply couldn't believe that the emperor had granted Xiaoxiao a marriage, and the other party was the eldest son of the prime minister. But how could this be possible? They had never heard Xiaoxiao say that she knew the young master of the prime minister's family. Could it be that he was mistaken?
"Hurry up and accept the order. Do you want to disobey it?" The eunuch who came to announce the order had a sullen and unfriendly face.