The news that the little Prince of the Prince Ding Mansion was going to choose a consort had unknowingly spread throughout the world. As a result, it wasn't just the nobles of Glass City who were excited. Even the powerful and influential people of other regions and neighboring countries were excited. Xiling, Southern Chu, and a few small kingdoms of the Western Regions had sent envoys to express their intentions of making peace through marriage. As for the influential nobles who belonged to Prince Ding's household, they were even more direct, directly bringing their daughters and hurrying to Glass City.
These people's thoughts were very simple. It would be best if they were chosen, and their families would rise to the top. It didn't matter if they weren't chosen. They would just treat it as going to Glass City to see the world. Glass City was not only the capital of the Prince Ding Mansion, but also a place where the countries of the Western Regions interacted with the Central Plains. Its reputation had long surpassed that of the Chu capital of the past, Guangling of the previous dynasty, and Nanjing of the present Southern Chu. It had the grandeur of the number one city of the Central Plains.
On the crowded streets of Glass City, several youths of similar ages strolled through the crowd. Although their clothes were not eye-catching, their handsome appearances still attracted the attention of many passersby.
Mo Xiaobao touched his face with satisfaction. Qi Lin's disguise was indeed very good. No one recognized him on the streets. He turned back to look at Qin Ran, Xu Zhirui, and Leng Junhan, and nodded with satisfaction. The four of them had all grown up in Glass City. The people of Glass City were very familiar with them. Especially Mo Xiaobao. Ever since he inherited the position of Prince Ding, he would encounter all kinds of coincidental encounters every time he went out. Mo Xiaobao sadly discovered that although he had become the master of the Prince Ding Mansion, the large Glass City was no longer the place where he could go to play as he wanted when he was young. As a result, in less than half a year, Mo Xiaobao had developed the habit of disguising himself when he went out.
"Why do I feel that the streets are especially lively?" Glass City was very prosperous, but were there this many people? Mo Xiaobao said in a daze as he looked at the crowded silk shops, jewelry shops, and cosmetics shops. Could it be that his governance was so good that the population of Glass City had increased by so much in such a short time?
Xu Zhirui, who was following behind him, glanced at him indifferently and mercilessly shattered his fantasy. "Stop dreaming. Isn't it all because of you?" Over the past few days, the threshold of the Xu Mansion had almost been broken by people. Everywhere he went, people would ask him all sorts of questions. Young Master Xu was a little angry.
"Me?" Xiaobao looked at Xu Zhirui innocently. "What did I do?"
Leng Junhan smiled from ear to ear and watched the various beauties coming and going. She said, "Isn't His Highness Prince Ding going to choose a concubine? These young ladies are all preparing for the consort selection banquet. " Regardless of whether or not a qualified princess consort could be chosen, at least the silk, rouge, powder, and jewelry businesses in Glass City had made a huge profit recently. From this aspect, Mo Xiao Prince still had some achievements.
"Consort selection banquet? What is that? "Mo Xiaobao was at a loss.
The other three looked at each other and silently stared at Mo Xiaobao. After a while, Qin Lie asked, "Don't tell me you didn't plan on choosing a consort at all?" Mo Xiaobao snorted proudly and said, "What consort selection? I was just saying. Did I officially send out the order? Did I send out a notice? I don't think so? It's clearly these people who think too highly of themselves. "
The group of four secretly hid in a teahouse on the busiest street of Glass City. Looking down from the window above, they could see the situation on the other side of the street.
"That seems to be Lord Wei's third young lady." Leng Junhan leaned against the window and said excitedly, "Wei's third young lady is now known as Glass City's number one beauty. I didn't think she would also come. "
Mo Xiaobao looked outside with disinterest. Glass City's number one beauty? She was just so-so. She wasn't even as pretty as his mother and his aunts. The only thing that could be said was that she was older than them. She smiled. "I remember that Lord Wei's family background is average. Yuhan Pavilion's things aren't cheap. Send someone to investigate. If there is a problem, confiscate their house! "
Hearing Mo Xiaobao's words, Leng Junhan immediately lost interest in the number one beauty. She turned around and leaned against the table, excitedly discussing with Mo Xiaobao, "That's right. We can send someone to record what they bought and then check the accounts. We can definitely catch many corrupt officials!"
Mo Xiaobao propped up his chin and seriously considered the possibility of this matter. At the side, Xu Zhirui said with a headache, "You should first consider what you will do if Western Hill and Southern Chu really send a princess over for a political marriage."
"Political marriage? Southern Chu won't send a princess over, right? "Southern Chu and the Prince Ding Mansion were originally one family. Aunt Wang Fei lost, so close relatives couldn't marry.
Qin Lie said with a smile, "Speaking of which, the Prince Ding Mansion and Southern Chu's blood relations are very distant. Maybe Mo Suiyun really will send you a princess." Mo Suiyun and Mo Xiaobao were about the same age and were both young masters. Although the two of them hadn't started fighting yet, Qin Lie could already imagine the scene of them fighting in the future.
Mo Xiaobao rubbed his chin and chuckled, "It's fine if they send one over. Aren't you both still engaged? How about one princess each? "
"I don't want to!" Leng Junhan was the first to object, righteously saying, "This young master is already engaged to Little Sister Xin 'er for life. This young master wants to preserve Little Sister Xin 'er's chastity. "
"Bullshit!" Mo Xiaobao's thin and elegant lips spat out extremely rude words. "Who agreed to you marrying Xin 'er? If you dare to ruin I's little Xin 'er's reputation again, I will give you to an ugly, fat, and hot-tempered hag! "
Leng Junhan immediately covered her mouth and hid behind Xu Zhirui's hand. Mo Xiaobao's thoughts were too frightening. What was even more frightening was that he really dared to put his thoughts into practice. Leng Junhan didn't want to see a seven foot tall, black, fat hag with buckteeth when she returned home that day. Frightened by her own thoughts, Leng Junhan's handsome little face turned green and white.
"Reporting to the Prince, the Southern Chu envoy requests an audience."
Outside the room, a guard hurriedly came to report.
Mo Xiaobao looked up. "Southern Chu envoy? What's the matter? "
The guard handed over a gilded invitation and said, "Emperor Chu is getting married. The Prince is invited to attend the ceremony."
"Eh?" Mo Xiaobao took the invitation with interest. It was indeed written on the invitation that Emperor Chu, Mo Suiyun, would marry the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor of Southern Chu, Lady Qian, as his empress. "The little emperor is getting married? Should we go and take a look? "
"Little emperor? Mo Suiyun? "Leng Junhan asked without much interest. He actually didn't have any impression of Mo Suiyun, so naturally, he had long forgotten that he had cheated him. Of course, Young Master Leng might not even think that he had cheated him. More than five years ago, none of them had taken Mo Suiyun seriously. However, in the past few years, Mo Suiyun had been playing very well in Southern Chu, fighting the court officials and the Empress Dowager. Now, he was not even twenty years old, but he had almost grasped the power of more than half of the Southern Chu court in his hands. This made Mo Xiaobao start to pay attention to this little emperor who had once been praised by his Lord Father. As for Mo Suiyun, he seemed to have gradually understood the joy of 'fighting against the heavens, fighting against the earth, and fighting against people'. This year, he started to provoke Mo Xiaobao, who was as young as him, from afar. Although he didn't do anything excessive, Mo Xiaobao still keenly sensed the hostility of this little emperor who had once run away from home with him to play. Because of this, Mo Xiaobao was silently "sad" for a quarter of an hour.
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