LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 17
Chapter 17 : There is a happy event in Xu’s family
Five more days passed.
Yesterday, Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan went to Yingtian Palace and met Wei Tai.
Wei Tai was crying with an old face and sad.
Please God to get my eyes wet…
Frozen my heart…
let me stop struggling for the truth and come to me.
The arrest and investigation sent to the Luzhou Prefecture failed. The Luzhou Prefecture did not receive any reports of missing persons. The Luzhou Prefecture also sent people to investigate the counties below, and there were no useful clues.
As expected, the clue broke again.
The Emperor Xia had already inquired about this matter in the morning, and ordered him to solve the case as soon as possible at any cost. There was a lot of discussion in the capital, and Wei Tai felt too pressured.
A reward of 10,000 taels was useless, and no one provided clues.
As Xiao Rui guessed, things are not that simple.
But Xiao Rui also believes that the system cannot allow himself to solve headless cases. There must be some clues that he has not discovered yet.
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“Brother Seven, are you free tonight?” Xiao Yan ran over and asked.
At this time, Xiao Rui had just finished riding and shooting. Hearing Xiao Yan’s question, he warned: “What do you want to do? I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to accompany you.”
Xiao Yan grumbled: “Seven brother, am I like this in your mind? Tonight is a big event. Master Xu’s son will get married today, and there will be a dinner in the evening, and the father will be there. Don’t you?”
Xiao Rui was taken aback, and said, “Master Xu? Which Master Xu?”
Xiao Yan contemptuously said: “Seven brothers, you are low-key and don’t even know Master Xu? Who else has the face of Master Xu who can let the emperor go out in person?”
“Xu Xianyang!” Xiao Rui reacted suddenly.
The political system of the Great Xia Kingdom is a six-part cabinet system. The emperor forms a cabinet to handle the court for him. The members of the cabinet can state their opinions in the memorial, which is called “piao si”. Then the ceremonial supervision department took charge of the eunuch’s approval of the red, inherited the emperor, and ensured that the six departments were directly responsible to the emperor, thus realizing the emperor’s centralized system.
The current Emperor Xia attaches great importance to the cabinet, so the cabinet has great power and naturally high status.
Xu Xianyang is one of the five cabinet elders. He is a graduate of the Wenhua Temple and a scholar of the Ministry of Engineering. He is a senior second-grade member. His son is married. It is also appropriate for Xia Huang to be there in person.
As the prince, naturally he has to express his heart.
Xiao Rui didn’t want to go. He never participated in the weddings and funerals of the ministers of civil and military affairs, but this time Emperor Xia went there instead of rewarding him. If he didn’t go, he would seem too withdrawn.
“Let’s go together after class.” Xiao Rui said.
Xiao Yan smiled and said, “Okay, I will prepare your gift for you. The father has ordered the officials to accept bribes as a gift, so I prepared two sets of calligraphy and painting of celebrities. Seventh brother, you Don’t refuse.”
Xiao Yan knew that he had no money, so he prepared a gift in advance. Xiao Rui felt heartwarming and smiled: “Then I will take advantage of the nine brothers.”
“Hey, who of us is with whom, the brothers have a good relationship, and the younger brothers and sisters are sister-in-law.” Xiao Yan was happy to finish, and Xiao Rui gave him a slap. Quickly swallow the last sentence back into his stomach.
After class, Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan took a carriage to Xu Mansion.
Three streets outside, before Xu Mansion was near, it was blocked by a busy carriage. There are too many people, all civil and military officials have to come to congratulate them, and even if they don’t, they have to send congratulatory gifts.
The steward of Xu Mansion was coordinating the road conditions. He found the carriage of the Ninth Prince and immediately sent someone to maintain the passage.
I heard that the carriage of the nine princes was coming, and the carriage that blocked the road immediately pulled over to make way.
When they came to the door of Xufu, Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan got out of the car.
Xu Xianyang’s younger brother Xu Xianda stepped forward and said, “The two princes are here to welcome you, and hope to forgive your sins.”
Xiao Rui smiled and said, “Today, on the day of Xu Mansion’s big rejoicing, we came to disturb you. Where’s Master Xu?”
Xu Xianda said: “Big Brother is in the mansion to entertain guests, your two Highnesses, please come with me. The seven Highnesses have already arrived and are chatting in the mansion. The dinner will take more than an hour to start.”
Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan entered Xu Mansion and met Xu Xianyang and his son Xu Haoran. After a few simple conversations, it was all congratulations, and then under the guidance of Xu Xianda, he came to the main hall of the house next door.
Entering the room, Xiao Rui saw six older brothers and a younger brother.
His Royal Highness Xiao Lie, 25 years old, is gentle and peaceful, with a good book business.
The second Highness Xiao Yiheng, 24 years old, has a cold and arrogant personality and a strong momentum.
His Royal Highness Xiao Ze, 22 years old, easy-going and casual, with a lazy personality.
Fourth Highness Xiao Feng, 21 years old, although high in martial arts, has a reckless personality.
His Royal Highness Xiao Yuan, 20 years old, has a suspicious personality and likes to figure out.
His Royal Highness Xiao Ming, 20 years old, has a violent temperament and is greedy for beauty.
His Royal Highness Xiao Jing, 16 years old, has a proud personality and self-righteousness.
This is Xiao Rui’s impression of the seven Highnesses. He didn’t have a deep contact with them, so he couldn’t figure out the true character.
Together with Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan, the nine princes of Emperor Xia have arrived.
The two of them came in, and the seven Highnesses looked around.
His Royal Highness Xiao Lie smiled and said, “Little Qi and Xiao Jiu are here.”
Third Highness Xiao Ze joked: “Especially Xiao Qi, in his busy schedule, it is rare to see you participate in activities.”
The other princes did not speak.
Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan handed over and called brother one by one.
Xiao Rui said shyly: “This is not being pulled by Xiao Jiu.”
Xiao Yan yelled: “Yes, if I don’t say it, Brother Seven doesn’t know that Master Xu’s son is married.”
Two people were seated, the nine princes were in the same room, some of them didn’t chat, and the atmosphere was not too depressing.
Xiao Rui didn’t sit for a quarter of an hour before ran out for a reason.
Of course, the follower Xiao Yan also followed.
The two wandered around in Xu Mansion. As the residence of cabinet scholars, the scale of Xu Mansion is not inferior to that of Duan Wang Mansion. There should be a lot of pavilions and buildings. Xiao Yan and Xiao Rui wandered around, and unexpectedly ran into Zhang Lianchuan and Tian Boguang.
They were chatting with a group of teenagers, looking at their clothes and dressing, they were all behind the door.
When Zhang Lianchuan saw Xiao Rui, he would open his mouth and call “Brother-in-law”. Xiao Rui was so scared that Xiao Rui quickly covered his mouth and said, “Master Xiaohou, don’t scream, talk too much, and show some face.”
Zhang Lianchuan pursed his lips and yelled aggrievedly: “Your Highness!”
Tian Boguang also came to see him, and then introduced others to Xiao Rui.
There are the sons of Xiaoyonghou, the sons of Zhenyuanhou, the sons of Pingbohou, the sons of Baizhanhou…
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The little Hou masters handed over to see Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan, they didn’t interrupt the awkward chatting of these little Hou masters, and left after a few simple words.
reached a house and saw a group of young talents, Xiao Rui saw Ding Jian among them.
Xiao Yan said, this group is the heirs of the six ministers.
Continuing to stroll, Xiao Rui saw the clear streamers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
I saw the great Confucian scholars and scholars in the capital.
I saw the ministers and officials of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households.
I heard that several big men from the cabinet have also come, but they just didn’t see them.
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This night, the power in the capital is almost all.
Half an hour later, Emperor Xia arrived.
This is the first time in the past five years that Emperor Xia personally went out of the palace to participate in the wedding event held by the important minister’s house, which shows that Emperor Xia’s favor in Xu Xianyang.
Emperor Xia took his seat, and Xiao Rui also took his seats with the other princes. There were only two tables in the main hall, one table for Emperor Xia, several princes, four cabinet chiefs, and nine princes.
The other civil and military ministers are all in the next room.
Officials below Rank 5 can’t even get seats in the house, so they can only sit in the courtyard.
At this time, the worship ceremony is also beginning.
Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan couldn’t bear the depression in the main hall, and sneaked out to watch the worship ceremony. Emperor Xia was a guest, so naturally he would not stop them.
Xu Menghao married the princess of the Ruyang family. Among the four great princesses, the Ruyang is brave and even the current Xia Emperor dares to be brave.
So Xiao Rui suspected that Emperor Xia personally came to participate in the marriage, not to favor Xu Xianyang, but for fear of being scolded by King Ruyang pointing his nose.
Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan stood in one corner watching the worship ceremony. He looked at the groom Xu Haoran, and he always felt that the groom was weird.