Two groups of people were already waiting at the entrance of the Su family's house.
One group consisted of Xie Di and Xie Pi, who brought a matchmaker and betrothal gifts.
The other group consisted of eunuchs holding whisks and wearing three-peaked hats, led by Chief Eunuch Li, who was dressed in a python robe.
Steward Li smiled and said, "Master Su has finally returned. This old servant has an imperial decree to deliver."
"Would you like to attend to the Xie family's affairs first, or receive the imperial decree first?"
Su Nan's face turned ashen, and he looked helplessly at Xie Di and Xie Pi:
"Brother Xie, what do you think?"
Xie Di had been waiting there for quite a while, freezing cold and starving. He was already seething with anger and looked terrible, but he couldn't show it. He just glanced at Xie Di and said:
"Since you've asked, let's get on with the imperial edict first."
Receiving the imperial edict should have been a glorious and honorable event for the family, but Su Nan had a dark and gloomy face, and as if he had lost his parents, he ordered an incense table to be set up and knelt down to receive the edict.
Xie Di and Xie Pi's mood improved slightly upon seeing this situation.
Xie Pi said, "It seems that Su Nan is not so foolish as to gamble the future of his family on a useless status as a maternal relative."
In this dynasty, the emperor and the civil officials jointly govern the country.
The imperial examination system was the real battlefield for men to fight for power and profit.
As for maternal relatives, they only receive a salary and do not hold any real positions; it is something that only mediocre people pursue.
To sacrifice the chances of all the men in one's family to enter officialdom through the imperial examinations for the sake of an empress's position is to lose the watermelon for a sesame seed.
No respectable family that values ​​scholarship and literature would allow its daughters to go down this path and ruin the lives of all the men in the family.
Only those from humble backgrounds consider becoming a relative of the emperor a great joy.
Powerful families often supported ordinary families to become imperial relatives, thereby indirectly controlling the harem.
Who would personally get involved?
Xie Di, however, curled his lips into a cold smile:
"So what? When the time comes, he has no choice."
Yesterday's marriage proposal was merely a test after hearing rumors of a potential empress.
More than a year ago.
Su Jian, together with the cabinet, forced the new emperor to abdicate and demanded the execution of the "Eight Tigers".
These were eight eunuchs who were highly favored by the emperor, committed evil deeds, and vied for power and profit.
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