That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 334 Empress Xu, Mother of a Country
Empress Xu is the married wife of the current emperor Xiao Xuan, the second empress of Daqi after Empress Lin, and the biological mother of Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhinan.

A woman who can give birth to such two outstanding children will not be an ordinary person.

The Xu family she was born in was a prominent family known as the Xiao family as early as in the previous dynasty. Her grandfather Xu Lin was an official in the same dynasty as the Wuzu emperor Xiao Lie. The first governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the hero of Lingyan Pavilion ranked second, second only to Sapphire.

Her elder brother Xu Yan, together with Han Xuan and Duanmu Ruisheng, was called the Three Heroes, and was listed in the Lingyan Pavilion with his grandfather. If he hadn't died young, he might have taken over as Lanyu's chief assistant at this time.

The daughters taught by such a prominent family are no worse than the princesses of the Xiao family.

As for Empress Xu's methods, Xiao Zhinan, a daughter, knows best. Although others say that she is like her grandmother, Queen Lin, who has passed away for many years, her methods are learned from her own mother.

If you compare your grandmother with your mother.

The grandmother is strong on the outside and soft on the inside, domineering and strong, while the mother is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, with needles hidden in the cotton.

Empress Xu didn't like that young man with the same surname as herself. There were many reasons, and the root cause was still a word of profit.

Although the married woman is already considered a foreigner, she still looks towards her natal family. Empress Xu's natal family has no outstanding children, so she gave up the idea of ​​marrying her daughter to her nephew, but the Xu family has been with the Duanmu family in recent years The relationship is very deep, and the entanglement of interests is even more difficult to explain in a single word. If Duanmuyu can marry Xiao Zhinan, then for the two families, it will undoubtedly be a good thing to get closer.

Marrying Xiao Zhinan to Duanmuyu, on the one hand, can strengthen the relationship between the Xu family and the Duanmu family, and on the other hand, it can appease Duanmu Ruisheng, who is vacillating. But Xu Beiyou asked Xiao Yuanying to bring back the Fang Lingbao seal, but made Emperor Xiao decide to put the marriage aside for now.

Jun Wu's jokes are not empty words, the seal engraved with the word "Lingbao" is a promise made by Emperor Daqi to the Suzerain of Jianzong, and a Duanmu family is not enough for Emperor Xiao to break his promise.

Because of this, the attitude of the Duanmu family became unclear in an instant, and even the relationship with the Xu family was a little delicate. How could Empress Xu, who was used to everything in her hands, not feel annoyed?
In fact, the root cause is not Xu Beiyou's tyrannical obstruction, but Xiao Zhinan's unwillingness to marry Duanmuyu, but no matter what, she is her own daughter after all, and Empress Xu is also reluctant to do anything to Xiao Zhinan, so she can only transfer all her anger to Xu Beiyou on the head.

Xiao Zhinan's relationship with his aunt Xiao Yuyi is excellent, but his relationship with his biological mother is mediocre. It's not without reason.

Both Xiao Yuyi and Empress Xu were not optimistic about Xu Beiyou, but one was considering Xiao Zhinan's future, and the other was considering the gains and losses of her natal family.

Xiao Zhinan never told Xu Beiyou about these things. She didn't want Xu Beiyou to bear too much pressure, but also had her own selfishness. She was afraid that Xu Beiyou would be frightened, so she retreated.

Now it seems that Xu Beiyou is the only one who is expected to replace Duanmuyu. If he also runs away, Xiao Zhinan really doesn't know how to make his next move.

Xiao Zhinan knew very well in his heart that in his marriage, it was not his mother, but his father who could decide with a single word. His father would not care about the Xu family, nor would he care about the Duanmu family, he only cared about the temple.

In today's temple, Han Xuan is undoubtedly his father's right-hand man, and he is an indispensable person for "inverting the blue".

Few people can make the old Han Ge care about him, Xu Beiyou, as his only adopted son, is one of them.

At this juncture, Emperor Xiao had to consider Han Xuan's feelings.

As for how Empress Xu knew about the correspondence between the two, it was actually very simple. Out of some considerations, Xiao Zhinan sent letters through the route of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Zhang Baisui's counterpart is Mo Shu, his great aunt.

In Xie Yuan, Xu Beiyou had met Zhang Baisui and Mo Shu respectively.

Zhang Baisui was very cold towards him, but Mo Shu was still gentle.

Xu Beiyou didn't know that Zhang Baisui, who seemed to be very indifferent to him on the surface, actually thought highly of him, but Mo Shu, who seemed to be gentle, was quite critical of him.

Mo Shu's dissatisfaction with Xu Beiyou was actually somewhat similar to Xiao Yuyi's. She felt that this young man's ambition was too great.

So this time, Mo Shu sided with Empress Xu. When she accidentally learned that the two had a correspondence, she informed Empress Xu of the matter, hoping that Empress Xu would come forward to settle the matter.

Empress Xu didn't fly into a rage when she learned about this, and she didn't summon Xiao Zhinan immediately, but chose to wait and see what happened.

After all, the young man in Jiangnan is not considered a small person. Let alone his identity as the adopted son of Han Xuan, the reputation of Mr. Xu in Jiangdu alone has already spread to the imperial capital.

Empress Xu knew that even if she did it herself, she had to do it slowly, and it was best not to use force.

She is also someone who has experienced young people's love and love. The more you oppose it, the more determined they will be. If you let it go, you may die on your own.

After much deliberation, Empress Xu felt a little headache.

My own daughter has had her own opinions since she was a child. She looks very much like that deceased mother-in-law, especially that face. Every time she sees her, she will think of her mother-in-law when she was alive. I was a little angry, and I had nowhere to vent my resentment, so I didn't get close to this daughter.It wasn't until this moment that she suddenly realized that compared to the son who carried her high hopes, she didn't spend much time on her daughter, so understanding the word was out of the question.

Xiao Zhinan always knew that his mother didn't like him very much, and her innate self-esteem and pride made her unwilling to deliberately please her mother. The relationship between mother and daughter can be seen, so when her mother proposed to marry her to Duanmuyu, she both No anger or resentment, even expected.

The fifth day of May, Girl's Day.

On this day, Xiao Zhinan wrote a letter to Xu Beiyou, but the letter failed to be sent and was intercepted halfway.

Xiao Zhinan didn't have eyes, ears and eyeliner either, she learned the news that night, she was as clever as she was and quickly figured out the cause and effect, so she didn't continue to write, but asked Mr. Han Ge to send a message to Xu Beiyou.

On the other hand, Xu Beiyou hadn't received Xiao Zhinan's letter for a long time, and the few letters he had written were like disappearing into the sea. For the first time, he was a little worried about gains and losses, and he didn't feel relieved until he got Xiao Zhinan's oral letter.

But Xu Beiyou suddenly missed that unusual woman very much.

It is said that if you never forget, there will be echoes.

He didn't know where his echo was, but he knew that he was really moved.

This feeling came so violently, just like a burst of magma.

Feelings are easy to fall in, but difficult to climb out, especially to climb out unscathed, which is why there is a saying of wielding the sword of wisdom to cut the thread of love.

Xu Beiyou can't wield the sword of wisdom, let alone cut off the roots of love that have taken root, so he can only follow his heart.

It can be seen that Xiao Zhinan's life in the imperial capital is not going well, even a little ugly.

Xu Beiyou made up his mind in his heart, to end the Jiangnan incident within one to two years as soon as possible, and then go to the capital of God.

(End of this chapter)