The gambling concubine has an appointment, the prince will come again

Chapter 25 The Decree
"Father, you must be kidding me!" Tao Mo yelled after recovering from the shocking news.

"Mother! You don't care about dad, look, he has learned to play tricks on his daughter now!"

Tao Mo's unfinished words were automatically silenced when he turned his head and saw Dugu Yun.

"So, it's not a joke?"

"Father, you really made an appointment for me!" It was obviously a question, but with a certain tone.

"That's right," Tao Ran stroked his beard, "You are not young anymore, it's time to find someone to discipline you."

"I won't marry!" Tao Mo said firmly.

"Hmph," snorted coldly, Tao Ran took a sip from his teacup, and continued, "It's been ordered by my parents since ancient times, and the words of the matchmaker. I won't let you come back to this matter again!"

If you can't be too hard, Tao Mo immediately shifted direction, softened his posture, and started to play the emotional card, "Father, I don't want to get married! I want to stay at home with you and mother for the rest of my life."

Sure enough, Tao Ran's complexion softened, and even his tone softened a bit.

"This matter has been settled, and someone will come to announce the decree in a while. You should pay attention, and don't offend the nobleman."

"...an edict?"

"Father, you don't want me to marry your daughter into the palace, do you?"

Tao Yuanhe stepped forward and hugged Tao Mo's shoulders, and teased: "Little sister, you are too flattering yourself."

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"Based on your appearance," pretentiously sweeping Tao Mo's face, "it's okay to enter the palace as a court lady serving tea, but as for your empress... tsk tsk tsk."

The tsk sound coming from his ear made Tao Mo clenched his fists, raised his arm slightly, and slammed his elbow back, hitting Tao Yuanhe firmly in the stomach.

Clutching his stomach reflexively, Tao Yuan and his five sense organs were all clenched together in pain.

"I said, little Mo'er, you are too cruel! Is this trying to murder my brother?"

"You can't live by doing your own crimes." Tao Yuanqing passed Tao Yuanhe, walked towards Tao Mo, and reached out to touch the top of her head, "Don't worry."

"Brother Nine," Tao Mo said with an expression on the verge of tears, "you are the best for me! Tell me quickly, you are all just joking with me!"

The hand above the head stopped moving, "It's true."

"I don't care! I don't care!" Tao Mo shook his head vigorously, refusing to believe this fact, "Anyway, I won't get married!"

"You don't have to marry." Tao Ran said suddenly.

Tao Mo's "shua" eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, yes, if you don't want me to marry, you can do whatever you want!"

"Can you really do anything?"

"Really!" The tone was firm.

"Since you don't want to marry someone, then marry."

Tao Mo froze in place as if petrified, "Marry, marry?!"

"That's right, your mother and I couldn't bear to part with you, so we recruited a son-in-law to join us."

...Father, you are really my own father, recruiting a son-in-law!How worried are you that I won't be able to get married!Tao Mo was speechless.

"The decree from the palace will come down in a while, so don't leave the house these few days, stay at home and prepare for the wedding."

"So, why did my marriage palace make an order!"

"Could it be that Dad, you are going to ask the emperor to marry me in order to let me marry you?"

Tao Ran looked at his little daughter who was never in tune, and said, "Your future husband will be the Seventh Prince of His Majesty—Situ Yin!"

Tao Mo had heard about Situ Yin's deeds through market gossip, and what he heard the most and left the deepest impression on him was his appearance.

It is said that Situ Yin looks like his mother and looks like a fairy like jade. Anyone who has seen him will be astonished as a heavenly man!
Therefore, even if he himself is not loved by the emperor, it cannot stop countless girls in the capital from going crazy for him.

Tao Mo spread his hands and said, this is a world that depends on faces!
When Tao Mo opened her mouth and was about to say something, the eunuch's characteristic high-pitched voice from outside the door interrupted her unspoken words.

"The decree arrives—"

Everyone in Tao Mansion was shocked when they heard the voice, and hurriedly stood up and knelt in the courtyard to welcome the imperial edict.

Eunuch Hai flicked the dust whisk in his hand, hung it on his left arm, opened the bright yellow scroll, and read: "By God, the emperor ordered: I heard that Tao Mo, the tenth lady of the Tao Mansion, is skillful, generous, gentle and honest, and has an outstanding appearance. I am very pleased to hear that. Now that the seventh prince, Situ Yin, has reached the weak crown, when it is time to marry, he should choose a virtuous woman to match him. Miss Tao Shi is waiting in her boudoir, and the seventh prince is a match made in heaven. It is the beauty of a beautiful woman, especially Make the seventh prince, Situ Yin, the king of Chen, and marry Miss Tao Shi to the seventh prince as the concubine."

Eunuch Hai hesitated for a moment before continuing to read, "However, I feel that the Taos and his wife love each other deeply, and I can't bear to separate him from his daughter. Therefore, I will send the seventh prince into Tao's mansion to show the love of the Taos and his wife. All the etiquette will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian Jianzheng, and the wedding will be chosen on a good day. It will be announced at home and abroad, and the salty envoys will hear it, and Qin here."

After Hai Gonggong finished reading, he saw Tao Mo still kneeling on the ground stupidly, frowned, and said, "Miss Ten, why are you still kneeling stupidly, why don't you hurry up and accept the order?"

Tao Mo looked up at the imperial decree in Eunuch Hai's hand, the bright light made her eyes hurt.He raised his hands above his head, and received the imperial decree that seemed to weigh a thousand catties, "Minister, accept the decree." The voice that came out was dry and weak.

Looking at Tao Mo's straight back, Dugu Yun was instantly blurred by tears, and hurriedly lowered her head to cover up, her Mo'er, why is her life so miserable!

Father Tao and the nine brothers of the Tao family looked at Tao Mo worriedly, and they couldn't understand what was going on in their hearts.

"Okay, let's all get up, Miss Ten will be the princess from now on. Although the emperor is married, she can't continue to live in the Tao Mansion. The few things that need to be bought still have to be bought."

Tao Ran got up and walked in front of Eunuch Hai, and stuffed a bulging money bag into his hand, "Thank you, Eunuch Hai, you can take this money to drink some wedding wine, and I hope you will take good care of my little ten in the future." gone."

Weighing the weight in his hand, Eunuch Hai narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Don't worry, if we can help, our family will definitely help."

"It's getting late, and the miscellaneous family has to go back to the palace to return to the emperor's orders, so let's go ahead."

Everyone in the Tao Mansion didn't stay any longer, so there was no need to say much about sending Eunuch Hai out of the mansion.

Until sending Eunuch Hai away, Tao Mo still hadn't recovered. She still didn't understand why she was betrothed for no apparent reason!
"Mo'er, the imperial decree has been issued, and the marriage is already a certainty. It's useless for you to think too much." Seeing that Tao Mo still looked shocked, Tao Yuanhe patted her on the head and comforted her, "What's more, we Father will never harm you no matter what."

"Brother, let me take it easy." Tao Mo clenched the imperial decree in his hand, "I need some time to accept this cruel reality."

"...Mo'er, go back to your room and have a good rest." Tao Ran looked at Tao Mo's distraught look, couldn't bear it, and asked her to go back to her room to rest first.

Nodding his head, Tao Mo walked towards Yiranju with heavy steps.

"Master, is it really okay for us to do this?" Dugu Yun saw that Tao Mo was no longer cheerful, and couldn't help questioning whether they thought their decision to treat Tao Mo was correct.

"...I can't accept it for a while, it's better than going to the palace and dying." Tao Ran couldn't bear it either, but Tao Mo always wanted to marry, and it was better to be in front of them now than to be bullied in a place where they didn't know.

"...Actually, I've always wanted to say it," Tao Yuanshu hesitated, and finally summoned up the courage to speak, "Little sister is actually very powerful. After entering the palace, I don't know who is bullying... who." Under the vicious eyes of a group of people, it became smaller and smaller, and the last few words were only heard by myself.

"Yuan Shu is right. We were in a hurry, but we forgot my little sister's skills." Tao Yuanhe, who knew Tao Mo best, said.

"Don't worry too much. The little girl should be able to handle it by herself. We just need to give her a hand at the right time." As the eldest son, Tao Yuanxi's words have always been the most convincing, "Mo'er is not young anymore, We can't protect her forever."

"..."

"By the way, master, what method did you use to get the emperor to agree to marry the seventh prince?" Dugu Yun's question broke the contemplation of several people.

"It's nothing, just a small gift for the emperor..."

He raised his eyes and looked at the sons sitting at the bottom, "You guys pay more attention to any good houses nearby, as well as your sister's dowry..."

A group of people immediately got together and began to discuss the details of the wedding.

At the corner outside the house, the corner of the tender green skirt flashed past.

Tao Mo returned to Yiranju in silence, threw the imperial decree on the table, and various thoughts kept churning in his mind.

For a moment, I thought of the infinite tolerance and love of my family members, and then thought of the hot potato that I threw on the table, and then thought of the information I overheard just now, and my head hurt like a needle.

Tao Mo was startled by the sudden cold sensation on her head, subconsciously stood up and prepared to make a move, but the person behind raised her hand and pressed her shoulder, making her unable to move, "Don't move."

Like the sound of pearls falling on a jade plate, it was Situ Yin who was supposed to be in the backyard!

"Si Yin! What do you want to do?" She pursed her lips, "I'm in a bad mood today, and I don't have time to mess around with you."

Situ Yin rubbed Tao Mo's forehead non-stop, "Why are you unhappy?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Tao Mo, who was served very comfortably by Situ Yin, simply leaned back and curled up on the chair. She would not admit that the cool temperature of Situ Yin's hands relieved her headache a lot. !And Situ Yin's technique is really good!
"I guess," looking at Tao Mo's relaxed face, Situ Yin subconsciously lightened his hands, "Is it because of the content of the imperial decree?"

"Heh," Tao Mo laughed mockingly, "What kind of conditions can you tell the emperor to let a prince marry?"

Tao Mo is not a fool, although Tao Ran said it lightly, but it has a bearing on the face of the royal family, even if the seventh prince is not favored any more, one can imagine the difficulty of getting the prince into the family of ordinary people!

It must be that the Tao family tree is so popular that the man in the palace can't sit still, and he wants to hold Tao's house tightly, so he proposes marriage.And to make the Tao family obedient, she, Miss Ten, who was spoiled and raised by the Tao family, is naturally the breakthrough!
Unexpectedly, she, Tao Mo, was reborn and became a controllable weakness in the eyes of others!
(End of this chapter)