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"Everything is in the middle, not too biased to one side." Xiao Zhuo concluded.

The father and son discussed for a while and finally decided on the wife they were looking for. Xiao Zhuo said: "That's it. When your mother comes from her hometown, she will start looking for her according to this. But the most important thing now is to return to her hometown as soon as possible. We can't

Let the clan leader arrange your marriage."

"Your father, I will instruct my servants to pack our father and son's luggage. We will return to our hometown tomorrow."

"So fast? What will happen to the business in the capital?" Xiao Yong said in surprise.

"How can you take care of business at this time!" Xiao Zhuo said: "Nothing is as important as your life-long affairs! Let the servants take care of the business in the capital. It is not far from my hometown to the capital, and I can return quickly in seven days.

; Including the debate with the clan leader, if you give us a few more days of surplus, one month will be enough. In one month, there won’t be any problems with the business in the capital.”

"I'm going to give my subordinates instructions and tell them what they should do this month, and what to do if they encounter something difficult and difficult to decide. You go back and pack your things, go to bed early at night, and leave tomorrow morning when the curfew is lifted.

"

'Yes, Dad.' Xiao Yong was about to agree, when suddenly there was a sound from outside. The father and son turned their heads to look at the door, and soon saw the fat doorman running over panting and pushing open the half-open door.

Panting, he said: "Master Six, something big is going on."

"What's the big deal? Tell me quickly!"

"His Majesty's decree is that Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Yong, father and son of the Xiao family in Ningbo Mansion, have come to the palace to have an audience." A man in guard uniform walked to the door and said to them.

"Your Majesty's oral order?" Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Yong shouted in unison, both in very surprised tones.

Although Xiao Zhuo has met Yunxi several times, he is a businessman, and his status as a businessman is still low at present. Yunxi always sends people to quietly deliver orders to him. How can there be such a big fanfare of sending guards to deliver oral orders?

? He was naturally surprised. If this was not the capital, and there was no need to falsely convey the imperial edict to murder him, he would have suspected that the edict was false.

And Xiao Yong was even more justified in being surprised. He had only met Yunxi once, and it was only by chance that His Majesty met them when he was out. Why did the emperor announce that he had entered the palace?

However, Xiao Zhuo finally saw the emperor's people and reacted immediately. He pulled Xiao Yong to kneel on the ground, kowtowed and said, "The common people obey the decree." He then asked Xiao Yong to speak quickly.

"There is no need for so many etiquettes." The guard said, "The emperor ordered you to follow me into the palace immediately after hearing the oral instructions."

"Yes, sir." Xiao Zhuo was even more confused, but he didn't dare to say anything. He kowtowed again, stood up, patted the dirt on his knees, and went to the backyard to change into a coat. The corner of the guard's mouth moved and he looked

He didn't even want them to change their clothes; but in the end, he didn't say anything. After they finished changing their clothes, he led Xiao Zhuo, Xiao Yong and his son out of the business building, got on their horses and headed towards the palace.

"Dad, why did the emperor suddenly ask us to come over?" Xiao Yong asked very puzzled and a little scared.

"I think I have some business matters to tell your father and I. As for asking you to enter the palace, I may have heard that you passed the Jinshi exam and encouraged you to study hard and try to pass the Jinshi exam next year." Xiao Zhuoyan said insincerely.

He said things he didn't even believe.

Xiao Yong didn't believe it either. The purpose of calling Xiao Zhuo into the palace is that he has some business matters to give instructions to. Maybe it's right, but I heard that he passed the imperial examination. It's absolutely impossible for you to encourage him to win the imperial examination next year. Emperor

With so many things going on, how could you remember a person from a small merchant family who was going to take the provincial examination?

But he couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation. It seemed that this was the only possible situation. But his intuition told him that it was definitely not the case, and he still felt uneasy in his heart.
Chapter completed!