Chapter 1283 - 1089, The Little Prince Xiao’s Tender Around the Finger (1)
When Xiao Moxi was eighteen, Prince Ping submitted a petition to the Emperor, requesting to pass the princely title to him. Thus, he became the youngest Prince in the Imperial Court.
To distinguish him from Prince Ping and Prince Weiyuan, everyone began calling him Little Prince Xiao.
In the same year, due to Gu Jian returning to Taohua Village, the Emperor handed all governmental affairs over to the Great Grandson to manage. The Emperor then accompanied the Crown Prince and Prince Ping to Taohua Village to stay by Gu Jian’s side.
That year, Xiao Moxi was roped in by the Great Grandson for labor, thrown into the Jinling Guard to help handle various thorny matters.
With exceptional skills and outstanding martial prowess, it took only three years for Little Prince Xiao’s reputation to spread across all provinces. Among officials, his name rang like thunder.
This naturally drew the admiration of many young ladies, including some who directly approached his family with marriage proposals. Unfortunately, Little Prince Xiao had two utterly irresponsible parents.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang spent at least ten months out of the year traveling and enjoying themselves, making it impossible for anyone to approach them with marriage proposals.
Regarding their son’s marriage, the two were very open-minded, boldly declaring that as long as their son liked the person, they had no objections. They truly left him entirely to his own devices, refusing to interfere.
Being young and ambitious, with his heart set on pursuing his career, Little Prince Xiao wasn’t in a hurry to settle his marriage either. He was even harder to find than his parents.
In Beijing, three major questions circulated among the people: When would the Emperor pass the throne to the Great Grandson? Could the Great Grandson’s Consort, who had birthed three daughters in succession, give him a son? Lastly, when would Little Prince Xiao get married?
Truly, a case of "the emperor not being in a rush, but driving the eunuchs to their wit’s end!"
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