Chapter 509 - 337 Xiao Xuanzhi
"Ninth Brother, I have come to ask a favor of you," Xiao Xuanzhi’s face was somewhat flushed.
Xiao Song knelt sitting at the main seat, was silent for a moment and then said, "It’s about Chun Lai, isn’t it?"
Xiao Xuanzhi’s face was embarrassed, and upon seeing this, Xiao Song laughed and said, "What’s there to be shy about? We are not that different in age, yet both of us have delayed our marriages. As your elder brother, I certainly understand you."
Xiao Xuanzhi once had a fiancée, betrothed to him since childhood, but after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he lost contact with her. However, since there was a marriage agreement, and the Xiao family always honored their commitments, so they did not arrange matchmating for him. In the blink of an eye, twenty-some years had passed, only in the past few years did the family feel they had waited long enough to fulfill their moral obligations. They could not allow him to waste his life, so they started arranging a marriage for him. However, being a son of the last Emperor of Xiliang, even though Liang was destroyed, his lineage was still very noble, but it was just the lineage. The main branch was already weak, and the truly noble families were not very willing to marry their daughters to him. Ordinary women of scholar background were not esteemed by his family, and therefore, the matter had been delayed until now.
Xiao Xuanzhi’s expression eased slightly, and with a shy smile, he then solemnly bowed to Xiao Song, "I am dealing with an issue regarding Chun Lai tonight and earnestly ask for Ninth Brother to speak a few words on her behalf."
Xiao Xuanzhi made a respectful long bow, and Xiao Song, after a brief consideration, readily agreed, "For our own brother, speaking a few words is no trouble at all. However, what Chun Lai did, even if she does not die, will lead to her being expelled from the family. You and her, in the end..."
Xiao Xuanzhi’s expression was slightly saddened, "As long as she lives, it will be good."
"Hmm," Xiao Song thought for a moment and then said casually, "That’s not a problem either, as long as Chun Lai can wait. After a year of mourning, either she could take the imperial examination or find a governmental post away from the capital. They could still be together."