"Seven days from now, His Majesty and Ruxue can go through the motions and familiarize themselves with the wedding ceremony. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Empress Dowager Yan smiled at Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo froze for a moment, then nodded and agreed. "Of course. This is, after all, a matter of national importance. I don't want anything to go wrong, so it's certainly necessary to run through the ceremony beforehand."
Truthfully, Xiao Mo didn't want to agree.
Even if it was only going through the motions, it was still a rehearsal.
But even a rehearsal would take up some of his time.
Still, what could he do if he refused?
Empress Dowager Yan was only asking out of courtesy. In reality, he had no choice.
If he said no, Empress Dowager Yan would think he was becoming "rebellious" again.
Xiao Mo guessed that Empress Dowager Yan wanted to rehearse the ceremony because of what had recently happened at court.
After Elder Huang from the Myriad Sword Sect arrived, quite a few officials had invited him to drink, subtly suggesting that they wanted to send their daughters into the imperial palace to take Yan Ruxue's place.
Some Aristocratic Clans had even hinted, "If my daughter becomes empress, my clan will surely offer Elder Huang even greater benefits."
At first, Xiao Mo had heard that Elder Huang refused.
Perhaps Elder Huang thought that he had already agreed to support the Yan Family, and that switching to another clan now would be improper.
After all, Elder Huang didn't care who controlled the Zhou Dynasty. He only cared about whether he could profit from it and what his reputation would be like in the future.
If he originally supported one clan, only to switch to another for greater benefits, then the next time