State affairs were tangled; worldly troubles were many.
Su Mo buried himself in state affairs day after day. He wanted to set everything on the right track before he left.
Yet the endless state affairs left him no time to catch his breath.
When he finally finished his work and returned to his Bedchamber Pavilion, he saw Prince Ying, Prince Ying's Princess Consort, and members of their clan all waiting for him, seemingly with something important to discuss.
Su Mo walked over, his face full of puzzlement, and asked Prince Ying and his princess consort, "Father, Mother, what is it you want to discuss?"
Prince Ying's Princess Consort sighed deeply and said with some reproach, "Mo'er, you see, it's been quite some time since you ascended the throne..."
Su Mo froze at her words and nodded blankly. Then he looked toward Prince Ying, only to see him raise his head awkwardly and gaze outside the pavilion as though nothing were amiss.
"Yes. Mother, just say what's on your mind." Su Mo walked up to Prince Ying's Princess Consort.
"Well..." Prince Ying's Princess Consort lifted a hand to smooth her skirt and said slowly, "It's actually nothing terribly important..."
"It's just that your father and I spend all day in this Imperial Palace with nothing to do..."
"And you're busy with state affairs all day, so you can't spend much time with us..."
Su Mo looked blankly at Prince Ying's Princess Consort, not understanding what she meant.
Seeing that Su Mo still did not understand, Prince Ying's Princess Consort shot Prince Ying an irritated glance. When he offered no support, she could only continue helplessly:
"If you married and had children soon, we could help look after them, couldn't we? Then the two of us wouldn't be quite so idle..."
The