Pingting Marquis's Mansion Hall.
"Young Master Xiao Quan, we meet again."
Chen Mo approached the hall and said to the maid, "Serve tea to Young Master Xiao."
"Yes." The maid withdrew.
Chen Mo sat down at the head seat, looking at the man who had just removed his cloak, draped in a fox fur brocade robe, and chuckled, "Young Master Xiao Quan, now that you're here, has Patriarch Xiao made up his mind?"
Xiao Quan pretended to ponder for a moment, then said, "Marquis, you know that the Xiao family is the leader among the Noble Clans in Jiangnan. To suddenly rely on someone else would make us the laughingstock of the world, abandon our dignity, diminish our prestige in Jiangnan, and fail to set an example for the Noble Clans there. Even if we pledge allegiance to the Marquis, I fear we wouldn't be of much assistance in Jiangnan affairs..."
