C100 (1/2)
On the second day after the Hall Competition ended, His Majesty ordered for all the examiners to be imprisoned. The subject was in an uproar, and even more so, His Majesty suddenly ordered for the crown prince to be abolished and locked up by the imperial court the next day.
The crown prince's demise had always been a great matter of the kingdom, and the saying that his demise shook the nation was said to shake the hearts of the people. If the crown prince did not set the hearts of the people unsteady, many unnecessary disputes would arise, and the His Majesty would cripple the crown prince without a sound, causing the princes and sons of princes to explode.
However, at the same time, His Majesty caught the officials who were involved in the scam with the speed of lightning. Among them were a number of local officials, including Jiang Nan envoy Feng Wannian. They were raiding families and imprisoning people everywhere from the capital.
Immediately after, the His Majesty announced the name list, the original popular candidate Feng Chen was not in the top three, but the top scorer was an examinee called Hu Xueyong, and the top scorer was an examinee called Hu Xueyong. As well as eliminating all the achievements of the other examinees, everyone suddenly understood, so this was the main reason, the exam was a heinous crime, all the examiners were closed, and even the Elder Official Xie was not let go, for the crown prince to be crippled, it was sufficient to prove that the crown prince was deeply involved in this matter.
However, to the commoners and the examinees, it was a pleasant thought to be able to get rid of these natives. As for the crown prince's demise, it was none of their business. Since he was not qualified to be the ruler of a country, he would be wasted as well. On the other hand, the His Majesty's grand act of exterminating their relatives had won over the hearts of the people.
Since the crown prince had been crippled, the matter of liquidation was extremely complicated. Whether it was the capital or the territory, they were all faced with the expulsion and mobilization of a large number of officials, and their Imperial Court could be said to be in chaos.
At the same time, the Marquis Mansion was also busy getting married, and for the young lady of the Fang family to marry the successor of the Marquis Mansion as her concubine, it was no different from marrying a legal wife. There was another matter that was even more lively than this, which was that on the day of the wedding, the order to bestow upon the Madam of the Marquis Mansion with his second rank title also entered the Marquis Mansion, catching people by surprise.
One must know that Marquis' Wife only had a third grade title on him, this sudden bestowal was too shocking, the His Majesty had really given the bridal chamber so much face.
Only Xie Jingxi knew the reason why, she knew the deep meaning behind the reward in her heart, but since the edict was given, she could only kowtow and express gratitude, it at least proved that she and Gu Yun had passed through this crisis.
”The Grand Mistress is overjoyed.” The young eunuch passed the imperial edict to Xie Jingxi personally, and his words were very polite, ”His Majesty specifically said that Grand Mistress would definitely walk around the imperial harem when you have free time, and the nobles of the imperial palace all praise the Grand Mistress.”
Xie Jingxi was terrified, ”I will have to trouble Master Internal Affairs, if there's anything good, Master might as well drink a cup of wine and leave.”
”I dare not, dare not! Grand Mistress is kind, this servant still has to return and answer to the palace.”
”Then I won't force you to stay, sir. Zhao, Shangguan Family, send the lord out.”
Lady Zou and the others came over one by one to congratulate him. ”This is such a happy day for our family. I'm sure Aunt will be overjoyed.”
Lady Zeng didn't seem to be overjoyed by this. After hearing Lady Zou say this, she smiled, ”Of course, I already said that Jing Wan is blessed. To be recognized by His Majesty and a few noble people, it is the fortune of my Marquis Mansion.”
From her identity as a Marquis' Wife, her title life should not be just at the third rank, but it was lacking in terms of her status. It was unknown if it was intentional or not, His Majesty never had the intention of giving her a title, even Marquis did not take the initiative to give her one, it was really not a big deal for Lady Zeng.
It was fine if he didn't mention it in the past, but now that his wife was a grade higher than her first name, there was nothing to be happy about. was merely a second stage imperial official, he did not have any impressive achievements, and not long after he became an official, it was really not his turn to bestow an title upon Xie Jingxi. Forget about everything else, the Lady Xu did not even have a title life for him, and back then Xie Cen had first requested for a title for the Old Madem, for his mother and his wife, and never had the name of Lady Xu.
In her opinion, anyone who could bring glory to their Marquis Mansion would be able to enter her eyes. So when she looked at Xie Jingxi again, she did not see what she was capable of, instead, she felt a sense of regret.
Today was supposed to be a good day for Gu Heng, to the point where he was overshadowed by him. However, since Grandma Dagu personally witnessed the marriage, Fang Wanqing's face was no longer small either. Even when she entered the Marquis Mansion, he left through the main entrance.