When the Imperial Decree came down, He Heng didn’t feel any surprise. Fuhuang might be wary of his sons but he still heavily favoured He Yuan over all. Otherwise, why would he keep the position of Deputy Examiner for him?
It was a pity his fuhuang didn’t know that spoiling was a type of harm. He Yuan’s appetite would become bigger and bigger under his care. He would definitely create trouble.
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month, a decree came out again from the palace. Many of the consorts were promoted. Ning Wang’s birth mother, Tao shi, was promoted to Noble Pin, her title was Wen.[1] Both He Yuan and He Heng’s mothers took a step forward from fei to guifei.[2]
Just when everybody in Jing was preparing celebratory presents, a decree for marriage came down. Minister Luo’s di granddaughter was to be married to Cheng Wang He Ming. The marriage would take place when spring arrived.
When this decree came down, it shocked everybody to the point of seeing stars. They all gave out a lot in congratulatory gifts and then each raised their heads and stretched their necks to gaze and see the mess that Jing would fall into next year.
Qu Qing Ju finished preparing the gifts to send to the Luo Family and Cheng Wang Fu. There were also gifts for the consorts who had been promoted inside the palace. She sat down with a cup of tea and let Shu Kui massage her shoulders, her head revolving around the matter of the Luo Family and Cheng Wang.
The Luo Family was Jiumu’s maternal family. It wasn’t very distinguished, but did have some reputation in the City of Jing. It wasn’t a surprise for a girl of the Luo family to marry into the Imperial Family. But marrying this Cheng Wang, it still couldn’t be seen if it was good or bad.
If it could be said that the three wang ye at the front had hope of succeeding the throne, He Ming was just a passer-by. Unless the three people in front all died, he wouldn’t have a hope of reaching the throne. This person’s abilities were as average as his name. Who knew how much Qing De Emperor didn’t like this son. The three sons in front, one had the meaning of the “good luck of the qilin¸” one was” the beauty of jade,” one was “of profound and deep learning.” Each one was of higher quality than the one before.