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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.

However, the groom had not appeared since the morning, saying that he had important matters to attend to and the Marquis had not been around the entire time. This also meant from the side that no matter how grand Aunt Fang entered the door, he still had a different meaning from his official wife.

Grandma Dagu did not have much of an interest because of the matter of being a title, so she did not have much of an interest. As a result, throughout the entire process, she did not have any complaints, making it seem as if Grandma Dagu was getting married. Originally, everyone was very cooperative because she was happy, but in the end, she made Fang Wanqing pay her respects to the position of ancestor, which was very surprising.

Other than the legitimate original wife, no other woman could enter the ancestral hall to pay respects to her ancestors. The intention behind Grandma Dagu's actions was self-evident, as if she had the intention to support Fang Wanqing.

This was truly against the rules, they would either marry as an equal wife from the very beginning, or they would just follow the etiquette of an aunt. This action was clearly smacking the face of the Xie Family person, and without their consent, they would marry Gu Heng as an equal.

Even Lady Zeng was hesitating, she would be happy to help Gu Heng with a few more women, but she would not be happy to see any more trouble, after all, Grandma Dagu could just leave like that.

The Lady Zeng quietly advised: "Big sister, I am afraid this is not appropriate, at least we should discuss this with the Marquis."

Grandma Dagu glanced at her, "You still need to trouble Marquis to make the decision, I can do that. Since I have to leave the ceremony behind, kowtowing to the ancestor, and we do not have a distinct hierarchy in Marquis Mansion, although she is an aunt, she is still Brother Heng's woman, if not, and if she has children in the future, then her birth mother will be acknowledged by the ancestors, then she will be no different from where she is now."

It was best if he waited for the child to be born, and kick Xie Jingqi off the main wife's seat. It was also only because Elder Official Xie had been imprisoned recently, and his Xie Family had not been fully calculated yet, so before he could even walk away, he had already calmed down by half, and had to kick Xie Jingqi twice when she had the chance.

The Grandma Dagu's identity was noble and had nothing to fear, the face of the Marquis Mansion was even higher, no matter which family she stood on, Xie Jingxi seemed to have to advise against it. Although there was a high chance that she would earn a lot of points, he still opened her mouth and said: "Aunt, Mother is right, we should at least ask for father's opinion, it's really not too proper, even Aunt Fang would not be able to become a good person in the future, you have to think of it for her."

In the end, Grandma Dagu was not a person of the Marquis Mansion, so it was impossible for him to give her face at all times. The moment she entered the door, it was immediately taboo for everyone, and in the future, it would be very difficult for the Aunt Fang to be human in the Marquis Mansion.

It was unknown if it was because of the fact that Xie Jingxi had just bestowed her title, but the Grandma Dagu did not embarrass her, but it seemed that her attitude was still as firm as ever, and she had to let the Aunt Fang in to kowtow.

Since there was nothing left to say, just knock it, knock it, it was not a life-threatening event, he could not quarrel with Grandma Dagu, thus he had to follow Grandma Dagu's instructions, but just as the group was about to enter the Ancestral Hall, Fang Ziqing stood out and spoke.

Fang Wanqing was the only big brother in the family who came, so she kept her silence. Everyone didn't have enough for him, so when they stood up to speak, everyone's gaze was on him.

Fang Ziqing was still wearing the same moon-white robe that hadn't changed for ten thousand years, as he stood out gracefully and unhurriedly: "Old Madem Xiao pampered me, and this little sister did not enter the door as a proper wife. I truly do not deserve to be paid my respects to an ancestor in the ancestral hall.

Lady Zeng hurriedly said, "What brother Fang said makes sense. Since brother Fang already said it, we shouldn't embarrass him, no? Elder sister, I think we should toast our tea."

Xie Jingxi glanced at Fang Ziqing, her heart always feeling a little sour. He was always such a cold and casual existence, and it was not easy for him to attract attention if she stood in the crowd. Xie Jingxi was able to discern how much helplessness and patience was contained within these words. Looking at Fang Wanqing, her hands subconsciously intertwined together, he felt the awkwardness of the situation. Since he knew it was going to end like this, why did he agree to marry in?

In the end, the Grandma Dagu gave in. Fang Wanqing still did not enter the Gu family's ancestral hall, and only knelt down to kowtow three times with the Lady Zeng, as if she was making a cup of tea for her wife. Then, she entered Marquis Mansion's gate.

Grandma Dagu and the few ladies had gone out to eat and drink, Xie Jingxi was just about to take this opportunity to return to her room to rest, when she met Fang Ziqing halfway.