After the imperial edict was read out, Lin Ruhai, as the Minister of Rites, started to get busy. One must know that there had never been a retired emperor in this dynasty before. Therefore, this group of people in charge of ceremonies and ceremonies had to think carefully about how to arrange all the ceremonies for the emperor's abdication and the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
Thinking of this, after the morning court, Lin Ruhai immediately brought the people from the Ministry of Rites to the office of the Ministry of Rites and started a meeting to discuss.
The retired emperor and the emperor were both lords, so they had to be taken care of well.
Noble Consort Zhen heard the news in the imperial harem. After knowing that the emperor was passing the throne to the fifth prince, she started to make a fuss. One moment, she made a fuss that the throne should be the seventh prince's and that the fifth prince had snatched the seventh prince's throne. The next moment, she made a fuss that she wanted to find the emperor to retract the edict. After being stopped by the palace servants, she almost fainted from crying.
The seventh prince, who had just heard the contents of the imperial edict after the morning court, wasn't any better.
At this moment, he really hated the retired emperor.
Since he was born, because of his mother's favor, he had always been the most favored among all the princes. After he slowly grew up, he and his mother had always believed that he would be the next emperor. There were also many people in the imperial court who supported him. But at this moment — at this moment — he was like a fool.
His throne was given to the fifth prince just like that. The fifth prince who was inferior to him in every way and whom he had looked down on since he was young.
Now that his imperial father was still alive and the imperial edict was personally issued by his imperial father, he couldn't do anything now. But just wait! One day, he would take back what belonged to him. That position would eventually be his.
"What did you say? The emperor passed the throne to the fifth prince? Are you sure it's the fifth prince? "
Mother Jia sat on the soft couch. She was so agitated that her whole body leaned forward and almost fell off the couch. Yuanyang and Wang Xifeng were so frightened that they shielded her from the left and right.
Although Jia Zheng boasted of being a gentleman and a scholar, he was also very agitated now. In the face of "power", he couldn't avoid it.
"It's absolutely true! The imperial edict was passed down this morning. I believe that Brother-in-law and the Ministry of Rites are already preparing for the coronation ceremony. "
"Good, good, I knew it. My Yuan Chun was born on the first day of the new year. Such a good birthday, her life must be very rich. Back then, her family had tried so hard to send her to the palace. Even if it didn't work, she could still go to the Seventh Prince. But in the end, Yuan Chun actually entered the Fifth Prince's residence. Looking at it now, the Fifth Prince had indeed ascended to the throne. Now it seems that my Yuan Chun really has a good life. She was destined to be rich and powerful. "
Jia Mu's mother stuttered as she spoke. She made it sound as if the Fifth Prince's ascension to the throne was due to Jia Yuanchun's good luck. The rest of the Jia Family looked as if Jia Mu's mother was right.
"It's all thanks to you, Old Madam. If it weren't for you, how could there be us juniors? That's why you have the best life, Old Madam! Now that the Fifth Prince has ascended to the throne, Sister Yuan will be the real Imperial Concubine. Based on our Elder Sister Yuan's appearance and the methods taught by the Old Madam, she will definitely be favored. The Old Madam and Aunt will wait at home peacefully for Elder Sister Yuan to give birth to a white and chubby prince or great-grandson for you. "
Originally, Old Madam Wang didn't like Wang Xifeng flattering the Old Madam. But after hearing that her Yuan Chun had become the Imperial Concubine and was favored by the Old Madam, she felt happy.
Wang Xifeng was bold and ruthless. She didn't just rely on her mouth to coax Jia Mu, who was biased towards the second branch, to dote on her.
Previously, because the Jia Family was impeached, their nobility was demoted, and their positions were demoted. Now that Jia Lian had no title to inherit, Wang Xifeng was naturally unwilling to live like this for the rest of her life. It could only be said that the daughters of the Wang Family were all ambitious.
Although Wang Xifeng was bold and hateful, she was still a girl from the inner courtyard. She didn't have enough experience, and the methods she could think of were limited to the inner courtyard.
Originally, Wang Xifeng wanted her uncle, Wang Ziteng, to find a real position for Jia Lian, and she could coax the Old Madam and gain more benefits from the Old Madam. In the future, with the Jia Family and her maternal family, the Wang Family, supporting her, even if Jia Lian didn't have any ability, he could still be supported.
Thinking about it, no matter how bad Jia Lian's studies were, at least he was better than her 'uncle' in popular literature and was proficient in interpersonal relationships. He wouldn't be worse off than that 'Second Master', right?
But now, it didn't have to be so troublesome.
She didn't expect that the Fifth Prince would succeed the throne, and that abandoned child in the Fifth Prince's residence, Jia Yuanchun, suddenly became a delicious cake.
Now that Jia Yuanchun was the Imperial Concubine in Wang Xifeng's heart, just like the former Noble Consort Zhen, her future would be limitless. At the same time, Wang Xifeng also saw hope.
Although being an official wasn't bad, it couldn't compare to the glory of having a noble title. In Wang Xifeng's heart, the noble title was still the most important.
Now that Sister Yuan was in the palace, she could let Sister Yuan whisper into the Emperor's ear in the future. At that time, the noble title would definitely come back.
No matter what the various families in the capital thought, the days passed one by one.
The new Emperor had now ascended the throne. Although the Retired Emperor had gone to the temporary imperial residence to recuperate, he still had his own people in the imperial court. The new Emperor had just ascended the throne, so naturally, it wasn't good for him to boldly and decisively promote his own people. Therefore, after ascending the throne, he only conferred noble titles to his brothers, followed by sealing the imperial harem.
Among this, there was an imperial edict that promoted a few small officials, so not many people cared about it.
Jia Yuanchun was originally just an unfavored concubine in the Fifth Prince's residence. Now that the Fifth Prince had ascended the throne, she had only used her many years in the Fifth Prince's residence to be conferred the title of noble lady. Even if she didn't have any merits, she still worked hard. Moreover, it was the type that didn't have a title.
Regarding this result, the people of the Jia family were naturally very dissatisfied. They wanted to help Jia Yuanchun, but there was no one in their family who could speak up in the imperial court. Even if they wanted to do something, there was no way.
In the end, Mother Jia thought of the Lin family. However, because of the new Emperor's ascension, the Lin family was busy packing Jin 'en's luggage every day, or using the last bit of time to guide and give a few words of advice. Naturally, they didn't have time to deal with the whimsical people of the Jia family.
Madam Wang also went to look for the Wang family. Although Wang Ziteng was a protective person, he was not a fool since he was able to survive until now in the officialdom. The emperor's harem was not a place that officials like them could casually order around.
Jia Yuanchun was already in her twenties, but she was still a small noble lady without a title. Her lack of children was her fatal flaw. Although Wang Ziteng was protective, he still had to see if Jia Yuanchun was worth his help.
How should he put it? After all, Jia Yuanchun's surname was Jia, not Wang.
Furthermore, the new Emperor had just ascended the throne, and there were already many people who had submitted memorials asking the Emperor to select girls to fill the harem. When the time came, those girls who were like fresh flowers and tender willows would enter the palace. What could Jia Yuanchun do? After all, Jia Yuanchun was only the daughter of a minor fifth rank official.
After the new Emperor ascended the throne, the entire capital slowly calmed down. At least on the surface, it calmed down.
Jin En brought a few manservants and the second housekeeper back to Suzhou to begin his path to the imperial examinations. Along the way, he defeated all obstacles and returned to the capital with the same "top scorer" title that Situ Lang had in the past.
Although Situ Lang's two official positions were not as exaggerated as "rising three ranks in a row," there had always been a steady increase. When other people came back to their senses, they realized that the person who came in third had already risen to a standard fourth rank official.
Even a fool would be able to see that an 18-year-old Primary Fourth Grade Martial Artist had a bright future ahead of him.
However, right now, this 18-year-old standard fourth rank official was sitting in the main hall of his manor with a headache.
That's right, Situ Lang had already returned to the manor he had bought in the capital. It was only one street away from the Lin family.
No matter what, Dai Yu had already reached marriageable age, and Situ Lang had moved out before Dai Yu reached marriageable age.
Although the Lin family had already started preparing for the marriage when Dai Yu was engaged, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min really could not bear to part with Dai Yu. After discussing with Situ Lang, they decided to hold the marriage when Dai Yu was 17 years old and Situ Lang was 20 years old.
However, in this era where men and women generally got married around 15 years old, it was very abnormal that Situ Lang had not gotten married when he was 18 years old.
Therefore, when other people came back to their senses and realized Situ Lang's "value," they all started to have ideas about his manor's backyard.
At this time, it was very normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Although Situ Lang was already engaged to Lin Ruhai's daughter, which family did not have a few concubines?
Thinking about this, those who had daughters of concubines at home started to get close to Situ Lang, and then bragged about how gentle and caring their daughters were, how beautiful and how talented they were.
There were even some who "bumped into" him on the streets. Just a few days ago, he met a girl in the study room who pestered him. In the end, it was not easy for him to get away. He was so scared that he did not dare to go out except for going to court to do his work.
Even if he went to court, he would sit in a palanquin and did not care about going out by himself.
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