[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

The little boy, Yun Ye, the eldest grandson of Shun'an Marquis's mansion, was eight years old, with big eyes, a big round face, and a chubby face, very cute. His eyes were full of curiosity and inquiry when he looked at her.

But these are not the point!

The point is, Rong Enqing saw a row of familiar small words above his head: "1 year and 363 days".

This morning, she had seen the same line of small words in the mirror and above her head. Although the content was different, the font was exactly the same!

At that time, she thought it was her own illusion. But now, she saw the same small words above Yun Ye's head again!

This time, she wouldn't be so foolish as to think that she was dazzled!

But why didn’t she see this line of small words on other people’s heads, but only on her and Yun Ye’s heads?

9 years and 363 days?

1 years and 363 days?

What is the connection between these?

Just as Rong Enqing's thoughts drifted away, Yun Hao couldn't help but tug at her sleeve and reminded her in a low voice, "Mother, the father-in-law who delivered the decree is still waiting."

Rong Enqing quickly put aside his doubts and said to Liu Xin with a smile, "Eunuch, everyone is here."

Liu Xin glanced meaningfully at the mother and son who arrived last, and said solemnly, "The imperial edict has arrived. Shun'an Marquis' Mansion will receive it."

Everyone knelt down and listened to the announcement.

After a long list of well-chosen compliments comes the focus of the imperial edict, which is what everyone really cares about.

Everyone was nervous, excited, or expectant. Except for the invisible fifth wife Yun Shu and the eldest wife Zhang who had already lost all hope, everyone present listened carefully to the contents of the imperial edict.

Rong Enqing felt his head buzzing, and he did not understand the contents of the imperial edict. He did not know whether it was intentional by Emperor Taihe or the wording and sentence structure of the imperial edict was just like that. Anyway, the eunuch who announced the edict read for a long time before reading the key points: "... Yun Ye, the eldest grandson of Shun'an Marquis, will inherit the title, and be granted a fief of 2,000 households, with an actual fief of 200 households. ... The former Marquis' wife Rong will be granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Madam, and a fief of 1,000 households. I hereby express my gratitude."

The fiefs of the Zhou Dynasty were divided into virtual fiefs and real fiefs.

The "fief of two thousand households" mentioned above is just a nominal fief, which is actually a one-time reward. The standard is money and materials equivalent to the annual tax revenue of two thousand households, and the reward is to the person himself.

The "actual food fief of two hundred households" mentioned later is a real fief, which means that Shun'an Hou can receive money and materials equivalent to the tax revenue of two hundred households every year. To put it bluntly, it is an annual salary, and it can be inherited by descendants.

Everyone shouted "Long live the emperor" and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

After Liu Xin finished reading the imperial edict, he walked past Yun Ye and handed it to Rong Enqing.

Rong Enqing took the imperial edict and respectfully placed it on the table that had been prepared long ago.

After seeing off the eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict, everyone in the Yun family was in an uproar.

"Why is this happening?"

"Why Yun Ye?"

"What about Yun Hao who was supposed to inherit the Marquisate?"

"what happened?"

……

All the members of the Yun family were dumbfounded. Some were confused, some did not believe, some were indignant, and some were regretful. Their emotions varied.

Jiang sat on the ground, howling loudly, her face full of disbelief, and she kept crying, "No, I don't believe it! This is not true! The Marquis should belong to my son, my son! Wuuwuwu...

"How could this happen? Why did this happen? Yunhao, tell me, this isn't true, right? Tell me, the imperial edict just now was written wrong, all this is fake, right?

"Yun Hao, go ask your father-in-law what's going on! Yes, go ask your father-in-law! He's a second-rank official! He promised to help you..."

Yun Hao was also dumbfounded when he heard the imperial edict that Yun Ye would inherit the title of Marquis. His hopes of several years were about to be fulfilled, but it fell short at the last moment. Only those who have experienced it know the psychological gap of falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.

Yun Hao found it hard to accept it for a while. He was already feeling uncomfortable and dazed. Jiang's crying made him irritated. When he staggered and fell to the ground, he finally exploded. He pushed Jiang away, who was still pushing him and shouting at him to find his father-in-law, and shouted, "Look for him. The imperial edict has come down. What's the point of looking for him now?"

Jiang was pushed to the ground by Yun Hao, but she didn't care at all. She crawled to Yun Hao's side while lying on the ground, grabbed his arm and continued to cry: "Why is it useless? He is a second-rank minister. He said he would help you become a marquis. Now that things haven't been done, can't we go to him to reason with him?"

Yun Hao looked at his biological mother who was crying and making a fuss and wanted him to go to the Song family to argue. Suddenly, he started crying and laughing like a madman.

It was not until this moment that he realized clearly that his biological mother was such an ignorant person!

If he could inherit the Marquisate and become the Marquis of Shun'an, the Song family might look up to him. But now, what could he use to argue with the Song family? Why should he ask the Song family to give him an explanation? Haha, the Song family might not even bother to look at him now.

At this point, instead of asking him to please the Yue family and find a way out for his future, his biological mother instigated him to cause trouble at the Yue family!

Haha, I can only say that a concubine is a concubine, short-sighted! Even if that person is his biological mother!

When Song heard the contents of the imperial edict, her eyes widened in disbelief and her heart skipped several beats.

She couldn't believe what she heard, and couldn't believe that all her efforts over the years would be wasted!

God knows why she didn't choose a good marriage, but chose to marry an old man who was 6 years older than her and married for the second time! Wasn't it just to become a marquis' wife, get the imperial decree of a first-rank lady, and suppress her elder sister who got the imperial decree of a fourth-rank lady right after she got married?

Because of her status as a lady of honor, her elder sister returned home almost every other day after marriage. Every time she returned, she would tell her younger sisters that a wife is honored by her husband and that she would become a lady of honor in the future. She also said that they were sisters at home, but when they met in public in the future, even sisters had to pay respect to her according to their status and rank. …

After hearing so many talks from her elder sister about imperial edicts, ranks, and status, she had made up her mind since she was a child that she would marry better than her elder sister and obtain a status and identity that was a thousand times more noble than her elder sister.

So, when her family was arranging a marriage for her, she secretly fell in love with the second master of Shun'an Marquis's Mansion, the widower Yun Hao.

She had calculated it carefully. The eldest son of the Marquis' Mansion had died, and Yun Hao, as the second master, was both the legitimate heir and the eldest. With the help of her family background, there was no way he would lose in the fight for the heir to the Marquis' Mansion.

To be on the safe side, she even inquired about Rong in advance. As the wife of the Marquis's mansion, Rong was simply an ignorant woman who was foolish, arrogant, arrogant, and presumptuous. In her opinion, there was no need to worry about her.

However, it was such a foolish and ignorant woman who shattered her path to becoming a noble lady today!

She subconsciously looked towards Rong Enqing, only to find that Rong Enqing was also looking at Yun Ye with a dull expression.

Doesn’t she know about the imperial edict?

At this moment, Song Shi could no longer see Rong Enqing clearly.