Chapter 675: Chapter 670, 671: World Astounded

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was already March 10th.

The news that Prime Minister Lu Sheng, King Chong Chu Yan, Prince Huai Chu Yi, Luo Family Patriarch Luo Qingyang, and others who conspired to rebel were executed, while Duke An Chen Mo was credited with driving out foreign enemies and eliminating traitors, and was promoted to King Wei, had spread throughout the land.

Xiangyang, Duke An’s Mansion.

The news from Luonan and the Holy Decree awarding the title of Lady of Imperial Decree to the women was sent to Duke An’s Mansion together.

Upon hearing this news, Wu Mi, Han Anniang, and other women were so delighted that they almost fainted and simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief.

Before this, they were worried about Chen Mo, but now that the dust has settled, the huge stone in their hearts could finally be laid to rest.

"Ms. Mi, you will be the Princess Consort in the future," Yi Shiyin, who was playing with Chen Mo’s eldest legitimate son, Chen Jia, smiled at Wu Mi upon hearing this.

Wu Mi’s face, as delicate and fair as a blossom, also revealed a hint of pleasure. Although she did not particularly care about fame and fortune, it didn’t mean she didn’t care at all, as these were symbols of status and prestige. She pulled Chen Jia’s small hand and picked him up, laughing lightly, she said: "Jia’Er will be the Young Master in the future."

Upon hearing this, Han Anniang and Xia Zhiqing’s expressions slightly shifted, for, as mothers, who wouldn’t think about their own children?

But the two women also knew they couldn’t win against Wu Mi and could only abandon those improper thoughts.

Xia Zhiqing laughed and said: "Congratulations to Ms. Mi, I heard even the Elder Wu has been promoted to Third-class Duke and appointed as one of the Three Ministers, the Situ."

Previously, Wu Yanqing held only a Standard Fourth Grade official title in the court, but now he had suddenly soared to a Standard First Grade, which was like an incredible leap.

The women also began to congratulate Wu Mi.

"Congratulations to all, aren’t you, sisters, also awarded the title of Lady of Imperial Decree?" Wu Mi laughed.

Previously, only Wu Mi, Han Anniang, Xia Zhiqing, and Yi Shiyin were appointed as Ladies of Imperial Decree.

Now, all the women in the rear court were awarded the title of Imperial Decree as well.

Even the newly entered Xiao Ya and Yang Qingqing were no exception.

Xiao Yunxi slightly lowered her eyes, thinking about compared to Wu Yanqing’s appointment as Third-class Duke, and right, Situ.

Her own father was only the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard, which seemed like a real position, with more authority than the idle position of Situ, real power in military command, but from the Grand General in charge like Yue Ruyan, this Deputy Commander was also an idle position.

It was not only that Wu Yanqing was appointed higher, even in nobility status, he was now a County Marquis.

Although Xiao Yunxi understood very well that there were many reasons for this situation.

One is that she was once the Princess Consort of Huai.

And the Xiao Family turned to Chen Mo midway.

Thirdly, her father did not participate in the power seizure battle in Luonan.

But in her heart, she felt a little uncomfortable.

At the same time, she was even more determined to have a child with Chen Mo.

Xiao Ya seemed to understand her cousin’s thoughts, walked over and held Xiao Yunxi’s hand.

Xiao Yunxi also returned the grip to Xiao Ya, her heart calmed significantly, realizing she still had Xiaoya.

Wu Mi glanced around the women and found Liang Xue’s expression seemed a bit off; she stepped forward, took her plain hand, and smiled lightly: "Xue’Er, don’t worry, since there’s no news of the Liang Family, it means the Liang Family is fine."

While the atmosphere was still somewhat cheerful, Yang Qingqing suddenly said out of nowhere: "It’s heard that in the Prince’s Mansion, there is one Princess Consort, two Consorts, and the rest are all concubines, and now the Main Consort has been confirmed, so who are the two remaining Consorts?"

As soon as this was said, the atmosphere became awkward.

Though Consorts are also considered concubines, having the title of Side Princess Consort placed them at least a rank higher than concubines.

With so many women in the residence, and only two Consorts positions available, the rest were destined to continue as concubines.

Before this, apart from Wu Mi, everyone was a concubine, and it was not felt.

But now, with Yang Qingqing’s words, aside from Wu Mi, the women’s thoughts grew more complicated.

Then their gaze landed on Han Anniang and Xia Zhiqing.

Besides Wu Mi, now only the two women had children, and so the Side Consort positions surely belonged to them.

...

On the other side, in the examination hall.

The list of the candidates who topped the Four States’ metropolitan exam had been compiled and was about to be published.

Unlike the provincial exam, the exam papers for the metropolitan exam from the Four States were all the same.

The results were also evident; candidates from Huai State and Linzhou far outnumbered those from Yu State and Qingzhou amongst those who passed.

"If no issues are confirmed, the list should quickly be reported to Duke An, as these are all future pillars of our court." Zuo Lianglun, who had returned to Xiangyang, initially wanted to say "Our Great Song," but in the end, changed it to "our court." He then added, "I wonder how the front-line battle is going, as the subsequent palace examination should be presided over by Duke An."

"The last good news reported was the great victory in Chongzhou, next will be entering the capital to support the king, but it shouldn’t be so soon." Geng Songfu replied.

"The urgent task now is to post the rankings; the scholars must be eagerly waiting." Chief Examiner Chen Cultivator said.

Geng Songfu chuckled and said, "Who would have thought, this time the Imperial Examination Champion Guo Ning was only sixth in the top tier of the Huai State provincial exam while the former first in Xiangyang’s provincial top tier, Sun City, now dropped to eighth. The scholars taking the exam from Huai State still seem a bit stronger!"

The top scorer of the metropolitan exam is known as the Imperial Examination Champion.

But such occurrences are normal.

While they were discussing, an official grading the exam papers came in from outside, laughing, and said: "Great news, magnificent news, Lord Geng, Lord Zuo, Lord Chen, please quickly go outside to receive the imperial edict, the court’s emissary has arrived."