Chapter 1165 - 988, Jealousy
The Emperor received the news of Gu Jian’s critical illness at the end of May. After a journey of over a month, by mid-July, the sons of several Crown Princes had arrived in Liangdu.
At the gates of Liangdu City, the relatives of the Princes who got the news had been waiting early in the morning, and all of them were the heads of their respective families.
With the Princes and their sons holding such esteemed statuses, no one dared to show negligence.
However, only Deshou, the butler from the Prince Residence, came to receive them. This was because there was no representative from the fourth Prince’s side in Liangdu; it was only because Xiao Moreng, who seldom visited, did not come that he was sent to welcome them.
Regarding this, each family had some complaints in their hearts, and the An Family was the most dissatisfied among them.
The person the An Family sent to Xiliang was Empress An’s third brother An Zhihang, who held the title of third-rank Advisor, the highest official rank among the Princes’ relatives.
This time, the elder Madam An personally came to Liangdu for two reasons: first, to take care of the Crown Prince’s legitimate young son, and second, to vigorously promote the adoption matter.
With her presence, a mother of a higher-ranked Princess Consort, all parties had to give some courtesy.
Elder Madam An was assisted down from the carriage by a young lady wearing a veil hat. First, she excitedly exchanged a few words of greetings with her son An Zhihang, and then she received the salutations from the other families.
The Princes’ young sons, however, did not get off the carriages. On this trip to Xiliang, the children became exhausted, and at the moment, they were curiously peering out at Liangdu City from inside the carriages.