Chapter 1198 - 1021: Fallen Out of Favor
Gu Moyan, Daohua, and Xiao Yeyang’s youngest son’s formal name.
Gu Jian had never asked for anything from the Emperor. When he wanted to adopt Gu Moyan, the Emperor acted swiftly. The day after receiving the request, he immediately issued a decree appointing Gu Moyan as the Princely Heir of the Assisting Duke.
Once the imperial edict was announced, several Princes eyeing the title of Assisting Duke felt resentment, but since they had anticipated this, it didn’t come as a complete surprise.
On the day the twins celebrated their first month, the imperial edict arrived in Liangdu, and the guests watched with envy as Xiao Yeyang received the edict.
The happiest among them was Gu Jian, who, after receiving the edict, took it to his small Buddhist hall to offer it up before Granny Gu’s ancestral tablet.
"Sister, the Gu Family has an heir now."
Gu Jian knelt before the ancestral tablet, staring at it, and as he thought of Granny Gu’s concern before her death that there would be no one to offer incense after he was gone, his eyes slowly moistened: "If only you were still alive..."
Main Courtyard.
Daohua, still in her postpartum confinement, did not go to receive the imperial edict. Listening to Guyu recounting the content of the edict, she gazed distractedly at her son smacking his lips.
Her youngest son will now belong to the Gu Family!
After a moment’s stupor, Daohua shook her head with a smile, picked up her full and content son, and started walking around the room: "Even with a changed surname, he is still my son."