Chapter 173: It’s Over, All Calculations Came to Naught
The family of Marquis Zhongqin left the palace dejectedly, and upon returning to the Zhongqin Mansion, they were welcomed by their son and daughter-in-law as they entered the main hall.
"Father, how did it go?" The Heir of Marquis Zhongqin, Wan Zhongyuan, looked eagerly at his father.
On the side, the Heir’s wife, Madam Liu, glanced at her father-in-law and mother-in-law briefly, thinking that it was definitely a lost cause. If the Empress Dowager had agreed, she would have selected the heir they chose long ago, why wait until now?
Yet these few people still dream on, alas.
Though Madam Liu felt regretful, she wasn’t too disappointed, as this was all within expectations. She merely needed to hold her current position well.
Marquis Zhongqin took the tea handed to him by a servant girl, drank two sips, tugged at his collar, and said, "What else can be done? Go tell the other families to gather at the ancestral hall tomorrow to amend the genealogy. Yongping from the seventh household will be adopted under Zhong Xing of the fourth household, to lower the rank and inherit the Duke Cheng’en title. The imperial edict should be coming soon."
Wan Zhongyuan plopped down on a chair, his lips moving silently.
"Father, does this mean we all have to salute that boy?"