Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 24 Hereditary Marquis
The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the window onto the man's face. Wen Qingwan patted Xiao Jin through the quilt and said, "Uh, hurry up and get up to receive the order."

He shook his head, trying to wake up from his drowsiness, "Madam, what order should we receive?"

Although he had woken up a long time ago, he really didn't know what order the Marquis' Mansion could receive.

"How would I know? My father-in-law is the only one in our house who went to the morning court. Could it be that he caused the trouble?"

The more Wen Qingwan spoke, the more she felt that this was possible. In her previous life, when she was the prince's concubine, she was ignorant of worldly affairs and had no idea what mistakes Marquis Cheng'en had made.

After she became the queen, there was no such person as Marquis Cheng'en in the court anymore!
But she knew that Marquis Cheng'en was not dead. After all, when Wen Mingzhu married into Marquis Cheng'en's mansion, the man next to her was still a prince.

Marquis Cheng'en is still alive, so she shouldn't be implicated. Thinking of this, Wen Qingwan felt relieved.

Xiao Jin saw the little girl's eyes change from worry to gradually bright, like ripples in a lake in the clear morning light.

His Adam's apple rolled but he didn't dare to move. There was undisguised lust in his eyes, "My wife, can I help you change your clothes?"

His voice was affectionate and magnetic, gently brushing Wen Qingwan's heartstrings, and she felt like she was about to get sick!

So she turned over and jumped out of bed, "Oh no, Jinlan, come in quickly and help me change my clothes."

"..."

Xiao Jin looked at the little girl's fleeing back and sighed inwardly. How could he win her heart?

When the couple arrived at the front hall, everyone in the marquis's mansion had already knelt in the hall waiting for the eunuch to read the imperial edict.

The eunuch holding the imperial edict saw Xiao Jin and the other man kneeling down, and immediately opened the imperial edict and read it out: "The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven proclaims: I have heard that Xiao Jin, the eldest son of Marquis Cheng'en, is extraordinary in bravery and bravery, and has both talent and virtue, and is both a man of letters and military strategy.

Marquis Cheng'en has made no achievements, so the crown prince Xiao Jin shall inherit the title without interruption. He shall be immediately conferred the title of Marquis Weiwu. I decree this!"

After hearing the eunuch's reading of the emperor's will, the whole palace was in an uproar!
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion knew that their position as Marquis Cheng'en was not stable at all, and they didn't know when they would be demoted.

So the old lady and the marquis are all in a bad mood, doing their job as usual, and the young men and teenagers are following their example.

They just muddled along, thinking that their efforts were in vain since no one in the entire capital was willing to have anything to do with their mansion anyway.

But today, when they heard the eunuch read the imperial edict with their own ears, they couldn't help but tremble with fear!

After all, this title of marquis was earned by the hard work and struggle of Xiao family's ancestors.

If the Xiao family had not produced another hero a few years ago, the emperor might have stripped him of his title.

Everyone originally thought that the emperor would give up on them now that the prince was lame, but unexpectedly, the emperor not only did not give up, but also replaced Marquis Cheng'en with Marquis Weiwu.

This is such a great event that brings honor to the family!

The sensible people in the Marquis's Mansion still feel a chill down their spine when they think of those rumors and hearsay.

After hearing the imperial edict, I felt very lucky. If it weren't for the prince...

Thinking of this, everyone looked at the Mighty Marquis Xiao Jin with eyes full of admiration and gratitude.

Marquis Xiao Jin of Weiwu was also extremely surprised. He originally thought that he had exchanged his military merits for barren land and would not be granted the title of marquis again.

I didn't expect that the emperor would bestow upon me the title of Marquis of Weiwu.

"I accept your command and thank you!" Xiao Jin took the imperial edict and responded respectfully.

The eunuch who announced the imperial edict handed the imperial edict to Xiao Jin and continued to chant: "The emperor has ordered that Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Weiwu, has had enough rest and will attend the morning court from today."

"Thank you, my Lord." Xiao Jin took the emperor's oral order, responded respectfully, gave the red envelope, and personally sent the eunuch who delivered the order away.

He couldn't wait to return to Wen Qingwan and asked, "My wife, is your husband the Marquis of Weiwu now?" "Yes, Jin'er, you are the Marquis of Weiwu." Before Wen Qingwan could say anything, she heard Old Madam Xiao say happily.

Old Madam Xiao had an unconcealable pride on her face, and she clasped her hands together and bowed to the sky several times.

"Congratulations, my Lord Marquis." Wen Qingwan congratulated dryly. He was so happy that he looked like a fool just by being a marquis.

"Congratulations, my lady. I am where I am today because of your blessing." Xiao Jin said, holding the little girl's hand tightly.

It's not that he likes being a marquis, but he just likes the little girl to follow him because of his noble status.

Then he turned his head to look at the old marquis beside him, and asked in a rare gentle voice: "Father, did you say anything to the emperor during the morning court?"

"Your virtue is not worthy of your position. Jin'er is much better than your father. I hope to pass the title of Marquis to you, but the emperor not only agreed but also changed your name."

Lord Cheng'en said with a relaxed look on his face that he was not worthy of his position, but he was not ashamed of it but proud of it.

Wen Qingwan stood beside the father and son, cast a mind-reading talisman, and instantly read her father-in-law's inner thoughts.

Marquis Cheng'en was recalling the morning court session when he tremblingly asked Crown Prince Xiao Jin to inherit the title of marquis, fearing that the Emperor would get angry.

After he finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court showed sarcastic expressions, waiting to laugh at him.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not angry but was amused by his performance. He immediately drafted an edict in public.

This was the first time the emperor praised him with a smile since he ascended the throne more than 20 years ago.

All the civil and military officials in the court were stunned, and several ministers knelt down and begged the emperor to revoke his order.

In fact, none of the court ministers knew that Marquis Cheng'en was the emperor's brother-in-law, and his first wife was the youngest daughter of the chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

The eldest daughter of the Jijiu was the emperor's most beloved girl when he was young, but the Jijiu was a fifth-rank civil servant.

His daughter was destined to have no chance of becoming the Crown Princess, and was not even qualified to be a concubine, so she could only be the Crown Princess.

The emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, wanted to marry the second daughter of the chief priest to the then reader in the Hanlin Academy, who is now the prime minister.

However, the second daughter of the chief priest fell in love with Marquis Cheng'en at first sight. At that time, he was young and didn't understand all these twists and turns.

He thinks he is handsome, the only flaw is that his family is poor!
The Xiao family began to decline after a hundred years of prosperity. His father's generation was demoted by the previous emperor, and his father spent his days drinking and complaining.

He sold all the valuable things in the house to support the servants, and used the rest to buy wine.

In the end, the Marquis's Mansion was just an empty shell, and his father passed away, leaving behind the three of them, an orphan and a widow.

Since a young lady from a noble family was willing to marry him, he accepted it reluctantly.

After getting married, he felt bad when he saw his wife spending her dowry to support servants in the mansion. Coincidentally, a young lady from a noble family gave him some money to spend.

He wanted to lighten his wife's burden and let her live a good life, so he accepted all the money someone gave him.

As the saying goes, one who receives benefits from others will be grateful, and one who eats from others will be soft-hearted. If he receives benefits from others, he will deliberately be courteous.

Even though the other person was a little too much, he couldn't say it out loud, and in the end, he was framed by someone and slept with him.

He did get some benefits, but he never dreamed that he would anger his wife to death!

Because his illegitimate son is only three months younger than his legitimate son!

In a rage, his father-in-law took his two sons back to his hometown to farm.

(End of this chapter)