Chapter 365: with translation of chapter title

After the world turned over, a light rain started.

Sui Sui they went to the Small Classroom, Prince Qi accompanied reading, sitting not far away.

Princess Consort of Qi sat beside him, quietly asking, in a few days when Lu Yin Song's birthday comes, what gift to send over.

When mentioning Lu Yin Song, Princess Consort of Qi couldn't help sighing: 'Song Ge'er he...'

Prince Qi's brows also tightened: 'That child... is also a pity.'

If not for that accident, he would be Prince Qing's most suitable successor, the youngest officer of Great Summer.

He is quick-witted and skilled in martial arts; he will surely become a general guarding Great Summer.

However, after that accident...

Thinking about it now, it still makes people sigh.

Previously, for Lu Yin Song's birthday, gifts were mostly various items related to martial arts.

Bows and arrows, soft armor and such, Lu Yin Song doesn't know how many he has received.

Since his leg had the accident, those gifts were no longer sent, replaced by other things.

Even if just sending some gold and silver, it's better than those things that stimulate him.

When mentioning this matter, Princess Consort of Qi expressed the meaning of the Fǔguó Gōng residence: 'Lu Fu's meaning is, not a coming-of-age ceremony, plus Song Ge'er probably doesn't want it either, so we won't hold a gift ceremony, just relatives visiting each other.'

Prince Qing nods after hearing: 'That's fine too; if Song Ge'er doesn't want to come out, there's no need to force him.'

Princess Consort of Qi nods after hearing.

She came over just to discuss this with Prince Qi; after speaking, she went to another side to get busy.

Afterwards at the residence there were two consecutive birthday banquets; Feng Xuanze is young and didn't make it in time for the coming-of-age ceremony, so he isn't preparing a big one.

But Prince Qing's birthday, no matter the age, must be a big celebration.

Rather than saying it's a birthday banquet, it's more like a socializing banquet.

So Princess Consort of Qi these two days is not very free, bringing two concubines together to prepare all the arrangements.

Sui Sui, being a little child, doesn't need to worry about these.

At this moment, she placed her hands flat on her knees, kept her back straight, and listened attentively.

Soon, the children began to sway their heads and read along.

The clear reading voice seemed to carry some kind of magic.

Prince Qi was originally quite energetic, but soon he started yawning from fatigue.

Finally he couldn't control himself, sitting there nodding off, he took a nap.

This scene, Sui Sui saw it and felt a bit heartbroken.

The little girl couldn't help but whisper to Ren Shu Han: 'Older sister, Father King is tired.'

The little girl pursed her lips, her voice involuntarily choking up: 'Father King is already tired, yet he's still accompanying me, wuu wuu.'

Sui Sui rarely whispers in class.

At this moment she also couldn't control herself, and thus muttered a couple of times.

Ren Shu Han glanced from afar, lightly shook her head: 'The Prince is just taking a nap, it's fine; the Prince likes Sui Sui, that's why he's willing to accompany her at any time; Sui Sui should be happy.'

Master Shen turned a blind eye to their wandering off and whispering.

However, Ren Shu Han didn't indulge her own nature; she quickly soothed with a few low words, calmed Sui Sui, then continued the lesson without saying more.

After another day, it was still raining.

In the scorching summer, a light rain is still quite comfortable.

The drizzling light rain floated for a day, bringing a damp smell in the air.

Earlier, the Jin Yang Marquis household came up with a bad idea, trying to bind Su Ning Lan via male-female relations; now the final result has come out.

Considering the young lady's reputation, handling this matter naturally couldn't reveal the true cause.

Therefore, the Censorate organized the Jin Yang Marquis's years of misconduct, and then used that to impeach him.

The Jin Yang Marquis didn't attend the banquet that day, after all he hadn't received an invitation. Idle with nothing to do, he went out to have fun.

After returning, he then found out that his wife and sister had secretly done a big thing behind his back.

Xu Lao Fu Ren fainted on the spot from anger, nearly having a stroke.

Several days passed, Xu Lao Fu Ren remained dazed.

However, after she regained consciousness, she directly stripped Xu Fu Ren of her household authority, overnight confined her to the Buddhist hall, and her daily meals were arranged by people close to Xu Lao Fu Ren.

She herself was ill, the mistress of the house was also confined, Xu Mingxian hadn't married yet, and there was no young lady in the mansion to manage affairs.

Xu Lao Fu Ren, after thinking in her dazed state, temporarily handed over household authority to Zhou Yi Niang.

Xu Lao Fu Ren could no longer manage the concubine's side, unsure if she could handle it or cope with the situation.

She felt awful from her illness, had little lucid time, couldn't attend to much, she only thought: the residence must not fall into chaos!

If it really becomes chaotic, someone must take the blame.

At first, for several days, things were calm; the Jin Yang Marquis thought the Grand Princess's side, for the child's reputation, didn't intend to make a big fuss, so he just vented his anger then and didn't pursue responsibility afterward.

As a result, yesterday the Censorate began to impeach him.

The Jin Yang Marquis may not be shrewd, but he isn't a complete fool.

Upon seeing the Censorate's impeachment, he knew he was doomed.

His Majesty attaches great importance to the Censorate's impeachment; moreover, the Marquis An Yuan and the Marquis Protecting the State are adding fuel to the fire, and the Censorate's impeachment is not baseless.

The Jin Yang Marquis wanted to deny, but couldn't.

He understood in his heart that this was the Grand Princess's punishment for his unfilial son's misdeeds.

However, the Jin Yang Marquis had no way to refute.

His wife and sister together acted foolishly; what could he do?

His Majesty's side efficiently approved the censor's impeachment, and, taking into account that his ancestors indeed had merits, it was not easy to demote him to a commoner.

Thus, in the end the marquis was downgraded to a son, turning Jin Yang Marquis into Jin Yang Son.

Jin Yang Marquis, upon hearing the verdict, rolled his eyes and fainted.

The incident quickly spread throughout Jing Cheng, supplanting the headline about Xu Mingxian's fragrant return to the residence.

Although it is said that the hierarchy of titles includes duke, marquis, count, viscount, and baron.

However, since Great Summer's founding, the viscount and baron titles have been virtually vacant.

Even when the royal court wishes to confer honors, they start from the count.

The longer those two positions stay vacant, the more they seem undervalued and of little worth.

If examined closely, Jin Yang Marquis—actually Jin Yang Son—is the first viscount of the Great Summer dynasty.

It seems singular, yet on closer inspection it carries a hint of mockery.

This was done intentionally by His Majesty.

Jin Yang Son understood, so upon hearing the verdict he immediately fainted.

Jin Yang Son hadn't even finished listening when he fainted.

Hence, he didn't know that after the ruling there was an additional clause: 'no inheritance.'

This means that Jin Yang Son's line ends with this generation.

The next generation can at most inherit a fragment of ancestral glory, but inheriting the viscount title is impossible.

Looking for a way out?

Then just work hard yourself.

After Jin Yang Son woke up and heard the news, unsurprisingly, he fainted again.

Second watch.