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Chapter 97 – Colored Lantern
On the second day of the second lunar month, an imperial degree shocked the entire crown prince’s East Palace. Everyone in Ping Le Courtyard knelt down to receive the decree. The one who read the imperial decree out loud was Zhao Yong, the emperor’s personal eunuch.
“As decreed by the emperor, the crown prince’s xiaoshi Lin An Zhu is prudent in nature, diligent and submissive, graceful and pure, and gentle in temperament. Due to his meritorious deed in saving the empress, he will be specially appointed as the crown prince’s cejun. Accept this decree!”
Lin Jia Bao stepped forward to thank him and accepted the imperial decree. All the palace servants in Ping Le Courtyard came over to congratulate Lin-xiaozhu… oh, no… it was Lin-cejun now.
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Xuan Yuan Han Cheng had Qiu-momo open up the inner warehouse and reward all the palace servants in Ping Le Courtyard with silver. There was a lot of excitement in Ping Le Courtyard and everyone felt extremely lucky and joyful to be able to work in Ping Le Courtyard with Lin-cejun as their master…
The new of Lin Jia Bao’s promotion to cejun reached Yu-shi’s ears. When she heard this, she was so angry that she threw her favorite peach blossom porcelain vase to the floor.
“Why is he so lucky?!”
She was the woman who had once given birth to a son for His Royal Highness, whereas that ger was small and childless… what gave him the right to be so lucky…
The palace maid beside Yu-shi did not dare to speak. She just silently cleaned up the debris on the ground and thought to herself how great it would be if she could go work in Ping Le Courtyard instead…
When Song-shi heard the news, she did not get as agitated as Yu-shi. Instead, she had Qiu-momo take the place of Kang Er’s nanny on the grounds that the nanny was unwell. She also became stricter about Kang Er’s supervision and education…
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On the morning of the second day after receiving the imperial decree, Xuan Yuan Han Cheng brought Jia Bao with him to pay respect to the empress.
The empress was very happy to see that the crown prince had brought Jia Bao with him to greet her. “Jia Bao, quick, come over here and let bengong take a good look at you…”
The empress observed Jia Bao’s small and thin face carefully. Then she spoke, “You lost so much weight, ah. But your complexion looks good. Have you used all the supplements that bengong told Zhou-momo to send over?”
“Jia Bao gives thanks to the empress for the supplements. Jia Bao has been using them everyday…”
Over the past few days, Xuan Yuan Han Cheng has been coaxing Jia Bao to drink lots of nourishing soups every single day, and now his complexion looked much better.
When Xuan Yuan Han Cheng saw how amiable and familiar his mother was being towards Lin Jia Bao he was very happy. His sweet darling really was such a lovable treasure. People quickly took a liking to him once they got to know him. In the future, there shouldn’t be much resistance from his mother’s side.
“Jia Bao, you’re still young. You must be careful not to harm the core of your health when you are young. You have to make sure you recover well from your illness this time. Jia Bao, take care of yourself to lay a good foundation. Then in the future you can give birth to the crown prince’s children…” the empress said to Lin Jia Bao.
Lin Jia Bao was a ger, so it was a little difficult when it came to giving birth, but the empress still hoped that Lin Jia Bao could give birth to a child for the crown prince someday.
“Understood.” Lin Jia Bao replied shyly.
Afterwards, the empress had the crown prince and Jia Bao stay for lunch together with her.
In the days that followed, Lin Jia Bao went to greet the empress every day as usual. The concubines in the harem could clearly tell that the empress’s attitude towards Lin-cejun was very different from before. They all understood that Lin-cejun was the empress’s favorite person now, so they tried to get close to him and curry favor with him.
Translations by Vanilla Muse.
The imperial court also began to pay attention to Lin Jia Bao, the crown prince’s cejun. This was the first cejun in the crown prince’s East Palace. On top of that, he had saved the empress’s life. Fortunately, this cejun’s net worth and background was not much to look at, and he was a ger too, otherwise, this person’s future would be limitless…
In February of the sixth year of Yuntai, Emperor Xuan Yuan Zhao Shen issued two imperial decrees in a row, passing judgment on Prince Li and the entire Xue family.
The decree stated: Prince Li conspired against the throne, and thus he will be executed. His whole family will also follow him to the underworld. The disgraceful Xue clan aided and abetted Prince Li’s rebellious attempt to seize the throne. All nine generations of the family will be exterminated. Hear and obey this decree.
For a period of time, all the families that have been implicated by the Xue family all came up in succession to beg for forgiveness and to denounce all ties with the Xue family.
When a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove*.
[*T/N: idiom for everyone hits a man who is down]
Many families that had connections with the Xue family got their houses searched and possessions confiscated.
The power of the Xue family was uprooted, and the once powerful Xue family was completely destroyed…
Later on, news came out from the East Palace saying that the crown princess, Xue Cai Yu, died of illness despite receiving medical treatment. But this news did not cause any big waves of disturbance. Xuan Yuan Han Cheng declared that the crown princess, Xue-shi, was the daughter of a criminal, and thus did not deserve to be buried in the imperial tomb. He asked to have her buried elsewhere and the emperor granted this request. The ministers all understood in their hearts that His Royal Highness did not want Xue-shi to occupy the position of his main wife.
As for Lin Jia Bao, he has now become the person with the highest rank in the crown prince’s harem. Xuan Yuan Han Cheng took advantage of the situation to hand over the management of the palace affairs in the East Palace to Lin Jia Bao. Qiu-momo was assigned to assist him.
Lin Jia Bao took the task assigned to him by His Royal Highness very seriously and worked hard to learn from Qiu-momo. At first, his actions were soft and immature, but over time, he gradually settled into the role more and more…
My baby is growing up 8v8
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