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  Shangyuan Festival

  Chengde, the fief of De Xing, Prince of Guang.

  At the entrance of the De Xing County Wang Fu, a dozen or so young men in green robes sat neatly, their eyes all fixed on the entrance to their own alley.

  A green sedan chair came to the street, stopped at the entrance of the alley, and a servant in a blue cloth coat with a fine gold-edged five-color invitation card ran in. The guards of the Duke's Mansion all stood up, and the one on the far side went forward to ask: "Who is coming?"

  The servant in blue cloth coat presented the name card: "Left Servant of the Ministry of Revenue, Mr. Zeng."

  The housekeeper of the De Xing County Wang Fu, wearing a blue satin long shirt, took over the name card with both hands and did not turn around to report back. Instead, he smiled and said: "Please follow me, sir."

  The servant in blue robes nodded and turned back, inviting a thirty-year-old official out of the sedan chair. He walked into the alley, where the household servants of the Duke of De Xing's mansion welcomed him with smiles and gestures: "Please follow me, sir." Mr. Zeng nodded and followed the servants to the side door.

  The remaining house slaves were still staring at the entrance of the alley with wide eyes, and then another servant-like person ran in, but he didn't hold anything in his hand. He just ran to the front and said: "Mr. Chu Hanlin and his family have arrived."

  In the Ming Dynasty, the highest official position was only a positive fifth product, but this positive fifth product Chu Hanlin received better treatment than the previous third product Zeng Shilang.

  At once, four or five servants stood up and responded in unison. One of them, who looked like a steward, immediately gave orders quickly: "Go inside and report to the Duke and Duchess, as well as the Crown Prince and Princess, that the old man from the Hanlin Academy has arrived. Open the side door." After finishing speaking, he himself quickly went to welcome him at the entrance of the alley, with three servants following behind him.

  After a while, the side gate of the De Xing County Wang Fu, several carriages slowly drove in and stopped at the second door. There were already seven or eight sedan chairs parked here. The coachmen retreated, and several stewardesses waited here respectfully. At this moment, they came forward and helped an old man in his fifties or sixties down from the front carriage, as well as a middle-aged woman in her fifties.

  A man in his mid-30s to 40s got out of the middle car, followed by a young and beautiful woman who looked only 17 or 18 years old, supported by a maid behind her.

  From the carriage behind, several maidservants got down and helped three young ladies dressed as noble misses to alight.

  The housekeeper helped Chu Lao Hanlin and Madame Chu into the sedan chair, while the women in the back also got into their respective sedan chairs. Only a man in his thirties walked alongside his father's sedan chair.

  The sedan carriers came out of the gatehouse at the entrance of the courtyard, lifted up the sedan chair and went towards the inner yard.

  Walking through the long corridor, I entered a vermilion-painted gate. On one side of the gate was still the corridor, and in front of me was another large gate. When we arrived here, the group of people split into two groups. The sedan chair of Chu Lao Hanlin and Chu Dage, who were carrying the sedan chair, went straight through the gate, while the other sedan chairs followed the corridor to a deeper inner courtyard.

  Outside the walls, the sound of firecrackers could be faintly heard, and compared to the somewhat solemn and quiet county prince's mansion, the people outside had a more festive atmosphere.

  The sedan chair stopped at the gate of the inner courtyard. It was finally a bit lively here, and you could hear the sound of children's laughter. A young woman with a golden hairpin on her head, adorned with a gold and jade butterfly flower pin, wearing a purple satin jacket with golden silk edges, tied with a same-colored double-butterfly embroidered gold-edged hundred-pleated skirt, and wearing a five-color silk thread silver fox cloak outside, was waiting in the courtyard. She was just over twenty years old, with a charming appearance, exuding luxury and nobility all over her body, but although her face was dignified, she lacked some majesty.

  Here, the housekeeper and the sedan chair bearers retreated, and a dozen or so pretty maids came out of the courtyard. They separately helped the ladies out of their sedans, and two young women in sky-blue dresses walked forward respectfully to help Mrs. Old Hanlin out, slowly walking into the courtyard gate.

  The noble lady in the courtyard had already come forward, hastily making a curtsy and calling out: "Grandmother."

  The old lady of Chu was also bowing: "Princess Consort." The woman in the aqua dress, supported on either side, didn't know whether to loosen or tighten her grip, and so she had the old lady of Chu bow again.

  The crown prince's consort hastily came forward to support her, smiling slightly with a hint of resentment: "Grandmother, didn't we say not to make courtesy in our own home?" Although she didn't even glance at the two women in aqua-colored clothes who were supporting her on either side, their faces still changed subtly, and they exchanged a cautious look with the crown prince's consort.

  "The etiquette between ruler and minister is a great righteousness, how can it be abolished?" The old lady's words were well-organized.

  The crown prince's consort said with a bit of a pout: "Alright alright, you win... You're getting more and more like grandfather nowadays."

  The young woman behind her came forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Greetings, Princess."

  The crown prince's consort smiled and raised her hand: "No need for formalities."

  The young woman stood up, and it was the turn of the last few girls to come over and pay their respects. They all knelt down, saying "Greetings, Princess", and the princess stretched out both hands to help them up, gently supporting one big and one small on either side, saying: "Get up."

  Chu Xue's knees buckled and she knelt down with a thud.

  The crown prince's consort supported two younger sisters and glanced at Chu Kei who was kneeling on the ground, saying lightly: "Get up."

  Having said that, he turned around and supported Hanlin's wife into the house.

  Chu Kei hastily got up, and everyone followed her into the house. After another round of greetings, the young mistress knelt down to pay respects to Old Lady Chu, then stood up and slightly bowed to a younger woman who looked even younger than herself, addressing her as "stepmother".

  The stepmother of the crown prince, Chu Wangshi, was so flustered that she stretched out both hands to support her, calling out: "Please get up, please get up..." Before her hands even touched the crown princess, the latter had already stood up and casually waved her hand, slapping the handkerchief in her hand onto Chu Wangshi's.

  The old lady Hanlin's eyes seemed to be blurry, but she caught the small movements of the princess, her mouth moved slightly as if wanting to say something, but hesitated and held back.

  Three girls came over to pay their respects to the princess, saying: "Greetings, elder sister."

  The crown princess nodded: "Sisters, sit down."

  Finally, everyone sat down.

  Chu Xue's heart let out a slight sigh of relief, secretly rejoicing that nothing unexpected had happened. She raised her eyes and took another look at the people present, silently repeating their identities in her mind once again.

  The Crown Princess is the legitimate wife of the Crown Prince of De Xing County and the eldest daughter of the Chu family.

  Mrs. Chu, her own grandmother.

  Just went to the front yard, it was his own grandfather Chu Lao Hanlin and his father Chu Nancan.

  A young woman, her father's concubine, her own stepmother Chuwang Shi, had just been married for three months.

  The two girls beside me, the one on the right is called Chu Yun Ting, she's my second sister. The one on the left is called Chu Yun Qing, she's my fourth younger sister. My eldest sister is naturally this princess consort in front of me, Chu Yun Xue. As for myself, I'm Chu Ke Hui, and in the Chu family, I am the only...the only illegitimate daughter.

  Chu Yunxue, Chu Yunting and Chu Yunqing were born to their father's first wife, Yunshi, while he himself was born to a concubine, Liu Niangniang.

  Chu Ke didn't dare to confirm, both of her sisters' names had the word "cloud", only she didn't have it. Was it because she was a concubine's daughter and wasn't qualified to share the same character with the legitimate daughters? However, from her sisters' names, one could tell that Father still had feelings for his previous wife.

  His grandfather, Chu Hanlin, served as the junior preceptor of the crown prince for three terms. In the imperial court, even the prime minister had to address him respectfully as "Chu Shaoshi". Although there is no crown prince in the current dynasty up to now.

  Chu Kei was not qualified to use the same character as the legitimate daughter, but to be honest, she was actually quite relieved because she really liked her current name, which was the same as her previous one - only with a different surname. In her past life, she was called Ai Xin Jue Luo Kei.

  After a serious illness, I was confused for a while, and had a dream that lasted several hundred years. When I woke up, the dream had become reality...

  She sat in a rather inconspicuous position towards the back, lowering her head in thought.

  It's been four months since she woke up, but deep down inside, she still had a glimmer of hope that this was all just a dream, and when she woke up again, she would find herself back to being Gege, not a concubine-born daughter of the Hanlin family, and not really in the Ming Dynasty.

  A princess from the Qing dynasty has arrived in the Ming dynasty

  Chu Xueyan felt a sense of wanting to cry but having no tears.

  She didn't have time to think much, and the old lady Hanlin upstairs was already urging: "Let's go pay our respects to the Princess of Junwang now, or it would be really impolite."

  The crown prince's consort hesitated for a moment, thinking that there must be many people over there now and it wouldn't be suitable to go. However, her own grandmother was an obstinate and straightforward old lady, just like her grandfather, who adhered to etiquette to the point where she couldn't make even half a mistake. If she were to stop her, she might scold her in front of everyone. The crown prince's consort thought about this and smiled as she stood up: "That's fine, let's go now."

  According to the rules of the Ming dynasty, the sons of the emperor, except for those who could become emperors themselves, were all enfeoffed as qinwang (princes of the blood). The eldest son of a qinwang would inherit his title and at the age of ten be established as heir apparent. Other sons would be enfeoffed as junwang (princes of a commandery) also at the age of ten. The eldest son of a junwang would inherit his title, again being established as heir apparent at the age of ten, while other sons at the age of ten would all be enfeoffed as zhen guo jiangjun (defender generals of the imperial clan)... and so on.

  De Xing County King, is a branch of the imperial clan, this branch has no close king, tracing back, the close king is the title before Ming Chengzu became emperor: Yan Wang. After Ming Chengzu became emperor, the title of Yan Wang disappeared, and this branch inherited the throne, while other county kings' positions were inherited by their eldest sons, and other sons of the county kings became garrison generals.

  There are three princes of the first-rank imperial lineage who have inherited titles below that of qinwang: Prince De of Dexing, Prince De of Defu and Prince De of Deyong.

  The current King of De Xing is in his thirties, married to Queen Wang, who is the eldest daughter of Old Man Chu and the aunt of Chu Ke. The eldest son of the King of De Xing, Crown Prince of De Xing, is married to the eldest granddaughter of Old Man Chu, who is also the niece of Queen Wang and the elder sister of Chu Ke, namely the Crown Princess in front of her.

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